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Exhibiting Artist Index

Explore all of the artists that have participated in solo or group exhibitions since 1985.

Public Art Collection

Sanford Biggers

Rendering image of a brick building with people surrounding outside and a geometric patterned sculpture out front.

Spencer Finch

Bring me the sunset in a cup, 2023

Image of Bring me the sunset in a cup by Spencer Finch installed at the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing.

Julian Charrière

Not All Who Wander Are Lost, 2019/2023

Open space with a dark mirrored building façade behind. One large rock is in the center of the space, each with a series of holes. The removed cylinders of each rock are placed in a line below.

Julian Charrière

Pure Waste, 2021/2023

Video still from the film Pure Waste produced by Julian Charrière where a hand can be seen entering from the left side of the frame in front of a glacier mill within the polar ice caps.

Julian Charrière

We Are All Astronauts, 2013/2023

A collection of painted globes suspended over a white table. Splatters of paint can be seen on top of the table underneath each globe.

Katie Paterson

—there lay the Days between—, 2022

A white rectangular box is hung on a gray wall. There is a black "ticker clock" with white numbers inside the box.

Jeffrey Gibson

I DON'T WANT TO SEE MYSELF WITHOUT YOU, 2020

Colorful acrylic on canvas featuring glass beads with abstract text in the center that read reads I don't want to see myself without you.

Olafur Eliasson

Northwest Passage, 2018

A ceiliing bound sculpture of mirror and yellow lights by Olafur Eliasson is installed.

Alexander Calder

La Grande Voile [The Big Sail], 1965

Large steel sculpture in a courtyard with trees and buildings in the background.

Agnieszka Kurant

The End of Signature, 2021 and 2022

Two modern building on the left each with an overhang that has LED sculptures of a signature hanging from the buildings.

Alicja Kwade

Against the Run, 2019

A freestanding clock with a restrained modern design sits seamlessly into the built environment of the Kendall Open Space plaza

Student Lending Art Collection

Helina Metaferia

Race Card 7, 2022

A hand holding three cards with various colors and patterns is isolated against a white background.

Sung Tieu

(Un)Kraut, 2023

Black and white print inside of a black frame with a white matte. The photograph depicts up close view of white wild flowers and leaves of neighboring plants.

Carlos Reyes

A rectangular red velvet empty jewelry display with a silver frame. The shadow of six pendant necklaces remain where the items once were laying.

Andrew Norman Wilson

Plump Caruncles, a Rippling Dewlap, and a Dangling Snood with a Sunken Ear, a Piercing Eye, and a Shrouded Beak, 2023

Archival print that appears to be white with black accent lines along the left vertical half and bright red intestine-like shapes on the right vertical half. The image is surrounded by a thick white matte and frame.

Alison Nguyen

I am screenless and I am wireless, 2022

Bright orange and yellow ombre with two line of shimmery gold text and a white frame. The text reads "I am screenless and I am wireless"

Alison Nguyen

history as hauntology (process), 2024

Colored photograph in a silver frame of the back half of a white car parked in an open dirt lot with a tall metal bridge in the background.

Lex Brown

Rectangular painting with a light gold frame and a white matte. The central image is of several abstract white roses with vibrant green stems with a bright red background.

Campus Lending Collection

Joan Jonas

Journey to the centre of the earth, 1987

Drawing using ink on paper of a diagram of a mountain above two rows of geometric shapes. The text reads "Journey to the centre of the earth. Pompeii From Iceland to vesuvius workmen's marks buried dog"

Berenice Abbott

Paralax View, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1958-61

Black and white photograph of two candles on a table one is lit and the other is not. The candle with a flame appears behind the mirror and the unlit candle is positioned in front.

Robert Cumming

Manipulator Arms, Reactor, MIT, 1986

Man pushing a button seated in front of a large red reactor machine.

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol, 1980

Black and white photograph of two men, one is seated with a dark colored long sleeve shirt and white hair and the other is standing with his hand raised in front of the other mans face.

M.C. Escher

Black and white wood engraving print featuring various animals and human figures all connected like a puzzle.

Alexander Calder

Presenza Grafica, 1972

Abstract artwork with two red ovals and one orange oval emerging from black an area of white stripes at the bottom left corner. There are two blue floral shapes on the right side of the work.

The Student Lending Art Program is a unique, popular MIT tradition that allows MIT students to borrow original works of art from the MIT List Visual Arts Center.

Video Gallery

Artist Talk: Julian Charrière

Preview image for the video "Artist Talk: Julian Charrière".

Steina in Conversation

Preview image for the video "Steina in Conversation".

Graduate Student Talk: Daniel Pillis

Preview image for the video "Graduate Student Talk: Daniel Pillis".

Catalyst Conversations: Game Matters

Preview image for the video "Catalyst Conversations: Game Matters".

List Projects 29: Brittni Ann Harvey and Harry Gould Harvey IV

Preview image for the video "List Projects 29: Brittni Ann Harvey and Harry Gould Harvey IV".

Julian Charrière, Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More, 2023

Preview image for the video "Julian Charrière, Everything Was Forever Until It Was No More, 2023".

List Projects 30: Jeremy Couillard

Preview image for the video "List Projects 30: Jeremy Couillard".

Hana Miletić: Soft Services

Preview image for the video "Hana Miletić: Soft Services".

Graduate Student Talk: Brittany Ellis

Preview image for the video "Graduate Student Talk: Brittany Ellis".

Publications

The MIT List Visual Arts Center is deeply invested in furthering scholarship on contemporary art and artists and publishes catalogues in conjunction with our exhibitions.

Book cover for "Symbionts" featuring a green background on textured paper and the title of the book spelled out in large stenciled letters in three rows with three letters in each row in bright yellow.

Past Exhibitions

Freestanding metal panels are scattered across a dark gallery, with drawings and saturated abstract images mounted to them. A tinted window on the left emits a bright purple glow. Small banners hanging from the ceiling contain abstracted silhouettes of plants. Three video projections are visible in the background; the central one shows a close view of a thorny green plant.

Freestanding metal panels are scattered across a dark gallery, with drawings and saturated abstract images mounted to them. A tinted window on the left emits a bright purple glow. Small banners hanging from the ceiling contain abstracted silhouettes of plants. Three video projections are visible in the background; the central one shows a close view of a thorny green plant.

Exhibition view: Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme: Only sounds that tremble through us, MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2024. Photo: Dario Lasagni

A white gallery space with cement floor displaying several artworks scattered throughout the space. On the left side, two orange net-like fiber sculptures hang, one off the wall and the other from the ceiling. On the right, a large, brown, rectangular tapestry with blue gridded lines hangs from the ceiling. Smaller artworks are displayed in the background and on the right wall.

A white gallery space with cement floor displaying several artworks scattered throughout the space. On the left side, two orange net-like fiber sculptures hang, one off the wall and the other from the ceiling. On the right, a large, brown, rectangular tapestry with blue gridded lines hangs from the ceiling. Smaller artworks are displayed in the background and on the right wall.

Exhibition view: Hana Miletić: Soft Services, MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2024. Photo: Dario Lasagni

A white gallery with five artworks on display. On the left wall hangs a gold tapestry depicting two figures, one standing and one kneeling. Two small creature-like sculptures made of metal and fabric sit on low pedestals. In the center of the room is a vertical wooden bathtub sculpture on metal supports. A large black frame-like wooden sculpture hangs on the back wall.

A white gallery with five artworks on display. On the left wall hangs a gold tapestry depicting two figures, one standing and one kneeling. Two small creature-like sculptures made of metal and fabric sit on low pedestals. In the center of the room is a vertical wooden bathtub sculpture on metal supports. A large black frame-like wooden sculpture hangs on the back wall.

Exhibition view: List Projects 29: Brittni Ann Harvey & Harry Gould Harvey IV, MIT List Visual Arts Center, 2024. Photo: Dario Lasagni

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