PS1 Residency
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| PS1 Residency | |
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| Name | PS1 Residency |
| Type | Artist residency program |
| Location | Long Island City, Queens, New York |
| Established | 1994 |
| Parent | Museum of Modern Art |
PS1 Residency
PS1 Residency is a contemporary artist residency based in Long Island City, Queens, affiliated with major institutions and focused on experimental practices across visual arts, performance, architecture, sound, and collaborative projects. The program intersects with museums, biennials, foundations, galleries, and universities to support emerging and mid-career practitioners through studio time, stipends, and exhibition opportunities. Residents have engaged with curators, critics, and public programs linked to international art events and cultural organizations.
Overview
PS1 Residency operates within a network that includes Museum of Modern Art, MoMA PS1, New Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim Museum, Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Orsay, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Serpentine Galleries, National Gallery of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Kunsthalle Basel, Fondazione Prada, Fondazione Prada Milano, Maxxi, Hayward Gallery, Walker Art Center, Brooklyn Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Frieze Art Fair, Documenta, Venice Biennale, São Paulo Biennial, Shanghai Biennale, and Sharjah Biennial. The residency links practitioners to curatorial research, production support, critical discourse, and cross-institutional exchanges with organizations such as Jerome Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, Creative Capital, and Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
History and Development
The residency emerged from the evolving mission of avant-garde spaces in the 1990s and is intertwined with histories of PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Alanna Heiss, and the broader downtown New York scene associated with venues like White Columns, PS122, The Kitchen, Artists Space, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (institutional name used historically), and collectives such as The Guerrilla Girls. Early development involved collaborations with curators and critics linked to Hans Ulrich Obrist, Marina Abramović, Nicolas Bourriaud, Robert Storr, Klaus Biesenbach, Pope.L, and Lisa Phillips. Key moments paralleled citywide cultural shifts connected to Renaissance 3, DCLA, Queens Museum, Socrates Sculpture Park, MoMA's acquisition of PS1, and policy debates shaped by Mayoral administrations and funding changes influenced by foundations like Rockefeller Foundation and Ford Foundation.
Program Structure and Selection
Residency selection is competitive, often coordinated with panels of curators, artists, and critics drawn from institutions such as MoMA, New Museum, Tate Modern, Serpentine Galleries, Documenta, Whitney Independent Study Program, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Banff Centre, Ox-Bow School of Art, Core Program at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Civitella Ranieri, Reykjavík Arts Festival, and university programs like Yale School of Art, Columbia University School of the Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Pratt Institute, Cooper Union, Rhode Island School of Design, Goldsmiths, University of London, Royal College of Art, University of California, Los Angeles School of the Arts and Architecture, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Selection criteria emphasize innovation, feasibility, public engagement, and potential for exhibition outcomes. The cohort model, mentorship by visiting curators from Tate, MoMA, Serpentine, and partnerships with galleries including Gagosian, David Zwirner, Hauser & Wirth, Pace Gallery, and Lisson Gallery shapes professional development.
Notable Residents and Projects
Alumni and project collaborations have included work by artists and collectives associated with Kara Walker, Kehinde Wiley, Ai Weiwei, Yayoi Kusama, Cindy Sherman, Marina Abramović, Gloria Oyarzabal, Tania Bruguera, Olafur Eliasson, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Rachel Whiteread, Santiago Sierra, Do Ho Suh, Anish Kapoor, Jenny Holzer, Shirin Neshat, Zanele Muholi, Theaster Gates, Mickalene Thomas, Adrian Piper, Charles Atlas, Hito Steyerl, Rashid Johnson, Kara Walker, Doris Salcedo, Isa Genzken, Ellen Gallagher, Tauba Auerbach, Ryan Trecartin, Matthew Barney, Michael Rakowitz, Teresa Margolles, Doris Salcedo, William Kentridge, Nairy Baghramian, Do Ho Suh, Jenny Saville, Tracey Emin, Ana Mendieta, and Sophie Calle. Projects resulted in exhibitions and public programs connected to events like Performa Biennial, Armory Show, Frieze New York, NADA Art Fair, Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach, and collaborations with institutions such as Brooklyn Academy of Music, Public Art Fund, New York Public Library, and Abrons Arts Center.
Facilities and Resources
Facilities include studio spaces, production workshops, fabrication labs, and shared technical resources often coordinated with external partners like fab labs, School of Visual Arts, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Hunter College, CUNY Graduate Center, Cooper Union, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn College, and makerspaces linked to New Lab. Technical support has drawn on expertise from conservators and technicians associated with Metropolitan Museum Conservation Center, Guggenheim conservation, Museum of Modern Art conservation, and private fabricators such as Material ConneXion and commercial art handlers used by galleries like White Cube and Pace Gallery.
Community Engagement and Exhibitions
Residents present work through exhibitions, open studios, performances, and public programs in collaboration with organizations such as Public Art Fund, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Queens Council on the Arts, Harlem Stage, Studio Museum in Harlem, BRIC, Electronic Arts Intermix, SFMOMA, ICA Boston, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Henry Street Settlement, and festivals like Open House New York. Programming often intersects with curators and writers from Artforum, Frieze Magazine, Art in America, The Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic, and academic symposia at Columbia University, Princeton University, New York University, and Rutgers University.
Funding and Institutional Partnerships
Funding streams include municipal support connected to New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, grants from foundations like Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Kellogg Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, and awards from organizations such as MacArthur Foundation and Guggenheim Foundation. Institutional partnerships span MoMA, MoMA PS1, New York City Economic Development Corporation, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, NYC & Company, and international cultural agencies like British Council, Creative Europe, Institut Français, Goethe-Institut, Japan Foundation, Asia Society, and bilateral cultural institutions involved in residency exchanges.