With support from The British Council, Delfina Foundation and Foundation Art Divvy are delighted to offer:
Two UK-based artists a three-week residency with Foundation Art Divvy in Lahore, taking place between 15 September and 8 October 2024. and One Pakistan-based artist a twelve-week residency at Delfina Foundation in London, taking place between 23 September and 15 December 2024.
This collaboration will provide a transformative learning and development experience for the participating artists and the wider communities. Participating artists will have the opportunity to engage in research, build connections, and form relationships with art practitioners, and other creatives, as well as to explore sites and engage in activities in the two cities.
Selected Artists
Anna Russell
"I am an architectural designer and artist from London, currently working at Architecture practice Assemble. My practice focuses on the sociopolitical impact of architecture and its role in facilitating or inhibiting the way we live and our right to the city. I explore these concepts through drawing, model-making, textiles and film.
During the residency, I am hoping to explore the traditional textile craft of Lahore, as well as its contemporary adaptation and innovation to modern demands. I am excited to investigate how these fabrics and techniques can be integrated into my practice of quilt-making and architecture, with the aim of creating innovative three-dimensional textiles"
Bio: Born in UK. Based in London,
UK Teaching: 'Going Public' Lecture at KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture, Gent, Belgium, 2024; 'Care, Make, Maintain' Lecture at Kunstuniversität Linz, Linz, Austria, 2024; Tutor at European Architecture Student Assembly, Sheffield, 2023; Visiting Tutor, Open Accelerate, 2023; Tutor at Store Store After School Club, 2022. Exhibitions: Royal Academy Summer Show, 2023; Oslo Architecture Triennale: Neighbourhood Index, 2022
Awards: Quilt City short-listed for the Global Design Graduate Show 2022 in collaboration with GUCCI, 2022; Nominated for the AJ Student Prize, 2022; RIBA London (West) Student Award, 2021.
Pei-Chi Lee
Photographer: Bella Galliano-Hale
"My work explores the impact of culture and infrastructure on human behaviour, emphasizing geopolitics, public space, and our sense of control for our everyday environment. Through site-specific installations, I uncover hidden stories in everyday details, encouraging viewers to embrace a playful and interconnected way of being beyond traditional gallery spaces. During my three-week residency at Foundation Art Divvy in Lahore, Pakistan, I intend to develop a new textile research project that builds upon my previous work, “Procrastination.” This project examines how capitalism has affected the evolution of textile patterns"
Bio: Born in Taichung, Taiwan. Based in London, UK.
Lee earned an MA in Textiles from the Royal College of Art, London in 2019. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and she has participated in various projects, workshops, and talks on playfulness and well-being.
Lee's first solo exhibition, “Where The Lost Things Go,” was held at Batch.Space in Hackney, London, in December 2022. Recent exhibitions include Matadero MediaLab in Spain (2022), SESAM Poliklinika in Ukraine (2021), Museum of Fiber Art in Taiwan (2020), and TIFA Working Studios in India (2019). She collaborates on the PLAY INTERACT EXPLORE project with the artist duo LEAP THEN LOOK, which featured a participatory installation at Towner Gallery Eastbourne in March 2023. Lee also works with ESEA Life-Drawing, a class challenging colonial fetishization and conventional norms.
Currently, Lee is part of the Take It Outside: Artist development programme for Arts in Public Space with 101 outdoor arts, supported by Jerwood Arts Developing Artists scheme. https://pepperchilee.co.uk/Projects
