Visual Arts + Sound Art News

For Visual Arts alumna Daria Irincheeva '18, whose solo show at big screen in Brooklyn has been extended until December 3, 2023, memory serves as both catalyst and subject.

Until November 26, 2023, the walls of Wave Hill Gardens’ Glyndor Gallery are bursting with color. The gallery is exhibiting paintings by two Visual Arts alumni, Heidi Howard ’14 and Esteban Cabeza de Baca ’14 in a show entitled, Light from Water. 

In Stagecraft, a survey of photographic works by Visual Arts alumna Vesna Pavlović ’07 on view at the Harriman Institute until December 15, 2023, one encounters a time capsule of emotion.

The Bric House Gallery, a cornerstone in Brooklyn's cultural landscape, is presenting B-side: (Broken) Memory and Remix, a group exhibition featuring the photographic works of Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, Director of Graduate Studies, and alumna Adama Delphine Fawundu ’18.

The Alumni Spotlight is a place to hear from the School of the Arts alumni community about their journeys as artists and creators.

In And, Or, Not, a solo exhibition of work by Visual Arts alumna Vivian Chiu '19 at FLXST Contemporary's A-Side Gallery, wooden sculptures stand as watchful, willing figures on plexiglass supports spread throughout the gallery’s space, interacting with the sun’s light and the shadows thrown on the exposed brick walls.

Ten years after his last solo show at Galeri Bosfor in Istanbul, Turkey, Visual Arts alumnus Barış Göktürk ’20 has returned with Scanner / Tarayan, an exhibition featuring his painting and sculpture works. 

Assistant Professor of Visual Arts Sable Elyse Smith presented Fair Grounds, a solo show at Regen Projects in Los Angeles. 

In this Encounters interview, we speak with Sound Art alumnus Kamari Carter ’19 about the minimalist conceptual sculptor Fred Sandback.

We talk with Associate Professor of Visual Arts and Director of Sound Art Miya Masaoka about the tension between tradition and innovation, her reasons for not referring to her students as "students," and why artists should always be on the lookout for new challenges.

For Visual Arts student Sasha Fishman, artmaking is found both in nature and in the laboratory. Until October 21, 2023, Below Grand Gallery is presenting Implosion Paradigm Incoming, a solo show of newly created ornate and weathered sculptures that pump, receive, and redirect water. 

Visual Arts alumna Kelsey Shwetz ’22 creates paintings that are hyper realistic and full of tenderness, which is entirely fitting for A Lamp is Not the Only Sign of Glass, her current solo show with Half Gallery in Los Angeles, CA.