Ultraviolet Studio Project
Ultraviolet Studio Project is an artist residency designed by and for trans artists. The first cohort of seven interdisciplinary artists will come together in Portland in June 2026 to explore their overlapping interests of community care, health, and wellness. Ultraviolet will provide a stipend and access to workspace, the connection of a shared studio practice, studio visits with wellness practitioners, and community housing placements. Artists will share with the extended community through a collective showcase at the conclusion of the program. Through dedicated time for independent work, connection with one another, and an opportunity to engage with the larger community, Ultraviolet Studio Project aims to rewrite what residencies are, who they are built for, and who they serve.
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Artist bio
James Parker Foley (b. 1993) is an oil painter known for his brilliant blue figures floating, swimming, and wading through surreal landscapes. He has exhibited extensively in the northeast, including Sarah Bouchard Gallery, Spring/Break Art Fair New York, Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, and New System Exhibitions. Most recently, he has shown work at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine, Transmitter Gallery in New York, and the McColl Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. His work has been featured in New American Paintings, Maine Magazine, and the Portland Press Herald, and can be found in significant public and private collections, including the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. James earned his MFA at Maine College of Art in 2020 and his BA in Environmental Humanities at Sterling College in Vermont in 2015. He has completed residencies at Hewnoaks (2025, 2024), Monson Arts (2023), Jx Farms (2022), and Monhegan Island (2021). James is a gay transsexual whose practice is grounded within and inspired by an intimate community of queer artists on unceded Wabanki Territory.
Image caption: Visitors at open studio event at James Parker Foley’s studio space at Cassidy Point, 2025.