Jessica Vollrath Born in 1984 to an African American father and a Mexican mother, Vollrath grew up in a uniquely diverse household with 11 siblings, a Mennonite background, and a homeschool education. She discovered her love of painting at around the age of 8, spending her free time experimenting with various art supplies her mother found at garage sales. At… Read More
Gendering the Non-Binary in Anatomical Images How does the visual representation of the human body in anatomical images play a role in our understanding of gender differences, particularly those of non-binary bodies? Anatomical images exist at the intersection of medicine and art, as well as observation and interpretation. As a result, they reveal much about the practices, beliefs, biases, and… Read More
The New York Academy of Art is pleased to present Robert Taplin: Selections from Three Series, 1985–2024, a solo exhibition highlighting the imaginative work of sculptor and longtime Academy Visiting Critic, Robert Taplin. The show will run from January 30 through March 9, 2025, as part of the Academy’s Winter Exhibition Series, with a tour of the exhibition featuring Robert… Read More
Keith Timmons Lecture Series Organized by Clifford Owens, Director of Critical Studies, New York Academy of Art This lecture series is supported by Keith Timmons, a Baltimore-based art collector, to convene Black artists, scholars, curators, and critics at the New York Academy of Art during the 2024 – 2025 academic year. Abigail DeVille’s most recent solo exhibitions, Prospect 6, The… Read More
Ali Banisadr, born in 1976 in Tehran, Iran, emigrated to California with his family in 1988 at the age of twelve, where he became immersed in the local graffiti art scene while studying psychology. He later moved to New York City, earning a BFA from the School of Visual Arts (2005) and an MFA from the New York Academy of… Read More
Katherine Bradford’s mesmerizing yet rigorous visual language freely traverses the relationship between nonobjective and representational painting, allowing potential narratives to unfold and interweave with the investigation of form and color. Vast expanses of color divide her canvases into distinct horizontal planes while the variations in saturation and tone evoke an elusive yet almost palpable atmosphere. Lighter and darker hues are… Read More
Andrew Sendor is a visual artist who lives and works in New York. Sendor is most recognized for his extraordinary facility in representational painting that serves to illuminate his ongoing engagement with the power of the imagination. The artist introduces us to fictional characters in storylines whose genesis derives from a unique creative process: Sendor scripts, produces, directs, and documents… Read More
Keith Timmons Lecture Series Organized by Clifford Owens, Director of Critical Studies, New York Academy of Art This lecture series is supported by Keith Timmons, a Baltimore-based art collector, to convene Black artists, scholars, curators, and critics at the New York Academy of Art during the 2024 – 2025 academic year. Robert Pruitt’s (Houston, TX, b.1975) art practice centers on rendering large scale figurative portraits. He projects into… Read More
Laura Frazure is an artist and educator with a primary focus on the study and practice of sculptural figuration and human anatomy. She is a modeler and inventor of human morphologies with the inspiration or generative material for her work coming from a wide range of sources. These include literature, popular culture, corporate and social media, art history and… Read More
Join historian and curator Margarita Lila Rosa and Senior Critic Dexter Wimberly for a lively online discussion on how artists can create impactful social media content on Instagram. Social media algorithms are constantly changing and formats are forever shifting. Is it possible to create authentic content and still garner the likes, comments, and follows demanded by greedy algorithms? What does… Read More
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