AIRIE Artist
Directory
2026
Ackeem Salmon / Bex McCharen / Sarah Doerfel & Vincent Scheers /
Samuel Domínguez / Havîn Al-Sîndy / Laurena Finéus / Julius Karoubi / Coco Villa & Sheherazade Thénard / Ashia Ajani / Daveed Baptiste / Shenny De Los Angeles / Jean Shin
<Gen Del Raye is the 2026 AIRIE x McKnight Artist Fellow
2025
The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker / David Rahahę•tih Webb / Jewel Rodgers / Lee Pivnik / Thandeka Mfinyongo / Sterling Rook
*Lola Flash (2022), Chris Friday (2024), Charles Humes (2024), Gal Nissim (2023), Lauren Shapiro (2023), Nathaniel Sadler (2017) and Cornelius Tulloch (2022) were granted Fellowships as part of a new AIRIE Alumni initiative
>David Rahahę·tih Webb is the 2025 AIRIE Indigenous Artist Fellow
2024
Franky Cruz* / Morel Doucet / Chris Friday / Gentry George / Charles Humes Jr. / Venus Jasper / Lauren Shapiro
*Franky Cruz was granted a Fellowship as part of a new AIRIE Alumni initiative
2023
Atéha Bailly / Germane Barnes* /
Pierce Eldridge & Ashleigh Musk / >Diana Eusebio/ Gal Nissim / T. Eliott Mansa / Sydney Maubert / Alejandro Rodriguez / Monica Sorelle / Khari Turner / Gaylord Schanilec<
*Germane Barnes is the Inaugural AIRIE x Wege Foundation Triennial Fellow
>Diana Eusebio was AIRIE’s Indigenous Artist Fellow
<Gaylord Schanilec was the 2023 AIRIE x McKnight Artist Fellow
2022
*Germane Barnes / Lola Flash / Maya Freelon / Ania Freer / >M. Carmen Lane / Francisco Masó / Arsimmer McCoy / Kunya Rowley / Cornelius Tulloch
*Germane Barnes is AIRIE’s three-year Wege Invitational Fellow
>M. Carmen Lane was AIRIE’s Indigenous Artist Fellow
2021
A.S.T. [Alliance of the Southern Triangle]* / Katie Knoll / Natascha Libbert / Nguyên Khôi Nguyễn / Kory Reeder / Rebecca Reeve / Yukio Suzuki / Elizabeth Withstandley
* A.S.T. were the 2021 AIRIE Research Fellows
2020
Dara Friedman / Rachel Gray / Onajide Shabaka
Several 2020 Residencies were postponed to 2021 due to Covid-19.
2019
Agile Rascals Bicycle Tour / Ombretta Agro Andruff / J. Bennett / Annie Blazejack & Geddes Levenson / Cathy Byrd / Susan Caraballo / Itamar Freed & Courtney Scheu / Carol Hendrickson / Grant Livingston / Cristina Molina / Nice N’Easy / Barron Sherer / Fereshteh Toosi / Matt Venuti
2018
Keren Anavy / Dale Andree / Blanca Botero / Robert Chambers / Rachel Johnson / Tal Frank / Leah Claire Kaminski / Kristin Lucas / Rachel Luria / Jeanine Michna-Bales / Carlos Rigau
2017
Laura Gibson / Nick Gilmore / Jenny Larsson / Ashlee Mack & James Romig / Anne Jennings Paris / Cherry Pickman / Nathaniel Sandler / Magnus Sodamin / TM Sisters / Dana Wildsmith / Sasha Wortzel
2016
Joianne Bittle / Thom Wheeler Castillo / Elisabeth Condon / Jose Elias / Valerie George / Brookhart Jonquil / Jen Karetnick / Julia Oldham / Hannah Star Rogers / Ann Stanford
2015
Matthew Booth / Franky Cruz / Andrew Gottleib / Jason Hedges / Nancy Krim / Christina Pettersson / Onajide Shabaka / Caterina Tiazzoldi / Alan Winslow
2014
Rodney Dickson / Brenna Dixon / Daniel Dugas & Valerie LeBlanc / Prudence Gill / Regina Jestrow / Elite Kedan / Dana Levy / Emily Myerscough / Adam Nadel / Nathaniel Sandler / Karl Staven / Reed van Brunschot
2013
Harumi Abe / Jane Abrams / Wendy Call / Anita Dallar / Naomi Fisher / Wade Kavanaugh & Steven Nguyen / Mathias Kessler / Gustavo Matamoros / Bill Maxwell / Ana Mendez / Alice Raymond / Susan Silas / Bryan McGovern Wilson
2012
Danielle Austen / James Branaman / Cristina de la Vega / Heather Dewar / Mark Dion / Danielle Downing / Krista Elrick / Mary Keithan / Joanna Kidd / Susan Klein / Joice Marie / Deanna Morse / Trong Nguyen / Eileen Powell / Rebecca Reeve / Dana Sherwood
2011
John Agnew / Marilynn Brandenburger / Bill Brody / Shannon Bueker / Rebecca Daugherty / Dian Disantis / Kathy Garvey / Ruth Ava Lyons / Jason Stemple / Brian Trainor
2010
Carol Carter / Anita Dallar / Mary Beth Ellis / Lisa Elmaleh / Mary Garrish / Cameron Gillie / Kenneth Hall / Terry Kramzar / Christopher Reiger / Joseph Weinzettle / Diane Wilkinson
2009
Mary Kate Azcuy / Emilie Brown / Karen Glaser / Jules Buck Jones / Malcolm Lightner / Pedro Lujan / Edgar Martins / Karla Linn Merrifield
AIRIE x McKnight Artist Fellowship Program
Supported by Artist Communities Alliance’s (ACA) McKnight Artist Residencies Consortium. This partnership between ACA and the McKnight Foundation supports selected residency program partners in developing fair and just policies and provides McKnight Artist Fellows with residency opportunities at these partner programs. This consortium aims to support the development of residency environments where any artist can thrive.
For more information, visit mcknight.org/artistfellowships.
