Alicia Grullón
Fall 2026 Space Grant Resident Artist
Alicia Grullón (she/her) is a US-born Dominican conceptual artist, whose work critiques the politics of presence in political, environmental, and social spheres through image-making, performance, and social practice. At the core of her practice is a focus on mapping and exploring the metaphorical and emblematic connections between place and our bodies. She has exhibited and performed nationally and abroad and is a recipient of numerous awards including Creative Time’s Research and Development Fellowship, Franklin Furnace Archives, The Mellon Initiative Community Fellowship at the New School and the Colene Brown Art Prize, among others. Alicia was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in fine arts from Moore College of Art and Design in 2021. She has contributed to Routledge publications on social practice and feminism as well as essays on Verso Books blog, the LatinX Project and Hyperallergic. She is based in the Bronx where she grew up.