05/12/2026
Congratulations to our Assistant Professor Marie Alarcón, who is the Artist in Residence at Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque this year. Harwood’s residency program supports the creation of new, original, and experimental projects and their culminating public exhibitions, by artists who work at the intersections of art and social inquiry. The public exhibition will take place in the fall, September 24 – October 31, 2026.
rained in documentary filmmaking, Alarcon excavates the hidden histories underlying the experience of diaspora and displacement. Through their process of research and discovery they create new cultural artifacts that are the amalgamation of broad cultural references and highly personal inventions, resulting in installations, films, and performances that interrogate authenticity and what it means to belong. Site specific, place based work is key to Alarcon’s practice, with much of their work being made through artist residencies which allow them to make cross-cultural connections. Their use of performance includes the creation of the trickster character Papi Leon, who is part pirate, part cannibal, part zombie, an artifact of the three nationalities in Alarcon’s Filipino, Puerto Rican, and Haitian ancestry.
