Past Residents
Past Resident2024: Vision Fund
Verónica Gaona
Verónica Gaona is a Mexican American multidisciplinary artist whose work is deeply influenced by the current socio-political climate. She explores themes of architecture and migration, utilizing remnants of death and truck parts to represent the hybrid nature of remittance-built environments that span international borders. Gaona incorporates the perspectives of displaced and exploited communities, highlighting aspects of the diaspora such as opacity, transnationality, and impermanence. Her practice challenges traditional approaches to memorialization and seeks to subvert established power structures.
Verónica Gaona has exhibited work at Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles; Lawndale Art Center, Texas; and Blaffer Art Museum, Texas, among others.
Verónica Gaona, to know and to dream at the same time, migrant metropolis, 2023-present, Ford F-150 body parts, aluminum sheets, archived prints on aluminum sheets, and vinyl, dimensions variable
Verónica Gaona, Spanning Worlds, 2022-present, steel rod, eight migrant caps, and Ford F-150 truck shattered polarized window glass
Verónica Gaona, Familia Gomez, 2024, caps and Ford F-150 truck tinted and translucent glass shards, dimensions variable
Verónica Gaona, To know and to dream at the same time, 2022-present, Ford F-150 body parts, aluminum sheets, archived prints on aluminum sheets, and vinyl, dimensions variable
Verónica Gaona, Northless, 2022, shattered Ford F-150 truck tinted window glass, and migrant caps and embroidered text, dimensions variable
Residents from United States
Past Resident2024: Danish Arts Foundation, Knud Højgaards Fond
Stine Deja
Stine Deja works across a variety of media, including total installation, sculpture, soundscapes, and 3D animation, to explore the effects of technological development on our psychology, living conditions, and behavior patterns. Combining extensive conceptual research with an otherworldly aesthetic and satirical wit, Deja’s work provides an absurd and critical perspective on the future of human culture.
Stine Deja has exhibited work at Tranen, Denmark; Beijing Times Art Museum, China; and MUDAM, Luxembourg, among others.
Stine Deja, Divine Desires, 2022, curtains, electro galvanised steel, aluminium, vinyl print, tv, video, polystyren, motor, and polyeruthan rubber, dimensions variable
Stine Deja, Cold Sleep, 2020-21, stainless steel construction, Ipads, terracotta sand, animation, sleepingbag suit, sound, and motors, dimensions variable
Stine Deja, Dawn Chorus, 2021, elefant grates, water, strollers, tv’s, animation, sound, and light filter, dimensions variable
Stine Deja, ASSEMBLY, 2021, steel, speakers, AMP, cables, jackets, and sound, dimensions variable. Photo courtesy by Stine Deja
Stine Deja, Last Resort, 2019-20, sand, aluminium structures, Sleeping bags, Ipads, animation, and rachet straps, dimensions variable
Residents from Denmark
Past Resident2024: Artis
Abed Elmajid Shalabi
Abed Elmajid Shalabi investigates how technological objects construct emotional and cultural shifts and alter our connection to our body, gender, and self. His installations link homophobia, shame and sexual dissatisfaction to the political power structure that reinforces such dynamics and produces them.
Abed Elmajid Shalabi has exhibited work at Center for Contemprary Arts, Tel Aviv; and Hamiltonian Artists, Washington DC, among others.
Abed Elmajid Shalabi, Hold at Armpit Level (white-and-blue version), 2024, custom-made sign, glazed ceramic, and steel, 121/2 × 60 × 48 in. (31.75 × 152.4 × 121.92 cm)
Abed Elmajid Shalabi, When, Love, 2024, custom-made sign,steel, 9 × 18 × 21/4 in. (22.86 × 45.72 × 5.71 cm)
Abed Elmajid Shalabi, Truck Bed, 2024, fiberglass-reinforced cement, pigment, Home Depot 5-gallon buckets, glazed ceramic, unfired clay, and one-pint paint cans, 26 × 731/2 × 811/4 in. (66.04 × 186.69 × 206.37 cm)
Abed Elmajid Shalabi, Two Seats, Two Buckets, 2024, glazed ceramic, used 5-gallon bucket, and paint can, 26 × 433/4 × 181/2 in. (66.04 × 111.12 × 46.99 cm)
Abed Elmajid Shalabi, Two Hundred Ninety-Seven Holes, 2024, custom-made signs, steel posts, glazed ceramics, unfired clay, and screw, 6 × 36 × 601/4 in. (15.24 × 91.44 × 153.03 cm)