Current Resident: Jan 1, 2024–Dec 31, 2024
IASPIS - The Swedish Arts Grants Committee's International Programme for Visual Artists
Studio #215
Artist
Tora Schultz
Tora Schultz uses sculpture to explore the social dynamics and invisible gender-bias data that exist in the power of object language. Schultz recontextualizes everyday objects through basic sculptural displacements and tragicomics, frequently referencing institutional design and body stereotypes. She extrapolates the subtle social tensions present in objects around us by paying persistent attention to the specifics of material and form.
Tora Schultz has exhibited work at O-Overgaden, Copenhagen; Den Frie, Copenhagen; and Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2024 Spring Open Studios
April 12–April 13, 2024
Tora Schultz, The devils contract, 2021, stainless steel, motor, chain, gears, modified prada stilettos, and red lacquer
Tora Schultz, The devils contract, 2021, stainless steel, motor, chain, gears, modified prada stilettos, and red lacquer
Tora Schultz, bitch on wheels, 2022, exhibition view
Tora Schultz, Control, 2022, galvanized steel
Tora Schultz, Eva, 2022, EvaRid 50th Percentile Female crash test dummy, purple and grey auto-paint, SLS, and linoleum
Residents from Sweden
Current Resident: Jul 31, 2024–Sep 30, 2024
DOOSAN Art Center
Studio #216
Artist
Sungsil Ryu
Sungsil Ryu’s art delves into materialistic desires in contemporary Korea, shaped by a blend of traditional Korean Confucian values and the pervasive neoliberal global order led by the United States. Through the lens of black comedy and employing diverse mediums including video, installation, and performance, she reinterprets cultural phenomena with incisive commentary.
Sungsil Ryu has exhibited work at Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark; Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Germany; Nam June Paik Art Center, South Korea, among others.
Sungsil Ryu, BJ Cherry Jang 2018.9, 2018, single channel video, 11 min
Sungsil Ryu, I'm Not Dead!, 2019, Motor and mixed media, 78 × 59 × 119 in. (198.12 × 149.86 × 302.26 cm)
Sungsil Ryu, BigKing Travel Ching Chen Tour - Mr. Kim’s Revival 2019, 2019, single channel video, 25 min
Sungsil Ryu, Bigking Travel 2020, 2020, single channel video with user interaction, 15 min
Sungsil Ryu, The Burning Love Song, 2022, mixed media, dimensions variable
Residents from South Korea
Current Resident: Sep 1, 2024–Feb 28, 2025
The New York Community Trust’s Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund
Studio #217
Artist
Nifemi Ogunro
Balancing utility and style, Brooklyn-based designer Nifemi Ogunro approaches their design process with equal consideration for both the bodies that interact with their objects and the forms of the objects themselves. While wood is the primary medium for their art and furniture-making practice, Ogunro draws inspiration from photography, film, performance, and movement. They describe their creations as functional sculptures.
Nifemi Ogunro has exhibited work at Side Gallery, Barcelona; and the Denver Art Museum, Colorado, among others.
nifemiogunro.com
Nifemi Ogunro, Untitled, 2021, sculpture/furniture, 491/2 × 12 × 9 in. (125.73 × 30.48 × 22.86 cm)
Nifemi Ogunro, Mrs. Sola, 2020, sculpture/furniture, 15 × 15 × 18 in. (38.1 × 38.1 × 45.72 cm)
Nifemi Ogunro, Tob(i), 2020, sculpture/furniture, 24 × 15 × 15 in. (60.96 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm)
Nifemi Ogunro, Reth, 2022, sculpture/furniture, 8 × 4 × 9 in. (20.32 × 10.16 × 22.86 cm)
Nifemi Ogunro, Topé, 2020, sculpture/furniture, 49 × 9 × 13 in. (124.46 × 22.86 × 33.02 cm)
