Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Since 1998, The UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series provides an opportunity for students and members of the community to learn about the work of renowned contemporary artists from the local, national, and international arts community.
Artists join us six to eight times per year to meet with graduate students in their studios and give public lectures about their work at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. The series is generously endowed by the Wiesenfeld Family Foundation.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
View archived lectures at the Berkeley Arts+Design YouTube channel.
Fall 2023: Morehshin Allahyari, Jesse Colin Jackson, Brian Wall, Martina Broner, Sam Contis, Jen Liu
Spring 2023: Cara Romero, Luanne Redeye, Darian Longmire, Kimi Hanauer, Chelsey Campbell, Iman Djouini, Kimi Hanauer, Lindsay August-Salazar, Omid Shekari
Spring 2022: Dario Robleto, Jeffrey Gibson, Wendy Red Star, NIC Kay, Aman Mojadidi, Seitu K Jones, The New Red Order (Adam and Zack Khalil)
Fall 2021: on hold due to COVID
Spring 2021: on hold due to COVID
Fall 2020, curated by Professor Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle:
Sherin Guirguis, William Pope.L, Connie Zheng and Lava Thomas
Spring 2020, curated by Professor Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle:
Simphiwe Ndzube & Autumn Knight
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Fall 2019:
Patrick Martinez, Nona Faustine Simmons, Caitlyn Cherry, and Marisa Morán Jahn
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Spring 2019:
A. Laurie Palmer, Morehshin Allahyari, Rhonda Holberton, Haroon Mirza, Rashaad Newsome and Nicki Green (MFA’19)
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Fall 2018:
Aruna D’Souza, Charles Gaines, Kerry Tribe, Kelani Nicole, Shuddhabrata Sengupta (Raqs Media Collective) and Shimon Attie
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Spring 2018:
Emily Jacir, Irena Haiduk, Ian Cheng (BA’07), Takming Chuang (MFA’18), Mimi Lauter, Lecia Dole-Recio, Kenyattta A.C. Hinkle, and Lavar Munroe
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Fall 2017:
Michael Ned Holte, Malik Gaines, Chitra Ganesh and Isaac Julien
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Spring 2017:
Jackie Sumell, Mark Brest Van Kempen, Ashley Hunt and Jose Joaquin Figueroa
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Fall 2016:
Rirkrit Tiravanija, Judith Belzer, Michelle Dizon, Liz Rideal and Gordon Hall
Support the Wiesenfeld Artist Lecture Series
While the lecture series has a flagship endowment, donations help pay for staff time, travel and honoraria. To support this program, use the button below and specify “Lecture Series”.
