in medias res

in medias res—latin for “into the middle of things”—presents the work of artists from the 2023 and 2024 cohorts of the Columbia MFA Visual and Sound Arts programs. 

The group show comprises an open-ended conversation among works that is fragmentary in essence, inviting viewers into the midst of action without preamble or conclusion. Affording a window into the artists’ oeuvres during this specific period in their careers, in medias res evokes a particular moment in space and time with works that reflect the social currents of today. Albeit each coming from a distinct vantage point, the fifty participating artists come together in inviting viewers to question established narratives, reconsider artistic conventions, and imagine alternative futurities.

Artists

Columbia MFA Class of 23&24 

(Full Artist List: Robbie Rodgers, Erica Enriquez, Meaghan Elyse Lueck, Anna-Ting Möller, Sasha Fishman + Earth Ængel, Candela Bado, Conor Dowdle, Andie Carver, Kevin Cobb, Kai Oh, Ian Ha, Cecilia Caldiera, Calvin Kim, Garrett Ball, Merry Sun, Sofya Shpurova, Jeffrey Halstead, Youngmin Park, Taekyung (TK), JOHANNA, Valeria Guillén, Amadeo Morelos Favela, Amadeo Morelos Favela, Julian Zehnder, Alison Nguyen, Jing Harren, Paul Rho, Yiwei Lu, Alana DeVito, Vivian Vivas, Sang Min Lee, Chloe (Chuqiao) Li, Klara (Zhiqian) Wang, Christopher M Torres, Motohiro Takeda, Shuai Yang, Roxana Kadyrova, Char Jeré, Albert Samreth, Tayler Sean Harrison, Benjamin Salesse, Laurena Finéus, Kristian Kragelund, Nicholas Farhi, Aristotle Forrester, Elisheva Gavra, Steven Stallings)

Curators

Aidan Ford Chisholm, Farren Fei Yuan