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Sarah Sze, Professor of Visual Arts, renowned multidisciplinary artist, and 2003 MacArthur Fellow, recently opened her first solo exhibition in Asia at Gagosian, Hong Kong.

On Sunday, March 30, 2025, twenty-eight of New York's most cutting-edge emerging artists debuted new works in one of the city's most exciting group shows: the School of the Arts' annual First Year MFA Exhibition.

Transdisciplinary artist Kaela Mei-Chee Chambers '22 has premiered her latest installation, Eastern Aphasia Caress (EAC), at the New York Public Library's Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library on 20th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues.

Visual Arts alum Anna Ting Möller '23 explores disgust—and more—in a new show at MASS MoCa, Dirty & Disorderly: Contemporary Artists on Disgust, alongside New Red Order and Nguyễn Duy Mạnh. 

 

For her Composer Portrait at Miller Theatre on March 6, Miya Masaoka presented a substantial, cohesive, and emotive demonstration of how she has mastered illusory chaos.

Sable Elyse Smith wants her School of the Arts students to see these effects in the world around them.

Kevin Cobb '23 presents his debut New York solo exhibition, Ekstasis, at 81 Leonard Gallery.

Visual Arts alum Kai Oh '24 opened her solo exhibition Will You Marry Me? on February 15, 2025 at Subtitled NYC, a gallery that foregrounds interdisciplinarity and collaborative practices between artists and curators. 

Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, Director of Graduate Studies, and Concentration Head of Painting David Antonio Cruz and Visual Arts alum Gabriel Martinez ’09 are among the 35 artists—21 from across the United States and 14 local to New Orleans—selected for the upcoming residency at the Joan Mitchell Center Foundation in New Orleans.

Three Columbia University School of the Arts alums have been named 2025-2028 Jerome Hill Artist Fellows: Pamela Council '14, Jeffrey Meris '19, and Asif Mian '18.

In the ever-expanding discourse around art and AI, Associate Professor of Visual Arts Naeem Mohaiemen foregrounds curiosity.

The revered artist, now 88, reflects back on a long career.

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.