About this Event
En Foco is thrilled to announce the opening of A Reference Letter for the Revolution: The 2025 Fellowship Exhibition, featuring the work of fifteen lens-based artists of color selected for the prestigious En Foco Artist Fellowship, now in its tenth year. The exhibition will showcase the exceptional work of Ashley Peña, Dean Majd, Destiny Mata, Jarrett Murphy, Jeremy Dennis, Juan “Wamoo” Álvarez, Suede, Kalada Halliday, Kalena Burwell, María José Maldonado, Néstor Pérez-Moilère, Stephanie Ayala, Wayne Liu, Yukai Chen, and Zain Alam.
Curated by artist Alison Kuo, the exhibition will be on view from September 12 to October 13, 2025, at WallWorks NY, located at 710 Tiffany Street in The Bronx, New York. An opening reception will take place on September 18, 2025, from 6 to 8 PM, where the new Nueva Luz issue will also be available for purchase. RSVP for the opening reception. Viewing is available from Wednesday to Friday by booking an appointment at https://www.wallworksny.com/book-online. For additional times, email [email protected].
A Reference Letter for the Revolution highlights themes of connectivity, accountability, and cultural resilience. The diverse cohort creates powerful work spanning photography, video, and interdisciplinary media, addressing subjects from immigrant community documentation and colonial critique to transgender ancestry and queer self-portraiture. These visionary artists represent what Kuo describes as "the children of freedom fighters and the parents of liberation," offering transformative models of healing and social change through their innovative visual storytelling.
About the curator:
Alison Kuo is a second-generation immigrant who pursues intersectional relationships across communities through artistic engagement. In 2025, she created the inaugural Be Like Water fellowship for Asian American and Asian diaspora photographers at Baxter Street Camera Club of New York (New York, New York). Kuo co-founded Sisters in Self-Defense in Manhattan's Chinatown with writer Ava Chin. She served as Director of Programs at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (Brooklyn, New York) and now works as an arts and community consultant. Her work has been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, New York), Hessel Museum of Art (Annandale-on-Hudson, New York), and Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Massachusetts), among others.
ABOUT EN FOCO | En Foco, Inc. is a non-profit that supports U.S.-based photographers of African, Asian, Latino, Native American, and Pacific Islander heritage. Founded in 1974, En Foco makes their work visible to the art world, yet remains accessible to underserved communities. Through exhibitions, workshops, events, and publications, it provides professional recognition, honoraria, and assistance to photographers as they grow into different stages of their careers. For more information, please visit: www.enfoco.org.
En Foco is supported in part with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, The Mellon Foundation, BronxCare Health System, The Joy of Giving Something, Inc., The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation, Ford Foundation, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and Aguado-Pavlick Arts Fund.
Image credit: Ashley Peña, What the Waters Seen, 2025, 35mm film
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Inspiration Point, 710 Tiffany Street, The Bronx, United States
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