Artist Directory

Alumni Jean Shin
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2026

Alumni David Rahahę·tih Webb
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The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker
Lola Flash (2022)^
Charles Humes (2024)^
Thandeka Mfinyongo
Gal Nissim (2023)^
Lee Pivnik
David Rahahę•tih Webb
Jewel Rodgers
Sterling Rook
Nathaniel Sadler (2014, 2017)^
Lauren Shapiro (2024)^
Cornelius Tulloch (2022)^

^ Alumni selected to return for research residency.

2025

Alumni Lauren Shapiro
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2024

Franky Cruz* was granted a Fellowship as part of a new AIRIE.Foundation Alumni initiative

Alumni Atéha Bailly
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2023

Germane Barnes* is the Inaugural AIRIE.Foundation x Wege Foundation Triennial Fellow
Diana Eusebio> was AIRIE.Foundation Indigenous Artist Fellow
Gaylord Schanilec< was the 2023 AIRIE.Foundation x McKnight Artist Fellow

Alumni Lola Flash
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2022

Germane Barnes* is AIRIE.Foundation three-year Wege Invitational Fellow
M. Carmen Lane> was AIRIE.Foundation Indigenous Artist Fellow

Alumni Sterling Rook
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A.S.T. [Alliance of the Southern Triangle]*
Katie Knoll
Natascha Libbert
Nguyên Khôi Nguyễn
Kory Reeder
Rebecca Reeve
Yukio Suzuki
Elizabeth Withstandley

2021

A.S.T.* were the 2021 AIRIE.Foundation Research Fellows

Alumni Charles Humes
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2020

Several 2020 Residencies were postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19.

Alumni Cristina Molina
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Agile Rascals Bicycle Tour
Ombretta Agro Andruff
J. Bennett
Annie Blazejack & Geddes Levenson‍ ‍
Cathy Byrd
Susan Caraballo
Itamar Freed & Courtney Scheu
Carol Hendrickson
Grant Livingston
Cristina Molina
Nice N’Easy
Barron Sherer
Fereshteh Toosi
Matt Venuti

2019

Alumni Morel Doucet
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2018

Alumni The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker
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Laura Gibson
Nick Gilmore
Jenny Larsson
Ashlee Mack & James Romig
Anne Jennings Paris‍ ‍
Cherry Pickman‍ ‍
Nathaniel Sandler‍ ‍
Magnus Sodamin
TM Sisters
Dana Wildsmith
Sasha Wortzel

2017

Alumni Alejandro Rodriguez
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2016

Alumni Franky Cruz
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2015

Alumni Nathaniel Sadler
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2014

Alumni Chris Friday
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2013

Alumni Cornelius Tulloch
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2012

Alumni Diana Eusebio
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2011

Alumni Ania Freer
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2010

Alumni Jewel Rodgers
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2009

Supported by Artist Communities Alliance’s (ACA) McKnight Artist Residencies Consortium. This partnership between ACA and the McKnight Foundation supports selected residency program partners in developing fair and just policies and provides McKnight Artist Fellows with residency opportunities at these partner programs. This consortium aims to support the development of residency environments where any artist can thrive.

For more information, visit mcknight.org/artistfellowships.

AIRIE.Foundation x McKnight Artist Fellowship Program

AIRIE.Foundation x McKnight Artist Fellows

2023

Gaylord Schanilec

2022

Meg Ojala

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this special evening in collaboration with Tunnel @__tunnel and QUEUE @queue_gallery .

AIRIE.Foundation was proud to bring together artists, curators, and community members for a conversation between Sterling

As part of AIRIE.Foundation’s 25th anniversary, artists reflect on how their time in residence continues to shape their work.

In 2019, musician and multimedia artist Matt Venuti joined AIRIE.Foundation as a fellow. During his residency, he com

Throwback Friday to 2014 and AIRIE.Foundation Fellow Mathias Kessler is a New York-based Austrian contemporary multimedia artist whose practice critically explores nature, environmental questions, and the representation of landscape.

His residency a

Art helps us pause, observe, and reconsider the world around us.
At AIRIE.Foundation, artists spend time in Everglades National Park responding to one of the most unique ecosystems on Earth. Their work expands how we think about landscape, ecology, a

What does it mean to inherit a landscape?

As AIRIE.Foundation’s April Fellow, Ashia Ajani @ashiainbloom explores this question through poetry, storytelling, and ecological reflection. Thier work moves between personal memory and environmental

Welcoming Ashia Ajani @ashiainbloom as a 2025–2026 AIRIE.Foundation Fellow 🌿

Ashia describes themselves as a sun shower, an overripe nectarine, a carnivorous plant, a glass bead. A writer whose language holds both sweetness and bite, shimmer

In collaboration with Tunnel and QUEUE, AIRIE.Foundation presents Sterling Rook, 2025 AIRIE.Foundation Fellow, in conversation with Catherine Camargo, curator, writer, and founder of QUEUE.

As part of this program, Rook will share insights into &ldq

Happy Earth Day.

Earth Day reminds us that our lives depend on the health of the natural world. The ecosystems around us do more than inspire us. They protect biodiversity, support clean water, regulate natural balance, and sustain life in ways we o

At AIRIE.Foundation, artists are given something increasingly rare: time to be still.

Reflecting on her residency in Everglades National Park, Shenny de Los Angeles Fellow speaks about the power of slowing down, listening deeply, and reconnecting wi

Through Symbiotic House, Germane Barnes @germane.barnes brought together artists, curators, and members of the creative community at The Kampong for a gathering grounded in exchange and reflection. Set within the gardens, the conversation considered

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