Past Residents
Past Resident2021: Consulate General of Spain in New York
Miki Leal
Miki Leal’s practice is characterized by the use of irony, distancing from conventional painting, and the questioning of “isms”. His work reflects his personal iconography and explores a range of topics including architecture, cinema, travel, jazz music, and the camp aesthetic. Over the years, he developed sculptural ceramic pieces to move his painting into three-dimensional space.
Miki Leal has exhibited work at Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles; County Hall Gallery, London; and CAC Málaga, Spain, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Spring Open Studios
April 27–April 28, 2021
Miki Leal, DANDY'S EN ROMA (EL PRIMER DÍA EN VILLA MÉDICI), 2017, acrylic and watercolor on paper, 1181/8 × 865/8 in. (300 × 219.96 cm).
Miki Leal, Cocodrilos en la pista. Estudio para una pieza Camp, 2019, installation view at Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos CAB, Spain, variable dimensions.
Miki Leal, Gente conocida / Derecho a entrar, Installation view at CAC Málaga, Spain, 2020, variable dimensions.
Miki Leal, PALOMARES (cerca de La Laguna), 2019, acrylic and watercolor on paper, 5913/16 × 865/8 in. (151.99 × 219.96 cm).
Miki Leal, PARA LA CASA DE SOMMERFELD, 2019, acrylic and watercolor on paper, 1791/2 × 865/8 in. (455.98 × 219.96 cm).
Past Resident2021: Fire Station - Qatar Museums
Yousef Bahzad
Yousef Bahzad works with painting and experimental photography. The artist maintains and builds upon what he refers to ‘visual mythos,’ consisting of past drawings, paintings, and photographs. Bahzad observes how the works supplement and speak to each other as a starting point to explore themes of individuality and universality.
Yousef Bahzad has exhibited work at Fire Station, Doha, Qatar, and ITSLIQUID Group, Venice, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Spring Open Studios
April 27–April 28, 2021
Yousef Bahzad, Wraith, 2019, oil on canvas, 353/8 × 395/16 in. (89.92 × 99.82 cm).
Yousef Bahzad, Cave, 2016, oil on canvas, 681/2 × 681/8 in. (173.99 × 172.97 cm).
Yousef Bahzad, Untitled, 2017, oil on canvas, 681/8 × 681/8 in. (172.97 × 172.97 cm).
Yousef Bahzad, Conflagration, 2017, oil on canvas, 181/8 × 24 in. (45.97 × 60.96 cm).
Yousef Bahzad, I, 2017, oil on canvas, 24 × 297/8 in. (60.96 × 75.95 cm).
Residents from Qatar
Past Resident2022: Danish Arts Foundation
Silas Inoue
Silas Inoue’s practice is characterized by an idiosyncratic approach to nature and natural sciences, and a style he describes as Quasi-Asian in reference to he’s mixed Danish and Japanese heritage. He makes use of classic as well as less conventional materials, including sugar, cooking oil, mold and other living organisms. Combining intuitive methods with more analytic observations of the world, he creates works that are humorous, sensorial, and thought evoking. Interested in how different life forms are distributed, Inoue explores ideas around consumption/formation, ecological/economic growth, and connectedness between the species and the planetary.
Silas Inoue has exhibited work at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark; Augustiana Kunsthal, Augustenborg, Denmark; and Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
2021 Fall Open Studios
November 13, 2021
Silas Inoue, Infrastructure, 2020, clear acrylic, wood, silicon, radiant acrylic, plastic, mold, bronze respiratory system, 1711/16 × 511/2 × 1113/16 in. (44.96 × 130.81 × 29.97 cm).
Silas Inoue, Installation view of eat & becʘ̃me at Huset for Kunst & Design, 2020. Jonas Søgaard.
Silas Inoue, Installation view of Young Danish Art–Forecasting the Future at ARKEN Museum of Modern Art. David Stjernholm.
Silas Inoue, ∞, 2019, pencil, watercolor, and dirt on paper in stainless steel frame, 195/16 × 24 in. (49.02 × 60.96 cm).
Silas Inoue, Wolf Pack, 2018, pencil on paper, Walnut frame, 343/16 × 475/8 × 25/16 in. (86.87 × 120.9 × 5.84 cm).
