Ace Hotel’s Artist in Residence program is developed in partnership with curators and cultural institutions to support contemporary artistic practice through site-responsive residencies. For the 2026/2027 Sydney program, Ace Hotel is collaborating with José Da Silva, Director of UNSW Galleries, aligning each residency with participating artists’ forthcoming and ongoing exhibition projects at the gallery.
The program offers artists a one-month residency in a hotel room adapted as a temporary studio, enabling periods of research, production, and experimentation within a lived environment. Each residency culminates in the presentation of new work within Ace Hotel spaces, activating the hotel as a public site for cultural engagement.
Jordan Gogos
Jordan Gogos is a multidisciplinary artist and fashion designer recognized for his textile art and object and furniture design. The founder and Creative Director of the Iordanes Spyridon Gogos label, Jordan employs industrial techniques to create wearable art and structural pieces reflective of his boundless energy and bold creativity.
Jordan will be in residence during April 2026 and will present an exhibition at Ace Hotel Sydney from May-July 2026, coinciding with his presentation at Australian Fashion Week and his major solo exhibition, 'Parádeisos', 29 May – 16 August 2026.
Remy Faint
Remy Faint is an artist dedicated to expanding the languages of painting and abstraction by exploring their global histories and offering renewed perspectives. He draws upon materials and objects specific to his Chinese heritage to investigate themes of hybridity, flux and change. Specific to this practice is the materiality of silk — which moves between time, place and function.
Remy will be in residence during July 2026 and will present an exhibition at Ace Hotel Sydney from August-October 2026.
Sarah Contos
Sarah Contos is a multidisciplinary artist who works across mediums including sculpture, textiles, painting, video and installation. She layers and manipulates objects, personal artifacts and remnants of popular culture to explore emotional, psychological and theatrical interactions. Referencing art history, fashion, theater and cinema in her work, Sarah examines the nature of objects through both contemporary and retrospective lenses.
Sarah will be in residence during October 2026 and will present an exhibition at Ace Hotel Sydney from November-January 2027.
Jemima Wyman
Jemima Wyman is a Palawa woman whose practice investigates patterns and masking as visual resistance: specifically camouflage as a formal, social and political strategy in negotiating identity. Through her hand-cut photograph collages, she preserves universal acts of protest and confrontation, exploring themes of upheaval, uncertainty and distress. Jemima has exhibited widely in Australia and internationally.
Jemima will be in residence during January 2027 and will present an exhibition at Ace Hotel Sydney from February-April 2027.