Current Resident: Dec 1, 2019–Nov 30, 2020
Bunkacho - Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Studio #304
Artist
Zai Nomura
Zai Nomura describes his work as a kind of “indecisive point” between death and life. His abstract work drifts between artificial and natural, sculpture and photography, and static and dynamic. According to Nomura, this kind of indecisiveness is based on the ephemerality and vulnerability of the Japanese environment in relation to natural disasters and nuclear experiences.
Zai Nomura has exhibited work at Aichi Triennale; gallery αM, Tokyo; and ARTCOURT Gallery, Osaka, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Artists at Work: Habby Osk and Zai Nomura
January 14, 2020, 6:30–8pm
Zai Nomura, Soul Reclaim Device (A portrait of my departed sister), 2018, water tank, water, inkjet printer, PC, 40 x 50 in; 36 x 35 in.
Zai Nomura, Untitled (CMYK), 2015, performance with glass, ice, wax, fire, and burner, dimensions variable.
Zai Nomura, Life (498600s), 2019, Lambda print and wood, 30 x 30 in. each.
Zai Nomura, Same wave never comes, 2015, acrylic resin, 20 × 15 in. (50.8 × 38.1 cm).
Zai Nomura, Japanese Breakfast, 2015, Lambda print, 60 × 40 in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm).
Current Resident: Jul 1, 2020–Jun 30, 2021
Toby Devan Lewis Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Studio #305
Artist
Pamela Council
Pamela Council is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist creating fountains for Black joy. Guided by material, cultural, and metaphysical quests, Council’s practice embodies a darkly humorous and inventive Afro-Americana camp aesthetic she refers to as BLAXIDERMY. Through this lens, Council uses sculpture, architecture, writing, and performance to shed light on under-examined and under-valued narratives.
Pamela Council has exhibited work at Studio Museum in Harlem; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; and African American Museum in Philadelphia; among others.
Pamela Council, Red Drink: A BLAXIDERMY Juneteenth Offering, 2018, concrete, fiberglass, and Big Red Soda, 144 × 120 × 120 in. (365.76 × 304.8 × 304.8 cm).
Pamela Council, BLAXIDERMY Pink, 2019, Lusters Pink Lotion, spinning oral sex toy, chocolate fondue fountain, rhinestones, paint, runner rug, carpet, and framed silicone on panel.
Pamela Council, wtf is juice/gw smile, 2016, sugar, water, purple, Listerine, George Washington's raggedy ass slaves' teeth dentures, gold party foil, Grapeade cans, lights, fountain, and silk velvet with surface devoured by the artist, 65 × 100 × 48 in. (165.1 × 254 × 121.92 cm).
Pamela Council, Swag Surf (Suite), ongoing.
Pamela Council, Fountain of Your Youth, 2017, plastic pony beads, motor, plastic, fabric, optic yellow tennis ball felt, pool noodles, nylon, and sneaker rubber.
Residents from United States
Patricia Margarita Hernandez
Studio #305
Charles Moore
Studio #302
Current Resident: Jan 1, 2020–Dec 31, 2020
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 Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, Hartfield Foundation
Svetlana Bailey
Through installation, drawing and in-camera collage, Svetlana Bailey uses fruit to explore the flesh and gender of human embodiment throughout her work. She uses details and enlarging techniques to create new spatial and form/function relationships between fruit and the body.
Svetlana Bailey has exhibited work at Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York; Blue Sky Gallery, Portland; and Artereal Gallery, Sydney; among others.
Past Residencies
Events & Exhibitions
Summer Open House 2018
July 31, 2018, 6–9pm
Svetlana Bailey, Pineapple Office, 2017, pigment print, 40 × 50 in. (101.6 × 127 cm).
Svetlana Bailey, After Leda Chair, 2018, pigment print, 50 × 40 in. (127 × 101.6 cm).
Svetlana Bailey, Egg and Jacket, 2017, pigment print, 23 × 18 in. (58.42 × 45.72 cm).
Svetlana Bailey, Woman With Fruit, 2018, pigment print, 50 × 40 in. (127 × 101.6 cm).
Svetlana Bailey, Before Sunset, 2017, pigment print, 40 × 50 in. (101.6 × 127 cm).
Ground Floor Residents
Bundith Phunsombatlert
Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, Hartfield Foundation
Habby Osk
Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, Hartfield Foundation
Wieteke Heldens
Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, William Talbott Hillman Foundation, Hartfield Foundation, Mondriaan Fund