Past Residents
Past Resident2022: SAHA Association
Sümer Sayin
Sümer Sayin works with transformed objects as sculptures to investigate how we perceive our environment and how we can create alternative realities. Through playful visual interventions, Sayin creates conceptual and contextual alterations. She transforms systems, tools, and objects that are used to define our surroundings, movements or presence in one way or another to create poetic meanings and visible connections.
Sümer Sayin has exhibited work at R E I T E R, Berlin; Depo, Istanbul; 2015 Lyon Biennial, Jeune Création International, Lyon, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2022 Spring Open Studios
April 22–April 23, 2022
Sümer Sayin, Your Untitled Stone, 2020, stone, sculpture, and c-print photo, dimensions variable
Sümer Sayin, Action Plan, 2018, wood, ropes, and hooks, dimensions variable
Sümer Sayin, It Is Still Light Outside, 2018, mirrors and spotlight, 50 × 35 in. (127 × 88.9 cm)
Sümer Sayin, Access, Your Personal Key, 2018, 3D print (alumide) and catalog, dimensions variable
Sümer Sayin, What If, 2017, Installation, lifebuoy and plexiglass boards
Residents from Germany
Past Resident2022: Pola Art Foundation2021: Pola Art Foundation
Saya Irie
Saya Irie’s work is inspired from everyday life and its ties to the distant past. Irie modifies objects by means of reduction, working with books, photographs, banknotes, and soaps, amongst others objects. Her practice is based on the idea that life continues to exist in an imperceptible sphere even after its external form disappears.
Saya Irie has exhibited work at Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art; Setouchi Triennale, Shōdoshima, Kagawa, Japan; and Shiseido Gallery, Tokyo, among others.
Saya Irie, Kannon Dust (Kukurihime), 2016, Japanese hanging scroll and eraser shavings, figure: 7 x 4.7 x 2.4 in.; hanging scroll: 24 x 71 in
Saya Irie, Mau Dust, 2016, charm and eraser shavings, figure: 5 x 6 x 2.4 in., charm: 20 x 28 in
Saya Irie, Mary Dust, 2020, Kapanese hanging scroll and eraser shavings, figure: 2.4 x 1.7 x1.5 in.; hanging scroll: 16 x 9.4 x0.6 in
Saya Irie, Disny Dust, 2015, children's book and eraser shavings, figure: 5 x 3.5 x 2.3 in., book: 7.8 x 12 in
Saya Irie, Jyashouten Dust, 2019, Japanese hanging scroll, cardboard boxes, and eraser shavings, 90 x 70 x 12 in
Past Resident2022: Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Ana Manso
The work of Ana Manso is ingrained deeply in the medium of painting, making the canvas or raw wall surface a place of encounter between the real world and the imaginary. Free of structure, order, and rationale, Manso uses the language of abstraction and color, where the resemblance of forms, driven by chance, is coincidental and uninviting to interpretation, favoring instead a sense of spirituality and mystery.
Ana Manso has exhibited work at Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto; FUTURA Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague; and the Grand Duke Jean Museum of Modern Art, Luxembourg City, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2022 Spring Open Studios
April 22–April 23, 2022
Ana Manso, 7-03-02, 2017, soft pastel, wax crayon, sand paint and water based paint on wall, exhibition view at yo-yo, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves . Photo by Filipe Braga, © Fundação de Serralves, Porto
Ana Manso, Agar, 2018, oil on canvas, 311/2 × 1511/16 in. (80.01 × 39.88 cm). Photo by Bruno Lopes
Ana Manso, uvas, 2019, soft pastel on wall. Photo by Dinis Santos
Ana Manso, Tomorrow's weather, 2020, soft pastel on wall,oil on cardboard and straw hat, oil on canvas. Photo by Danilo Donzelli
Ana Manso, 1984, 2020, oil on canvas, 901/2 × 127/8 in. (229.87 × 32.7 cm). Photo by Bruno Lopes
