Spring Open Studios 2022

The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Spring Open Studios is a two-day exhibition of international contemporary art presented by the 39 artists and curators from 28 countries currently in residence. Guest speaker Chi Ossé, Chair, Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries, and International Intergroup Relations, and Council Member for New York City’s 36th District, will make remarks during the opening reception.

Twice a year, ISCP offers the public access to private artists’ and curators’ studios to view artwork and share one-on-one conversations. Concentrated in a three-story postindustrial loft building on the edge of Bushwick, ISCP supports the creative advancement of residents, with a robust program of individual workspaces and professional benefits.

The following two exhibitions will also be on view:

Sharon Norwood’s Drawing Room: a solo exhibition by Sharon Norwood, curated by ISCP alumna Dr. Petrina Dacres

Lizania Cruz: Every Immigrant Is a Writer: a solo exhibition of work by ISCP alumna Lizania Cruz

Open Studios participating artists and curators: Hana Al-Saadi (Qatar), Alchemyverse—Bicheng Liang and Yixuan Shao (China/United States), James Beckett (South Africa/The Netherlands/United States), AnaMary Bilbao (Portugal/Spain), Ilya Fedotov-Fedorov (Russia), María Gabler (Chile), Ignacio González-Lang (Puerto Rico/United States), Pavlo Grazhdanskij (Ukraine), Anthony Iacono (United States), Agostino Iacurci (Italy), Saya Irie (Japan), Sydney G. James (United States), Steven Anthony Johnson II (United States), Kyoung eun Kang (South Korea/United States), Tali Keren (United States), Kubra Khademi (Afghanistan/France), Taryn Kneteman (Canada), Alice Nien-Pu Ko (Taiwan), Ying-Chiun Lee (Taiwan), Lolo y Lauti (Argentina), Tyler Los-Jones (Canada), Ana Manso (Portugal), Joiri Minaya (United States/Dominican Republic), Fatima Moallim (Sweden), Maliyamungu Muhande (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Vibe Overgaard (Denmark), Civan Özkanoğlu (Turkey/United States), Anssi Pulkkinen (Finland), Sümer Sayın (Turkey), Nina Schuiki (Austria/Germany), Skaus (Norway), Oriane Stender (United States), Joani Tremblay (Canada), and Kenji Yamada (Japan).

ISCP thanks the following residency sponsors: AES+F; Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Alice and Lawrence Weiner; BARRO Arte Contemporáneo; Beca Arte, CCU—Corporación Cultural La Araucana; Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond; Bunkacho—Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan; Canada Council for the Arts; Danish Arts Foundation; Danna and Ed Ruscha; Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport of Austria; Fire Station—Qatar Museums; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian; Hartfield Foundation; Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; IASPIS—The Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Programme for Visual Artists; Italian Cultural Institute of New York; Jerome Foundation; La Fondation pour l’Art Contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon; Luso-American Development Foundation—FLAD; Ministry of Culture, Taiwan; New York City Council Member for the 33rd District; New York City Council Member for the 34th District; 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; OCA—Office for Contemporary Art Norway; Pola Art Foundation; Pollock-Krasner Foundation; SAHA Association; Stavanger County Municipality; The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University; The Kettering Family Foundation; The New York Community Trust Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund; Toby Devan Lewis; Uniarts Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts in partnership with Saastamoinen Foundation; and Arts Promotion Center Finland.

This program is supported, in part, by Evelyn Toll Family Foundation; Golden Artist Colors, Inc.; Google; Grimm Artisanal Ales; Hartfield Foundation; Jane Farver Memorial Fund; Materials for the Arts; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; New York City Council Member for the 33rd District; New York City Council Member for the 34th District; 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; Toby Devan Lewis; Vision Fund; Wilhelm Family Foundation; William Talbott Hillman Foundation; and Woodbury Foundation.