Category Archives: Exhibitions

Each year, the Academy selects three outstanding graduating MFA students as Chubb Postgraduate Fellows. Generously supported by Chubb Personal Risk Services, the year-long fellowship is the highest honor the Academy bestows and covers studio space, teaching experience and a stipend. Kathryn Goshorn, Esteban Ocampo, and Sarah Schlesinger were selected upon their graduation in 2015, and on September 6, the Academy… Read More

The New York Academy of Art is pleased to present “Call of the Wild”, a special exhibition at the 2016 Art Southampton art fair, co-curated by Academy Board Member Brooke Shields and Academy President David Kratz. “Call of the Wild” will be on view from July 7 -11 at the Nova’s Ark Project. The Academy will celebrate with special reception… Read More

Reisha Perlmutter, MFA 2015   This summer the Academy will present Water|Bodies, an exhibit curated by Eric Fischl and President David Kratz (MFA 2008), at the Southampton Arts Center. The exhibit presents painting, sculpture, photo, and print works on the theme of the human figure in and around water. Notably, artists run the gamut and pieces by newly minted Academy… Read More

MFA GRADUATES 2016

The New York Academy of Art is pleased to present an exhibition at Art New York of alumni works selected by Peter Drake, Dean of Academic Affairs and Heidi Elbers, Director of Exhibitions. The International Figure focuses on the works of the Academy’s international alumni population. Even at the height of Modernism the figurative tradition was actively pursued by progressive… Read More

During the summer of 2015 Daniel daSilva (MFA 2015), Ciara Rafferty (MFA 2016), Jingyi Wang (MFA 2016), and Jiannan Wu (MFA 2016) participated in a two-week Artist-in-Residence Program at the Terra Foundation for American Art-Europe. The foundation is located in the village of Giverny, France, next to Monet’s house and gardens. Each Giverny residency recipient also received an additional travel… Read More

During the summer of 2015 Lowell Poisson (MFA 2016), Saralene Tapley (MFA 2016), Magaly Vega-Lopez (MFA 2016), and Matthew White (MFA 2016) participated in a month-long Artist-in-Residence Program in Moscow, Russia and St. Petersburg, Russia. The Academy’s Residency Program is made possible by the New York Academy Travel Fund and the Villore Foundation. The Russia Residency has been made possible… Read More

    The Westminster Kennel Club Artwork Competition is a skills contest in which entrants submit artwork for use and inclusion in the promotional materials for the Westminster Kennel Club 140th Annual Dog Show. Coordinated by the New York Academy of Art and the Westminster Kennel Club the competition is open to Academy MFA students and alumni, and current continuing… Read More

This exhibit displays 15 clay busts created by New York Academy of Art students during a unique partnership between the Academy and the New York City Office of the Medical Examiner. Each student received a replica of the skull from an actual cold case, and used their artistic training to accurately reconstruct the face of the victim in clay. The… Read More