Creative Residencies
A Place for Artists
For over three decades, the Luce Center has hosted artists in residence who have plumbed the intersections of art and religion in varied ways, while contributing to our exhibitions, permanent collection, and teaching. Artists have come from a variety of backgrounds, including many different faith traditions. We value diversity in all forms, and seek to support emerging artists from underrepresented communities, while also providing opportunities for our community to engage with established artists of international reputation.
Artist in Residence
Mojdeh Rezaeipour is an Iranian-born transdisciplinary artist who works primarily in mixed media, installation, and film. Their research and creative projects are excavations of material memory, both personal and collective. She is a graduate of University of California Berkeley, where she studied architecture, and of Alt*Div, an alternative divinity school centering healing justice and art as spiritual practice. Mojdeh’s practice is process-led and adaptive at its core, bridging over a decade of Mojdeh’s work as an architect, storyteller, and community organizer. Mojdeh is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including The Studio Visit Fellowship at Takt Berlin (2018), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship (2020), and two Wherewithal Grants from WPA and Andy Warhol Foundation (2021, 2023). Their work and voice have been featured on many outlets including ARTnews, Image Journal, The Washington Post, and The Moth Radio Hour, among others. In 2023, she was featured by Cultured Magazine as one of “7 Artists Making Waves” in Frieze LA’s Focus Section. Mojdeh is currently based in Washington DC, where she is an Artist In Residence at the Henry Luce III Center for Art and Religion.
