Past Residents
Past Resident2024: Toby Devan Lewis
Laura Bernstein
Laura Bernstein creates layered worlds that explore human and animal behavior, as well as mythologies of metamorphose. Her work reflects on the climate through video, performance, installation, and painting, drawing inspiration from medieval illuminated manuscripts and theatrical spectacle traditions.
Laura Bernstein has exhibited at Essex Flowers Gallery; BRIC; and Children’s Museum of the Arts, all in New York, among others.
Laura Bernstein, Hell Mouth, 2022, installation with three-channel stop-motion video, 3:00 min loop (color, sound), hand-stitched appliqué textiles, 18 puppets made from aluminum armature wire and repurposed fabrics, hoops, plaster, dowels, wood, papier-mâché and imitation gold leaf, 36 × 42 × 36 in. (91.44 × 106.68 × 91.44 cm).
Laura Bernstein, Miracle Tapestries Processional, January I--December XII, 2020, 2021, assortment of recycled organic and synthetic fabrics, hand stitched, thread and 10 PVC pipes, 100 × 12 in. (254 × 30.48 cm).
Laura Bernstein, Murder Hornets Sun Spike, 2022, watercolor and ink on watercolor paper, 60 × 42 in. (152.4 × 106.68 cm).
Laura Bernstein, Illuminator, 2019, plaster, burlap, steel plumbing pipes, wax, candles, glass, sand, imitation gold leaf, matchbox, brass, candle snuff, and acrylic on canvas and watercolor and ink on paper, dimensions variable.
Laura Bernstein, A Speculative Performance Presented by The Institute of Super-Species Research and Experimentation, (ISSRE), 2019, performance, 60 min..
Residents from United States
Past Resident2023: International Visegrad Fund
Nikolett Balázs
Nikolett Balázs reinterprets traditional creative techniques and materials from our surroundings, deeply exploring our own stories and personal mythologies. She integrates several levels of significance in her works, from feminist vulva symbolism and folkloric tulip motifs to totemic individuality symbols on flayed skin.
Nikolett Balázs has exhibited work at Minera Escondida Foundation, Chile; Q Contemporary, Hungary; and Ludwig Múzeum, Hungary, among others.
Nikolett Balázs, Mantle, 2022, textile, 60 × 99 × 20 in. (152.4 × 251.46 × 50.8 cm).
Nikolett Balázs, Thirsty Flower, 2022, textile and mixed media, 40 × 80 × 20 in. (101.6 × 203.2 × 50.8 cm).
Nikolett Balázs, Mona Lisa, 2022, textile, metal shavings and mixed media, 20 × 30 × 11 in. (50.8 × 76.2 × 27.94 cm).
Nikolett Balázs, Thirsty well, 2022, installation view at Artkartell projectspace, mixed media, dimensions variable.
Nikolett Balázs, Thirsty well, 2022, installation view at Artkartell projectspace, mixed media, dimensions variable.
Residents from Hungary
Past Resident2023: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński is a writer, artist, and scholar. Her research-based and process-oriented practice rooted in Black feminist theory revolves around archives, specifically the gaps and blanks in public archives and collections. Her works, which intertwine documentary and fiction and are presented in a wide range of mediums, examine the present of an everlasting colonial past. Kazeem-Kamiński’s first artistic monograph a past without closure will be published by Sternberg Press in 2023.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński has exhibited work at 2023 Liverpool Biennial, United Kingdom; Camera Austria, Austria; and Kunsthalle Wien, Viena, among others.
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Unearthing. In Conversation, 2017, video, 13 min..
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, The Letter, 2019, video, 18 min..
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Fleshbacks, 2021, video, 6 min..
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, In Search of Red, Black, and Green, 2021, photograph, 46,97 × 31,5 in. (46,97 × 31,5 cm).
Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, Respire (Liverpool), 2023, video, 16 min..
