The Residency Program

Every year, the Museum offers an eleven-month residency for three local, national, or international artists working in any media. Individuals selected for the residency receive institutional guidance and professional development, research support, studio space, and a stipend paid out over the course of the residency.

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Current residents Application Alumni Exhibitions

Current residents

2023–2024 Studio Museum artists in residence announced.

sonia louise davis View their Open Studio

Zoë Pulley View their Open Studio

Malcolm Peacock View their Open Studio

2022–2023 Artists in Residence

Devin N. Morris View their Open Studio

Charisse Pearlina Weston View their Open Studio

Jeffrey Meris View their Open Studio

Built with artists and for artists

Proposed as a founding initiative in 1968, the Artist-in-Residence program has earned the Studio Museum in Harlem recognition for its catalytic role in advancing the work of visual artists of African and Afro-Latinx descent. Envisioned by William T. Williams, the program gives emerging artists an unparalleled opportunity to develop their practice in an eleven-month residency, and offers audiences the chance to view this work in annual exhibitions.

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2023–24 Artist-in-Residence Program Dates: October 16, 2023–September 27, 2024

Currently closed. April 10–May 22, 2023

Applicants are required to submit a resume or CV, up to ten but no fewer than five images or videos of examples of artworks, and an artist statement; letters of recommendation are encouraged but not required.

(From L to R) Jeffrey Meris, Devin N. Morris, and Charisse Pearlina Weston. Photo: Lelanie Foster

(From L to R) The Studio Museum in Harlem 2021⁠–22 artists in residence Qualeasha Wood, Cameron Granger, Jacob Mason-Macklin 2022. Photo: Jeremy Grier. Courtesy The Studio Museum in Harlem

Portrait of 2019–2020 Artists in Residence, (L to R) E. Jane, Naudline Pierre, Elliot Reed. Photo: Myles Loftin.

Alumni

Past residents of the program include some of today’s most significant and innovative artists

Njideka Akunyili Crosby2011–12 Resident

David Hammons1980–81 Resident

Wangechi Mutu2003–04 Resident

See past artists in residence

Exhibitions

Every residency ends in a culminating exhibition

Pass Carry Hold: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2023–242023–24

<p>From left to right: Malcolm Peacock, Zoë Pulley, and sonia louise davis. Photo: Courtney Sofiah Yates</p>

And ever an edge: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2022–232022–23

It’s time for me to go: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2021–222021–22

(Never) As I Was: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2020–212020–21

This Longing Vessel: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2019–202019–20

MOOD: Studio Museum Artists in Residence 2018–192018–19

We Go as They: Artists in Residence 2016–20172016–17

Tenses: Artists in Residence 2015–20162015–16

Material Histories: Artists in Residence 2013–142013–14

Things in Themselves: Artists in Residence 2012-132012–13

Evidence of Accumulation2010–11

Usable Pasts2009–10

Primary Sources2008–09

Encodings: Artists in Residence 2008–092008–09

New Intuitions: Artists in Residence 2007–082007–08

The Studio Museum in Harlem Artist-in-Residence program is funded by the Glenstone Foundation. Additional support for the Artist-in Residence program is provided by the American Express Kenneth and Kathryn Chenault Sponsorship Fund; National Endowment for the Arts; Joy of Giving Something; Robert Lehman Foundation; Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Jerome Foundation; Anonymous; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; and by endowments established by the Andrea Frank Foundation; Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Trust; and Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Additional funding is generously provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and New York State Council on the Arts.