The Summer 2021 Artist in Residence was Katya Grokhovsky. Grokhovsky was born in Ukraine, raised in Australia and is based in NYC. She is an artist, independent curator, educator and a Founding Director of The Immigrant Artist Biennial (TIAB). Grokhovsky holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a BFA from Victorian College of the Arts and a BA (Honors) in Fashion from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. 

Grokhovsky has received support through numerous residencies and fellowships including The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (EFA) Studio Program Subsidy, Playform Art Residency, The SVA MFA Art Practice Artist in Residence, Kickstarter Creator in Residence, Pratt Fine Arts Department Artist in Residence, Wythe Hotel Residency, Art and Law Fellowship, The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) Studios Program, BRICworkspace Residency, Ox-BOW School of Art Residency, Wassaic Artist Residency, AtlanticCenter for the Arts Associate Artist in Residence, Studios at MASS MoCA, VOX Populi Curatorial Fellowship, BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, NARS Residency, Santa Fe Art Institute Residency, Watermill Center Residency and more. She has been awarded the Brooklyn Arts Council Grants (2019, 2021), NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship, ArtSlant 2017 Prize, Asylum Arts Grant, Chashama space to create grant, Australia Council for the Arts ArtStart Grant, NYFA Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists, Freedman Traveling Scholarship for Emerging Artists and others. Her work has been exhibited extensively and has been reviewed in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, The Brooklyn Rail, Whitehot Magazine, Artillery Magazine, LA Weekly, Huffington Post, Observer, Artnet, ArtNews, AUTRE, Contemporary Art Review LA, FRONTRUNNER Magazine, Performance is Alive, ArtBorne Magazine, Expose Magazine, Bad at Sports, BUST Magazine, Arte Fuse, Art Spiel, L Magazine, Bedford + Bowery and others.