Calendar

Exhibition

Presented by BFA Photography and Video

Becoming

October 27 - November 19, 2021
Image of a person against a white background, with labels adhered to their skin like "Chaste Woman" and "Straight A Student," with a superimposed black grid outline. Image of a person against a white background, with labels adhered to their skin like "Chaste Woman" and "Straight A Student," with a superimposed black grid outline.
Credit: Yuetong Lu
Credit: Yuetong Lu

SVA Gramercy Gallery

209 East 23rd Street, 1st floor, New York, NY 10010

NOTICE:

In accordance with SVA COVID-19 protocols, in-person viewing is restricted to SVA students, faculty and staff.

A textile sculpture of books and a bookshelf hangs on the wall to the left, a doorway intersects the space in the center, and on the right wall is the exhibition title "Becoming" and list of artists in the show below it.

“Becoming,” SVA Gramercy Gallery, October 27 – November 19, 2021

Three small photographs hang on the left wall next to a closet door, and on the right hangs two shelves of soft textile books with individual names written on each spine.

“Becoming,” SVA Gramercy Gallery, October 27 – November 19, 2021

On the left wall hangs a photograph a portrait of a person superimposed with a line art drawing of Lola Bunny from Looney Tunes next to an abstract composition of colorful gradients. On the right hang three photographs, the left shows scientific-style front and side views of a person, the middle shows a large gathering of people around a table, and the far right shows three people in a field.

“Becoming,” SVA Gramercy Gallery, October 27 – November 19, 2021

Two shelves of textile-wrapped books hang on the left side of the wall, and on the right is the exhibition title ("Becoming") with a list of artists beneath it.

“Becoming,” SVA Gramercy Gallery, October 27 – November 19, 2021

A row of four framed photographs hang in the entryway of the SVA Gramercy Gallery, with black retractable belt stanchions visible in the foreground.

“Becoming,” SVA Gramercy Gallery, October 27 – November 19, 2021

Row of four framed photographs depicting different physical actions, like a person placing a contact lens on their eye.

“Becoming,” SVA Gramercy Gallery, October 27 – November 19, 2021

Two stacked signs state "SVA Gramercy Gallery" and "Exhibition Continues" with a right-hand arrow. Several large photographs hang on the wall in the adjacent gallery space to the right.

“Becoming,” SVA Gramercy Gallery, October 27 – November 19, 2021

View from entryway of a room at SVA Gramercy Gallery, showing the exhibition title ("Becoming") and two photographs on the left wall, and on the right back wall are two very large photographs: the left shows a person with two hands around their neck, the right shows a group of people around a dining room table.

“Becoming,” SVA Gramercy Gallery, October 27 – November 19, 2021

Gallery wall with exhibition title on the far left, two scenic landscape images in the center, and on the far right is a large monitor displaying a video artwork of a person being covered in various written identity terms on index cards.

“Becoming,” SVA Gramercy Gallery, October 27 – November 19, 2021

A monitor plays a video artwork, showing a person covered in various identity terms, on the left wall, on the right are two large photographs printed on paper and pinned to the wall.

“Becoming,” SVA Gramercy Gallery, October 27 – November 19, 2021

On the left wall is a single large photograph of people sitting around a dining room table, and on the right wall six large photographs hang in a row, all printed on paper and pinned directly to the wall.

“Becoming,” SVA Gramercy Gallery, October 27 – November 19, 2021

View of two gallery walls, both showing several photographs of bodies in various configurations.

“Becoming,” SVA Gramercy Gallery, October 27 – November 19, 2021

View of outdoors window display, the right window shows a monitor playing a reel of artworks with artist names beneath them, the right window presents the exhibition title "Becoming" on view inside the building.

“Becoming,” SVA Gramercy Gallery, October 27 – November 19, 2021

School of Visual Arts presents “Becoming,” an annual exhibition of BFA Photography and Video students’ work in direct conversation with work by our celebrated alumni. “Becoming” will be on view from Wednesday, October 27 – Friday, November 19, at the SVA Gramercy Gallery, 209 East 23rd Street, New York City.

 

For the 2021 iteration, ten third-year BFA Photography and Video students were invited to select a work by a department alumni from the exhibition COLL/NNECTION, currently on view in the BFA Photography and Video department at 21 East 21st Street. Each of these ten students was then prompted to create a new work that responds directly to their selection. The alumni selections have been moved to the SVA Gramercy Gallery, where they are now on view in tandem with the students’ responses to their work.

 

The alumni artists featured in this exhibition are Victoria Helena Queiros de Assis e Silva (2019), Logan Jackson (2015), Ina Jang (2010), Justine Kurland (1996), Patrick O'Malley (2014), Corey Olsen (2014), Francena Ottley (2019), Tim Schutsky (2014), Sarah Teller (2017), Caroline Tompkins (2014).

 

The participating class of 2023 students are Jake Dylan, Noa Lesche, Yuetong Lu, Adamaris Ordonez, Serena Peng, Will Premru, Rebecca Steighner, Cyle Warner, Andrea Zambrano and Amy Zhou.

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