Past Residents
Past Resident2020: AES+F
Ustina Yakovleva
Ustina Yakovleva creates paintings, graphic works, and objects. A large part of her practice is informed by graphic works consisting of identical individual strokes that create abstract compositions; an automatic writing of sorts that binds time into material form. In her works in other media, she follows similar principles: embroideries evolve into organic structures, fabric sculptures grow to resemble continents or icebergs, or possibly electronic circuits rooted in empty air.
Ustina Yakovleva has exhibited work at the 5th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Ekaterinburg; Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art; Museum of the Artistic Exploration of the Arctic, Arkhangelsk, all Russia among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2020 Summer Open Studios
August 25–August 26, 2020
Ustina Yakovleva, Untitled, 2019, installation, 25 objects, dimensions variable
Ustina Yakovleva, Mollusk IV, Mollusk V and Mollusk VIII, 2016, cotton fabric, natural pearls, sugar quartz, silk thread, and mono thread, dimensions variable
Ustina Yakovleva, Mollusk XVI, 2018, artificial leather, silk thread, beads, and mono thread, 8 × 78 × 6 in. (20.32 × 198.12 × 15.24 cm)
Ustina Yakovleva, Mollusk XVII, 2019, cotton fabric, beads, silk and synthetic thread, 14 × 82 × 8 in. (35.56 × 208.28 × 20.32 cm)
Ustina Yakovleva, Untitled, 2017, ink and silk thread on canvas, 16 × 20 in. (40.64 × 50.8 cm)
Residents from Russia
Past Resident2020: Lenore G. Tawney Foundation
Pauline Shaw
Through sculpture, textile and installation, Pauline Shaw’s work questions how personal history and cultural knowledge is acquired, preserved and rendered. Her practice draws upon personal experience and perception processed through material transformations–felted wool, cast glass, ceramics. She examines historical and modern representations of memory, identity and lineage through the lenses of scientific, spiritual or cultural belief systems.
Pauline Shaw has exhibited work at Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore; Gagosian, New York; and Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, among others.
Pauline Shaw, You And Me, 2019, wet and needle felted wool held by incense ash and citrus fruits suspended through cable wire, steel rod and pulleys, 144 × 138 × 18 in. (365.76 × 350.52 × 45.72 cm)
Pauline Shaw, You And Me II, 2019, wet and needle felted wool held by citrus fruits, ceramic cups and urns, suspended through cable wire, steel rod and pulleys, 120 × 126 × 18 in. (304.8 × 320.04 × 45.72 cm)
Pauline Shaw, Me and You II, detail, 2019, wet and needle felted wool held by citrus fruits, ceramic cups and urns, suspended through cable wire, steel rod and pulleys, 120 × 126 × 18 in. (304.8 × 320.04 × 45.72 cm)
Pauline Shaw, Rabbit’s Fur Vest, 2019, wool, gauze, burgundy trim rope, and wood hanger, 48 × 60 × 3 in. (121.92 × 152.4 × 7.62 cm)
Pauline Shaw, Gracious Fates, 2019, hand-dyed wet and needle felted wool, silk, and milk fibers with cotton gauze on steel rod, and hardware, 96 × 126 in. (243.84 × 320.04 cm)
Residents from United States
Past Resident2020: Artis
Charles Moore
Charles Moore holds a Masters in museum studies from Harvard University. At Harvard, his Master’s thesis discussed the inequalities of partnership programs between schools in Black communities and art museums. . Recently, he entered a Doctorate program at Columbia University, where he plans to explore artworks made by people of color.
Charles Moore has published work on the subject of contemporary arts and related topics on Artnet, Artsy, and Arte Fuse, and more.
Events & Exhibitions
2020 Summer Open Studios
August 25–August 26, 2020
Charles Moore, The Black Market, 2020, book