Visual Arts + Sound Art News

NEWS

Assistant Professor of Visual Arts Adama Delphine Fawundu '18 is currently exhibiting three interrelated works exploring the interconnectedness of geographies and our shared humanity—fittingly, these exhibitions take her work across the globe.

Visual Arts student darylina powderface is currently exhibiting her short film, how it used to be, at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA).

Columbia artists in major new Dia Art Foundation commission by Duane Linklater, Duane Linklater: 12 + 2, and its accompanying performance series, buffalounit for bison bison (dance_hum for dirtbath).

The latest exhibition on view in Columbia University Butler Library's third-floor display cases, Streets Taken, features photographs by prominent New York photojournalist Edward Schwartz from the Butler Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML) alongside new works by MFA Visual Arts student Francisco Javier Ramírez

Associate Professor of Visual Arts Naeem Mohaiemen recently opened a new video exhibition, THROUGH A MIRROR, DARKLY, at Artangel, UK. 

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. 

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.