Since Byline's early days, we've been a home for championing the individual voice for writers, artists, and beyond. With our own Artist In Residence column, we've comissioned digital works from artists such as Petra Cortright, Maya Man, Danny Cole and more. In our first physical comission, we partnered with Levi Pitters on a newspaper box... with legs. This is all to say, supporting artists is our life line.

We are so excited to announce that we get to continue that work as this year’s co-curators of Ace Hotel Brooklyn’s Artist in Residence program. Bringing our appreciation for unbridled creativity to this year’s program, our theme is ART AS PLAY. We learn to express ourselves through play from an early age. Few are able to hold onto that skill — the ability to explore freely and express unbridled emotions — through adulthood. We curated a group of three artists — Caroline Zimbalist, Lina Sun Park, and Larissa Lockshin — whose work is made through the exercise of play and communicates the importance of play to the viewer.

Ace's Artist in Residence program provides time, space, and resources for artists of all walks to create original work. Every quarter, we invite artists across the globe to turn one of Ace's hotel rooms into their studio for a month, then showcase the resultant body of work with our communities.

In true Byline spirit, we are opening the fourth slot of the residency program to anyone in an open call.

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Caroline Zimbalist

Long interested in non-traditional materials and techniques, artist and designer Caroline Zimbalist is known for clothing, jewelry and sculptures made of bioplastic textile. She uses this and other biodegradable materials not just for their ecological value but for the striking organic contours that have become her signature style.

Zimbalist will be in residence during the month of August 2024 and will be showcasing her work at Ace Brooklyn from September 2024 – November 2024.

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Lina Sun Park

Lina Sun Park, a multidisciplinary artist living in New York, intervenes in everyday objects to create magical miniature scenes. Combining textiles like lace and ribbon with items of personal significance and perishables like fruit, bread, cheese, her work balances the quotidian and the fantastical to otherworldly effect.

Park will be in residence during the month of November 2024 and will be showcasing her work at Ace Brooklyn from December 2024 – February 2025.

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Larissa Lockshin

Known for her satin paintings with hand-carved frames, Larissa Lockshin’s work troubles easy distinctions between figuration and abstraction, or between painting and sculpture. The Toronto-born, New York-based artist’s paintings are powerful in their immediacy, capturing glimpses of what seem like passing weather systems, ethereal landscapes and dream-like fantasies.

Lockshin will be in residence during the month of February 2025 and will be showcasing her work at Ace Brooklyn from March 2025 – May 2025.

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Open Call

The selected applicant will receive a $3,000 production budget, a hotel room at Ace Hotel Brooklyn for 30 days to create their work, and a three-month exhibition in the Gallery space. The in-hotel creation will take place in May 2025, with the exhibition taking place from June to August 2025.

Apply here!

All applicants must be 18+ and are encouraged to be based in New York City. Out-of-city applicants are welcome but will be required to pay for their own travel arrangements.