Past Residents
Past Resident2024: Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council
Timothy Manalo
Timothy Manalo approaches his work with a focus on representations of the body and place. Primarily working in sculpture, he explores the aesthetics of communal gatherings and the interactions between people, everyday objects, and the natural environment, creating new narratives and meanings. He views his work as an ongoing investigation into the visual languages that are built, transformed, and used to anchor people’s experiences with the physical world, impacting memory, identity, home, and movement.
Timothy Manalo has exhibited work at Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto; Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnesota; and Tufts University Art Galleries, Massachusetts, among others.
Residents from Canada
Past Resident2024: International Visegrad Fund
Nikola Ivanov
Nikola Ivanov is an intermedia artist with a background in photography, primarily working with video and text. His artistic exploration delves into themes encompassing sleep, biopolitics, time, and memory. Recently graduating from the PhD program at the Academy of Arts Architecture & Design in Prague, his dissertation project focuses on the concept of night colonization. It proposes illuminating the Earth by deploying satellites equipped with orbiting mirrors.
Nikola Ivanov has exhibited work at Galerie UM, Czech Republic; Czech Centre in Sofia, Bulgaria; and East Slovak Gallery, Slovakia, among others.
Residents from Czech Republic
Past Resident2024: International Visegrad Fund
Adrián Kriška
Adrián Kriška (he/him) is a Prague-based interdisciplinary artist, mountaineer, chef, and music enthusiast. His primary medium is textile design, through which he explores themes such as neofolklore, nostalgia, queerness, and mythology. His work often intersects with anarchist and queer theory.
Adrián Kriška has exhibited work at Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia; Lunchmeat Festival, Czech Republic; and Diera do Sveta, Slovakia, among others.