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Aliza Shvarts

Director of Low-Residency MFA; Assistant Professor, Performance

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Bio

Educational Background: BA, Yale University; Whitney Independent Study Program; PhD, Performance Studies, NYU. 

Exhibitions: Tate Modern, Athens Biennale, Centre for Contemporary Art FUTURA, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Galerie Maria Bernheim, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Leslie-Lohman Museum, Participant Inc, Art in General, SculptureCenter. 

Publications: Whitechapel Documents in Contemporary Art: Practice, The Feminist and Queer Information Studies Reader, TDR/The Drama Review, Women & Performance, The Brooklyn Rail. 

Bibliography: October, Artforum, The New York Times, The Cut, e-flux, BOMB, Art in America. Awards: Monroe Lippman Memorial Award for Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation, Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant, Recess Critical Writing Fellow, A.I.R. Artist Fellow.

Courses

Title Department Catalog Term

Description

What are the most urgent issues in contemporary art now? This online course addresses the central themes and ideas shaping the production and distribution of art. Students will develop and manage their own blogs and participate in continuing online discussions. The final requirement will be a finished paper.

Class Number

1148

Credits

3

Description

Class Number

1203

Credits

1.5

Description

Students in their final residency enroll in Thesis Studio: Public Presentation, a two-part course that guides students through their thesis presentation that will be given in the Sullivan Galleries during the MFA Thesis Exhibition. The first portion functions as a seminar, during which students learn about historical modes and forms of the Artist?s Talk and prepare for their own presentations. The second portion of the course consists of the thesis presentations themselves, a culminating statement in the form of a public talk delivered to the entire graduating cohort along with visiting artists and SAIC faculty.

Class Number

1418

Credits

1.5