Adobe Creative Residents

Jessica Starns

2025 Resident
Inclusive Design
London, UK

Jessica Starns is a multidisciplinary artist interested in inclusive design and disability history and rights. During her residency, at V&A she explored how disability enriches our understanding of design, researching adaptive design and objects created by disabled people for disabled people. Jessica collaborated with the Schools team to create a supportive design studio for children, young people, and their support networks.

Ciara Neufeldt

2025 Resident
Mosaics and Ceramic Tilework
London, UK

Ciara Neufeldt is a ceramic artist and educator creating objects and installations that bring playfulness and joy into public spaces. During her residency, at V&A she collaborated with the Families team to explore themes of community, care, and collective making inspired by the ceramics and mosaics collections. She is also researched the quilts collection to understand how communal making could inform her own making process.

Michael Akuagwu

2025 Resident
Photography
London, UK

Michael Akuagwu is a multimedia artist blending photography and photo-manipulation with a surreal approach to explore themes of self, identity, culture, and society. During his residency at V&A he worked with the Young People’s team to share his creative process and inspire young people to use self-portraiture as a powerful tool for self-expression.

Samora Pinderhughes

2025 Resident
Multimedia
New York, NY

Samora Pinderhughes is a multidisciplinary artist, composer, and filmmaker. During his residency at MoMA, he created sonic healing rooms for people who have experienced structural violence. Through performance, installation, film, song, and language, these rooms shaped and held space for community engagement, collective exchange, and participatory action.