Exhibitions

Cognitive Dissidence

Thursday, May 11 through Saturday, May 27th, 2017. Open hours Wed-Sun, 12-7pm.

MFA Thesis Exhibition

Curated by Dan Cameron

The exhibition’s title reflects the dual relationship the featured artists have with each institution. All are either SVA alumni or faculty who have equally benefitted from the prestigious summer residency program at the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in Madison, Maine.

Curated by Lauren Haynes

With work by Negar Ahkami, Sharona Eliassaf, Alejandro Guzman, Ulrike Heydenreich, Saskia Jorda, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Gregg Louis, Dave McKenzie, Miryana Todorova, Marvin Touré and Fred Wilson.

Lounge Corp. at Satellite Art Show

December 1 to December 5

Artists are curated into the carpet installation, invited to create work inspired by objects that could be found in a hotel room, transforming the room into a collaborative indoor sculpture park.

Curated by Ragnheidur Karadottir and Kaja 'Cxzy' Andersen

With work by Caroline Villard, Eli Barak, Franco Frontera, Kaja 'Cxzy' Andersen, Jonathan Schouela, Ragnheidur Karadottir, Scott Ferguson and Sophie Parker.

The Secret: Shape of Destiny

September 28 to October 14

Jilka and Ferguson search for the “key to an extraordinary life” through the digital material of celebrity icons and self-help gurus. They have excavated the raw essence of the platform that give these figures such tremendous power: Red, Green, & Blue (RGB) light.

Curated by Zoë Frederick

With work by Andrew Jilka and Scott Ferguson

Gypsies' Picnic

July 1st, 2016

Curated by program coordinators Pamela Council and Alison Kuo

Performance by MFA Fine Arts faculty member Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow

Popular Culture Is Where The Pedagogy Is

Friday, May 27 through Sunday, June 5th, 12-7pm, 2016

Explorations of Provocation and Praxis, MFA Thesis Exhibition

Curated by Jasmine Wahi

With work by Kaja 'Cxzy' Andersen, Yael Azoulay, Eli Barak, AnnaLiisa Benston, Shannon Broder, D. Myntia Daniels, Sean Donovan, Delano Dunn, Ron Erlih, Noelle Fitzsimmons, Ruth Freeman, Franco Frontera, Michal Geva, Marilyn Gomez, Ragnheidur Karadottir, Georgia Lale, Younghoo Lee, Scarlett Lingwood, Susan Luss, Amalia Mourad, Sophie Parker, Juan Camilo Rodelo, Jonathan Schouela, Hyunwook Seo, Ali Shrago-Spechler, Michelle Sumaray, Marvin Touré, Richard Vivenzio, and Dàreece Walker.

elmuseo@SVA

January 16 through February 20, 2016

An exhibition of work by latino MFA Fine Arts alumni.

Curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado of El Museo del Barrio

With work by Manuel Acevedo and MFA Fine Arts alumni Soledad Arias (2002), Vladimir Cybil Charlier (1993), Guido Garaycochea (2015), Alejandro Guzman (2009), Erik Guzman (2003), Elisabeth Jobim (1992), Elan Jurado (2012), Cynthia Rojas (2003), Diana Santiago (2008), K.C. Tidemand (2015), Denise Treizman (2013) and Juana Valdes (1993).