For Immediate Release

December 2, 2015

HEADLANDS CENTER FOR THE ARTS ANNOUNCES 2016 AWARDEES

OF ON-SITE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM

Sausalito, CA…Headlands Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the fifty-one artists and collaboratives who will participate in its renowned Artist-in-Residence program in 2016, including alumni who will receive project-specific support through Alumni New Works. The awardees receive fully sponsored, live-in residencies designed to sustain and develop their artistic processes. Additionally, recipients of the Larry Sultan Photography Award, Chiaro Award, and Chamberlain Award listed below will receive cash prizes.

Headlands’ Executive Director sharon maidenberg said, “We are delighted to be welcoming this extraordinary group of creative practitioners to Headlands next year. They represent ten states, eighteen countries, and a vibrant diversity of practices. By working on their individual projects and regularly convening as a community over several weeks, we hope the artists will be inspired by one another and enjoy the freedom to conceive and create within our breathtaking setting.”

All awardees will be at Headlands during one of three sessions (spring, summer, and fall) and are listed below by discipline. www.headlands.org/program/AIR

Firelei Báez receives 2016 Chiaro Award

The Chiaro Award is a fully sponsored residency and $15,000 cash prize for an accomplished mid-career painter residing in the United States. Báez was announced as the 2016 recipient in October 2015, and will begin her residency in the fall. www.headlands.org/program/chiaro-award/

Marco Breuer receives inaugural Larry Sultan Photography Award

Presented in partnership with Pier 24 Photography, California College of the Arts, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Larry Sultan Photography Award honors the unique vision of American photographer Larry Sultan by recognizing one photographer a year with a fully sponsored residency and a $10,000 cash prize. Breuer was announced as the 2016 recipient in September 2015, and will begin his residency in the spring. www.headlands.org/program/larry-sultan-photography-award/

Fernando García-Dory receives 2016 Chamberlain Award

The Chamberlain Award supports artists who display exceptional merit in the discipline of social practice and includes a fully sponsored residency and a $5,000 cash prize. García-Dory will begin his residency in the fall. www.headlands.org/program/chamberlain-award/

Brad Kahlhamer receives Richard Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship, offered in partnership with the San Francisco Art Institute

Established in 1998 by the family of painter Richard Diebenkorn, an alumnus and longtime faculty member of San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), the Richard Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship provides an opportunity for artists to teach at SFAI while having the time and financial support to create new work while in residence at Headlands. www.headlands.org/program/diebenkorn-fellowship/

Complete List of 2016 AIRs by Discipline

Visual

• Firelei Báez, New York | Chiaro Award
• Andrea Bowers, California
• Marco Breuer, New York | Larry Sultan Photography Award
• Jedediah Caesar & Kate Costello, California
• Chris Duncan, California | Project Space
• Fritzia Irizar, Mexico | Project Space
• Iman Issa, Egypt/New York
• Prajakti Jayavant, California
• Andrea Joki, Ohio
• Brad Kahlhamer, New York | Richard Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship
• Samson Kambalu, Malawi/United Kingdom
• Jamila Lamrani, Morocco
• Cybele Lyle, California | Project Space
• Toyin Ojih Odutola, New York
• Ciara Phillips, Scotland
• Sopheap Pich, Cambodia
• Gwenaël Rattke, Germany
• Sheilah Wilson, Ohio

Interdisciplinary

• Mauricio Arango, New York
• Life After Life (Paige K. Johnston and Karthik Pandian), Vermont | Project Space
• Candice Lin, California
• Noam Toran, United Kingdom
• Ewa Wesolowska, Poland
• Arseny Zhilyaev, Russia

Social Practice

• Fernando García-Dory, Spain | Chamberlain Award
• Alejandro Guzmán, New York | Project Space
• Andrea Reynosa, New York

Writing

• Lucy Ives, New York
• Ken Kalfus, Pennsylvania
• Rachel Monroe, Texas
• Cheryl Tan, New York
• Cassandra Troyan, Illinois
• Greg Youmans, Washington

Performance/Dance

• Jesse Bonnell, New York
• Malik Gaines, New York
• Lars Jan, Early Morning Opera, California
• Sara Shelton Mann, California
• Christopher White, California

Film/Video/New Media

• Rosa Barba, Germany
• Ted Passon, Pennsylvania
• Sarah Rara, California | Project Space
• Chen Xiaoyun, China

Music/Sound

• Philip Dadson, New Zealand
• Guy Klucevsek, New York
• Brian Mumford, Oregon
• Aki Onda, New York
• Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn, New York

Architecture/Environment

• Jonas Dahlberg, Sweden

Arts Professional

• Jennifer Kabat, New York

2016 Alumni New Works Awardees

Headlands’ Alumni New Works is a project-based award program that supports the contemporary creative practices of Headlands Alumni in the form of return visits of two to six weeks, along with cash grants of $1,000–$5,000 to assist with project execution. www.headlands.org/program/alumni-new-works Recipients are:

• Olive Bieringa & Otto Ramstad, Minnesota | Performance/Dance
• Erik Moskowitz & Amanda Trager, New York | Film, Video, New Media

2016 Project Space Artists

Headlands’ Project Space functions as a studio and exhibition space for artists whose work is designed to be socially engaging; the public is frequently invited to participate, be a part of the process, and help realize projects. www.headlands.org/visit/project-space/

About Headlands Center for the Arts

Headlands Center for the Arts is a multidisciplinary, international arts center located in the Marin Headlands and is a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Headlands’ Artists Programs provide opportunities for research, experimentation, professional development, and peer-to-peer exchange for artists working across disciplines at critical times in their careers. Unique among programs for artists, Headlands’ dynamic residency program provides meaningful resources—time, space, community, and financial support—to artists who are engaged in catalyzing new modes of thought, work, and discourse. By bringing together artists from a wide range of disciplines—visual and interdisciplinary arts, architecture, performance and dance, music and sound, writing, criticism, and curating—the programs emphasize a balance in developing an individual practice, a valuable exchange with other artists and visitors, and a meaningful engagement with place. www.headlands.org

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