PUBLIC COMMISSIONS selected
| 2026 | Percent for Art commission, Mary Cali Dalton Recreation Center, Staten Island, NY (upcoming) |
| 2025 | Common Picnic: Halo-Halo Edition, Arts Brookfield, NYC |
| 2022 | Come By, Famous Hardware Store, CACHE, Springdale, AR |
| Drawing Breath, Arts Brookfield, NYC | |
| Open Invitation, Maker's Mark, NYC | |
| 2021 | In the Balance, New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA |
| 2019 | The Privilege of Escape, Creative Time, NYC |
| Risk Management, Arts Brookfield, NYC | |
| 2018 | Year of the Dog, Chinatown Park, Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston, MA |
| 2017 | Common Ground, Rufus King Park, Jamaica, Queens, NY |
| 2015 | Common Picnic, FIGMENT NYC, Governor’s Island, NYC |
| 2014 | Infinite Play, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN |
| 2013 + 2014 | The Course of Emotions: a mini-golf experience, Summer Streets, NYC DOT Art, NYC |
| 2009 | The Big Apple Showdown Spectacular, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY |
EXHIBITIONS selected [ individual = * ]
| 2025 | DEMO2025 Cooperative Studies Track Showcase, NEW INC, New Museum, NYC |
| 2024 | Failure Factory, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI * |
| Lunch Break: Arts/Industry in Between, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI | |
| Group Hug, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA * | |
| 2023 | Unresolved Rage Game, Soho Repertory Theater, NYC * |
| 2022 | For the Time Being, Superblue + Arts Brookfield, NYC |
| 2021 | BIAS: BUILT THIS WAY, Science Gallery Dublin, Ireland |
| Social Spaces, Golden Triangle BID, Washington D.C. | |
| 2020 | ENTER, Onassis USA |
| 2019 | Waiting for the Garden of Eden, WhiteBox, NYC |
| 2016 | Arts & Culture Hub, Summer Streets 2016, Urban Arts Program, NYC Department of Transportation, NYC |
| 2015 | Exhaust, SPACES, Cleveland, OH * |
| 2014 | Barter Town (Trading Post XII: The People’s Economy), Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY |
| Barter Town (Trading Post XVI: Mesh & Lace), DUMBO Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2013 | La Bienal 2013: Here is Where We Jump, El Museo del Barrio, NYC |
| CARNE VALE!, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY | |
| 2012 | united states, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT |
| Systemic Risk, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2011 | Notice of Public Hearing Art & Law Residency Exhibition, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY |
| 2010 | FRAMING AIDS, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY |
| Show VII, MMX Open Art Venue, Berlin, Germany | |
| The Golden Door, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ | |
| Brand X, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne, Germany | |
| Rompe Puesto, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY | |
| 2009 | STATE FAIR, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY |
| 2008 | The Course of Emotions: a mini-golf experience, Rotary Ice House Gallery, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ * |
| How Soon Is Now? AIM 28 Exhibition, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY |
PRESS / INTERVIEWS selected
- Jan Garden Castro, "Collective Effort: A Conversation with Risa Puno", Sculpture Magazine, July 02, 2024.
- Martina Merlo, "Risa Puno’s ‘Group Hug,’ whack-a-mole with purpose at the Fabric Workshop and Museum", Artblog, May 24, 2024.
- Clare Gemima, "GROUP HUG: Interview with Risa Puno at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia", White Hot Magazine, April 25, 2024.
- Steph Walton, "Risa Puno: Group Hug on view at The Fabric Workshop and Museum through July 21", 6ABC Action News, April 15, 2024.
- Laura Swartz, "This New Art Exhibit Is Low-Key the Best Free Self-Care in Philly Right Now", Philadelphia Magazine, March 14, 2024.
- Noah Nelson, "Of Group Hugs And Unresolved Rage w/ Risa Puno", The No Proscenium Podcast, February 23, 2024.
- Brian Droitcour, "Conversations: Calum Bowden & Risa Puno", Outland, February 13, 2024.
- April Wallace, "Famous Hardware building tells stories of NWA people", Arkansas Democrat Gazette, January 12, 2023.
- Lori Goldstein, "The Power of Play: A Conversational Dialogue with Risa Puno", Public Art Dialogue, May 17, 2022.
- "The Art and Design of Privilege and Oppression | Risa Puno," podcast interview on LLAG Radio, Feb 23, 2022.
- Maxwell L. Anderson, "Risa Puno," podcast interview on Art Scoping, March 29, 2020.
- Nathaniel Sky, "Privilege, Play, and Starting conversations with Risa Puno of The Privilege of Escape," podcast interview on Immersion Nation, October 11, 2019.
- Tony Huffman, "Pause > System > Settings: Reconfiguring the Rules in Risa Puno’s Escape Room," Arcade Project, August 14, 2019.
- Jan Garden Castro, "Analogies For Life: A Conversation with Risa Puno," Sculpture Magazine, August 2, 2019.
- Jillian Steinhauer, "An Escape Room Where You Can’t Escape Your Privilege," The New York Times, July 23, 2019.
- Kathryn Yu, "‘The Privilege of Escape’ Subverts the Escape Room Form," No Proscenium, July 22, 2019.
- Sarah Cascone, "Creative Time’s Latest Public Art Project Is an Escape Room Designed to Teach You About White Privilege," artnet News, July 18, 2019.
- Scott Lynch, "Artist Risa Puno's Escape Room In Midtown Focuses On Privilege & Inequity," Gothamist, July 18, 2019.
- Lisa Spira, "The Privilege of Escape: Interview with Artist & Game Designer Risa Puno," Room Escape Artist, May 24, 2019.
- Taylor Dafoe, "600 Artists Submitted Ideas for Creative Time’s Latest Commission. The Winner? A High-Concept ‘Escape Room’," artnet News, March 14, 2019.
- Glenn Adamson, "Literally a melting pot," Letter from America, Crafts Magazine, November/December 2018.
- Mark Feeney, "‘Year of the Dog’ installation comes to Chinatown Park," Boston Globe, February 20, 2018.
- Diane Daniel, "Game Theory," American Craft Magazine, June/July 2017.
- Christina Wallace and Cate Scott Campbell, "Risa Puno And The Art Of Play," podcast interview on The Limit Does Not Exist, Forbes, August 2, 2016.
- Dee Perry, radio interview on The Sound of Applause, 90.3 WCPN, August 19, 2015.
- Andrea Denhoed, “Give Yourself Away,” The New Yorker, October 15, 2014.
- Conor Gillies, “Risa Puno: Please Enable Cookies,” Radio Open Source, October 9, 2014.
- Lois Beckett, “How Much of Your Data Would You Trade for a Free Cookie?,” ProPublica, October 1, 2014.
- AM DeBrincat, “fair game: Risa Puno in conversion with AM DeBrincat,” ArtFile Magazine, September 22, 2014.
- Tina Ramnarine, “The Course of Emotions: Installation Artist Risa Puno on Her Mini Golf Course at Summer Streets,” StageBuddy, August 06, 2014.
- Betsy Armour, “The Art of Collaboration,” Fine Art America blog, August 05, 2014.
- Jennifer M. Wood, “Park Avenue goes car-free for Summer Streets 2013,” Time Out New York, July 31, 2013.
- Jan G. Castro, “Innovative Low Cost Museum-Quality Art by Risa Puno and Soo Sunny Park,” International Sculpture Center blog, June 19, 2013.
- Roz Baron, “Preview: Three Emerging Artists Featured in El Museo del Barrio’s 7th Biennial Exhibition,” Remezcla, April 2, 2013.
- Jordan Galloway, “Culture and Cocktails at Brooklyn Art Night,” Brooklyn Based, March 16, 2012.
- Brendan S. Carroll, “Risky Business,” Hyperallergic, February 24, 2012.
- Michael Wilson, “Brooklyn Bridge,” artforum.com, February 21, 2012.
- La Shawn Pagan, “Absence -- Framing AIDS 2011,” The Queens Courier, December 8, 2010.
- Briana Vannozzi, “The Art Of Mini-Golf,” NJN News, aired July 9, 2010.
- Tammy La Gorce, “Come for Art, Stay for the Golf,” The New York Times, July 2, 2010.
- Dylan Schenker, “The Jersey City Mini-Golf Experiment: The Golden Door Is Now Open,” Hyperallergic, July 1, 2010.
- Don Ciandella, “A Mini-Golf Tribute to Jersey City’s Immigrants,” The Wall Street Journal, June 23, 2010.
- Nicole Caruth, “Gastro-Vision: Whack! Contemporary Artists and Piñatas,” Art21 blog, May 21, 2010.
RESIDENCIES/PROGRAMS selected
| 2024-2025 | NEW INC Y11 Member, Cooperative Studies track, New Museum, NYC |
| 2024 | Workplace Residency, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI |
| 2022-2024 | Artist-in-Residence, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2022-2023 | Writer/Director Lab, Soho Repertory Theater, NYC |
| 2019 | Artist-in-Residence, Cold Hollow Sculpture Park, Enosburg, VT |
| 2018 | Arts/Industry Residency, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI |
| 2017 | Game making workshop with Carsten Höller, Fundación Botín, Spain |
| 2014 | Open Studio Fellowship, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN |
| 2015 | R&D Program, SPACES, Cleveland, OH |
| 2011 | Art & Law Residency Program, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, NYC |
| 2007 | Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) Program, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY |
AWARDS/HONORS selected
| 2025 | Brookfield Place New York Annual Arts Commission, Arts Brookfield, NYC |
| 2023 | Golden Lock Award, Room Escape Artist |
| proposal finalist, ARCH Project, Bryn Mawr College x Monument Lab | |
| proposal finalist, AUS Playscapes, Austin Bergstrom International Airport | |
| 2019 | Most Innovative Immersive Experience, 2019 Immersion Awards |
| Interactive Artist of the Year Award, FIGMENT, NYC | |
| Open Call Award, Creative Time, NYC | |
| 2017 | Art in the Parks: UNIQLO Park Expressions Grant, NYC Parks |
| 2015 | project grant, FIGMENT NYC, Governor's Island, NYC |
| 2012 | proposal finalist, New Children’s Museum, San Diego, CA |
| 2010 | project grant, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ |
| 2009 | proposal finalist, Public Art Fund, NYC |
| project grant, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY | |
| 2006 | Emerging Artist Grant, Scope New York, NYC |
ARTIST TALKS selected
| 2025 | DEMO2025 Cooperative Studies MainStage Talk, NEW INC, New Museum, NYC |
| 2024 | keynote speaker, Art Educators of New Jersey, Princeton, NJ |
| artist talk, American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York, Civic Leadership Program, NYC | |
| keynote speaker, Playable Theatre Symposium, Boston, MA | |
| 2023 | artist talk, Broadway Advocacy Coalition, NYC |
| panel, Arts in Action festival, NYC | |
| panel: “What is Immersive?”, BroadwayCon, NYC | |
| 2022 | artist talk, Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences, Charleston, WV |
| panel: immersive art, No Proscenium, Booklyn, NY | |
| virtual panel: " FAIR IS FAIR... ISN'T IT?", Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland | |
| 2021 | virtual panel: "Space for play: How can makers bring joy back to cities? | Assemble Play, Create London & Risa Puno", CraftsCouncil, London, UK |
| virtual artist talk, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Washington DC | |
| virtual artist talk: "Reimagining Emotion with Risa Puno", New Children's Museum, San Diego, CA | |
| virtual panel: "Risa Puno and Margaret Wilkerson Sexton: Freedom and Choice in Art and Literature", Wolf Humanities Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
SERVICE
| 2020 - present | board member, Black Immersive Creators Grant |
| 2016 - present | NYC DOT Art Advisory Committee |
| 2011 | teaching artist, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY |
EDUCATION
| 2006 | New York University, Master of Fine Arts, New York, NY |
| 2004 | Brown University, BA in The Visual Arts + Program in Liberal Medical Education, Providence, RI |