Past Residents

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United States

Past Resident
2019: Lenore G. Tawney Foundation

Artist

Sophy Naess

Sophy Naess is a multimedia artist based in New Haven who works with painting, printmaking, weaving, and writing.

Sophy Naess has exhibited work at 321 Gallery, Brooklyn; 17ESSEX, New York; and Växjö Konsthall, Sweden, among others. She is a lecturer in the Painting and Printmaking program at Yale University School of Art, and Director of Chateau d’Eau, an exhibition platform for artist designed fragrances. 
Sophy Naess, Untitled (To Plumb), 2017, handwoven cotton fiber, 68 × 96 in. (172.72 × 243.84 cm)
Sophy Naess, Slow Thing, 2018, handwoven silk and cotton fiber, 98 × 120 in. (248.92 × 304.8 cm)
Sophy Naess, Jämtlands Giverny, 2018, handwoven cotton fiber, 180 × 108 in. (457.2 × 274.32 cm)
Sophy Naess, All The Things You Are, 2017, oil, acrylic, gouache, and paper on canvas, 13 x 11 each
Sophy Naess, a Tergo, 2016, handwoven silk and cotton fiber, 130 × 96 in. (330.2 × 243.84 cm)

Residents from United States

Kearra Amaya Gopee

Brown eyes peer over glasses to stare directly at the camera.
United States, Trinidad and Tobago
Vision Fund
Studio #203

Verónica Gaona

United States
Vision Fund
Studio #201

Abed Elmajid Shalabi

United States
Artis
Studio #222
Morocco

Past Resident
2019: Tauck Ritzau Innovative Philanthropy, Dennis Elliott Founder's Fund

Artist

Younes Baba-Ali

Younes Baba-Ali makes art that is unconventional and critical, mostly in public space or places uncommon to art practice. He holds a mirror up to society and confronts it with its ingrained habits and dysfunctions. Baba-Ali’s work often assumes the form of the readymade, but underneath its facade of simplicity there is a complex exercise in balance at work. He integrates technology, objects, sound, video and photography with political, social and ecological issues.

Younes Baba-Ali has exhibited work at ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Germany; BOZAR – Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium; and MACAAL, Marrakech, Morocco, among others. 

Events & Exhibitions

Artists at Work: Oleksiy Radynski and Younes Baba-Ali
July 30, 2019, 6:30–8pm
Younes Baba-Ali, Paraboles, 2011-19, in situ installation with satellite dishes and preprogrammed system
Younes Baba-Ali, Untitled (Kanal), 2018, in situ installation
Younes Baba-Ali, Untitled (Megaphones), 2014, sound installation with megaphones
Younes Baba-Ali, Carroussa Sonore, 2012, vending cart and sound system
Younes Baba-Ali, Without Negotiation, 2018, installation with video and glass cases containing objects

Residents from Morocco

Sara Ouhaddou

France, Morocco
Edge of Arabia and Art Jameel
2015
Turkey, The Netherlands

Past Resident
2019: ISCP ​Alumni Fund
2016: SAHA Association

Artist

belit sağ

belit sağ’s ongoing artistic and moving image practice largely focuses on the role of visual representations in the experience and perception of political conflicts and violence in Turkey, Germany, and the Netherlands. Recent works include a video piece that centers around the concepts and practices of conserving, conversing, absences and re-enactment.

belit sağ’swork has been exhibited in international art spaces including PEER UK and LUX, London; EYE Film Museum, Amsterdam; and documenta 14, Kassel, among others. 

Events & Exhibitions

Artists at Work: Matilda Aslizadeh and belit sağ
July 2, 2019, 6:30–8pm
belit sağ, Tomáš Rafa and Siddhartha Mitter on Concrete Truth: Art and the Documentary
January 23, 2018, 6:30–8pm
Concrete Truth: Art and the Documentary
October 24, 2017–February 16, 2018
Spring Open Studios 2016
April 29–April 30, 2016
belit sağ, cut-out, 2018, video, 4 min
belit sağ, what remains, 2018, video, 7:10 min
belit sağ, (Against) Randomness, 2017, video, 2:20 min
belit sağ, disruption, 2016, video, 5 min
belit sağ, Ayhan and me, 2016, video, 14:30

Residents from Turkey

Alper Aydin

Throughout history, domes—the components of buildings pointing to the sky—have been identified as the source of spirituality and able to deliver the images, narratives, and messages of the skies. In this work, two large-sized satellite dishes whirling around their axes stand level with the audience and, with their controlled rotation, get in a loop akin to the movement of the planet, the sun, and the moon, formation of months and years. One of the dishes of these two technical systems holds the ornaments and the Arabic calligraphy of the dome of Hagia Sophia. The other one carries the dome of parecclesion of Chora Monastery depicting the Virgin and Child and the angels. The forms and the ornaments of these small representations of the vault of heaven have been adapted to the antenna systems used to communicate, observe, and receive signals. The micro vaults of heaven are placed next to people instead of above. They unite with the sky in the open air. This work directs people’s gaze to outer space, the unknown, and the infinitude of imagination and reflects hope about the future.
Turkey
SAHA Association
2024

Eda Gecikmez

Turkey
SAHA Association
2023

Sümer Sayin

Stone found on a beach, its photograph and stone made of ceramic. The handmade stone is sculpted by hand with clay looking at the photo as a reference, then fired to a stoneware temperature.
Turkey, Germany
SAHA Association
2022