Musician in Residence, 2022-2023 Lama El Homaïssi, she/her, (SHIM:NYC Resident for 2022) is a Lebanese performer, writer and voiceover artist currently based in New York City. Lama started her career in entertainment working for years as a television writer in Lebanon, creating original shows for the Sony Pictures Television Arabia and Talpa Middle East catalogs, …
Born in 1991 in Bangladesh; Ali Asgar Tara (she/her) is an artist from the Bengal Delta. As a transdisciplinary researcher, artist, activist, and scholar Tara’s hybrid practice utilizes body, space, and personal narrative (archive/language/history and identity) to create political, site responsive, and community base cross-disciplinary collaborations. Tara’s original work has been featured, exhibited, and staged …
Maryam Palizgir is a multidisciplinary Iranian artist and educator who lives and works in NYC. She received her MFA from Georgia State University in 2018. She has presented her work in solo and group exhibitions in the United States, Iran, UK, France, Russia, and Germany. Palizgir’s work has been featured in many major publications and …
Visual Artist in Residence, 2021-2022 Nazanin Noroozi is a New York-based artist who was born in Tehran, Iran, and a current visual artists in residence at the New York City Artist Safe Haven Residency Program. Her work explores themes of the archive, technology and family. Noroozi’s work has been widely exhibited in both Iran and …
Writer in Residence, 2019 Felix Kaputu was a former writer in residence of the New York Artist Safe Haven Residency Program, during which he taught in Fordham University’s English Department. Originally from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has worked at universities around the world since 1988, including in Africa, the USA, Japan, and Belgium. …
Visual Artist in Residence, 2020-2021 Faten Gaddes is a French/Tunisian photographer who was Born in Tunisia in 1974. She graduated in Interior Design while indulging in her passion for photography and sharpening her skills through training classes. She is a member of the Visual Art Association (VA). Faten Gaddes has repeatedly shown her work, particularly in Sidi …
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