David Rabinowitch was a Visiting Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center in 2002-2003.
David Rabinowitch was born in 1943 in Toronto, Canada and passed away in 2023. He was a Canadian sculptor whose work is influenced by architecture, science, philosophy and music. Born in Toronto and twin brother to Royden Rabinowitch, Rabinowitch studied English Literature at the University of Western Ontario. In 1972 he settled in New York. After an encounter with the work of sculptor David Smith, Rabinowitch switched from painting to sculpture. Interested in literature and...
Transdisciplinary Artist, Researcher, Writer, and Teacher
Dario Robleto was the ARC Spring 2022 Artist-in-Residence. Dario Robleto was born in San Antonio, Texas in 1972 and received his BFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1997. He lives and works in Houston, TX. The artist has had numerous solo exhibitions since 1997, most recently at Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX (2024); the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (2024); the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University (2019); Menil Collection, Houston, TX (2014); the Baltimore Museum of Art (2014); the New Orleans Museum of Art (2012); and...
Performance Maker, Choreographer, and Theatre Director
Erika Chong Shuch was the ARC 2009-2010 Artist-in-Residence.
Erika Chong Shuch is a choreographer, director, and performance maker interested in expanding the way performance is created and shared. Shuch’s work spans devised experimental performance and social practice, and produces unexpected forms of audience engagement.
Shuch’s original works have been presented and commissioned in the Bay Area and beyond since 2000. She co-founded For You, a performance group that brings strangers together for intimate encounters and considers performance making as gift-giving....
ARC Fellow, Filmmaker, Writer, and Professor of Film & Media at UC Berkeley
Jeffrey Skoller was an ARC Fellow in Spring of 2009 and 2013 – he was chosen in the Faculty category.
Jeffrey Skoller is a filmmaker and writer. He teaches film/video production and courses on the histories and theories of experimental/avant-garde film and video art, documentary/non-fiction film, Third Cinema, activist and other counter-media practices. “In research and image-making, I explore relationships between film and contemporary art, the radical aesthetics and praxis of the political avant-garde; representations of history and time in experimental film and video,...
Amanda Strong was the Fall 2024 ARC Artist-in-Residence.
Amanda Strong is a Michif (Metis) interdisciplinary artist with a focus on filmmaking, stop motion animations and media art. Currently based on unceded Coast Salish territories also known as Vancouver, BC, Canada. Strong received a BAA in Interpretative Illustration and a Diploma in Applied Photography from the Sheridan Institute. With a cross-discipline focus, common themes of her work are reclamation of Indigenous histories, lineage, language and culture. Strong is the Owner/Director/Producer of Spotted Fawn...
Henry Threadgill was the 2002-2003 ARC Artist-in-Residence.
Since the 1960s, Henry Threadgill has been on the leading edge of avant-garde jazz with his original compositions. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2016, one of only three jazz artists to win the prestigious award.
Threadgill grew up on the South Side of Chicago and first played percussion, then clarinet in the Englewood High School band before switching to saxophone at age 15. At 19, he joined Muhal Richard...
Fred Wilson was the 2002-2003 ARC Artist-in-Residence.
Fred Wilson is renowned for his interdisciplinary practice that challenges assumptions of history, culture, race, and conventions of display. By reframing objects and cultural symbols, he alters traditional interpretations, encouraging viewers to reconsider social and historical narratives.
Wilson’s early work was directed at marginalized histories, exploring how models of categorization, collecting, and display exemplify fraught ideologies and power relations inscribed into the fabric of institutions. His...
Reggie Wilson was the 2005-2006 ARC Artist-in-Residence.
Reggie Wilson (Executive and Artistic Director, Choreographer, Performer) founded Fist & Heel Performance Group, in 1989. Wilson draws from the cultures of Africans in the Americas and combines them with post-modern elements and his own personal movement style to create what he often calls “post-African/Neo-HooDoo Modern dances.”
His work has been presented nationally and internationally at venues such as Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York Live Arts, and Summerstage (NYC), Jacob's Pillow Dance...
