PAST CONVERSATION
Gillian Laub and Michi Jigarjian in Conversation
Join us for a conversation between renowned photographer Gillian Laub and BAXTER ST's president Michi Jigarjian on October 15, 6-8pm at 154 Ludlow Street, New York.
UPCOMING CONVERSATION
Passport Photos with Suniko Bazargarid
Please join BAXTER ST 2025 Resident Suniko Bazargarid for a passport photograph pop-up on Saturday October 18th from 3-5 PM in BAXTER ST’s gallery at 154 Ludlow Street in response to Bazargarid’s solo-exhibition, Where would we find you if we need to find you?.
UPCOMING CONVERSATION
What's in your album?
Please join BAXTER ST and 2024-25 Guest Curatorial Open Call Recipient Junghyun Kim and artists Juyon Lee and Kai Oh for What’s in Your Album, an artist conversation, on Friday October 24th at 6 PM at 154 Ludlow Street.
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Interviews
Junghyun Kim, Juyon Lee, and Kai Oh: Through Fragility
Video interview with 2025 BAXTER ST Guest Curatorial Open Call Recipients, Junghyun Kim, Juyon Lee, and Kai Oh, discussing their exhibition "Through Fragility" on view at BAXTER ST Septemnber 10 - November 12, 2025.
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Interviews
Qiana Mestrich: The Reinforcements
Video interview with 2024 BAXTER ST CCNY resident Qiana Mestrich, discussing her solo exhibition 'The Reinforcements' which was on view at BAXTER ST June 04, 2025 to August 13, 2025.
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Community News
Announcing BAXTER ST's 2025-26 Guest Curatorial Exhibitions
We are thrilled to announce this year's BAXTER ST Guest Curators! Congratulations to Mathilde Walker-Billaud who will present an exhibition by Ohan Breiding and Marley Trigg Stewart who will present an exhibition by Dean Majd. Support for Baxter St's Guest Curatorial program is provided by the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation.
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Community News
Highlighting BAXTER ST's Be Like Water Fellows
Meet this summer’s Be Like Water Fellows! The Be Like Water Fellowship is a two-month program for lens-based artists with a demonstrated commitment to working in communities of the Asian diaspora in New York City. Led by Alison Kuo, an artist and community arts organizer with over 10 years of experience working in higher education and artist residencies in New York City, the program has brought in many distinguished guests from the photographic field.
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Interviews
Arda Asena: Interstitial
Video interview with 2024 BAXTER ST CCNY resident Arda Asena, discussing their solo exhibition 'Interstitial' on view at BAXTER ST January 07, 2024 to February 28, 2024. Video by Lloyd McCullough
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Community News
Announcing the 2025 Mid-Career Lens-Based Artist Initiative Recipients
We're beyond excited to announce our 2025 Mid-Career Artists, Cinthya Santos Briones, Hannah Smith Allen, and Morgan Levy. The exhibition series will further BAXTER ST’s goal to foster belonging in the cultural sector by offering mid-career lens-based artists a solo exhibition opportunity.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Our Current Workspace Residents
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Zainab Aliyu
Zainab “Zai” Aliyu is a Nigerian-American artist, designer and cultural worker living in Lenapehoking (Brooklyn, NY). Her work explores the cybernetic and temporal entanglements within societal dynamics to understand how all sociotechnological systems of control are interconnected, and how we are all materially implicated through time.
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Suniko Bazargarid
Born in Ulaanbaatar, Suniko is a Mongolian photographer who spent her early years in Boston before living in Singapore, Bangkok, and now New York. Her practice is deeply shaped by her nomadic experiences, exploring the complexities of people and places through themes of migration, identity, and the fluidity of memory.
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Res Julian
Res Tahan Julian is an artist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. Born in Paterson, New Jersey, Res graduated with a BA in Sociology and Studio Art from Smith College, an MFA from the Yale School of Art and a post-master’s in curatorial studies from CuratorLab at Konstfack University in Stockholm, Sweden.