2025 Residents: Ruby Perkins & Daniel Giordano
Ruby Perkins (b. 2000) translates collaged photos into paintings and drawings to create intangible and physical spaces recollected from memory. With an exploration on womanhood, connection, and tenderness, her recent body of work explores world-building and shifting figures moving through different environments, each with another purpose. She pieces together identities through her paintings and drawings while reflecting on artifacts, hand-me-downs, and family photos to illuminate their wholeness. Her approach seeks to assemble a deeper sense of self and shared history using nostalgia to confront and embrace the complexities of personal and collective narratives. Her work lies in the names she inherits, where they have been, and where they will go.


Breaths, Sweet Under the Eucalyptus, 2022
oil on canvas
60 x 72 in


Glories, 2025
oil on canvas
60 x 72 in


Either You or Something is the Prism, 2025
oil on canvas
6 x 6 in

Daniel Giordano (b. 1988, Poughkeepsie, NY) is an artist based in Newburgh, NY. Daniel earned his MFA from the University of Delaware in 2016 and his BBA from Pace University in 2011. He participated in the Millay Arts Core Residency Program in 2024, the AIM Fellowship at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in 2021, and EmergeNYC fellowship in 2015. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Fish Island Gallery, Fish Island, CT; The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY (2024); MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA (2023); Turley Gallery, Hudson, NY (2023); JDJ, New York, NY (2023); Ann Street Gallery, Safe Harbors of the Hudson, Newburgh, NY (2022), among others. Daniel’s work has been included in group exhibitions at High Noon, New York, NY (2024); Grimm, New York, NY (2024); The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Bronx, NY (2024); Helena Anrather, New York, NY (2023); The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY (2022); The Dorsky Museum, SUNY New Paltz, NY (2022); Fortnight Institute, New York, NY (2022), among others. He is the recipient of the NYSCA Individual Artist Grant, via The Hyde Collection, New York, NY (2023); the Individual Artist Commission Grant, Arts Mid-Hudson, Kingston, NY (2022); A. Gray Magness Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE (2015); and The Alan Greenhalgh/Laura Gurton Award, Woodstock Artist Association and Museum, (WAAM) Woodstock, NY (2014). Daniel, his exhibitions, and works have been featured in The New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, Sculpture Magazine, Cultured Magazine, Upstate Diary,
Two Coats of Paint, and White Hot Magazine, among others.


Study For Brother as the Nonexistent Knight, 2021–2024
23.75 karat gold, 24 Karat gold, aluminum, Annie McCurdy’s hair, bowling ball, glass, cattails, ceramic, cling wrap, construction adhesive, crystal glass bowls, duct tape residue, epoxy, fabric scraps, fossilized shark teeth, garment factory dust, glass marbles, glass plant feeder, hardware, linseed oil wax, my hair, natural waxes, organic matter, permanent ink, phellinus robiniae, phosphorescent acrylic, pigment, PVC primer, rainbow cookies, reflective glass beads, rubber, shellac, silicone, silver, spotted lantern flies, squid, stones, sumac, synthetic brush bristles, tennis ball felt, thread debris, water caltrops
36 1/2 x 13 x 19 in


My Scorpio III, 2015-2024
100 x 54 3/4 x 85 1/2 in
*Full caption upon request


My Scorpio I, 2016–2022
1970s Husqvarna motocross bikes, aluminum, Canadian maple syrup, cattails, ceramic, cling wrap, construction adhesive, deep-fried batter, epoxy, phosphorescent acrylic, railroad spikes, shellac, steel, stockfish, urinal cake
88 x 72 x 24 in

In Practice: Artist Residency is a six-week program hosted by Picture Theory that supports artists with focused time, dedicated space, and critical dialogue to deepen their practice and develop new work. Taking place in New York City during the summer, the residency is designed for artists seeking rigorous feedback, professional insight, and a supportive framework for experimentation and growth. 

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2025 Residents: Ruby Perkins, Daniel Giordano

2026 Residents: Sage Jeehee Kang, Minjung Lee

That Was Then
Bryony Rose & Molly Wasielewski
Curated by Rebecca Polanzke
June 11–July 18, 2026


LoVid
Hotter than the Sun
April 23–May 30, 2026


Jean Dubuffet & John Fahey
March 12–April 18, 2026


Tender is the Night
Alexandria Couch, Kimberly Heard, Tuere Nicole
January 15–February 14, 2026