About
Even prior to creating a formalized program, residencies have been a cornerstone of our mission. Before adopting the name Pioneer Works, our founding team proposed the "Museum of the Working Artist". While the name didn’t stick—the ethos did. We are deeply committed to providing emerging artists, musicians, and technologists with a space to work, tools to create, and a platform to exchange ideas.
Each September, we select residents through an open call. Aided by a jury of experts and Alumni Residents, Pioneer Works welcomes residents who work outside existing models and “norms” of their field and will benefit from our unique facilities and culture. As such, Pioneer Works shifts and evolves to reflect the interests and work of each new cohort of residents, from public education offerings to Second Sundays, a monthly forum of artistic experimentation through activations, open studios, and performance.
All residents that complete the program join our ever-growing alumni network and are tapped for future opportunities like teaching, partnerships, and other public programs.
Residencies at Pioneer Works are supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Applications for our 2023 Residency Open Call are now closed.
We will not be holding a 2024 Open Call due to scheduled construction.
Our 2025 Open Call application will be available in September 2024.
Departments
Current Residents
- Music Resident
Corrine Jasmin
Upcoming Residents
- Visual Arts Resident
Le’Andra LeSeur
- Technology Resident
Or Zubalsky
- Technology Resident
Sage Vousé
- Visual Arts Resident
Jamaal Peterman
- Visual Arts Resident
Angelo Madsen Minax
- Music Resident
Veronica Avola
- Visual Arts Resident
Natalia Lassalle-Morillo
- Visual Arts Resident
Mimi Bai
- Visual Arts Resident
Finnegan Shannon
- Technology Resident
Yehwan Song
- Music Resident
Sid Sriram
- Music Resident
HxH
- Music Resident
Kwami Winfield
- Technology Resident
Paloma Izquierdo and Kyle Richardson
- Visual Arts Resident
John Reynolds
- Visual Arts Resident
Magdalena Dukiewicz
- Technology Resident
Java Jones
- Visual Arts Resident
Utsa Hazarika
- Visual Arts Resident
Vandana Jain
- Technology Resident
Ryan Decker
- Visual Arts Resident
Guanyu Xu
- Music Resident
FAUZIA
- Visual Arts Resident
Kenseth Armstead and Jade Charon
- Music Resident
Ciarra Black
- Music Resident
Imogen Teasley-Vlautin
- Music Resident
Brent Arnold
- Music Resident
Issei Herr
Past Residents
- Music Resident
Gelsey Bell
- Music Resident
Michael Foster
- Visual Arts Resident
Azzah Sultan
- residency
Younes Baba-Ali
- Technology Resident
Nahee Kim
- residency
Carlos Metta
- Music Resident
Becca 'Honeychile' Graham
- Visual Arts Resident
Alvin Armstrong
- Visual Arts Resident
Bianca Abdi-Boragi
- Visual Arts Resident
Jonathan Ojekunle
- Visual Arts Resident
Alex Mctigue
- Technology Resident
Brian Swift
- Visual Arts Resident
ann/drew gayle
- Music Resident
Yatta Zoker
- Music Resident
Khari Lucas
- Music Resident
Amma Ateria
- Music Resident
duendita
- Music Resident
Kinlaw
- Music Resident
Samer Ghadry
- Music Resident
Dan Jyn Suk Ahrendt
- Music Resident
Tony Cruise
- Music Resident
Lisa Schonberg
- Music Resident
OHYUNG
- Technology Resident
Riley Hooker
- Music Resident
Nordra
- Visual Arts Resident
Dawn Kim
- Visual Arts Resident
Asuka Goto
- Technology Resident
Carrie Wang
- Music Resident
Katherine Young & Yarn/Wire
- Music Resident
Holland Andrews
- Technology Resident
Hackett
- Technology Resident
CY X
- Music Resident
Max Jaffe
- Technology Resident
Lauren Lee McCarthy
- Technology Resident
Brian Oakes
- Music Resident
Gabrielle Herbst (GABI)
- Narrative Arts Resident
Janani Balasubramanian
- Narrative Arts Resident
Jordan Kisner
- Narrative Arts Resident
Aynsley Vandenbroucke
- Music Resident
Zoe Scruggs
- Technology Resident
Caroline Garcia
- Technology Resident
Mindy Seu
- Technology Resident
Jenson Leonard
- Technology Resident
Kara Güt
- Visual Arts Resident
Suneil Sanzgiri
- Visual Arts Resident
Lizzi Bougatsos
- Visual Arts Resident
Xenia Bond
- Visual Arts Resident
Claudia Bitran
- Visual Arts Resident
Alexandra Bell
- Music Resident
Constellation Chor in collaboration with Miriam Parker
- Music Resident
Luke Stewart
- Technology Resident
Ariana Faye Allensworth
- Technology Resident
Ignacio Gatica Rojas
- Music Resident
Austin Sley Julian
- Technology Resident
Ingrid Burrington
- Technology Resident
Maggie Hazen
- Music Resident
Chloe Alexandra Thompson
- Music Resident
Jeremiah Cymerman
- Music Resident
Saint Abdullah
- Technology Resident
Yang Wang & Zhenzhen Qi
- Technology Resident
Umber Majeed
- Technology Resident
Luba Drozd
- Visual Arts Resident
Yulan Grant
- Music Resident
Shayna Dunkelman
- Visual Arts Resident
Jude Griebel
- Visual Arts Resident
Ilana Harris-Babou
- Visual Arts Resident
Christie Neptune
- Visual Arts Resident
Erin Johnson
- Music Resident
Amirtha Kidambi
- Music Resident
LEYA
- Technology Resident
Aria Dean
- Technology Resident
Lee Tusman
- Technology Resident
Lai Yi Ohlsen
- Technology Resident
Johann Diedrick
- Music Resident
C. Lavender
- residency
Riobamba
- Technology Resident
Woody Sullender
- residency
LaJuné McMillian
- Technology Resident
Ari Melenciano
- residency
Z Behl
- Music Resident
Senyawa
- residency
Emma Zhu
- Music Resident
Nate Kinsella
- Technology Resident
Gershon Dublon
- Technology Resident
TRYTOBEGOOD (Fei Liu)
- Music Resident
Aki Onda
- Music Resident
Julia Santoli
- residency
Milad Mozari
- Music Resident
Quenton Stuckey
- Technology Resident
Jordan Harper White
- Technology Resident
Mimi Onuoha
- Technology Resident
Surabhi Saraf
- Visual Arts Resident
Rachel Stern
- Visual Arts Resident
Maia Chao
- Visual Arts Resident
LJ Roberts
- Visual Arts Resident
Hypercomf
- Visual Arts Resident
Jenny Perlin
- Music Resident
Lucrecia Dalt
- residency
Samuel Hertz & Carmelo Pampillonio
- Visual Arts Resident
Jaimie Warren
- Visual Arts Resident
Katherine Finkelstein
- Music Resident
Hiro Kone & Roxy Farman
- Visual Arts Resident
Ryan Foerster
- Technology Resident
Janus Rose
- Technology Resident
Melanie Hoff
- Technology Resident
Ed Bear
- Technology Resident
Grayson Earle
- Music Resident
G Lucas Crane & Mallory Catlett
- Technology Resident
Jacolby Satterwhite
- Music Resident
Yumi Kurosawa
- Visual Arts Resident
Betsy Kenyon
- Visual Arts Resident
Nicole Awai
- Narrative Arts Resident
BFAMFAPhD
- Narrative Arts Resident
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
- Music Resident
P. Spadine
- Narrative Arts Resident
Maxwell Neely-Cohen
- Music Resident
Naeem Juwan
- Music Resident
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- Visual Arts Resident
Tamar Ettun
- Technology Resident
Okkyung Lee
- Technology Resident
Beth Coleman
- Technology Resident
Ryan Kuo
- Technology Resident
Alicia Mersy
- Music Resident
Luisa Muhr / Women Between Arts
- Visual Arts Resident
Avram Finkelstein
- Visual Arts Resident
Kenneth Tam
- Visual Arts Resident
Jess Johnson & Simon Ward
- Visual Arts Resident
Ezra Wube
- Visual Arts Resident
Lorena Barrera Enciso
- Music Resident
Ziemba
- Music Resident
MV Carbon
- Technology Resident
Matthew Gantt and Lindsey Drury
- Technology Resident
Sophie Kahn
- Technology Resident
Taeyoon Choi
- Music Resident
Lea Bertucci
- Music Resident
Matt Evans
- Technology Resident
Dora Budor
- Technology Resident
Smriti Keshari
- Technology Resident
Meriem Bennani
- Technology Resident
Phillip Birch
- Music Resident
Dean Blunt
- Music Resident
Brandon Ares
- Music Resident
Vincent Moon, Remix ←→ Culture, and Fanmi Asòtò
- Technology Resident
Billy Rennekamp
- Technology Resident
Toni Dove
- Technology Resident
Salome Asega
- Technology Resident
American Artist
- Visual Arts Resident
Kameelah Janan Rasheed
- Visual Arts Resident
Nicholas Oh
- residency
Tommaso Cappellato
- Visual Arts Resident
Jen Liu
- Visual Arts Resident
Baseera Khan
- Music Resident
Abdu Ali
- Technology Resident
Alfredo Salazar-Caro
- Technology Resident
Claudia Hart
- Technology Resident
Mani Nilchiani and Caroline Sinders
- Visual Arts Resident
Shiri Rozenberg
- Music Resident
TYGAPAW
- Music Resident
Ka Baird
- Technology Resident
Xin Liu
- Technology Resident
Victoria Scott
- Technology Resident
Ann tbd
- Music Resident
Jaimie Branch
- Music Resident
Simon Hanes
- Music Resident
Usaisamonster
- Visual Arts Resident
Gözde İlkin
- Technology Resident
David Huerta
- Technology Resident
Morehshin Allahyari
- Technology Resident
Martine Syms
- Technology Resident
Vanessa Rosa
- Music Resident
Michael Beharie
- Visual Arts Resident
Autumn Knight
- Visual Arts Resident
Louis Fratino
- Visual Arts Resident
Mary Helena Clark
- Visual Arts Resident
NIC Kay
- Music Resident
María Kim Grand
- Music Resident
Zulu P
- Visual Arts Resident
Deborah Bright & Riya Lerner
- Music Resident
Arian Shafiee
- Technology Resident
Sam Sadtler
- Technology Resident
Stephanie Dinkins
- Visual Arts Resident
Shuta Hasunuma
- Music Resident
Angus Tarnawsky
- Technology Resident
Jessica Wilson
- Technology Resident
Matt Romein
- Music Resident
CT::SWaM
- Music Resident
Tashi Dorji
- Visual Arts Resident
Camel Collective
- Music Resident
Tarana
- Music Resident
Amedeo Pace
- Visual Arts Resident
Nate Lewis
- Visual Arts Resident
Carlos Rosales-Silva
- Visual Arts Resident
Tahir Carl Karmali
- Visual Arts Resident
Genesis Belanger
- Music Resident
Susie Ibarra
- Visual Arts Resident
Mario Navarro
- Music Resident
Thollem
- Music Resident
Earth Tongues
- Technology Resident
Rosalie Yu
- Music Resident
Wolf Eyes
- Music Resident
Kazu Makino
- Technology Resident
Katherine Behar
- Technology Resident
Kristin Lucas
- Technology Resident
Rachel White
- Music Resident
Bradford Reed
- Music Resident
Discwoman
- Technology Resident
Rosa Weinberg
- Music Resident
Reeps One
- Music Resident
Kristian Matsson
- Technology Resident
Alex Berke
- Visual Arts Resident
Kenya (Robinson)
- Music Resident
Eli Keszler
- Technology Resident
Aether
- Music Resident
James Tillman
- Technology Resident
Grisha Coleman
- Visual Arts Resident
SKOTE (Jill Pangallo & Alex P. White)
- Visual Arts Resident
Pascual Sisto
- Visual Arts Resident
Angel Nevarez/Valerie Tevere
- Visual Arts Resident
Evelyn Donnelly
- Visual Arts Resident
Jes Fan
- Music Resident
Yonatan Gat Trio
- Technology Resident
Ziv (ZEEVE) Schneider
- Music Resident
Colin Self
- Visual Arts Resident
Zach Nader
- Visual Arts Resident
Young New Yorkers
- Visual Arts Resident
Xu Wang
- Visual Arts Resident
Wilmot Kidd
- Technology Resident
Will Rahilly
- Visual Arts Resident
Virginia Poundstone
- Technology Resident
Tommy Martinez
- Visual Arts Resident
Tashi Brauen
- Visual Arts Resident
Suzannah Lessard
- Visual Arts Resident
Shezad Dawood
- Visual Arts Resident
Shandoah Goldman
- Visual Arts Resident
Shana Lutker
- Technology Resident
Seth Kranzler
- Technology Resident
Sachem Arvidson
- Visual Arts Resident
Ruben Millares
- Visual Arts Resident
Rowan Renee
- Visual Arts Resident
Rosalie Rosenthal
- Technology Resident
Robert Smith
- Visual Arts Resident
Riitta Ikonen & Karoline Hjorth
- Visual Arts Resident
Recycle Group
- Visual Arts Resident
Radek Szlaga
- Visual Arts Resident
Pixy Liao
- Technology Resident
Phillip Stearns
- Visual Arts Resident
Pedro Wirz
- Visual Arts Resident
Paul Korzan
- Music Resident
Otomo Yoshihide + FEN (Far East Network)
- Technology Resident
Oleg Pashkovsky
- Music Resident
Nolan Lem
- Technology Resident
Nina Katchadourian
- Visual Arts Resident
Neil Harbisson
- Visual Arts Resident
Nanotronics
- Visual Arts Resident
Nancy Nowacek
- Music Resident
Molly Surno
- Visual Arts Resident
Molly Lowe
- Visual Arts Resident
Molly Dilworth
- Music Resident
Miho Hatori
- Visual Arts Resident
Micah Ganske
- Visual Arts Resident
Melissa F. Clarke
- Visual Arts Resident
Mathilde Roussel
- Visual Arts Resident
Maria Antelman
- Visual Arts Resident
Lulu Miller
- Visual Arts Resident
Lucia Love
- Visual Arts Resident
Lucia Kempkes
- Visual Arts Resident
Louise Foo & Martha Skou
- Music Resident
Long Distance Poison
- Visual Arts Resident
Lisa Fairstein
- Visual Arts Resident
Lia Halloran
- Visual Arts Resident
Laura Brunellière
- Visual Arts Resident
Keunmin Lee
- Visual Arts Resident
Kate Ovaska
- Visual Arts Resident
Josephine Kaeppelin
- Visual Arts Resident
Jonathan Harris
- Visual Arts Resident
John Gordon Gould
- Visual Arts Resident
Joey Frank
- Technology Resident
JF Malouin
- Visual Arts Resident
Jessica Vaughn
- Visual Arts Resident
Jesse Moretti
- Visual Arts Resident
Jason Saager
- Visual Arts Resident
Jaša
- Visual Arts Resident
James Mercer
- Visual Arts Resident
Jacob Levenson
- Visual Arts Resident
Ivan Forde
- Visual Arts Resident
Ido Michaeli
- Visual Arts Resident
Ian Trask
- Visual Arts Resident
Hyon Gyon
- Visual Arts Resident
Henrique Oliveira
- Music Resident
Haribo
- Music Resident
Greg Fox
- Visual Arts Resident
Gibby Haynes
- Visual Arts Resident
Gerard & Kelly
- Visual Arts Resident
Felix Bernstein
- Visual Arts Resident
Fabrice Monteiro
- Visual Arts Resident
Ernesto Pujol
- Visual Arts Resident
Emily Spivack
- Visual Arts Resident
Elizabeth Orr
- Visual Arts Resident
Elise Rasmussen
- Music Resident
Ebe Oke
- Visual Arts Resident
E.S.P. TV (Scott Kiernan and Victoria Keddie)
- Visual Arts Resident
Drew Conrad
- Music Resident
Dorit Chrysler
- Visual Arts Resident
Dominick Talvacchio
- Visual Arts Resident
David Horvitz
- Visual Arts Resident
David Colosi
- Visual Arts Resident
Daniel Horowitz
- Visual Arts Resident
Curtis “Talwst” Santiago
- Visual Arts Resident
Clifford Owens
- Music Resident
Cleek Schrey
- Visual Arts Resident
Clara Claus
- Visual Arts Resident
Christy Gast
- Visual Arts Resident
Christopher Kardambikis
- Visual Arts Resident
Christine Laquet
- Visual Arts Resident
Chris Woebken & Sascha Pohflepp
- Technology Resident
Cassie Tarakajian
- Visual Arts Resident
Carmen Bouyer
- Visual Arts Resident
Bryan Graf
- Visual Arts Resident
Bruno Levy
- Visual Arts Resident
Brett Swenson
- Visual Arts Resident
Bradley Pitts
- Visual Arts Resident
Benjamin Torres
- Technology Resident
Azikiwe Mohammed
- Visual Arts Resident
Austin Swearengin
- Visual Arts Resident
Arthur Nauzyciel
- Visual Arts Resident
Antonia Wright
- Visual Arts Resident
Anna Lundh
- Visual Arts Resident
Andres Carranza
- Visual Arts Resident
Andrea Roberts
- Visual Arts Resident
Ana Bilankov
- Visual Arts Resident
Amelia Winger-Bearskin
- Visual Arts Resident
Alina Tenser
- Visual Arts Resident
Alex Verhaest
- Visual Arts Resident
Adeline DeMonseignat
- Visual Arts Resident
Adam Stone
- Visual Arts Resident
Adam Stennett
- Visual Arts Resident
Abigail Deville
- Visual Arts Resident
Laura Morrison
- Visual Arts Resident
MSHR (Birch Cooper And Brenna Murphy)
- Technology Resident
Sam Lavigne
- Visual Arts Resident
Thomas Beale
- Visual Arts Resident
Sara Magenheimer
- Music Resident
Jaiko&Benoit
- Visual Arts Resident
Helene Nymann
- Technology Resident
Emily Xie
- Visual Arts Resident
Xu Wang
- Visual Arts Resident
Onyedika Chuke
- Visual Arts Resident
Doreen Garner
- Music Resident
Brooklyn Raga Massive
- Music Resident
Cammissa Buerhaus
- Music Resident
Booker Stardrum
- Music Resident
Arrington De Dionyso
- Visual Arts Resident
Willie Stewart
- residency
Solomon Endlich
- residency
Pedro G. Ferreira
- residency
Andy Kern
- residency
Alberto Nicolis
- residency