Current Resident: Oct 1, 2024–Mar 31, 2025
The New York Community Trust’s Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund
Studio #216
Artist
Bryan Fernandez
Bryan Fernandez is a Dominican-American artist from Washington Heights, New York, whose practice centers on the visibility of marginalized communities from his cultural background. As an Afro-Dominican, he has observed the lack of authentic representation of his demographic in white media. In response, Bryan creates large-scale figurative mixed media works that tell the stories of his people, challenging colonial and anti-Black narratives.
Bryan Fernandez has exhibited work at The Shed, New York; Bronx Museum, New York; and New Image Art, Los Angeles, among others.
Bryan Fernandez, Cansado Por el Dia, 2024, oil pastel, cardboard, yarn, denim, xerox paper, decorative fabric, shirt, acrylic paint, relief print on Fabriano paper, and tobacco
Bryan Fernandez, Jajaja Jajaja Jajaja, 2024, oil pastel, cardboard, yarn, denim, xerox paper, decorative fabric, shirt, acrylic paper, relief print on Fabriano paper, found stickers, paper clay, milk crates, rope, led lights, aluminum foil, and tobacco on wood panel
Bryan Fernandez, Oye? Que Usted Quiere de Aquí, 2024, oil pastel, cardboard, yarn, denim, xerox paper, decorative fabric, a shirt, acrylic paper, relief print on fabriano paper, pumice paste, plastic, old t-shirt, aluminum foil, tobacco on canvas
Bryan Fernandez, El Santo Domingo Lo Se, 2023, acrylic paint, artificial plants, xerox paper, decorative fabric, sand, decorative paper, cardboard, jeans, glitter, fabriano paper, aluminum foil, construction paper, dominos, beans, a book bag, a shoe, relief print, screenprint, embroidery thread on canvas
Bryan Fernandez, Yamptons? Sobrino, que vaina? Sientate con migo, por favor Let me tell you why them art folks doing you no good, 2023, acrylic paint, artificial moss, xerox paper, pumice paste, cardboard, jeans, fabriano paper, relief print on raw canvas, screen print, cargo shorts, button-up shirts, glitter on canvas, pots, rice, beans, artificial turf, foam blocks
Residents from United States
Current Resident: Sep 1, 2024–Feb 28, 2025
The New York Community Trust’s Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund
Studio #217
Artist
Nifemi Ogunro
Balancing utility and style, Brooklyn-based designer Nifemi Ogunro approaches their design process with equal consideration for both the bodies that interact with their objects and the forms of the objects themselves. While wood is the primary medium for their art and furniture-making practice, Ogunro draws inspiration from photography, film, performance, and movement. They describe their creations as functional sculptures.
Nifemi Ogunro has exhibited work at Side Gallery, Barcelona; and the Denver Art Museum, Colorado, among others.
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Nifemi Ogunro, Untitled, 2021, sculpture/furniture, 491/2 × 12 × 9 in. (125.73 × 30.48 × 22.86 cm)
Nifemi Ogunro, Mrs. Sola, 2020, sculpture/furniture, 15 × 15 × 18 in. (38.1 × 38.1 × 45.72 cm)
Nifemi Ogunro, Tob(i), 2020, sculpture/furniture, 24 × 15 × 15 in. (60.96 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)
Nifemi Ogunro, Reth, 2022, sculpture/furniture, 8 × 4 × 9 in. (20.32 × 10.16 × 22.86 cm)
Nifemi Ogunro, Topé, 2020, sculpture/furniture, 49 × 9 × 13 in. (124.46 × 22.86 × 33.02 cm)
Residents from United States
Current Resident: Sep 1, 2024–Dec 31, 2024
Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Studio #218
Artist
Irina Lotarevich
Irina Lotarevich’s sculptural practice emerges at the intersection of her personal experience and broader systems. She primarily works with metal fabrication and casting techniques, creating sculptures with minimal yet intricate forms that reference architecture, bureaucracy, labor, language, and parts of her own body, as well as the conditions of the material’s production and circulation.
Irina Lotarevich has exhibited work at Sophie Tappeiner Gallery, Vienna; FUTURA Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague; and Belvedere 21, Vienna, among others.
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Irina Lotarevich, Compressed Structure, 2024, brass, 14 × 37 in. (35.56 × 93.98 cm)
Irina Lotarevich, Modular Body (container ship cross-section), 2023, steel, aluminum and metal shavings, 62 × 68 × 15 in. (157.48 × 172.72 × 38.1 cm)
Irina Lotarevich, Housing Anxiety 6, 2022, aluminum, stainless steel screws and locks and keys, 39 × 59 × 2 in. (99.06 × 149.86 × 5.08 cm)
Irina Lotarevich, Overtime and Pedagogy, 2023, steel, metal residue from bandsaw, plexiglass and rust, 9 × 30 × 9 in. (22.86 × 76.2 × 22.86 cm)
Irina Lotarevich, Stuffed Cells, 2024, brass and stainless steel, 16 × 2 × 3 in. (40.64 × 5.08 × 7.62 cm)
