GRAHAM
THE BROKEN
SALON
The Broken Salon is a community organized by Brother Graham and Emel Ozkul. We meet once a month in Brooklyn, New York.
Our dinner series exists to connect artists of different cultures, backgrounds, stages and mediums together to share their work in a safe space. This is a safe space where artists can share process, experience and meet one another.
These monthly gathering were inspired by the famous artist salon gathers at 27 rue de Fleurus at Gertrude Stine’s famous house the 1920’s in Paris.
If you are Interested in joining the next gathering email me@brothergraham.com
Co-Host Emel Ozkul is a Brooklyn based painter: www.emelozkul.com
We are back after a one year hiatus! In June of 2024, we will open up our Greenpoint studios to an artist for our first BROOKLYN residency program since 2021. Applications will open February 1st, 2024. The program is open to artists all over the world. A show at the end of the month will be presented at our studio spaces in Greenpoint.
Please stay tuned for more information.
In January of 2022, we Invited 10 artists to Monterrey, Mexico for a month of creation. Each artist enjoyed adjoining Indoor/outdoor studios and living quarters. Ranging from 20 to 60 years old in age, and a broad range of mediums artists we’re given the prompt “When you slow down, what comes up?”. Here artists were invited to break away from their home studio, and reflect on their Inner growth experienced during the “padnemic years”. Works were shown In partnership with the Rocio Costello Gallery in San Pedro, Monterrey at the conclusion of the program. As our second residency program, and first international location we invited both US and Mexico based artists to the program. This exchange of culture Is super important to the curriculum and belief that extroidinary work Is inspired by artists coming together to create and learn alongside one another.
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2021 PROGRAM
‘New York is Dead’ was the Broken Salon innugrual residency program, done in collaboration with “The Locker Room” in the winter of 2021. For the month of January, we invited 10 artists into the program during the heat of the pandemic to qaurantine and create alongside eachother. You can read about the exhibit here, featured in Time Out.
Here, artists were asked to reflect on the past, current and future state of their beloved city of New York. “New York is Dead” was a celebrated around the country, including an art Installation promoting the program that recieved national coverage.
The program culminated in a exhibition at The Blue Gallery in Manhattan, where it was celebrated as one of the first large scale art project featuring pandemic art.
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Our dinner series exists to connect artists of different cultures, backgrounds, stages and mediums together to share their work in a safe space. This is a safe space where artists can share process, experience and meet one another.
These monthly gathering were inspired by the famous artist salon gathers at 27 rue de Fleurus at Gertrude Stine’s famous house the 1920’s in Paris.
If you are Interested in joining the next gathering email me@brothergraham.com
Co-Host Emel Ozkul is a Brooklyn based painter: www.emelozkul.com
SUMMER RESDIENCY PROGRAM
We are back after a one year hiatus! In June of 2024, we will open up our Greenpoint studios to an artist for our first BROOKLYN residency program since 2021. Applications will open February 1st, 2024. The program is open to artists all over the world. A show at the end of the month will be presented at our studio spaces in Greenpoint.
Please stay tuned for more information.
MEXICO RESDIENCY PROGRAM
In January of 2022, we Invited 10 artists to Monterrey, Mexico for a month of creation. Each artist enjoyed adjoining Indoor/outdoor studios and living quarters. Ranging from 20 to 60 years old in age, and a broad range of mediums artists we’re given the prompt “When you slow down, what comes up?”. Here artists were invited to break away from their home studio, and reflect on their Inner growth experienced during the “padnemic years”. Works were shown In partnership with the Rocio Costello Gallery in San Pedro, Monterrey at the conclusion of the program. As our second residency program, and first international location we invited both US and Mexico based artists to the program. This exchange of culture Is super important to the curriculum and belief that extroidinary work Is inspired by artists coming together to create and learn alongside one another.
2021 PROGRAM
‘New York is Dead’ was the Broken Salon innugrual residency program, done in collaboration with “The Locker Room” in the winter of 2021. For the month of January, we invited 10 artists into the program during the heat of the pandemic to qaurantine and create alongside eachother. You can read about the exhibit here, featured in Time Out.
Here, artists were asked to reflect on the past, current and future state of their beloved city of New York. “New York is Dead” was a celebrated around the country, including an art Installation promoting the program that recieved national coverage.
The program culminated in a exhibition at The Blue Gallery in Manhattan, where it was celebrated as one of the first large scale art project featuring pandemic art.
© 2022 Brother Graham