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in Residence

Artists

We give handpicked artists a studio, a blank wall, and no brief. From renowned painters to a Michelin chef who traded the kitchen for a paintbrush, they move in and bring their world into ours. Some of their art stays on our walls, building a collection one residency at a time. The faces change, but the house keeps a little of everyone.

Coming soon

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Javiera Gart

Upcoming residency: November 21 – December 6.

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Douglas De Castro

Upcoming residency: February 1 – February 28.

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Latest Residency

BB Bastidas

A skate trip at eighteen sent BB Bastidas deeper into art. Back home, friends started asking for board graphics. That path led to work for Baker, Zero and DGK, with the same restless appetite carrying him into paintings, murals and film. Southern California roots, and plenty of ground covered since

Past Artists

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Jess Mudgett

Horses, birds, cowboys and a lot of country between them. Jess Mudgett pulls the American West into bold shapes with the punch of tattoo flash.

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Oscar Reitan

Oscar Reitan's work brings together childish expression, raw attitude and a deep appreciation for the sacredness of simple things.

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Heavy Chest

Heavy Chest started in a bedroom. It grew legs, many of them. For our first music residency, Andre Smith turned the SOMOS art room into a recording studio.

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Magnus Reid

Magnus Reid started painting after restaurant service in London. A chef with another way to get his hands dirty.

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Colin Holloway

Loose figures. Strong color. Colin Holloway works from a studio in Joshua Tree, moving between painting and music and building both in layers.

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Lucas Beaufort

Lucas Beaufort came to painting at twenty-seven, with a skateboarder’s eye and a head full of strange company.

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Zac Chambers

Zac Chambers pays attention to the people keeping a place running. Workers, markets, passing gestures.

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Allegra Pacheco

Allegra Pacheco follows an obsession until it becomes something you can look at. Or sit through in a cinema.

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Josh Peterson

Josh Peterson makes color do more than sit on a surface. Resin tints, sharp pinlines, fabric inlays and abstract pours come from the same hands that shape his boards.

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Christian Montano

Christian Montano’s work starts with a fish on the table, caught by him of course, and printed using gyotaku, the Japanese practice of printing directly from a catch.

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Painters, makers and artists, if Santa Teresa feels like somewhere you’d like to create, send us a little of your work and let's talk.

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