Category Archives: Exhibitions

The New York Academy of Art has a talented staff. Balancing a day job and a studio practice is not easy and yet the Academy’s staff (from the art handlers to the President) do just this. What a positive life lesson for emerging artists and students to learn. Right Left Brain lets the public see the creative talent of the… Read More

During the summer of 2016 Tania Alvarez (MFA 2017), Amina Kerimova (MFA 2017), Isaac Mann (MFA 2017), and Pedro Pérez-Guillon (MFA 2017) participated in a four-week Artist-in-Residence Program on the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing campus. At the end of the residency all four artists participated in the group exhibition at Dayungtang Museum. This exhibition includes some of… Read More

During the summer of 2016 Danica Lundy (MFA 2017, Fellow 2018 ), Rebecca Ocutt (MFA 2017), Anastasiya Tarasenko (MFA 2017), and Anna Wakitsch (MFA 2017) participated in a two-month Artist-in-Residence Program hosted by Leipzig International Art Programme, in Leipzig, Germany. The Academy’s Leipzig residency is made possible by the New York Academy Travel Fund, the Villore Foundation and Trustees Gordon Bethune… Read More

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