Current Resident: Jul 31, 2024–Sep 30, 2024
DOOSAN Art Center
Studio #216
Artist
Sungsil Ryu
Sungsil Ryu’s art delves into materialistic desires in contemporary Korea, shaped by a blend of traditional Korean Confucian values and the pervasive neoliberal global order led by the United States. Through the lens of black comedy and employing diverse mediums including video, installation, and performance, she reinterprets cultural phenomena with incisive commentary.
Sungsil Ryu has exhibited work at Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark; Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Germany; Nam June Paik Art Center, South Korea, among others.
Sungsil Ryu, BJ Cherry Jang 2018.9, 2018, single channel video, 11 min
Sungsil Ryu, I'm Not Dead!, 2019, Motor and mixed media, 78 × 59 × 119 in. (198.12 × 149.86 × 302.26 cm)
Sungsil Ryu, BigKing Travel Ching Chen Tour - Mr. Kim’s Revival 2019, 2019, single channel video, 25 min
Sungsil Ryu, Bigking Travel 2020, 2020, single channel video with user interaction, 15 min
Sungsil Ryu, The Burning Love Song, 2022, mixed media, dimensions variable
Residents from South Korea
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.
nifemiogunro.com
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.
irinalotarevich.com
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)
