Fountainhead Announces 2024 Residency Artists
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 17, 2023 - Miami, FL. Fountainhead announces its 2024 artist residency selections, a roster of 30 exceptional contemporary artists from around the world and working across various media. Selected artists will live and work in Miami in the historic Morningside neighborhood for one month while connecting one-on-one with renowned curators, collectors, and arts professionals and the Miami public at-large. The immersive residency program is designed to offer artists time and space to create work, be inspired by Miami, and nurture relationships and connections that can help artists thrive in their careers; fulfilling the organization’s mission to elevate artists’ voices and transform society through their work.
This year’s applications were thoughtfully reviewed by an esteemed panel of curators and program alum working across the nation, which included Lauren Kelley, a Fountainhead alum based in Dallas; Zoe Lukov, curator and co-founder of Art in Common in Los Angeles; Ché Morales, a curator and founder of OG Magazine in New York; and Gilbert Vicario, the chief curator of the Perez Art Museum Miami.
Founded in 2008, Fountainhead has hosted over 530 artists from 49 different countries, and countless U.S. cities to date.
The 2024 artist residency roster includes:
January 2024
Sponsored in part by Lois Whitman Hess and Eliot Hess
Merik Goma (b. Michigan; Connecticut) | More information
Pacifico Solano (born and based in New York) | More information
Samuel Levi Jones (born and based in Indiana) | More information
February 2024
Sponsored in part by Leslie and Michael Weissman
Nardeen Srouji (born and based in Israel) | More information
Reniel del Rosario (b. Phillipines, California) | More information
Zoe Walsh (b. Washington, D.C., California) | More information
March 2024
Sponsored in part by Shepard Broad Foundation
Ana Silva (b. Angola; Portugal) | More information
Kevork Mourad (b. Syria; New York) | More information
Liz Cohen (born and based in Arizona) | More information
April 2024
Ato Ribeiro (b. Pennsylvania; Georgia) | More information
Ho Jae Kim (b. Korea; New York) | More information
Sagarika Sundaram (b. India; New York) | More information
May 2024
Sponsored in part by Hesty Leibtag and Terry Verk
Claudia Joscowicz (b. Bolivia; New York) | More information
Nadia Hernández (b. Venezuela; Australia) | More information
Natia Lemay (born and based in Canada) | More information
June 2024
Sponsored by Linda and Micol Schejola Foundation
Andrea Ferraro (b. Peru; Mexico) | More information
Daniela Gomez Paz (b. Colombia; Connecticut) | More information
Saya Woolfalk (b. Japan; New York) | More information
July 2024
José Villalobos (born and based in Texas) | More information
Margarita Cabrera (born and based in Texas) | More information
Victoria Martinez (b. Illinois; Connecticut) | More information
August 2024
Sponsored in part by Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz
Catalina Ouyang (b. Illinois; New York) | More information
Mar Figueroa (b. Ecuador; New York) | More information
Yongqi Tang (b. China; Washington) I More information
September 2024
Emiliana Henriquez (b. El Salvador; California) | More information
Kiyan Williams (b. New Jersey; New York) | More information
Sarah Zapata (b. Texas; New York) | More information
October 2024
Adam Amram (b. Israel; New York) | More information In partnership with YoungArts
Adam Beris (b. Wisconsin; California) | More information
Tyler Christopher Brown (born and based in California) | More information
For press inquiries, contact Nicole Martinez, Associate Director at nicole@fountainheadarts.org or 305-450-0414.
About Fountainhead
Fountainhead’s mission is to elevate the voices, visibility and value of artists in our society and make their work accessible in a welcoming and inclusive environment. Over the last 15 years, Fountainhead's programs have included its seminal artist residency program, local artists' studios complex and the county-wide open studios program Artists Open. Through the Fountainhead Residency, Fountainhead has welcomed over 530 artists from 49 different countries and myriad national and international cities to Miami; its programs serve over 300 artists annually and welcome thousands of patrons to engage with their work each year.
Major support for Fountainhead is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the State of Florida Division of Arts and Culture, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Jorge M. Perez Family Foundation, the Arison Arts Foundation, and others. Learn more at fountainheadarts.org
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