Past Residents
Past Resident2022: Danish Arts Foundation
Tina Maria Nielsen
Tina Maria Nielsen works primarily with sculpture and installation, drawing inspiration from a wide range of sources ranging from everyday objects to ancient sculpture. Nielsen attempts to reproduce our sense of values and views through her work, reflecting an interest in objects that have some sort of lost attention. She investigates the assigned relationship between an object and its meaning, as well as the process and psychological aspects inherent in relation to experience and presence in space as a body, using various materials and casting methods.
Tina Maria Nielsen has exhibited work at Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art; Esbjerg Art Museum; and Horsens Art Museum, all in Denmark, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2022 Fall Open Studios
November 18–November 19, 2022
Tina Maria Nielsen, Protection, 2016, bronze sculpture, dimensions variable. Photo by Lior Zilberstein.
Tina Maria Nielsen, Follow, Follow, 2022, aluminum sculptures, dimensions variable. Photo by Morten Kamper Jakobsen.
Tina Maria Nielsen, Hello Darkness, 2017, installation view at Esbjerg Art Museum. Photo by Torben Meyer.
Tina Maria Nielsen, Lost Arms, 2018, bronze and plaster, dimensions variable, installation view from Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens Award show at Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art. Photo by David Stjernholm.
Tina Maria Nielsen, Erotic of Unknown Origin, 2018, sculpture. Photo by David Stjernholm.
Residents from Denmark
Past Resident2022: Artis
Yael Frank
Yael Frank is a multi-disciplinary artist working mainly in sculpture and video. Her satiric projects conceptually hack cultural and textual systems, arguing for emotional connections between historical memory and esoteric consumerist goods. Frank employs comedic strategies to expose multiple points of view on the precarious state of ethical concepts. Her work aims to test the seriousness of political ethos by orchestrating situations that are physically beyond language.
Yael Frank has exhibited work at The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel; The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel; and FuturDome, Milano, among others.
Yael Frank, IN A NUTSHELL, 2020, fake coconut tree, metal, styrofoam, epoxy and industrial paint, 60 × 240 in. (152.4 × 609.6 cm).
Yael Frank, GRID, 2021, video, sound, PVC, wood, metal, paint and ceramics, dimensions variable.
Yael Frank, A Problem, 2018, video, 4:30 min.
Yael Frank, A Monument for Monuments, 2015, styrofoam, paint, plaster and wood, 94 × 240 × 63 in. (238.76 × 609.6 × 160.02 cm).
Yael Frank, YES (no), 2019, architectural intervention, drywall and paint, dimensions variable.
Residents from Israel
Past Resident2022: Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
Manuel Aja Espil
Manuel Aja Espil draws inspiration from European and Latin American art history and science fiction. His works are constructed on a dialogue between tradition and caricatured characters inspired by popular culture, and his depictions frequently reflect his social and political context. Espil attempts to evoke in the viewer alternative worlds, parallel art histories, and fantasies of worlds in which elements of the present and his own imagination infiltrate borrowed models that represent various forms of cultural dominance.
Manuel Aja Espil has exhibited work at MALBA; Proa Foundation; and MUNTREF, all in Buenos Aires, among others.
Manuel Aja Espil, Azymetrikah & The New World Order, 2022, oil on linen, 653/8 × 753/16 in. (165.99 × 191.01 cm).
Manuel Aja Espil, ¡Pandemia!, 2021, oil on linen, 1143/16 × 775/8 in. (290.07 × 197.1 cm).
Manuel Aja Espil, Corro, el Baquiano, 2021, oil on linen, 235/8 × 285/16 in. (59.94 × 71.88 cm).
Manuel Aja Espil, Pandemic! (Batman is a Scientist!), 2021, oil on canvas, 26 × 33 in. (66.04 × 83.82 cm).
Manuel Aja Espil, Soldado de Rosa, 2021, oil on canvas, 215/16 × 2613/16 in. (54.1 × 68.07 cm).
