(Re)assemblage

The 2025 EFA SHIFT Cohort Exhibition

June 12 – July 26, 2025
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 12, 6:00–8:00PM

EFA Studios
323 West 39th St., New York, NY, 3rd Floor
Hours: Tue–Fri, 12–5 pm

DaeQuan Alexander Collier
Stephen Lau
Hawu Lim
DW Zinsser

Curated by Sophia Ma

The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA) is proud to present (Re)assemblage, the culminating exhibition of the 2025 SHIFT Residency program. Featuring work by DaeQuan Alexander Collier, Stephen Lau, Hawu Lim, and DW Zinsser, the exhibition will be on view in the EFA Studios Gallery from June 12 through July 26, 2025. Organized by independent curator Sophia Ma in collaboration with curatorial mentee Danielle Mann, this exhibition marks the fifteenth anniversary of the SHIFT Residency. Please join us for the opening reception on Thursday, June 12, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

Named after Trinh T. Minh-ha’s seminal 1982 film, (Re)assemblage explores the politics of grief, memory, and identity through material fragments, ritual gestures, and poetic systems of making. Each artist approaches their practice as a site of negotiation—with loss, with family, with the violence of assimilation and erasure—transforming everyday materials into deeply intentional acts of assembly. Across sculpture, video, drawing, sound, and soft installation, they offer not answers but openings: spaces to gather, to grieve, to begin again, and to be visible and present.

Now in its fifteenth year, EFA’s SHIFT Residency supports artists working at the intersection of creative practice and social transformation. Designed for artist-organizers, educators, and community builders, SHIFT provides material resources, studio space, and a critical support network within the EFA community. This year's artists embody the program’s ethos through practices rooted in care, collaboration, and cultural memory. In celebration of the milestone anniversary, SHIFT alumni were invited to contribute reflections on their experiences in the exhibition catalog, creating an intergenerational exchange across past and present cohorts.

Read more about the artists here.

Contact: danielle@efanyc.org

EXHIBITION MATERIALS

PRESS RELEASE (PDF)

CHECKLIST

EVENTS

ABOUT SHIFT: A RESIDENCY FOR ARTS WORKERS

Since its inception in 2010, SHIFT Residency has been providing peer support, mentoring, studio spaces, and exhibition opportunities for over ninety artists who work in various arts organizations (as curators, educators, administrators, etc.), to advance their creative practices and to support the balance of their careers. SHIFT recognizes the contribution of arts workers to the art community, providing other individuals and the public with opportunities for growth and expansion. The SHIFT residency honors these artists’ commitment with a supportive, enriching, and collaborative environment.

SHIFT hosts a cohort of artists working in a range of media each year, from sound and installation to painting, performance, and social practice. In addition to its role as a support network, SHIFT promotes advocacy for arts workers and seeks to increase equity and representation within the field.

To date, SHIFT has welcomed arts workers as residents from the following institutions: Abrons Art Center, Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program, Artists Alliance Inc., Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Children’s Museum of Manhattan, CUE Art Foundation, Czech Center New York, Elastic City, Eyebeam Center for Art + Technology, Flux Factory, FreeDimensional, Henry Street Settlement, International Center for Photography, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Joan Mitchell Foundation, Museum of Arts & Design (MAD), Museum of the City of New York, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), NURTUREart, Queens Museum, Reanimation Library, Residency Unlimited, Time Out New York, School of Visual Arts, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Triangle Art Association, Vera List Center for Art + Politics at The New School, Whitney Museum, and Wave Hill, among others.

SHIFT Residency for Arts Workers 2025 is generously supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.