Diana Tamane Receives ISCP Studio Grant in New York

The Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center (ECADC) is delighted to announce that Diana Tamane has been selected for the International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP) two-month artist’s residency in New York. Applications were evaluated by representatives of ECADC and ISCP.

The jury appreciated Diana Tamane’s rare quality of attention — to the body, to family histories, and to the small objects through which larger stories become visible. Moving fluidly between photography, video, installation, and drawing, her work asks what it means to arrive somewhere unfamiliar and whether that place can ever become home. In a moment marked by displacement and forced mobility, her patient, grounded approach feels quietly radical.

Diana Tamane (b. 1986, Riga) lives and works between Estonia, Latvia, and Portugal. She studied at Tartu Art College (BA) and LUCA School of Arts, Brussels (MA), and completed the HISK post-academic programme in Ghent. In 2020, Art Paper Editions published Tamane’s first book, Flower Smuggler, which was shortlisted for the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award and received the Rencontres d’Arles Book Award. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in the collections of Fotomuseum Winterthur (Switzerland), the Latvian National Art Museum, Tartu Art Museum (Estonia), and private collections.

Tamane’s practice unfolds through personal narratives assembled from fragments of everyday life: daily experiences, impressions, habits, and memories, both her own and those of her relatives. Slow looking is central to her artistic practice. Drawing on family albums, love letters, women’s stories, changing bodies, and moments of silence, she traces the subtle textures of intimacy and time. By directing attention toward imperfections, shared humanity, and seemingly insignificant daily events, her work becomes a soft act of resistance against dominant narratives of separation, progress, and perfection.

ISCP supports the creative development of artists and curators, promoting exchange through residencies and public programs. Housed in a former factory building in Brooklyn, ISCP features 35 studios, 2 galleries, and a project space. Since 2015, Marge Monko, Rael Artel, Paul Kuimet, Anu Vahtra, Laura Põld, Mia Raadik, Taavi Suisalu, Helena Keskküla, Karel Koplimets, and Kris Lemsalu have participated in the residency.

The ISCP residency will take place from October 1st to November 30th, 2026 and is supported by the Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center and theEstonian Ministry of Culture.