2021 Terrain Residency

artists in residence

Sarah Aziz

Sarah Aziz is the 2020-21 Fitzhugh Scott Innovation in Design Fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She holds a B.Arch. from Liverpool John Moores University, an M.Arch. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and has taught at Texas Tech University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Sarah’s work explores ways of circumventing existing, ineffective modes of information distribution and cultural production through fringe research and the creation of temporary discursive spaces.

Adam Farcus

Adam Farcus is a Milwaukee based activist, artist, curator, feminist, teacher, and writer. Farcus received their M.F.A. from the University of Illinois at Chicago, B.F.A. from Illinois State University, and A.A. from Joliet Junior College. Their creative work is multidisciplinary and attends to the emotional ramifications of climate change and social justice. Farcus’s work has been exhibited at numerous venues, including the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; the American University Museum, Washington DC; and Advance Art Museum, Changsha, China. They have lectured on their work and research at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Performance Studies International 16 conference, among many others. Farcus’s creative writing has been published in Rattle and Funny Looking Dog Quarterly, and the 2016 book, MACRO: An Anthology of Image Macros. Founded in 2012, Farcus is the director of Lease Agreement, a nomadic curatorial project and they teach at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design.

Catherine Reinhart

Catherine Reinhart is an interdisciplinary artist living and creating in Ames, IA. Reinhart creates fiber work and conducts social practice with abandoned textiles around themes of domestic labor, connection, and care. Her vision is one of radical hospitality and a generous art practice which redeems the overlooked domestic landscape, cares for forgotten textiles, and honors the undervalued labors of motherhood. Through site-specific installations and interactive works, Reinhart creates spaces where these themes manifest through fostered connection and engagement among audiences.

She received her BFA in Integrated Studio Arts - Printmaking and Fibers in 2008 from Iowa State University. In 2012, she completed her MFA in Textiles from the University of Kansas. Her works have been exhibited locally, regionally, and nationally. Her work has been exhibited at the Department of Land Economy, Cambridge University and Cambridge Artworks, Cambridge, UK, and the Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS. Her works are in collections at University of Mississippi and Kyoto Keika University, Kyoto, Japan. Reinhart is the recipient of numerous grants and residencies, including from the Iowa Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, and Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts. Reinhart was recently honored as a 2020 Iowa Artist Fellow.

Special thanks to our guest panelist Alexander Martin

2021 Terrain Residents were selected by a panel of creative professionals, among them: members from the Terrain Exhibitions Board of Directors, members of the Terrain Exhibitions Residency Committee, and an invited regional artist and advocate, Alexander Martin. Special thanks to Alexander for their time, investment and consideration, and for lending an important voice to this process.