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Here, we talk with Visual Arts Lecturer João Pina about his career as a photographer, his new project, Tarrafal, and why failure is essential to learning.
Since 2019, Visual Arts alumna Yujin Lee ’15 has facilitated an independent artist residency called Next Door to the Museum Jeju (ND to the M), on Jeju Island, South Korea. This year, Lee invited Professor of Professional Practice Rirkrit Tiravanija to participate as a resident artist ahead of the Jeju Biennale.
Visual Arts alumni Sophie Kovel ’22 and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Orlee Malka ’18, presented several works as part of Figural Realism, a group exhibition on view at Jenkins Johnson Projects in Brooklyn, NY.
Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, Adama Delphine Fawundu ’18 has been awarded one of three CatchLight Fellowships. Established in 2017, these fellowships seek to foster an international community of visual artists who are committed to expanding the social footprint of multimedia storytelling.
It was Saturday September 17, 2022, and Columbia alumni Kamari Carter ’19 and Julian Day ’20 were performing their collaborative sound and light piece, To Be Held (2022) as part of Hyphen Hub’s Salon series.
Sound Art alumnus Kamari Carter ’18 recently presented I know I’ve hurt you, I’m sorry, (2022), an installation art piece at the University of Rhode Island as part of the exhibition, Just Good Food.
Her recent Columbia presentation coincides with the Wallach Gallery exhibition, Sin Autorización: Contemporary Cuban Art.
Adjunct Assistant Professor Tyler Coburn has published Solitary (Sternberg Press, 2022), a collection of pieces written by ten authors at a wellness center designed as a mock prison in South Korea.
Established in 2010 by Whitney trustee Melva Bucksbaum, the $100,000 award recognizes one Biennial artist “whose work demonstrates a singular combination of talent and imagination.”
In a presentation at Columbia, his message about the environmental impact of plastic was loud and clear.
14 Columbia visual artists, including three faculty members and eleven alumni, will exhibit work this year at Art Basel Miami Beach, which runs from December 1-3, 2022.
The work "focused on these abstract, yet intertwined ideas of diaspora, common experience, and democracy,” said MFA candidate Aristotle Forrester.
