The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Travis Fairclough ‘19 is an MFA Visual Arts student in his first year.    

More than two dozen Faculty, Alumni, and Current Students are featured in the group exhibition, Love 2018: Purple Hearts, currently running at Columbia University’s LeRoy Neiman Gallery.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions.   Xirin ‘19 is an MFA Visual Arts student in her first year.  

Two Columbia artists are featured in All at Once, an online exhibit hosted by the Fridman Gallery in New York. Adjunct professor Tamar Ettun and current Sound Art student Julian Day both have work in this group exhibition.

Avishag Cohen Rodrigues is a first-year sound art student.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Timothy Charles Roseborough is a first-year student in the Visual Arts Program.

Current student Khari Turner, Visual Arts, sat down with his roommate Po-Yu Chen, Film Directing, to discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected his work. Their light filled apartment has turned into Turner’s art studio.

The exhibition, which ordinarily features work from graduating seniors in a one-day show at the LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Dodge Hall, will run online from May 7 through June 15.

  The show will exhibit in the LeRoy Neiman Gallery through September 29th. 

Thirty-three visual artists, including numerous alumni, one faculty member and three current students, have been selected to showcase their work at the 2017 Art Basel in Miami, Florida.

In this conversation, Taylor discusses dinosaurs, novels, and the freedom one finds to create art.

The exhibit, which is available online, uses photography to show that love is a constant through hardship.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Rebecca Warlick is a first-year student in the Visual Arts Program.

In this conversation with Tadić, we talk about Croatia, the autobiographical aspect of comics, and his dislike of figurative art.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Meg Turner is a first-year student in the Visual Arts Program.

The fellowship was established in 1993 by Stephanie Bernheim in order to support underrepresented and emerging self-identified women and non-binary artists in New York City.

Current student, Bat-Ami Rivlin '19 produced the short film, A Prayer with Alon Borten (director) and it's premiering in New York with NewFest, New York’s LGBT Film Festival.  

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions.

The photographic series, called The Mermaids of Jeddah, accompanies an article by Nazer. 

Work by current Sound Art student Julian Day '20 is in this year’s Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions.   Katharine Marais ‘19 is an MFA Visual Arts student in her first year.    

This week we sat down with current student Yifan Jiang to talk about science fiction, the phenomenon of sharing time, and social experiments in art.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions.   Vivian Chiu ‘19 is an MFA Visual Arts student in her first year.    

This week we sat down with current student Katie Miller to talk about Prentis Hall, the benefits and detriments of collection, and the comfort of material things. 

For this week’s Student Spotlight, we caught up with Timothy Charles Roseborough ‘18, who is now a 2nd-year student in the MFA Visual Arts Program, to see how his work has progressed since we last talked. (Timothy’s interview as a 1st-year student can be found here). Here’s what we learned:

Current student Roni Aviv is the curator of m.i.o.k., a show currently on view at the LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Catalina Bestard Rotger '18 is a first-year student in the Visual Arts Program  

The scarf commemorating this year’s conference was designed by a current School of the Arts student, Yuri Yuan, in collaboration with Teresa Saputo-Crerend '87CC, '92BUS.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Nicholas Samuel Heskes is a student in the Visual Arts Program.  

Conversations with Artists in Art Getting Art is a bi-weekly series and a play on Jerry Seinfeld's Conversations with Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. We interview artists about their art and 'getting art'. This week we sat down with Kevin Claiborne II.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Nash Cohen Glynn is a second-year student in the Visual Arts Program.  

Conversations with Artists in Art Getting Art is a bi-weekly series and a play on Jerry Seinfeld's Conversations with Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

In this conversation with James Mercer '20, we talk about life in a gentrifying New York, collaborating on art projects, and the function of language in art.

Current student John Rivas is currently in a two-person show with February James at Ross+Kramer Gallery in New York. Titled double trouble, this show is curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions.   Eric Brittain ‘20 is an MFA Visual Arts student studying sculpture in his first year.  

This week we sat down with current student Joseph Liatela to talk about being an introverted performance artist, the DSM, and the nuances of public touch.

Current student Esteban Jefferson was shortlisted for the XL Catlin Art Prize.

Collective 131, a gallery based in Hoboken, New Jersey, is a space devoted to promoting the work of women artists. For the past month, they have held a group exhibit called Study Sessions, which features work from six Columbia students.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions.   Annette Hur ‘19 is a first-year Visual Arts student.   

Conversations with Artists in Art Getting Art is a bi-weekly series and a play on Jerry Seinfeld's Conversations with Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. We interview artists about their art and 'getting art'.

Juan Hernandez, a current visual arts student, has an individual exhibit at Estudio 74 in Bogotá, Colombia. The title of the exhibit is GRIS QUE TE QUIERO VERDE which roughly translates to Gray, How I Want You Green.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions.   Joan Hacker ‘19 is an MFA Sound Arts student in her first year.    

This week we sat down with current student Susan MB Chen to talk about the Facebook group “Subtle Asian Traits,” the relationships between artists and sitters, and how Chen’s work evolved from landscape painting to portraiture.

Last month, all second-year Visual Arts students had Open Studios, an event where faculty members and mentors—such as Sanford Biggers, Sarah Sze, and Rirkrit Tirivanija—as well as the artists’ family and friends, were invited to come and view the emerging artists’ work.

Wai Lau, a current student in the visual arts program, is currently featured in four group exhibits across the world, two in Hong Kong, and two in the U.S.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions.   James McCracken ‘19 is an MFA Visual Arts student in his first year.    

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions.  

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Kiyan Williams ‘19 is a first-year Visual Arts MFA student.  

The Pavilion, a four-panel mural by current Baris Gokturk, is currently being installed in Columbia University’s Butler Library (Rooms 211 and 602).

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions.   Ruhee Mehendi Maknojia ‘19 is an MFA Visual Arts student in her first year at Columbia.  

Conversations with Artists in Art Getting Art is a bi-weekly series and a play on Jerry Seinfeld's Conversations with Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. We interview artists about their art and 'getting art'.  

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions.  

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions.  

Current student Susan M B Chen ’20 is a finalist for the AXA Art Prize. Her painting, Waiting (2018), will be exhibited in two galleries this fall: first, the Richard Gray Gallery in Chicago Oct. 24-30, and then the New York’s Academy of Art Nov. 18-22.

Today, The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a graduate school fellowship for outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants in the United States, announced their 2017 recipients.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. 

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Derick Decario Whitsonis a second-year student in the Visual Arts Program.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Phoebe Osborne is a first-year student in the Visual Arts Program.

Current student Kiyan Williams '19, and Alumni Asif Mian '18 and Hugh Hayden '18 have been selected to commission new work at The Shed, a new visual and performing arts center currently being built in Hudson Yards.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Yasi Alipour is a first-year student in the Visual Arts Program.

Twenty-four Columbia artists, including five faculty members, one current student, and eighteen alumni will showcase their work at Art Basel in Miami, Florida this week.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Jacqueline Leigh Silberbush is a second-year student in the Visual Arts Program.

The Student Spotlight series aims to highlight the work of current MFA students, asking them to share thoughts on their practice by answering curated and peer-submitted questions. Allison Janae Hamilton is a first-year student in the Visual Arts Program.