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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.

Visual Arts alumnus Asif Mian ’18 has been awarded an Emerging Artist Grant from the Rema Hort Mann Foundation. Established in 1997 to honor the memory of Rema Hort Mann, an art enthusiast and a founding member of the New Museum of Contemporary Art’s Young Collectors Group, the Grant offers $10,000 of financial support and signals the promise of enduring artistic success. 

Visual Arts alum Sophie Kovel ’22 has been accepted into the prestigious Whitney Independent Study Program for the 2022–2023 term.

Kevin Cobb creates remarkable works on canvas, paper, panel, and the screen. An artist of many trades, to which he brings a tremendous amount of generosity of care and spirit, Kevin is also one of the Visual Arts Program’s student representatives. 

Entering into the world of Visual Arts alumna Julia Phillips ’15 is like entering into a dream: nothing is certain, everything doubles, even triples, as something else.

Joseph Liatela ’22  presents Nothing Under Heaven at The Montclair State University Galleries this fall, marking his first solo museum show. 

Student Series

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Encounters

by Mădălina Telea Borteș

A series featuring Columbia visual, sound, and performance artists, discussing the art that compels them to see and create in new ways. 

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This Is Who We Are

by Carlos Barragán

A series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making.

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Constructing Futures: Making Ecological Art in a Time of Uncertainty

by Catherine Fisher

A series that features artists who use found materials, natural resources, and the landscape to construct work that addresses the harsh realities of our ecological age.