Thank you to all of the wonderful artists who applied to our 2025/26 International Artist Residency Open Call! We were truly inspired by the range, depth, and care in the proposals we received, and we’re grateful for the time and trust you put into sharing your work with us. For this cycle, our residency’s artist will be selected by an inspiring jury of artists artists and curators. We are honored to announce Jo-ey Tang, Julio César Morales, Amy Berk, and MJ Brown

Jo-ey Tang has served as curator at Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Director of KADIST San Francisco; Director of Exhibitions of Beeler Gallery at Columbus College of Art & Design; and arts editor of n+1. He has curated exhibitions at Centre Pompidou, Paris; Pinacoteca de São Paulo; K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong and chi K11 Art Museum, Shanghai; Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston; and with his ongoing project arms ache avid aeon: Nancy Brooks Brody / Joy Episalla / Zoe Leonard / Carrie Yamaoka: fierce pussy amplified, at Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; and Participant Inc, New York.
Photo by Gina Osterloh

Julio César Morales is an accomplished artist, educator, and curator. In curatorial practice, Morales has a range of experience: executive director and lead curator at Museum of Contemporary Art. Tucson (2022-2025), senior curator at Arizona State University Museum (2012-2022), adjunct curator for visual arts at Yerba Buena Center for The Arts in San Francisco (2008-2012), and founder and director of Queens Nails Annex, an artist-run project space in San Francisco (2003-2012). In 2013 he was a contributing curator for the Japanese pavilion at the Venice Biennal. 
Photo by Renee Zellweger

Amy Berk is the head of education at 500 Capp street. She taught at San Francisco Art Institute from 2006-2022, serving as Chair for the Contemporary Practice program from 2011 to 2013. As an artist, she has shown her work nationally and internationally. Berk received an MFA from SFAI and a BA in Studio Art and English from Wesleyan University. 
Photo by Geloy Conception

MJ Brown is currently the Director of Development of Headland center for the Arts in Sausalito, CA and sits on the Board of Directors at Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla). MJ has previously worked in creative communities including Ballroom Marfa, The Redford Center, Christie’s San Francisco, Kemper Art Museum (Washington University in St. Louis), and White Flag Projects.