Current Resident: Apr 1, 2023–Apr 30, 2024
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha
Azita Moradkhani
Azita Moradkhani’s practice is heavily influenced by Persian art, culture, and politics as a result of her upbringing in Tehran. Her work centers on the female body and its exposure to various social norms, examining the experience of personal insecurity and the sensitivity of the dynamics of vulnerability and violence.
Azita Moradkhani has exhibited work at Jane Lombard Gallery, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, China; and Royal Academy of Arts, England, among others.
azitamora.comEvents & Exhibitions
2023 Spring Open Studios
April 21–April 22, 2023
Azita Moradkhani, Beautiful Eye, 2023, colored pencil, 40 × 26 in. (101.6 × 66.04 cm)
Azita Moradkhani, Cycle, 2018, paper clay, colored pencil, and tree branch, 14 × 10 × 4 in. (35.56 × 25.4 × 10.16 cm)
Azita Moradkhani, The End, 2022, colored pencil, 24 × 19 in. (60.96 × 48.26 cm)
Azita Moradkhani, Her, 2022, colored pencil, 24 × 19 in. (60.96 × 48.26 cm)
Azita Moradkhani, Pink Boys, 2021, colored pencil, 40 × 26 in. (101.6 × 66.04 cm)
Ground Floor Residents
Tamen Pérez
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha
James Beckett
New York City Council District 34, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha
Joiri Minaya
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, Jerome Foundation
Current Resident: Aug 1, 2023–Aug 31, 2024
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha
Tamen Pérez
Tamen Pérez employs non-linear storytelling as an approach in her painting, printmaking, and photography to critique Western notions of time and history as universal creations. She re-mediates images that explore the history of perspective and its relationship to the creation of space and subjecthood. Pérez holds an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale School of Art and a BFA in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Tamen Pérez has exhibited work at Lyles and King Gallery, New York; Y2K Gallery, New York; and Stadium Galerie, Berlin; among others.
Tamen Pérez, Silver Capsule, 2023, acrylic, flashe, worn clothes and smashed usb cable on fitted bedsheet, 96 × 102 in. (243.84 × 259.08 cm)
Tamen Pérez, Untitled (AC vents), 2023, digital photograph of a cyanotype, 48 × 36 in. (121.92 × 91.44 cm)
Tamen Pérez, L Train Parallax, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 5 × 31/2 in. (12.7 × 8.89 cm)
Tamen Pérez, Reclining Monkey-form Jar, Costa Rica, AD 800-1350, Gift of Frederick and Jan Mayer, Art of the Ancient Americas Collection, Denver Art Museum, 2020-2021, acrylic on linen, 18 × 21 in. (45.72 × 53.34 cm)
Tamen Pérez, Mono Chorotega en Ancient Costa Rica, 2021, acrylic on linen, 20 × 24 in. (50.8 × 60.96 cm)
Ground Floor Residents
Azita Moradkhani
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha
James Beckett
New York City Council District 34, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha
Joiri Minaya
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, Jerome Foundation
Current Resident: Mar 31, 2023–Mar 31, 2024
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, Jerome Foundation
Joiri Minaya
Joiri Minaya’s work is a reassertion of Self, an exercise of unlearning, decolonizing and exorcizing imposed histories, cultures and ideas. She reconciles the experiences of growing up in the Dominican Republic and navigating the United States and the Global North, using gaps, disconnections and misinterpretations as ground for creativity.
Joiri Minaya has exhibited work at Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York; Wave Hill, New York; and Centro León, Santiago, Dominican Republic, among others.
Past Residencies
2022–2023Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha, Jerome Foundation
2020–2021Vision Fund
Events & Exhibitions
2023 Spring Open Studios
April 21–April 22, 2023
2022 Fall Open Studios
November 18–November 19, 2022
2022 Spring Open Studios
April 22–April 23, 2022
Resilience of the Spirit: Joiri Minaya, Lauren Kelley and Devin N. Morris in Conversation Moderated by Dana Robinson
December 7, 2021, 4-5pm
2020 Fall Open Studios
November 17–November 18, 2020
Joiri Minaya, #dominicanwomengooglesearch, 2016, UV print on Sintra board and fabric collage, 180 × 72 × 144 in. (457.2 × 182.88 × 365.76 cm)
Joiri Minaya, Tropticon, 2018, aluminum, polycarbonate and perforated vinyl, 120 × 144 × 120 in. (304.8 × 365.76 × 304.8 cm)
Joiri Minaya, Continuum, 2020, digital collage, 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.32 cm)
Container #7, 2020, photography, 60 × 40 in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm)
Joiri Minaya, The Cloaking of the statue of Christopher Columbus behind the Bayfront Park Amphitheatre, and the statue of Ponce de Leon at the Torch of Friendship on Biscayne Blvd, Miami, Florida, 2019, dye-sublimation print on spandex fabric and wood structure, 60 × 144 × 60 in. (152.4 × 365.76 × 152.4 cm)
Ground Floor Residents
Tamen Pérez
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Council District 34, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha
Azita Moradkhani
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York City Council District 34, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha
James Beckett
New York City Council District 34, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Alice and Lawrence Weiner, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Hartfield Foundation, Danna and Ed Ruscha