Performance Maker, Choreographer, and Theatre Director
Erika Chong Shuch was the ARC 2009-2010 Artist-in-Residence. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
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...
Photography, Video, Writing, and Installation Artist Duo
Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris were the ARC 2018-2019 Artist-in-Residence. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris (Sayler/Morris) work with photography, video, writing, and installation to examine our changing notions of nature, culture, and ecology. Their work is often place-based and focused on historical research. They were jointly awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2023.
Their work has been exhibited broadly in the U.S. and internationally, including at the Massachusetts Museum of...
Co-presented by the Arts Research Center and the Department of Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies, in partnership with Alternative Theater Ensemble, and with support from the Dean's Office of the Division of Arts & Humanities, the Department of...
Indigenous Performing Arts Residency Program ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE Sam Aros-MitchellChoregrapher/PerformerApril 20 – 24, 2026
A collaborative program by the Arts Research Center and the Department of Theater, Dance, & Performance Studies, with support from the Dean's Office of the...
Ignacio Rábago was a Visiting Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center in 2004-2005. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
Ignacio Rábago was born in Madrid, Spain in 1950 and has been living in Copenhagen since 1978. Being educated as a painter and sculptor, Rábago has specialized in large scale installations. Since his first exhibition in 1974 Rábago´s work has been presented regularly in galleries, museums and public institutions. Among the most important of his exhibitions are: Gallery Hastings, New York, 1981...
David Rabinowitch was a Visiting Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center in 2002-2003. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
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...
Hendl Helen Mirra was the Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center in 2003-2004. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
Hendl Helen Mirra was born in Rochester, New York in 1970 and lives in West Marin, California. Major solo exhibitions include Rochechouart Museum (2022); Museo de Arte Zapopan, Jalisco (2020); Berkeley Art Museum (2019); The Aspen Art Museum (2015); Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich (2012); KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; and Bonner Kunstverein (both 2011); Dallas Museum of Art (2004); Whitney Museum...
Tim Miller was the Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center in 2001. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
Tim Miller is an internationally acclaimed performance artist. Miller’s creative work as a performer and writer explores the artistic, spiritual, and political topography of his identity as a gay man. Hailed for his humor and passion, Miller has tackled this challenge in such pieces as Postwar (1982), Cost of Living (1983), Democracy in America (1984), Buddy Systems (1985), ...
Actress, Singer, Musical Director of the Isongo ensemble, and Senior Lecturer Classical Voice at the University of Cape Town
Pauline Malefane was the Artist-in-Residence at the Arts Research Center from 2008-2009. If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
Pauline Malefane is co-founder and co-Music Director of Isango Ensemble. She has worked with members of the company since 2000. She is also an advocate for The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. She saw world-wide success playing the role of Carmen, both on stage and in the Golden Bear-winning feature film U-Carmen eKhayelithsa, for which she won a Golden Thumb from Roger Ebert. She...
The Arts Research Center 2014 Artist-in-Residence: Rick LoweNovember 17-November 24, 2014 If you are interested in contacting this artist, please find them on their website.
The Arts Research Center is delighted to host a 10-day residency with acclaimed artist, community organizer, and 2014 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, Rick Lowe.
