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RU Announces 2020 NYC Artists
In the spirit of hope and optimism, RU is excited to announce the four artists participating in the 2020 NYC Artist Residency Program: Elizabeth Moran, Carlos Rosales-Silva, Christopher Udemezue, and Ziyang Wu. The artists were selected based not only on the caliber of their work, but on the rigor of their engagement with lesser known historical narratives. Their respective practices take on historiography, knowledge making, socioeconomic structures, and the digitization of contemporary society, representing a range of diverse communities traditionally underrepresented in the arts. Scheduled for April 13 - July 12, with a culminating group exhibition the final week of June, the residency will be amended as necessary to adapt to changing circumstances due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Please join us in welcoming Elizabeth, Carlos, Christopher and Ziyang! RU is looking forward to working with the 2020 cohort of NYC artists, learning from them and sharing their practices and work with you.
Guided by a preoccupation with the subjectivity of facts, Elizabeth Moran’s research-based practice examines the reliability of information. In her multi-year project, Against the Best Possible Sources, Moran examines the earliest history of the first professional fact-checkers, a role invented in 1922 by TIME, then a fledgling magazine, and held exclusively by women until 1971.
For Carlos Rosales-Silva, abstraction serves as a tool for navigating Brownness, in particular the tension between cultural preservation and assimilation. Refusing to cede painting to Eurocentric modes of abstraction, Rosales-Silva’s practice considers the political and cultural connections and disparities between the various vernacular cultures of the West.
Christopher Udemezue’s practice is informed in large part by his Jamaican heritage and the complexities of human desire for connection. As the founder of the collective RAGGA NYC - a platform that connects a growing network of queer Caribbean artists and allies working across a wide range of disciplines - his personal work is fueled by storytelling that explores family in a broader sense and how race, sexuality, gender, heritage, and history shape both work and life.
Ziyang Wu examines how the virtual world, data, and algorithms ubiquitously “micro-alienate” and reconstruct human interaction. His work draws from contemporary technology, digital power structures and popular culture as well as the dynamics between identity and community and the alienation of both body and spirit. As an Experiments on Art and Technology track member at NEW INC - the New Museum’s art and technology incubator - he is currently collaborating with computer engineers at Bell Labs to train an unbiased facial recognition program for interaction.
The panel for the 2020 NYC Artist Residency consisted of Natasha Becker, independent curator, writer, and co-founder of Assembly Room - an art gallery and curatorial program on the Lower East Side that is dedicated to supporting women in the arts; Ilk Yasha, arts administrator, multidisciplinary facilitator, educator and Studio Museum Institute Coordinator at The Studio Museum in Harlem; and Rachel Gugelberger, Residency Program Director and Curator of Programs at Residency Unlimited.
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RU welcomes artists working in all disciplines and across media, who represent a range of diversity present in NYC communities that are underrepresented in the arts. RU is interested in the work of individual artists whose work is process-based and geared towards filling gaps in historical knowledge. Four artists will be selected from applications reviewed by a jury of arts professionals together with RU staff. *Applicants must live in one of NYC’s five boroughs*
Residency Unlimited (RU) is a non-profit arts organization that supports the creation, presentation, and dissemination of contemporary art through its unique residency program and year-round public programs. Located within a former South Congregational Church in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, RU is a multifunctional space, acting as a hub and meeting place for RU’s various community activities and public programs, including, talks, screenings, performances, and exhibitions. Here, artists and curators in residence meet with RU staff, conduct research, and at times produce work.
Residency Schedule:
Four artists will join RU for a three-month residency from April 13 - July 12, 2020, with a one-week group exhibition the final week of June.
Application Deadline: February 14, 11:59 pm EST
The selection will be made by a jury consisting of art professionals and RU curatorial staff. Finalists will be notified by Friday, February, 28th, 2020.
NYC-Based Artist Residency features:
- $1,200 stipend
- Weekly visits at RU with art professionals that align artistic/curatorial interests
- Network support, project/production assistance, public exposure
- Regular meetings with RU staff as desired
- Artist presentations among RU residents
- Resident group activities such as exhibition visits, workshops, and field trips
- Culminating one-week-long group exhibition the final week of June at a partnering venue in NYC
To fill out the application form below, please have the following materials ready:
- Contact information
- NYC address
- Artist Statement (1500 characters / 250 words)
- Statement of Interest / Proposal (3000 characters / 500 words)
- An up-to-date CV (PDF format)
- PDF portfolio that includes up to 10 images of work including title, medium, year and description (max 8MB)
- For time-based practices, please include links in the application
Premio. 01 feb de 2020 - 14 feb de 2020 / Nueva York, New York, Estados Unidos
Exposición. 13 dic de 2024 - 04 may de 2025 / CAAC - Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo / Sevilla, España
Formación. 01 oct de 2024 - 04 abr de 2025 / PHotoEspaña / Madrid, España
