Visual Arts + Sound Art News

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Associate Professor Shelley Silver is screening her film, Girls / Museum, this Friday, April 8 at the Goethe-Institut in New York. After the film, Silver will be in conversation with Brooklyn Museum curator Lisa Small. 

Sound Art alumnus Nolan Lem ‘15 is featured in a solo show, Surface Song, at Eks-Rummet Gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark.The show runs April 1 to April 10, 2022.

Alumna Victoria-Idongesit Udondian ‘16 is featured in her first New York City solo show, How Can I Be Nobody, at Smack-Mellon. This show will remain on view until April 10, 2022.

Alumnus Josh Tonsfeldt ‘07 was featured in a solo exhibition at Broadway Gallery.

A new sculpture by Professor Sarah Sze is on permanent display in the Arrivals and Departures hall at LaGuardia Airport. This work was commissioned alongside work by other notable New York artists for LaGuardia Airport’s renovation. 

Alumna and Adjunct Assistant Professor Judy Chung ‘18 is featured in a group show at NYC Culture Club. The show opened on March 10th and will remain on view until April 16th. 

Mengtai Zhang '19 is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York. Employing sculpture, sound, and simulation technology, his works create ambivalent allegories of power, where personal and sociopolitical factors encounter each other. He is a PhD candidate in Electronic Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He holds an MFA in Sound Art at Columbia University, an MFA in Fine Arts at School of Visual Arts, and a BA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. Mengtai's works have been presented internationally, including IDFA (Netherlands); Sundance Film Festival, New York Fashion Week,…

Lemon Guo '18 is an interdisciplinary artist, composer, and vocalist from China. Drawn to the visceral and evocative nature of the voice, she creates voice-based performances and installations that connect people to current environmental and cultural realities. She holds an MFA in Sound Art from Columbia University and has performed and exhibited her works internationally, in places such as Rubin Museum of Art (US), BBC Radio 3 (UK), International Computer Music Conference (Korea), and Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (China). Lemon has held residencies at the Headlands Center for…

Alumna Nancy Cohen ‘84 is featured in a show at Kathryn Markel Fine Arts.

Alumna Yuri Yuan ‘21 was recently announced as a recipient of her second grant from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. 

The Bronx Museum presents Bronx Calling: The FIfth AIM Biennial, showcasing the work of 68 early career artists from the 2018 and 2019 cycles of the Bronx Museum’s AIM Fellowship program.

No Emoji for Ennui, a group show featuring the work of current student Alison Nguyen, is on view at Light Work in Syracuse, New York until March 26. 

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.