MFA in Visual Art Archive

Silvia Federici is a longtime activist, teacher, and writer. In 1972 she was one of the founders of the International Feminist Collective, the organization that...

Lana Lin is an artist, filmmaker, and writer. Her work examines the fragilities and contradictions of human and discursive bodies, emphasizing the conceptual and poetic...

Claudia Rankine is the author of five collections of poetry, including Citizen: An American Lyric and Don’t Let Me Be Lonely...

Zun Lee is a visual artist, physician, and educator. Born and raised in Germany, he currently lives and works in Canada and the US. Through...

Yoshie Sakai is a multidisciplinary artist, working in video, installation, performance, and sculpture. She received her BFA from California State University Long Beach and her...

Ghazaleh Avarzamani (born in 1979, Tehran, Iran) is an artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation. She is interested in how institutional structures and...

Tariku Shiferaw (b. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) explores mark-making in order to address the physical and metaphysical spaces of painting and societal structures. Shiferaw moved to...

We recently interviewed current student Nadia Martinez on her choice to come to VCFA, and what her experience has been like in the Visual Art...

Gala Porras-Kim (1984, Bogotá) received an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts and an MA in Latin American Studies from the University of...

Parastoo Anoushahpour (Iran / Canada) is an artist originally from Tehran now based in Toronto working predominantly with video and installation. She holds a BA...