The Foundation is pleased to provide residency support to Annesofie Sandal, who will spend time at Santa Fe Art Institute in 2016 to develop new work. Ms. Sandal's art work explores the space where the personal and private sphere merges with the public and collective....
Ibrahim Mahama Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University
Harpo Foundation is pleased to provide project support for an ambitious new site-specific installation by Ibrahim Mahama, entitled "Post No Bill," at the Broad MSU. This presentation will be Mahama’s first major work in a US museum. In his home country of Ghana, the...
Kristin Cammermeyer
Kristin Cammermeyer develops site-specific installations in varied locations and contexts. A recent transplant to Los Angeles, she will use the direct artist grant from Harpo to familiarize her self with the city by procuring contiguous sites of production throughout...
Jack O’Hearn
Jack O’Hearn is interested in material objects and their affect on one’s memory and imagination. He writes, “my work is inspired by my fascination with history, extreme poverty, childhood fantasies, & tales of life beyond the periphery. These subjects share a common...
Julie Schenkelberg and The Mattress Factory
Harpo Foundation is pleased to provide project support for a residency and exhibition by Julie Schenkelberg at The Mattress Factory. Born and raised in Cleveland, Julie Schenkelberg states that she learned about the beauty of objects and buildings by observing her...
Nora Schultz and The Renaissance Society
Harpo Foundation is pleased to provide project support for an exhibition by Nora Schultz at The Renaissance Society. Nora Schultz produces sculptural arrangements that double as analog printing studios. Her primary materials are discarded objects scavenged from around...
Nick Carter
Nick Carter spent one month at the Santa Fe Art Institute in March 2014 developing new work for "Temporary Autonomous Moan." Nick Carter was born in Philadelphia and is a graduate of Brown University.
Wandering Mill & Retextil Foundation
Wandering Mill is a Hungarian art collective that creates experimental works directly with community members using artistic methods that improve communication, change attitudes, and help solve social problems. Harpo will support a new performance and direct community...
Mary Mattingly and Eyebeam Atelier
Mary Mattingly is using Harpo funding to develop her current project, "Flock House," which mimics the pattern and shape of current global human migration. Intended as a series of houses, "Flock House" living systems will be completely movable and constructed of...
Michel De Broin and The Third of May Arts
Harpo Foundation is pleased to have supported Majestic, a major public sculpture by Michel de Broin, commissioned by The Third of May Arts. This sculpture is a satellite-shaped structure constructed from decommissioned New Orleans street lamps that is illuminated at...
Max Goldfarb and free103point9
Deep Cycle Presented by free103point9 Events occurred on June 12 and 13, 2010 in Hudson Valley, NY. Harpo Foundation funding was used to further customize the artist's retrofitted emergency vehicle called Mobile 49 with solar and...
Jennifer & Kevin McCoy and Headlands Center for the Arts
Residency at Headlands Center for the Arts Sausalito, CA, 2009 Jennifer and Kevin McCoy are a collaborative team working with interactive media, performance and installation. Their work examines the relationships between new technology, mass...
Oleksander Gnilitsky & Lesia Zajac and Outpost for Contemporary Art
Based in Kyiv, Ukraine, Olexander Gnilitsky and Lesja Zajac were Outpost's resident artists for seven weeks from February 18 - April 6, 2008. Gnilitsky incorporates painting, video, poetry, drawing, photography, kinetics, and many other available means and...