Spring Open Studios 2025

The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Spring Open Studios is a presentation of international contemporary art by the 35 artists and curators from 26 countries in residence. Guest speaker curator Kate Fowle will make remarks at 7pm during the opening reception.

This event is free and open to the public.

Three times a year, ISCP invites the public to engage with its cohort of international artist and curator residents in their individual studios. Residents present recent projects, work in progress, site-specific installations and their archives to a large audience of professionals and art enthusiasts from New York and beyond. Concentrated in a three-story postindustrial loft building in East Williamsburg, ISCP supports the creative advancement of artists and curators from around the world, presents exhibitions and talks year-round, and fosters cultural exchange. From 1994 to the present, ISCP has hosted over 2,000 alumni hailing from more than 105 countries. Today, ISCP’s Open Studios, a three-decade tradition, continues to be the organization’s signature event.

Visitors can also explore two solo exhibitions on view at ISCP: Hellen Ascoli: The World Upside Down and Amy Bravo: Some Bullheaded Girls. Hellen Ascoli approaches weaving as a form of translation—a way to reveal personal and shared histories through intricately patterned textiles. Her vibrant compositions, which extend from textiles to collage, drawing and video, are inspired by weaving traditions and material culture from her home country of Guatemala as well as decolonial writings. Through surreal, assemblage compositions, Amy Bravo explores ideas around inheritance, memory, and biography. Fusing family history and mythology, she creates deeply personal works that question and reinterpret the stories passed on to her.

The exhibitions are curated by Melinda Lang, Director of Programs and Exhibitions at ISCP.

Open Studios participating artists and curators:

Asal Andarzipour (Canada/Iran); Jean Claracq (France); Adèle Essle Zeiss (Sweden); Matthias Garff (Germany); Braxton Garneau (Canada); Kaija Hinkula (Finland); Szu-Ying Hsu (Taiwan); Aryel René Jackson (United States); Hong Seon Jang (South Korea/United States); Angel Lartigue (United States); Laura Lappi (Finland/United States); Ailyn Lee (South Korea/United States); Sujin Lim (South Korea/United States); Simon Liu (Hong Kong/United States); Inge Meijer (The Netherlands); Azita Moradkhani (Iran/United States); Cem Örgen (Turkey); Hermes Payrhuber (Austria/United States); Tamen Pérez (Costa Rica/United States); Charlie Perez-Tlatenchi (United States/Mexico); Sadhna Prasad (India); Tora Schultz (Denmark); Pou-Ching Tsai (Taiwan); Adriane de Souza (Brazil/Qatar); Hanae Utamura (Japan/United States); Marianne Vlaschits (Austria); Sebastián Vidal Mackinson (Argentina); Alice Wang (United States/China/Canada); Apichaya Wanthiang (Norway/Thailand/Belgium); Sasha Wortzel (United States); Hanna Woo (South Korea); Sinae Yoo (South Korea); Akeema-Zane (United States/Trinidad and Tobago); Sarah Zapata (United States)