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Photo by initial research on September 01, 2026. May be an image of magazine and text that says 'Ami Lien initial research 2026/2027 fellow Ami Lien is an artist and political organizer based in New York Yorkwho who works solo and collaboratively, including with Enzo Camacho, and the New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines. Their work is concerned with building collective resistance within globalized economies.'.

Photo by initial research on September 01, 2026. May be an image of magazine, newspaper, poster and text that says 'Amiko Li initial research initialresearch2026/2027fll 2026/2027 fellow Amiko Li is an interdisciplinary artist who translates everyday stories and encounters into film, installation, and performance to explore and contextualize underlying complexities and themes such as intimacy, waiting, and value.'.

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Photo by initial research on September 01, 2026. May be a selfie of one or more people, hair, poster, magazine and text that says 'Doreen Chan initial research 2026/2027 fellow Doreen Chan is a Hong Kong-born,New New York-based mixed- -born, mixed-media media artist whose practice focuses on social practice. She e-examines the tensions between interpersonal relationships and well-being through personal and collective memory. Working site-specifically across image-making, sculpture, installation, public programs, and virtual projects, she frequently collaborates with a wide range of individuals. Chan's current research explores the relationships between inherited neurodivergence, well-being, family memory, and migration.'.

Photo by initial research on September 01, 2026. May be a black-and-white image of one or more people, makeup, magazine, face mask, glasses, poster and text that says 'Grace Villamil initial research 2026/2027 fellow Grace Villamil is aninterdisciplinary artist working with sound, performance, imagery, and embodied archives. Her practice attends to how infrastructures of language, noise, sport, and pedagogy shape listening over time. Drawing from heritage: basketball, karaoke culture and environmental sound, she develops experimental approaches to listening that resist pitch discipline, virtuosity, and assimilation.'.

Photo by initial research on September 01, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, magazine, poster and text that says 'initial research 2026/2027 fellow Konantü (Courtney Smith & lván Navarro) Konantü is an experimental collective practice conceived and conducted by artists Courtney Smith and Iván Navarro. Born in Brooklyn but with deep roots in South America, Konantü is defined by an ongoing series of live works performed by small groups of volunteer participants, united in the execution of common task. Developed as intricate spatial, social, or linguistic choreographies, the works activate intuitive coordination and creative solidarity as participants collectively navigate the constraints and possibilities of an underlying logic.'.

Photo by initial research on September 01, 2026. May be an image of macrame, magazine, bangle, poster, wristband and text that says 'Rujuta Rao initial research 2026/2027 fellow Molber นข้องัอ a0 Rujuta Rao works across book art, beverage sculpture, installation, and social practice, alongside conceptual and functional garments through her gender expansive clothing line RUGA. Research-driven and personal, her work uses material investigation to explore migration, place, family history, and hospitality. Rao is curious about how artworks can transform into spaces for gathering, creating conditions for connection and dialogue between the artist and audience.'.

Photo by initial research on September 01, 2026. May be an image of poster, magazine and text that says 'wei initial research 2026/2027 fellow wei's practice explores Otherness through print media, objects, video, sound, and movement, using these forms as material and conceptual sites of inquiry. Engaging with the intertwined cartographies of Queerness and Foreignness, their work examines the "betwixt and between" as condition shaped by homogeneous temporalities and fleeting moments of togetherness.'.

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Posted On: September 1st 2026, 04:00 pm

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Introducing Initial Research Fellowship 2026/2027 Cohort

The Initial Research Fellowship is a year-long program that offers time, space, and structural support for artists and practitioners to explore emerging questions, with research understood as a practice of attention, relation, and care.

We’re excited to welcome our 2026/2027 cohort:
Ami Lien
Amiko Li @amikoli
Andrew Yong Hoon Lee @holyhum
Doreen Chan @doreen_chanwingyan
Grace Villami @viagracia
Konantü (Courtney Smith & Iván Navarro) @konantuwork
Rujuta Rao @rujutarao
wei @_.wei

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Image 2: Image courtesy of CFGNY and Amant, Brooklyn, NY. Photo: David Brandon Geeting
Image 3: Portrait by Kai Wai Wong
Image 4: Portrait by Mackenzie Walker
Image 6: Portrait by mumulak
Image 7: Portrait by Thelma Garcia
Image 8: Minibar, Photo by Keith Fernandes
Image 9: Portrait by Zhidong Zhang

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