Kristina Arnold
Artist Name: Kristina Arnold Residency Dates: May – July, 2021 Born: 1972 Hometown: Arlington, VA Lives & Works: Kentucky, USA URL: https://kristinaarnold.com/ Education: BA Community Health, Brown University (1995); MFA Painting & Drawing, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2003) Bio/Statement: Kristina Arnold is an artist and educator living and working in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Her practice […]
Angel Ricardo Ricardo Ríos
Education: Institution Superior de Arte (ISA), Havana, Cuba; Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes, Havana. Bio/Statement: Born in Cuba and based in Mexico, Angel Ricardo Ricardo Rios creates massive paintings which often blend organic, vegetal forms with allusions to the erotic in fantastic displays of sensual excess. Expressed in vibrant colors with a quick, sure hand, […]
Zachary Fabri
Born: 1977 Hometown: Miami, FL Lives & Works: Brooklyn URL: https://www.zacharyfabri.com/ Bio/ Statement: Zachary Fabri is an interdisciplinary artist who mines the intersection of his personal life and local community with concerns around cultural commodification, gentrification, and public space. Often complicating the boundaries of studio research, site-specific performance, and social practice, Fabri has immersed himself in environments such as […]
Elvira Clayton
Born: 1961 Hometown: Layfayette, La. Lives & Works: Manhattan URL: http://www.elviraclayton.com Bio/ Statement: Elvira Clayton is a multi-media artist working across installation, performance, oral history collection, assemblage, collage, sculpture, and performance. Born in Lafayette, LA. Clayton grew up in Houston, TX, and lives and works in Harlem, NY. Inspired by ancestorial reverence, Clayton’s practice explores matriarchal lineage, […]
Helina Metaferia
Born: 1983 Hometown: Washington, DC Lives & Works: Manhattan URL: http://www.helinametaferia.com Bio/ Statement: Helina Metaferia is an interdisciplinary artist working across collage, assemblage, video, performance, and social engagement. Through a hybrid of mediums, she tells overlooked stories that center Black bodies in positions of power and vulnerability. As a research-based artist, Metaferia’s work is informed by written and […]
Audree Anid
Guest Curator Name: Audrée J. Anid Residency Dates: May-July Born: Ann Arbor, Michigan Hometown: Bronx, New York Lives & Works: New York URL: www.audreeanid.com & www.rataprojects.com Education: B.A. in Studio Art and French Studies from Wesleyan University and an M.A. in Arts Administration from Teachers College, Columbia University Bio/Statement: Audrée Anid is a Lebanese-American mixed-media […]
Nika Ham
Artist Name: Nika Ham Residency Dates: May – June 2021 Born: 1991 Lives & Works: Ljubljana, Slovenia Education: 2019 – M.A in Painting, Academy of Fine Art and Design, Ljubljana, Slovenia; 2014 – Winchester School of Art, UK URL: https://nika-ham.tumblr.com/ Bio/Statement: Nika Ham is the winner of the 2020 OHO Award. Her practice has shifted […]
Nazanin Noroozi
Artist Name: Nazanin Noroozi Residency Dates: March 2021 – June 2022 Born: 1985 Hometown: Tehran- Iran Lives & Works: New York, NY URL: www.nazaninnoroozi.net Education: MFA Pratt Institute, MA Tehran Art University Bio/Statement: Nazanin Noroozi is the 2021-2022 New York City Artist Safe Haven Residency Program awardee. Nazanin Noroozi is a multi-media artist incorporating moving […]
Suzanne Vogel
Guest Curator Name: Suzanne Vogel Residency Dates: April-May Born: Paris, France Hometown: Paris, France Lives and Works: Abidjan, Ivory Coast URL: https://www.instagram.com/suzvgl/ Education: Philosophy of Art at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris (M. A.) and Cultural Politics at Sciences Po Paris (M. A.) Bio/Statement: Suzanne Vogel is a French curator currently based between Abidjan […]
Damir Sobota
Artist Name: Damir Sobota Residency Dates: April-May 2021 Born: 1988 Lives & Works: Zagreb, Croatia URL: www.damirsobota.com Education: Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb Bio/Statement: Damir Sobota is the winner of the 2020 Radoslav Putar Award. His paintings, collages and objects synthesize various traditions of geometric abstraction. He participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the Radoslav Putar Award exhibition at […]