2021 Graduate Student Exhibitions and Projects

This spring, CCS Bard presents thirteen exhibitions and projects featuring more than forty emerging and established artists organized by the graduating class of the master of arts curatorial studies program. On view April 3 through May 30, 2021, each project was developed over a period of study that was splintered by the events of the past year, and implicitly bear some trace of this moment. Comprising solo and group exhibitions, digital initiatives, and performance, the projects range in methods and subject matter, from mourning, environmental precarity, isolation, and decentralized learning, to accessibility and healing.

A complete list of exhibitions and projects follow below, organized alphabetically by curator name.

Tammie Rubin: Tell them I won’t be long
Curated by Krista Alba
Artist: Tammie Rubin

Uxmal-on-Hudson
Curated by Paulina Ascencio Fuentes
Artist: Claudia Peña Salinas

While the Underground Flickers
Curated by Caitlin Chaisson
Artists: Bonnie Devine, Wally Dion, Sandra Lahire

Haze Publication — Hong Kong’s Water Revolution in Contemporary Art and Culture
Curated by Yihsuan Chiu

Kate Millett: Terminal Piece
Curated by Jenni Crain
Artist: Kate Millett

Criteria
Curated by Natasha Matteson
Artists: Ida Applebroog, Barbara Bloom, Anne Collier, Liz Deschenes, Isa Genzken, Charline von Heyl, Bruce Nauman, Philippe Parreno, Marlo Pascual, Pope.L, R.H. Quaytman, Haim Steinbach, Rosemarie Trockel, Gillian Wearing

Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro: Eclipse
Curated by Bernardo Mosqueira
Artist: Castiel Vitorino Brasileiro

washed up
Curated by Christine Nyce
Artists: Lauren Burrow, Allison Janae Hamilton, Kate Newby

C21OWO
Curated by Camila Palomino
Artist: Rose Salane

Yacht Metaphor: The Collected Works of @CoryInTheAbyss
Curated by Georgie Payne
Artist: Jenson Leonard
Text by manuel arturo abreu

Cripping Curatorial Studies
Curated by Allie/A.L. Rickard
Artists/participants: Ezra Benus, Bojana Coklyat, Joselia Rebekah Hughes, Shannon Finnegan, Yo-Yo Lin, Paula Stuttman, and more

Classroom Arsenal
Curated by Candice Strongwater
Artists: Shawn Maximo with Justin Simon; Erich Hartmann

of things not seen
Curated by Gee Wesley
Artists: Steffani Jemison, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste

The thesis exhibition is a core component of CCS Bard’s graduate program, which provides each graduating student the opportunity to mine the Marieluise Hessel Collection of Contemporary Art, CCS Bard’s foundational collection of more than 3,000 objects; conduct original research into artists’ practices, guided by research in CCS Bard’s extensive archives; and mount individual exhibitions and projects within the Hessel Museum of Art and CCS Bard Galleries. Past student-curated exhibitions have served as springboards for artists in the earliest stages of their careers and as the basis for ongoing curatorial investigations by CCS Bard graduates at other leading museums, galleries, and arts organizations around the world.

Also on view April 3–May 16:
First Year Curatorial Practice 1: Exhibitions Drawn from the Marieluise Hessel Collection
Four exhibitions of works drawn from the Marieluise Hessel Collection curated by the CCS Bard Class of 2022 are on view in two successive rounds in the CCS Bard Galleries. More info here.

Visiting information:
Currently closed to the general public, the Hessel Museum and CCS Bard Galleries is re-opening with these exhibitions on April 3, 2021, and available to visit Thursday through Sunday, 12–5pm, by advance reservation only. For a full overview of our health and safety protocols, please click here; to reserve and confirm your timed tickets please click here. All other campus facilities are closed to the public, so please restrict your visit to CCS Bard.

The Hessel Museum of Art and CCS Bard Galleries are located in a single-level facility. Parking is available outside of the building in an ADA-compliant parking lot which has four accessible parking spaces at the end of the paved entrance way. To read our full Accessibility Policy, please see our website here.