Past Residents
Past Resident2014: Edge of Arabia and Art Jameel
Taysir Batniji
Taysir Batniji (born 1966, Gaza) is a Palestinian visual artist who lives and works between Palestine and France, where he arrived in 1995. His multidisciplinary practice integrates drawing, painting, installation and performance, and is often closely tied to his culture and heritage. Since the early 2000s, the artist has focused mainly on images, photography and video. He devotes part of his work to analyzing the process of media information, especially in the Middle East. Batniji has participated in numerous international exhibitions, including Untitled, 12th Istanbul Biennial (2011); Future of a Promise, a collateral event of the 54th Venice Biennale (2011); Seeing is Believing, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2011); and RAY 2012 Fotografieprojekte Frankfurt/Rhein-Main (2012).
Taysir Batniji, Quiet Days at the UN, 2014, Video, 24:27 min.
Residents from France
Past Resident2010: Universidad Finis Terrae
Pablo Jansana
Pablo Jansana is interested in high and low culture. In his work, he uses materials themselves as generators of meaning by approaching editorial and graphic production as a process. Jansana strives to create work that is highly charged and simultaneously empty.
Pablo Jansana (born Santiago, Chile, 1976) currently lives and works in Brooklyn. Jansana received his BFA from Finis Terrae University in Chile. Solo exhibitions include: I with out Klennex, ArtEspacio, Chile, 2014; Highlighted Artist, Arco Fair, Madrid, 2013; Fall and Fold, The Goma, Madrid, 2012; Untitled, Okk Raum/29, Berlin, 2012; 20 Minutes of Weight, The Goma, Madrid, 2011. Group exhibitions include Eleven Rivington: Pablo Jansana, Evan Nesbit, Letha Wilson, Eleven Rivington, New York, 2014 and La Bienal 2013, El Museo del Barrio, New York, 2013.
Events & Exhibitions
2016 ISCP Benefit Auction
September 21–October 5, 2016
Pablo Jansana, 20 Minutes of Weight, 2011, Mixed media, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and The Goma.
Pablo Jansana, B1 & B2, 2014, Epoxy and pigment on canvas, 120 × 50 × 13 in. (304.8 × 127 × 33.02 cm). Courtesy of the artist and 11R Gallery.
Pablo Jansana, Untitled #16, 2012, Epson Ultrachrome Pro 4880, resin, MDF, plexiglass, fiberglass, aluminum, and enamel, 17 × 23 × 5 in. (43.18 × 58.42 × 12.7 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Pablo Jansana, Untitled #1, 2014, Epson Ultrachrome Pro 4880 inkjet print, lambda on MDF, paper, fiberglass, plexiglass, wood and aluminum, 17 × 23 × 6 in. (43.18 × 58.42 × 15.24 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Pablo Jansana, Acorn, 2016, Epson Ultrachrome Pro 4880 inkjet print, lambda on MDF, paper, fiberglass, plexiglass, wood, aluminum, pigment and resin epoxy, 25 × 31 × 2 in. (63.5 × 78.74 × 5.08 cm).
Past Resident2004: Canada Council for the Arts
Gwen MacGregor
Residents from Canada
Keli Safia Maksud
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation