Spring Open Studios 2023

Opening reception: Friday, April 21, 6–9pm
Open hours: Saturday, April 22, 1–7pm

The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Spring Open Studios is an exhibition of international contemporary art presented by the 35 artists and curators from 28 countries currently in residence.

Guest speaker Jennifer Gutiérrez, City Council Member for New York City’s 34th District, will make remarks during the opening reception.

Three times a year, ISCP offers the public access to private artists’ and curators’ studios to view artwork and share one-on-one conversations. Today, spaces for open cultural discourse are more important than ever—ISCP invites all to engage in dialogue around contemporary art with arts professionals from across the globe. 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:

Clae Lu: Playroom, a solo exhibition of work by Clae Lu, recipient of The New York Community Trust’s Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund residency at ISCP, curated by Kathy Cho.

Vibe Overgaard: Spindle City, a solo show by Vibe Overgaard curated by Media Farzin.

Open Studios participating artists and curators: Alchemyverse—Bicheng Liang and Yixuan Shao (China/United States), Hellen Ascoli (Guatemala/United States), Felipe de Ávila Franco (Brazil/Finland), James Beckett (South Africa/The Netherlands/United States), Pascale Birchler (Switzerland), Hung-Yen Chang (Taiwan), Nathaniel Donnett (United States), Veronika Eberhart (Austria), Kyoung eun Kang (South Korea/United States), Mandy Espezel (Canada), Kokou Ferdinand Makouvia (Togo/France), Eda Gecikmez (Turkey), Anawana Haloba (Norway/Zambia), Janet Jones (Canada), Levon Kafafian (United States), Hanni Kamaly (Sweden), Kahori Kamiya (United States/Japan), Tali Keren (United States, Israel/Palestine), Felix Kindermann (Belgium/Germany), Yen-Yi Lee (Taiwan), Shanekia McIntosh (United States), Joiri Minaya (United States/Dominican Republic), Azita Moradkhani (Iran/United States), Ruth Owens (United States), Evelyn Plaschg (Austria), Dana Robinson (United States), Akshay Sethi (India), Anna Schimkat (Germany), Oriane Stender (United States), Charlotte Sprogøe (Denmark), Mikhail Tolmachev (Russia/Germany), Sarah Tortora (United States), Coralie Vogelaar (The Netherlands), and wdha (Qatar).

ISCP thanks the following residency sponsors: AES+F; Alberta Foundation for the Arts; Artist Relief; Atelier Flex - Kanton Zug; Canada Council for the Arts; Danish Arts Foundation; Danna and Ed Ruscha; Dimitri Offengenden; Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport of Austria; Fire Station - Qatar Museums; Hartfield Foundation; Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; IASPIS - The Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Programme for Visual Artists; Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation; Jerome Foundation; KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen; La Fondation pour l’Art Contemporain Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon; Ministry of Culture of the Flemish Community Visual Arts Department; Ministry of Culture, Taiwan; Mondriaan Fund; National Endowment for the Arts; 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; Pollock-Krasner Foundation; Pro Helvetia; SAHA Association; Sherrill Collection of American Art Foundation; South Arts; The Puffin Foundation; The Joseph Robert Foundation; The Kettering Family Foundation; Toby Devan Lewis; Tony & Sissi Moens; Uniarts Helsinki Academy of Fine Arts in partnership with Saastamoinen Foundation; Vision Fund; Alice and Lawrence Weiner; and Wilhelm Family Foundation.

This program is also generously supported, in part, by Austrian Cultural Forum New York; Consulate General of Denmark in New York; Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York; Consulate General of Sweden in New York; Council for Canadian American Relations; Danish Arts Foundation; Evelyn Toll Family Foundation; Golden Artist Colors, Inc.; Google; Grimm Artisanal Ales; Hartfield Foundation; Materials for the Arts; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; 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; Royal Norwegian Consulate General in New York; The New York Community Trust’s Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund; and William Talbott Hillman Foundation.