04/01/2026
We are thrilled to introduce multidisciplinary artist Irene Hsiao as the 2026 CFAS Artist-in-Residence! As part of this residency, Irene will receive dedicated artist support and a project stipend to fuel her visionary projects and support her work in the community throughout the coming year. Her residency is supported in-part by the 2024 Cultural Treasures Grant.
Irene Hsiao is a dancer, writer, and multidisciplinary artist. She creates performances in conversation with visual art in museums, galleries, and public spaces, a practice that includes site-specific interaction with visual artworks and experimental engagement with artists, institutions, and the public.
This year, she is working on Shared Earth, Flowing Water, a performance series dedicated to peace, community, and the natural world.
She is a 2025 Radicle Studio Artist at the Hyde Park Art Center, inaugural Artist in Residence at the Smart Museum of Art in 2020 and 2021, 2022-23 Fellow at High Concept Labs, the first Resident Artist at the Heritage Museum of Asian Art in 2024, and a 2020 Chicago Dancemakers Forum Lab Artist. Her performances have been presented at Chicago Architecture Biennial, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago,and more.
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Website: irenechsiao.wordpress.com
