
Lama El Homaïssi
Musician in Residence, 2022 Lama El Homaïssi, she/her, (SHIM:NYC Resident for 2022) is a Lebanese performer, writer and voiceover artist currently based in New York

Chery Dieu-Nalio
Visual Artist in Residence, 2021 Chery Dieu-Nalio is a Haitian photographer who was born in Haiti in 1981, and is a current visual artist in

Achiro Patricia Olwoch
Writer in Residence, 2021 Achiro Patricia Olwoch is a Ugandan writer, playwright and filmmaker from Gulu, Northern Uganda. She is currently a writer in residence

Ali Asgar Tara
Born in 1991 in, Bangladesh; Ali Asgar Tara is a non-binary (they/them) artist from the Bengal Delta. As a transdisciplinary researcher, artist, activist, and scholar

Maryam Palizgir
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.

Nazanin Noroozi
Visual Artist in Residence, 2021 Nazanin Noroozi is a New York-based artist who was born in Tehran, Iran, and a current visual artists in residence