Resident Spotlight: Gisela Insuaste

Gisela is a native New Yorker and is currently the Nature and Art Programs Manager at Wave Hill, a cultural center and public garden in the Bronx.

We have already told you about the resident's professional lives here, so we decided to get a little more personal. Here's what Gisela had to say about her residency experience:

“I really liked my time at EFA. Although I was working on a couple of projects simultaneously, I was able to focus better. I spread out and created a couple of work stations that allowed me to move easily from piece to piece, making connections with ideas, materials, and processes. I feel I can continue work on some of the projects I started here back in my studio in Brooklyn!

I had a great time working in the space- it was open and had amazing natural light. And of course, the other artists made the experience very enjoyable. I wish I could be here another week!

Preferred mode of transportation: taxi, bike, subway, foot?
Bike

If you couldn’t work in the arts/be an artist, what kind of work would you do?
An anthro prof like Indiana Jones.
Seriously...landscape architecture.

If a celebrity were to play you in a movie who would it be?
Anouk Aimée

Are you are morning or evening person?
Either. Lately, I'm a morning person.

If you could commission a personalized art work by any artist living or dead, who would you want?
Doris Salcedo

What are your creative inspirations?
Mosaics/textiles, scaffolding/construction sites, cultural objects from Latin America and the Middle East. Rilke poems/prose, modern architecture, rooftop view of any city, bike rides anytime and anywhere.

What are you working on now?
Drawings on paper. Gestural 'drawings'  on flat (vertical or horizontal) surfaces using found material.

If you could collaborate with anyone, who would it be?
Guadi

What’s your favorite late night food?
Salted almonds and sharp cheddar cheese.

If you could have lived as an artist in any time period, when would that be?
Brazil circa 1960s.

More of Gisela's work can be found at http://www.giselainsuaste.com/