The David Wojnarowicz Foundation Fellowship is a semester-long undergraduate program.

David Wojnarowicz, Paris, 1979. Photo courtesy Jean Pierre Delage.

Fellows work with the Foundation to preserve, advance and honor the life and legacy of David Wojnarowicz—his art, writing and fierce commitment to social justice.

We recruit talented juniors and seniors studying at institutions within New York City who are working towards an Associates or Bachelors degree in the arts, art history or writing.

Students awarded our paid fellowship contribute their artistic, graphic, research and writing skills to ongoing projects such as contributing to the Foundation’s archives and social media messaging.

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FALL 2025 FELLOW

OYKU DERIN ERSOY

OYKU DERIN ERSOY (Pratt Institute 2026) serves as the Fall 2025 David Wojnarowicz Foundation Fellow while pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communication Design (with illustration emphasis) and minor in Art History. Derin will lend her research skills to advance scholarship of David’s work while exploring the David Wojnarowicz Papers in the Downtown Collection at The Fales Library & Special Collections at NYU. She will also apply her communications design skills to creating content for The Foundation’s Instagram—focusing on Museum collections around the globe that are stewards of David’s work.

SPRING 2025 FELLOW

SAKARIT CHANKAEW (Pratt Institute 2025) served as the Spring 2025 David Wojnarowicz Foundation fellow while pursuing his BFA in Communications Design (Emphasis in Graphic Design) at Pratt Institute.

Sakarit’s fellowship work focused on using graphic design, digital media, online archives, and other design disciplines relevant to David’s creations. He aimed to assist the Foundation in making David Wojnarowicz’s work more accessible to self-taught and marginalized individuals who have come to the arts along non-traditional paths.

Among his many contributions, Sakarit researched, wrote and illustrated an essay about David’s 1982 “Action Installation” intended to disrupt the 1982 exhibition Beast: Animal Imagery in Recent Painting at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Long Island City.

FALL 2024 FELLOW

Fatemeh Hosseini Fall 2024 Fellow

FATEMEH HOSSEINI (Bard College 2026) joined The David Wojnarowicz Foundation as our Fall 2024 fellow.

While studying for a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art at Bard College with a focus on sculpture and painting, Fatemeh contributed her creative design skills and insights to share David’s legacy with new generations through social media. Fatemeh also holds an associate degree in Graphic Design at Azad University of Yadegar-e Imam in Tehran.

Among other projects, Fatemeh researched and wrote an essay on David’s participation in the Sofa/Painting show, 1983, at Gracie Mansion Gallery.

SPRING 2024 FELLOW

SYDNEY LIPNER (Pratt Institute 2025) joined us as a David Wojnarowicz Foundation fellow in the spring of 2023 while pursuing their BFA/MA in Art and Design Education with a focus in drawing.

Their fellowship focused on exploring current perspectives in arts education with the goal of helping raise awareness of David’s work in diverse cultural contexts and a variety of educational settings.

Among Sydney’s other contributions, they researched and wrote an essay on David’s anonymously presented installation, The Lazaretto, 1990, at PPOW.

FALL 2023 FELLOW

ANTHONY M. SENNETT (Pratt Institute 2023) joined us as a David Wojnarowicz Foundation fellow in the fall of 2023 shortly after finishing their Bachelor of Arts in Communications Design.

Anthony shared their considerable graphics talents while advancing scholarship of David’s work through Instagram posts and micro-essays.

Among their many contributions, Anthony wrote and illustrated a series of micro-essays on David’s work for our Instagram feed.

SPRING 2023 FELLOW

GRACE HEALY (Pratt Institute 2025) was the inaugural fellow of The David Wojnarowicz Foundation in the spring of 2023 while an undergraduate student in Drawing at Pratt Institute.

We were delighted to collaborate with Grace who played an important role as we launched new initiatives that continue

d to tell the stories of David’s life and his lasting impact thirty years after his death.

Grace contributed many projects in the course of her fellowship including a one week Instagram ‘take-over’ illustrating how David’s work influenced her own.