Past Residents
Alex Nowak
Alex Nowak is a transdisciplinary artist creating sculptures and paintings in the realm of a comical archeology. Blurring the lines between the built environment and the natural world, his artworks are characterized by raw texture and organic forms. Nowak explores spatial stories about the human figure that are influenced by folk props and horror fiction. His work aims to interweave artistic materiality with contemporary social and philosophical theory.
Alex Nowak has exhibited work at Folkwang Museum, Germany; Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canada; and KIT, Germany, among others.
Alex Nowak, Puppets on Fire, 2023, paint, styrofoam and stucco, installation view, dimensions variable.
Alex Nowak, Angelisa Frayed, 2023, paint, styrofoam and stucco, 20 × 90 × 20 in. (50.8 × 228.6 × 50.8 cm).
Alex Nowak, Puppets on Fire, 2023, paint, styrofoam and stucco, installation view, dimensions variable.
Alex Nowak, Puppets on Fire, 2023, paint, styrofoam and stucco, installation view, dimensions variable.
Alex Nowak, Untitled, 2017, paint, styrofoam and stucco, from the group exhibition "Mary and the Vulcano" at KIT, Düsseldorf, 80 × 80 in. (203.2 × 203.2 cm).
Residents from Germany
Past Resident2023: DOOSAN Art Center
Dew Kim
Dew Kim’s artistic approach is based on exploring the many intersections between art, religion, and identity that occur at the junction of change and collision. Kim uses installations and video art to examine topics such as sexuality, queerness, feminism, sadomasochism, pop culture, religion, mysticism, and the body.
Dew Kim has exhibited work at Various Small Fires, Seoul; National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul; and Para Site, Hong Kong, among others.
Dew Kim, Total Praise, 2023, mixed media with wood and lenticular, 351/2 × 39 × 1 in. (90.17 × 99.06 × 2.54 cm).
Dew Kim, Let the Church Say Amen, 2023, mixed media with steel, beads, metal and silicone casting, 31 × 67 × 4 in. (78.74 × 170.18 × 10.16 cm).
Dew Kim, Enrapture, 2022, wood, lenticular print and mixed media, 371/2 × 71 × 15/8 in. (95.25 × 180.34 × 4.06 cm).
Dew Kim, LOOK, 2022, iron, aluminum, clay, a neon light, a light stick, 3D printed resin and iPhone, 291/2 × 45 × 12 in. (74.93 × 114.3 × 30.48 cm).
Dew Kim, LOOK, 2020, single channel video, 4:18 min.
Past Resident2023: Canada Council for the Arts2022: Canada Council for the Arts
Sukaina Kubba
Sukaina Kubba is a multidisciplinary and material-based artist whose work is strongly rooted in material and cultural research, story-telling, and drawing connections. Kubba works with industrial and packaging materials as signifiers and concrete indices, and explores traveling objects, textiles and vehicles as carriers of cross-cultural histories. She depicts rugs as peripatetic architectural components rolled and unfurled by nomads and migrants and put over sand, rocks, floors, and walls to denote a re-location.
Sukaina Kubba has exhibited work at The Next Contemporary, Toronto; Aga Khan Museum, Toronto; and Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Artists at Work: Ruth Owens and Sukaina Kubba
June 20, 2023, 6–7:30pm
Sukaina Kubba, La Brioche, CMC, 2023, hand-drawn with PLA filament, 46 × 68 in. (116.84 × 172.72 cm).
Sukaina Kubba, Corners of Your Sky, Ankaa, 2022, alcohol ink on flesh-coloured latex, 60 × 80 in. (152.4 × 203.2 cm).
Sukaina Kubba, T80.0040, 2021, embroidery and sewing thread on PE-HD bag from an Amazon package, 26 × 22 in. (66.04 × 55.88 cm).
Sukaina Kubba, Corners of Your Sky, Al-Qantoor, 2022, hand-drawn PLA filament, 46 × 67 in. (116.84 × 170.18 cm).
Sukaina Kubba, Corners of Your Sky, Attawoos, 2023, hand-drawn PLA filament, 24 × 36 in. (60.96 × 91.44 cm).
