Risa Puno

Risa Puno is an NYC-based sculpture and installation artist who uses interactivity and play to understand how we relate to one another. Most recently, she was selected by Creative Time for their inaugural Open Call award.

She has exhibited with national and international organizations, including: Onassis USA; The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum; NYC Department of Parks and Recreation; Socrates Sculpture Park; El Museo del Barrio; NURTUREart; The Bronx Museum of the Arts; the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston, MA; SPACES in Cleveland, OH; Galerie Stefan Röpke in Cologne, Germany; and MMX Open Art Venue in Berlin, Germany. Puno is the recipient of multiple awards and residencies, including the John Michael Kohler Arts Center Arts/Industry Residency and FIGMENT’s first ever Interactive Artist of the Year. Puno’s work has been featured across radio and print, including “The New York Times,” NPR, “The New Yorker,” ProPublica, and “The Boston Globe.”

She currently serves on the NYC DOT Art Advisory Committee. Puno grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, studied art and medicine at Brown University and earned her MFA from New York University.