

About
Since the inception of Pioneer Works in 2012, residencies have always been at the core of our DNA even before we had a formalized program. One of the original names for Pioneer Works was the Museum of the Working Artist. While the name didn’t stick, the ethos did. Pioneer Works encourages radical thinking as evidenced by providing an interdisciplinary cast of practitioners a free 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.
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Departments
Current Residents

- Music Resident
duendita
Upcoming Residents

- Music Resident
Amma Ateria

- Visual Arts Resident
Alvin Armstrong

- Visual Arts Resident
Kenseth Armstead

- Technology Resident
Nahee Kim

- Music Resident
Khari Lucas

- Music Resident
Yatta Zoker

- Music Resident
Becca 'Honeychile' Graham

- residency
Carlos Metta

- Music Resident
claire rousay

- Music Resident
Gelsey Bell
Alumni Residents

- 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
Carrie Wang

- Visual Arts Resident
Asuka Goto

- Visual Arts Resident
Dawn Kim

- Visual Arts Resident
Azzah Sultan

- Music Resident
Nordra

- Technology Resident
Riley Hooker

- Music Resident
Katherine Young & Yarn/Wire

- Music Resident
Holland Andrews

- Technology Resident
Brian Oakes

- Technology Resident
Lauren Lee McCarthy

- Music Resident
Max Jaffe

- Technology Resident
CY X

- Technology Resident
Hackett

- Music Resident
Gabrielle Herbst (GABI)

- Narrative Arts Resident
Aynsley Vandenbroucke

- Narrative Arts Resident
Jordan Kisner

- Narrative Arts Resident
Laia

- Visual Arts Resident
Alexandra Bell

- Visual Arts Resident
Claudia Bitran

- Visual Arts Resident
Xenia Bond

- Visual Arts Resident
Lizzi Bougatsos

- Visual Arts Resident
Suneil Sanzgiri

- Technology Resident
Kara Güt

- Technology Resident
Jenson Leonard

- Technology Resident
Mindy Seu

- Technology Resident
Caroline Garcia

- Music Resident
Zoe Scruggs

- Music Resident
Constellation Chor in collaboration with Miriam Parker

- Music Resident
Luke Stewart

- Technology Resident
Maggie Hazen

- Technology Resident
Ingrid Burrington

- Music Resident
Austin Sley Julian

- Technology Resident
Ignacio Gatica Rojas

- Technology Resident
Ariana Faye Allensworth

- Music Resident
Chloe Alexandra Thompson

- Music Resident
Jeremiah Cymerman

- Music Resident
Saint Abdullah

- Technology Resident
Luba Drozd

- Technology Resident
Umber Majeed

- Technology Resident
Yang Wang & Zhenzhen Qi

- Visual Arts Resident
Erin Johnson

- Visual Arts Resident
Ilana Harris-Babou

- Visual Arts Resident
Jude Griebel

- Music Resident
Shayna Dunkelman

- Visual Arts Resident
Yulan Grant

- Music Resident
Amirtha Kidambi

- Music Resident
LEYA

- Technology Resident
Johann Diedrick

- Technology Resident
Lai Yi Ohlsen

- Technology Resident
Lee Tusman

- Technology Resident
Aria Dean

- Music Resident
C. Lavender

- residency
Riobamba

- Technology Resident
Ari Melenciano

- residency
LaJuné McMillian

- Technology Resident
Woody Sullender

- residency
Z Behl

- Music Resident
Nate Kinsella

- residency
Emma Zhu

- Music Resident
Senyawa

- Technology Resident
TRYTOBEGOOD (Fei Liu)

- Technology Resident
Gershon Dublon

- Music Resident
Aki Onda

- Music Resident
Julia Santoli

- residency
Milad Mozari

- Music Resident
Quenton Stuckey

- Technology Resident
Surabhi Saraf

- Technology Resident
Mimi Onuoha

- Technology Resident
Jordan Harper White

- Visual Arts Resident
Jenny Perlin

- Visual Arts Resident
Hypercomf

- Visual Arts Resident
LJ Roberts

- Visual Arts Resident
Maia Chao

- Visual Arts Resident
Rachel Stern

- Visual Arts Resident
Jaimie Warren

- residency
Samuel Hertz & Carmelo Pampillonio

- Music Resident
Lucrecia Dalt

- Visual Arts Resident
Katherine Finkelstein

- Music Resident
Hiro Kone & Roxy Farman

- Visual Arts Resident
Ryan Foerster

- Technology Resident
Jacolby Satterwhite

- Music Resident
G Lucas Crane & Mallory Catlett

- Technology Resident
Grayson Earle

- Technology Resident
Ed Bear

- Technology Resident
Melanie Hoff

- Technology Resident
Janus Rose

- Music Resident
Yumi Kurosawa

- Music Resident
P. Spadine

- Narrative Arts Resident
Joshua Jelly-Schapiro

- Narrative Arts Resident
BFAMFAPhD

- Visual Arts Resident
Nicole Awai

- Visual Arts Resident
Betsy Kenyon

- Narrative Arts Resident
Maxwell Neely-Cohen

- Music Resident
Naeem Juwan

- Music Resident
37d03d

- Technology Resident
Alicia Mersy

- Technology Resident
Ryan Kuo

- Technology Resident
Beth Coleman

- Technology Resident
Okkyung Lee

- Visual Arts Resident
Tamar Ettun

- Music Resident
Luisa Muhr / Women Between Arts

- Visual Arts Resident
Lorena Barrera Enciso

- Visual Arts Resident
Ezra Wube

- Visual Arts Resident
Jess Johnson & Simon Ward

- Visual Arts Resident
Kenneth Tam

- Visual Arts Resident
Avram Finkelstein

- Music Resident
Ziemba

- Music Resident
MV Carbon

- Technology Resident
Taeyoon Choi

- Technology Resident
Sophie Kahn

- Technology Resident
Matthew Gantt and Lindsey Drury

- Music Resident
Lea Bertucci

- Music Resident
Matt Evans

- Technology Resident
Phillip Birch

- Technology Resident
Meriem Bennani

- Technology Resident
Smriti Keshari

- Technology Resident
Dora Budor

- Music Resident
Dean Blunt

- Music Resident
Brandon Ares

- Music Resident
Vincent Moon, Remix ←→ Culture, and Fanmi Asòtò

- Technology Resident
American Artist

- Technology Resident
Salome Asega

- Technology Resident
Toni Dove

- Technology Resident
Billy Rennekamp

- residency
Tommaso Cappellato

- Visual Arts Resident
Nicholas Oh

- Visual Arts Resident
Kameelah Janan Rasheed

- Visual Arts Resident
Baseera Khan

- Visual Arts Resident
Jen Liu

- Music Resident
Abdu Ali

- Technology Resident
Mani Nilchiani and Caroline Sinders

- Technology Resident
Claudia Hart

- Technology Resident
Alfredo Salazar-Caro

- Music Resident
TYGAPAW

- Visual Arts Resident
Shiri Rozenberg

- Music Resident
Ka Baird

- Technology Resident
Ann tbd

- Technology Resident
Victoria Scott

- Technology Resident
Xin Liu

- Music Resident
Jaimie Branch

- Music Resident
Simon Hanes

- Visual Arts Resident
Gözde İlkin

- Music Resident
Usaisamonster

- Technology Resident
Vanessa Rosa

- Technology Resident
Martine Syms

- Technology Resident
Morehshin Allahyari

- Technology Resident
David Huerta

- Music Resident
Michael Beharie

- Visual Arts Resident
NIC Kay

- Visual Arts Resident
Mary Helena Clark

- Visual Arts Resident
Louis Fratino

- Visual Arts Resident
Autumn Knight

- Music Resident
María Kim Grand

- Music Resident
Zulu P

- Visual Arts Resident
Deborah Bright & Riya Lerner

- Music Resident
Arian Shafiee

- Technology Resident
Stephanie Dinkins

- Technology Resident
Sam Sadtler

- Visual Arts Resident
Shuta Hasunuma

- Music Resident
Angus Tarnawsky

- Technology Resident
Jessica Wilson

- Technology Resident
Matt Romein

- Music Resident
CT::SWaM

- Visual Arts Resident
Camel Collective

- Music Resident
Tashi Dorji

- Music Resident
Tarana

- Music Resident
Amedeo Pace

- Visual Arts Resident
Mario Navarro

- Music Resident
Susie Ibarra

- Visual Arts Resident
Genesis Belanger

- Visual Arts Resident
Tahir Carl Karmali

- Visual Arts Resident
Carlos Rosales-Silva

- Visual Arts Resident
Nate Lewis

- Music Resident
Thollem

- Music Resident
Earth Tongues

- Technology Resident
Rosalie Yu

- Music Resident
Wolf Eyes

- Technology Resident
Katherine Behar

- Music Resident
Kazu Makino

- 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

- Visual Arts Resident
Kenya (Robinson)

- Technology Resident
Alex Berke

- Music Resident
Eli Keszler

- Technology Resident
Aether

- Music Resident
James Tillman

- Technology Resident
Grisha Coleman

- Visual Arts Resident
Jes Fan

- Visual Arts Resident
Evelyn Donnelly

- Visual Arts Resident
Angel Nevarez/Valerie Tevere

- Visual Arts Resident
Pascual Sisto

- Visual Arts Resident
SKOTE (Jill Pangallo & Alex P. White)

- Music Resident
Yonatan Gat Trio

- Technology Resident
Ziv (ZEEVE) Schneider

- Visual Arts Resident
Abigail Deville

- Visual Arts Resident
Adam Stennett

- Visual Arts Resident
Adam Stone

- Visual Arts Resident
Adeline DeMonseignat

- Visual Arts Resident
Alex Verhaest

- Visual Arts Resident
Alina Tenser

- Visual Arts Resident
Amelia Winger-Bearskin

- Visual Arts Resident
Ana Bilankov

- Visual Arts Resident
Andrea Roberts

- Visual Arts Resident
Andres Carranza

- Visual Arts Resident
Anna Lundh

- Visual Arts Resident
Antonia Wright

- Visual Arts Resident
Arthur Nauzyciel

- Visual Arts Resident
Austin Swearengin

- Technology Resident
Azikiwe Mohammed

- Visual Arts Resident
Benjamin Torres

- Visual Arts Resident
Bradley Pitts

- Visual Arts Resident
Brett Swenson

- Visual Arts Resident
Bruno Levy

- Visual Arts Resident
Bryan Graf

- Visual Arts Resident
Carmen Bouyer

- Technology Resident
Cassie Tarakajian

- Visual Arts Resident
Chris Woebken & Sascha Pohflepp

- Visual Arts Resident
Christine Laquet

- Visual Arts Resident
Christopher Kardambikis

- Visual Arts Resident
Christy Gast

- Visual Arts Resident
Clara Claus

- Music Resident
Cleek Schrey

- Visual Arts Resident
Clifford Owens

- Visual Arts Resident
Curtis “Talwst” Santiago

- Visual Arts Resident
Daniel Horowitz

- Visual Arts Resident
David Colosi

- Visual Arts Resident
David Horvitz

- Visual Arts Resident
Dominick Talvacchio

- Music Resident
Dorit Chrysler

- Visual Arts Resident
Drew Conrad

- Visual Arts Resident
E.S.P. TV (Scott Kiernan and Victoria Keddie)

- Music Resident
Ebe Oke

- Visual Arts Resident
Elise Rasmussen

- Visual Arts Resident
Elizabeth Orr

- Visual Arts Resident
Emily Spivack

- Visual Arts Resident
Ernesto Pujol

- Visual Arts Resident
Fabrice Monteiro

- Visual Arts Resident
Felix Bernstein

- Visual Arts Resident
Gerard & Kelly

- Visual Arts Resident
Gibby Haynes

- Music Resident
Greg Fox

- Music Resident
Haribo

- Visual Arts Resident
Henrique Oliveira

- Visual Arts Resident
Hyon Gyon

- Visual Arts Resident
Ian Trask

- Visual Arts Resident
Ido Michaeli

- Visual Arts Resident
Ivan Forde

- Visual Arts Resident
Jacob Levenson

- Visual Arts Resident
James Mercer

- Visual Arts Resident
Jaša

- Visual Arts Resident
Jason Saager

- Visual Arts Resident
Jesse Moretti

- Visual Arts Resident
Jessica Vaughn

- Technology Resident
JF Malouin

- Visual Arts Resident
Joey Frank

- Visual Arts Resident
John Gordon Gould

- Visual Arts Resident
Jonathan Harris

- Visual Arts Resident
Josephine Kaeppelin

- Visual Arts Resident
Kate Ovaska

- Visual Arts Resident
Keunmin Lee

- Visual Arts Resident
Laura Brunellière

- Visual Arts Resident
Lia Halloran

- Visual Arts Resident
Lisa Fairstein

- Music Resident
Long Distance Poison

- Visual Arts Resident
Louise Foo & Martha Skou

- Visual Arts Resident
Lucia Kempkes

- Visual Arts Resident
Lucia Love

- Visual Arts Resident
Lulu Miller

- Visual Arts Resident
Maria Antelman

- Visual Arts Resident
Mathilde Roussel

- Visual Arts Resident
Melissa F. Clarke

- Visual Arts Resident
Micah Ganske

- Music Resident
Miho Hatori

- Visual Arts Resident
Molly Dilworth

- Visual Arts Resident
Molly Lowe

- Music Resident
Molly Surno

- Visual Arts Resident
Nancy Nowacek

- Visual Arts Resident
Nanotronics

- Visual Arts Resident
Neil Harbisson

- Technology Resident
Nina Katchadourian

- Music Resident
Nolan Lem

- Technology Resident
Oleg Pashkovsky

- Music Resident
Otomo Yoshihide + FEN (Far East Network)

- Visual Arts Resident
Paul Korzan

- Visual Arts Resident
Pedro Wirz

- Technology Resident
Phillip Stearns

- Visual Arts Resident
Pixy Liao

- Visual Arts Resident
Radek Szlaga

- Visual Arts Resident
Recycle Group

- Visual Arts Resident
Riitta Ikonen & Karoline Hjorth

- Technology Resident
Robert Smith

- Visual Arts Resident
Rosalie Rosenthal

- Visual Arts Resident
Rowan Renee

- Visual Arts Resident
Ruben Millares

- Technology Resident
Sachem Arvidson

- Technology Resident
Seth Kranzler

- Visual Arts Resident
Shana Lutker

- Visual Arts Resident
Shandoah Goldman

- Visual Arts Resident
Shezad Dawood

- Visual Arts Resident
Suzannah Lessard

- Visual Arts Resident
Tashi Brauen

- Technology Resident
Tommy Martinez

- Visual Arts Resident
Virginia Poundstone

- Technology Resident
Will Rahilly

- Visual Arts Resident
Wilmot Kidd

- Visual Arts Resident
Xu Wang

- Visual Arts Resident
Young New Yorkers

- Visual Arts Resident
Zach Nader

- Music Resident
Colin Self

- Visual Arts Resident
Laura Morrison

- Visual Arts Resident
Sara Magenheimer

- Visual Arts Resident
Thomas Beale

- Technology Resident
Sam Lavigne

- Visual Arts Resident
MSHR (Birch Cooper And Brenna Murphy)

- Technology Resident
Emily Xie

- Visual Arts Resident
Helene Nymann

- Music Resident
Jaiko&Benoit

- Visual Arts Resident
Doreen Garner

- Visual Arts Resident
Onyedika Chuke

- Visual Arts Resident
Xu Wang

- Music Resident
Brooklyn Raga Massive

- Music Resident
Cammissa Buerhaus

- Visual Arts Resident
Willie Stewart

- Music Resident
Arrington De Dionyso

- Music Resident
Booker Stardrum

- residency
Alberto Nicolis

- residency
Andy Kern

- residency
Pedro G. Ferreira

- residency
Solomon Endlich

- residency