Antiem Tran
February ‘25
Antiem was the first artist to install a show in A Blue Farm’s gallery space. His interaction and mindfulness of the land was at the center of his practice while here, and his pieces exist as a relic of surrender and confrontation, discovery and inquiry, turbulence and stillness—an eternal moment of process for the viewer and for the artist seeking communal archive.
Maya Tran
March-April ‘25
Maya led the way for clay foraging on the property and processing for a more refined A Blue Farm clay (it’s a deep red). She also participated in first farm clay builds (‘garden guardians’), apprenticed in ceramic, glass and woodworking, began renovations for milk and grain house residences and continues to consult on future builds for the grounds.
M Jiang
April ‘25
M arrived ready to experiment with lead cast figures and glass frames as insets for sculptural mortar blocks. Their experimentation with form in the stained glass medium has been a formative part of the farm’s teaching and glass identity. While here, they also illustrated the cover of the first edition of A Blue Farm zine. M remains a consultant on residency formation and development. M Artifacts here.
Jenny Jiang
April ‘25
A prodigious artist and thinker, Jenny experimented in glass fusion, apprenticed in stained glass and opened the sewing/textile room in the main house, adorning the walls as they went. They also built a brick wall.
Azzah Sultan
June-July ‘25
Azzah is a multimedia artist that studies the spirit, gestures and objects that are suffused with the themes of memory, grief, love and the divine. Recently, she finds inspiration in the batik fabric design of Malaysia/home, and is currently a teaching artist at the Lower East Side Girls Club. Follow her work and exhibitions here.
Azzah apprenticed in stained glass and ceramics while pursuing experimentation with her painting, video and textile work. She exhibited a solo show—”things we’ve kept, treasured and forgotten: a spectre of objects”—in the gallery space and established permanent installations for future artists to engage and add to.
Abril Barajas
July ‘25
Abril arrived in between residencies with Bread and Puppet. Working with slabs made from A Blue Farm clay, and incorporating solder and glass, she established new resident techniques for fabrication, soldering and glazing, with plans to return to consult on the outdoor oven/kitchen builds.
Clea Gunn
August ‘25
Clea incorporated calligraphy, narrative and natural objects into both clay and glass, and received training in pedagogy for these mediums. With a background in studio arts and geosciences, Clea began her masters in education while staying at the farm.
Inessa Illes
February ‘24; August-September ‘25
Inessa, Nick’s partner in Los Angeles at _____babystudio, has been an integral part of this residency’s formation and imagination. While here, she made the farm’s first glass pieces, and continues to push experimentation in solder work, framing, and teaching/accessibility within glass art. Her fiber arts work and clothing can be found here.
Hannah Sy
September ‘25
Romana Henson
January-February ‘25
Romana assisted in the official opening and overall function of the studio spaces, kiln pad, gallery spaces and main house. She established compost pits and consulted on long-term cultivation for the land. As an apprentice in glass and ceramics, she began work for an upcoming solo show featuring a dreamscape device.
Romana remains a consultant on residency formation, builds and development.