Past Residents
Past Resident2012: Bunka-cho - Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan
Motoko Dobashi
By means of different media, including wall paintings, drawings and prints, Motoko Dobashi creates imaginary landscapes that reflect visions of contemporary society. In her work elements from the graphic art of various cultures and eras coexist on a monochrome surface. The source for her inspiration can be found in Rennaissance copperplate engravings as well as in contemporary Japanese Mangas, computer graphics and images from the internet. Dobashi makes use of diverse perspectives to establish a unique visual perception, and allow the viewer to access fictitious worlds, particularly in her site-specific wall paintings.
Motoko Dobashi (born 1976, Tokushima, Japan) lives and works in Munich and Berlin. She studied painting at the Musashino Art University, Tokyo, and the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, including Lenbachhaus, Munich; Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin; and Tokyo Wonder Site. She is represented by Gallery Dina4 Projekte, Munich, Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich, and Galerie Laurent Mueller, Paris, and her work is included in major public and private collections.
Motoko Dobashi, Roots, 2010, Acrylic on wall , 125 × 215 × 476 in. (317.5 × 546.1 × 1209.04 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo.
Motoko Dobashi, The Folded Hut, 2011 , Acrylic and poster print on wall, 97 × 546 × 136 in. (246.38 × 1386.84 × 345.44 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Laurent Mueller, Paris.
Motoko Dobashi, Riverside, 2009 , Acrylic on paper, 65/8 × 133/16 in. (16.76 × 33.53 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Motoko Dobashi, Tower of Straw, 2009, Adhesive foil on window, photocopy and acrylic on wall and wood, 531/2 × 531/2 × 427/8 in. (135.89 × 135.89 × 108.97 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Dina4 Projekte, Munich.
Motoko Dobashi, Spores, 2009 , Photocopy and acrylic on wall, 117 × 156 × 78 in. (297.18 × 396.24 × 198.12 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Gallery Lullin + Ferrari, Zurich.
Past Resident2012: Akio Tagawa
Mono Schwarz-Kogelnik
Mono Schwarz-Kogelnik explores issues of perception and phenomenology within visual art. He investigates these issues through a variety of media including sculpture and drawing. Schwarz-Kogelnik questions the different values that art institutions and the art market place on works and analyzes how viewers relate to them. His work is a meditation on the values of uniqueness, authorship, originality, objecthood and labor within art, probing the differences between experiencing art directly and through mediated reproductions.
Mono Schwarz-Kogelnik (born 1967, London) currently lives and works in New York City. He studied philosophy at the University of Chicago and Kings College, London, holds an M.Arch from the Southern California Institute of Architecture and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts.
Mono Schwarz-Kogelnik, Urtypes of Threat, 2002, Mixed media, installation with four 60 x 84 in. digital C prints, mercury vapor lights and low frequency sound, Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist.
Mono Schwarz-Kogelnik, X90 Project, 2010-2012, Mixed media, 22 × 30 in. (55.88 × 76.2 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Mono Schwarz-Kogelnik, Orb, 2003, Mixed media with Xerox toner, 36 × 60 × 9 in. (91.44 × 152.4 × 22.86 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Mono Schwarz-Kogelnik, Plato’s Ring, 2002, Mixed media with high voltage high frequency generator, 48 × 48 × 12 in. (121.92 × 121.92 × 30.48 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Residents from United States
Past Resident2012: Galería Moriarty, Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
Juan Zamora
Juan Zamora deals with issues intimately related to human existence. His work is based on drawing as an artistic position; he investigates complex concepts using simple, basic, gestural, and direct language. Zamora gets close to the viewer through the characters, space and situations he depicts on paper, mixing imagination with reality.
Zamora (born 1982, Madrid) studied art at the CES Felipe II, Madrid; AKI University of Enschede, Netherlands; and the European University of Madrid, where he currently works as a professor of art, design and architecture. Recent solo shows include Replay, Moriarty Gallery, Madrid; Where One Sun, Domus Artium (DA2), Salamanca; and Yes I Am, Gallery Beijing Space, Beijing. Group exhibitions include Nulla Dies Sine Linea, Freies Museum, Berlin, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, and Instituto Cervantes of Chicago; Time to Come to Avenge, ATRIUM, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain; Everyday Stories, Hellenic American Union, Athens; and Phantasmagoria Cartoons, ICO Museum, Madrid.
Events & Exhibitions
2026 Spring Open Studios
April 17–April 18, 2026
Juan Zamora, Vulture Watching Vulture, 2011, Drawing on paper, 31 × 23 in. (78.74 × 58.42 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Juan Zamora, Vulture Head, 2011, Drawing on paper, 76 × 55 in. (193.04 × 139.7 cm). Courtesy of the artist .
Juan Zamora, Skill Head, 2010, Drawing on paper, 53/8 × 71/2 in. (13.72 × 19.05 cm). Courtesy of the artist .
Juan Zamora, Monkey, 2010, Drawing on paper , 71/2 × 53/8 in. (19.05 × 13.72 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
Juan Zamora, Shadow Play, 2010, Cartoon projected on wood, 71/2 × 53/8 in. (19.05 × 13.72 cm). Courtesy of the artist.
