About Us

Based in Los Angeles, Gbenga Komolafe is a Nigerian self-taught artist who explores the intersection of sculpture, sound, film, and site-specific installation. They draw inspiration from the traditional ritual practices looted from their Yoruba ancestors and the innovative craftsmanship of mid-20th-century queer and Black American communities. Through their introspective and research-driven practice, they continue the often-unrewarded labor of their queer and diasporic lineage to envision and actualize radical futures through both the embrace of tradition and continual experimentation.

Gbenga was a recipient of the 2021 California Art Council Emerging Artist Grant and the 2018 Fashion Scholarship Fund. Their work has been exhibited at The Broad, Felix Art Fair, Tribeca Film Festival, and most recently, as part of the 2024 Whitney Biennial.

To learn more about Gbenga Komolafe, visit https://gbenga.xyz/ART.

Gbenga’s residency was generously sponsored in part by Edward R. Allen & Chinhui Juhn.

Rebecca Padilla-Pipkin is an interdisciplinary visual artist and educator based in Phoenix, Arizona. Since moving to the United States at age 10, she has lived a transient life and is influenced by the many places she has lived. Her work explores ecologies of place through a wide variety of site-specific materials and processes that index moments of interaction between the human and more-than-human. Ultimately, she strives to make work that deepens the care and attention we give to the places in which we dwell.

Padilla-Pipkin received a BFA from the University of Oklahoma and an MFA from Arizona State University. Her work has been exhibited through solo and group exhibitions, which include shows at the South Mountain Environmental Education Center, Tempe Center for the Arts, Eric Fischl Gallery, and the Institute for Desert Humanities in Arizona; at the Greater Denton Arts Council in Texas; at Mark Arts Gallery in Kansas; and at the Lightwell Gallery in Oklahoma. Her work has been generously supported through many opportunities, including the Osher Life-Long Learning Grant and the City of Tempe’s Studio Artist Residency.

To learn more about Rebecca Padilla-Pipkin’s work, visit www.rebeccapipkinfineart.com.

The artist’s work is featured in HCCC’s In Residence: 17th Edition exhibition.

Rebecca’s residency was generously sponsored in part by Brad & Leslie Bucher.

Hai-Wen Lin (they/them) is a Taiwanese-American artist whose work explores constructions of the body and its surrounding environment. Lin grew up in Elk Grove, CA, and is currently based in Chicago, IL. The artist’s kite-making practice borrows from the languages of garment construction and pattern-making as a sculptural means of understanding how to free, fly, and extend the body, placing it in conversation with the sun, wind, and sky.

Lin earned a Master of Design in Fashion, Body and Garment from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2023 and a BA with a double major in design and psychology from the University of California, Davis, in 2016. They are an alum of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and attended the Ox-Bow School of Art as a LeRoy Neiman Fellow. Lin has exhibited work at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, 3S Artspace, and the Mosesian Center for the Arts, as well as on the walls of their home, their friend’s home, on a plate, on a lake, and in many skies.

To learn more about Hai-Wen Lin’s work, visit www.haiwenlin.com.

The artist’s work is featured in HCCC’s In Residence: 17th Edition exhibition.

Hai-Wen’s residency was generously sponsored in part by Eddie & Chinhui Allen.