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Visual Arts alum and Adjunct Assistant Professor Sasha Fishman '24 explores aquatic affairs in her new solo exhibition, Shad Mode, at ILY2 Gallery in Portland, Oregon.

This fall, Eli Klein Gallery presents Quan Wenfei: Internet Archaeology, a debut solo exhibition for Visual Arts alum Quan Wenfei '25

Visual Arts alum Motohiro Takeda '23 is showing artwork as part of a group show at MAMA Projects in Midtown Manhattan. The show, Mutable Landscapes, is currently on view until October 9, 2025. 

Visual Arts alum and interdisciplinary artist Sara Stern '17 has her fifth solo exhibition, STALL, on display at Turley Gallery in Hudson, New York.

Adjunct Assistant Professor and Mentor of Visual Arts william córdova has been awarded a 2025 Trellis Art Fund Milestone Grant.

Visual Arts alum Karen Arm '89 has opened her seventh solo show with downtown gallery P·P·O·W.

Visual Arts Professor of Professional Practice and Concentration Head of Expanded Practice/Sculpture Jon Kessler showcases his newest exhibition, The Fourth Bird, at Mildred's Lane Complex(ity) from June 28 to August 2, 2025. 

Director of Graduate Studies for Visual Arts, Painting Concentration Head, and Assistant Professor David Antonio Cruz is one of fifteen artists awarded a 2025 Latinx Art Fellowship

Visual arts alum and adjunct assistant professor Esteban Cabeza de Baca ’14 opened his latest exhibition, Memories of the Future, at San Luis Obispo Museum of Art.

Visual Arts alum Calvin Kim ’23 opened his second solo exhibition, Departure Before Arrival, on April 30, 2025, at Harper’s Apartment in New York City.

Sound Art alum Avishag Cohen Rodrigues ’21 released her newest single, “Some Are,” off her upcoming EP All Happens at Night, with a music video directed by Adeline Thery.

This Is Who We Are is a series featuring Columbia School of the Arts' professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making. Here, we talk with Professor Jon Kessler about mechanical sculpture, the importance of technical mastery, and the value of analog skills in a digital world.

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.