2025-2026 Fellows

The 2025-2026 Collider Fellows include six artists working at the intersection of arts and technology. This year's fellows include Cinthia Chen, James Allister Sprang, Kevin Peter He, Dr. Rashaad Newsom, Sam Rolfes, and Stephanie Dinkins.

Cinthia Chen is an interdisciplinary artist and creative technologist whose work explores memory, hybrid identities, and spiritual futurisms through performance, installation, and projection design. Her practice, rooted in her experience as a Taiwanese queer diasporic woman, has been presented by La MaMa, NYTW, Mabou Mines, and Theater Mitu.

Kevin Peter He is a Shanghai-raised, Brooklyn-based artist working across film, performance, and game engines to explore how systems and technologies shape narrative and embodiment. His work—shown at SIGGRAPH, MUTEK, Tribeca, and Onassis ONX—draws on his background in cinema, dance, and urban transformation, and includes collaborations with Lincoln Center, Cartier, and Nike; he holds an MPS from NYU ITP, where he also teaches. 

Sam Rolfes is a virtual performer, artist, and co-director of Team Rolfes, a real-time digital performance studio specializing in figurative animation, VR puppetry, and mixed-reality collage. His wide-ranging practice includes motion-capture performances, fashion and print design, and music visuals for collaborators such as Lady Gaga, Arca, Metallica, Netflix, and Nike. 

Stephanie Dinkins is a transdisciplinary artist and educator exploring the intersections of emerging technologies, race, and future histories, with a focus on inclusive and equitable AI. Named one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in AI (2023) and an LG-Guggenheim Awardee, she exhibits internationally and leads critical dialogue on technology, care, and justice through her roles as the Kusama Endowed Chair at Stony Brook University.

Dr. Rashaad Newsome is a multidisciplinary artist blending collage, performance, and AI to explore Black and Queer cultural expression. A Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica winner and Whitney Biennial alum, he has exhibited globally at institutions including the Centre Pompidou, SFMOMA, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

James Sprang is a multimedia artist whose work explores diasporic timelines and the Black interior through immersive, sensory-driven experiences. A recipient of the Pew Fellowship and the Knight Foundation Art + Tech Fellowship, he has presented work at institutions including The Brooklyn Museum, TATE, Storm King, The Kitchen, and The Apollo Theater, and is the only U.S.-based artist working with the 4DSound system.