ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM

2026 featured Artist in Residence, Marie Alarcon

 

Exhibition Runs: September 24 – October 31, 2026

About Marie

Trained in documentary filmmaking, Alarcon excavates the hidden histories underlying the experience of diaspora and displacement. Through their process of research and discovery they create new cultural artifacts that are the amalgamation of broad cultural references and highly personal inventions, resulting in installations, films, and performances that interrogate authenticity and what it means to belong. Site specific, place based work is key to Alarcon’s practice, with much of their work being made through artist residencies which allow them to make cross-cultural connections. Their use of performance includes the creation of the trickster character Papi Leon, who is part pirate, part cannibal, part zombie, an artifact of the three nationalities in Alarcon’s Filipino, Puerto Rican, and Haitian ancestry.

Each fall for thirteen years, Harwood’s Galleries are devoted to artists working at the intersections of creative expression and social justice. In 2021, for the occasion of Harwood’s 30th Anniversary, we expanded this offering and formally established our first official annual residency program.
Harwood’s residency program supports the creation of new, original, and experimental projects and their culminating public exhibitions, by artists who work at the intersections of art and social inquiry. The resident artist is resourced with a private studio at Harwood for the duration of their year long residency, 2 six week exhibitions, project, promotional, and professional support from our staff, and honoraria to support their time, materials and creative work.
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Gael Luna, featured artist in 2024
We Are. Here Together.
Rica Maestas, featured artist in 2023
WE ARE HERE // HERE WE ARE , Min Che & Yoon Jin, featured artists in 2022

La Furia en contra de la Máquina

Martin Wannam & Marlene Tafoya, featured artists in 2021
Aún No Escrito / Unwritten: Kemely Gomez, featured artist in 2018
Plates Against Patriarchy (Helen Atkins, Jordyn Bernicke & Monique Rivera) featured artists in 2019
Upcoming Exhibitions