Past Residents
Past Resident2024: Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council
Timothy Manalo
Timothy Manalo approaches his work with a focus on representations of the body and place. Primarily working in sculpture, he explores the aesthetics of communal gatherings and the interactions between people, everyday objects, and the natural environment, creating new narratives and meanings. He views his work as an ongoing investigation into the visual languages that are built, transformed, and used to anchor people’s experiences with the physical world, impacting memory, identity, home, and movement.
Timothy Manalo has exhibited work at Canadian Sculpture Centre, Toronto; Franconia Sculpture Park, Minnesota; and Tufts University Art Galleries, Massachusetts, among others.
Timothy Manalo, Medriñaque and Ancestral Diet, 2018-19, polypropylene twine, gold foil fringe and sugar-plaster mix casts, 100 × 130 × 3 in. (254 × 330.2 × 7.62 cm)
Timothy Manalo, Phunkahwallah, 2021, cast papaya soap, wood and paint, 42 × 32 × 21/2 in. (106.68 × 81.28 × 6.35 cm)
Timothy Manalo, I've Seen The Elephant, 2021, marine vinyl, insulation foam, wood and ceramic, 53 × 84 × 100 in. (134.62 × 213.36 × 254 cm)
Timothy Manalo, Heavy Lifting Niño, 2022, wax and brown rice, 14 × 14 × 23 in. (35.56 × 35.56 × 58.42 cm)
Timothy Manalo, Land Be Mine, 2023, locally foraged clay, sand, sandstone, postcards, stickers, magnifying lenses, wood, felt and found metal stand, 47 × 47 × 50 in. (119.38 × 119.38 × 127 cm)
Past Resident2024: Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport of Austria
Sarah Bechter
Sarah Bechter explores the complexities of painting, blurring the lines between the private and the public, and challenging surface norms. Her canvases go beyond mere projection surfaces, sparking discourse among themselves. Employing a wide range of techniques and references, Bechter questions the validity of her creations. She engages viewers by hinting protagonists and objects, evoking a mysterious and dream-like atmosphere.
Sarah Bechter has exhibited work at Belvedere 21; Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen; Kuenstlerhaus Bregenz, all in Austria, among others.
Sarah Bechter, Fountain (I'm all over you), 2022, oil and pigment on canvas, 70 × 60 in. (177.8 × 152.4 cm)
Sarah Bechter, Somebody And Somebody Else's Suggested Limits Of My Latitude, 2023, oil and pigment on canvas, 70 × 60 in. (177.8 × 152.4 cm)
Sarah Bechter, Somebody And Somebody Else In Flourishing Maneuver, 2023, oil and pigment on canvas, 70 × 60 in. (177.8 × 152.4 cm)
Sarah Bechter, No Occasion For Reduction, 2023, oil and pigment on canvas, 35 × 49 in. (88.9 × 124.46 cm)
Sarah Bechter, Stretching this Dynamics, 2023, oil and pigment on canvas, 30 × 215/8 in. (76.2 × 54.86 cm)
Residents from Austria
Past Resident2024: International Visegrad Fund
Adrián Kriška
Adrián Kriška (he/him) is a Prague-based interdisciplinary artist, mountaineer, chef, and music enthusiast. His primary medium is textile design, through which he explores themes such as neofolklore, nostalgia, queerness, and mythology. His work often intersects with anarchist and queer theory.
Adrián Kriška has exhibited work at Kunsthalle Bratislava, Slovakia; Lunchmeat Festival, Czech Republic; and Diera do Sveta, Slovakia, among others.
Adrián Kriška, Untitled, 2024, leather, thread and wood, 35 × 45 in. (88.9 × 114.3 cm)
Adrián Kriška, Majorero, 2024, textile embroidery, 40 × 66 in. (101.6 × 167.64 cm)
Adrián Kriška, Feral Fauns, 2023, leather tapestry
Adrián Kriška, Chorts jerking off, 2022, leather tapestry
Adrián Kriška, Devil’s, 2023, embroidery
