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Every month, we share the accomplishments of our faculty and staff with our full SAIC community.
Jennifer Reeder

In Sight and Sound magazine, Bong Joon Ho named Jennifer Reeder (MFA 1996) as one of 20 filmmakers he believes will shape cinema over the next decade. Joon Ho recently made history...

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Earlier this month, the final installment of Kentucky Route Zero, a video game created by Jake Elliot (BFA 2011), Tamas Kemenczy (BFA 2007), and musician Ben Babbitt (BFA...

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Mickey R Mahoney (BFA 1997), adjunct professor in the Film, Video, New Media, and Animation and Art History, Theory, and Criticism departments and his partner Lilly Wachowski (SAIC 2017–19...

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Adjunct Professor Tatsu Aoki (BFA 1983, MFA 1985, Film, Video, New Media, and Animation), Matthew Angelo Harrison (BFA 2012), Guadalupe Rosales (MFA 2016), and Martine Syms (BFA 2007) were...

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Peng Zuqiang (MFA 2017), still from "Inauguration," work in progress

Jennifer Reeder (MFA 1996), Peng Zuqiang (MFA 2017), and Assistant Professor Thorsten Trimpop (Film, Video, New Media, and Animation) were awarded fellowships for the MacDowell Colony's...

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Assistant Professor Kamau Patton (Visual and Critical Studies) and Steffani Jemison (MFA 2009) are recipients of the 2020 Creative Capital Awards. They are among the 41 artists chosen by...

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LEDs to Bees - SAIC

From LEDs to bees and renewable energy in between, for the past 10 years the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been busy becoming a sustainable and resilient campus. SAIC ...

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Wu Tsang - SAIC

Wu Tsang (BFA 2004) was included on artnet news' list of most influential artists of the decade. The publication asked more than 100 artists, curators, gallerists, and other art-world...

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Present. Perfect by Shengze Zhu (MFA 2017) is featured on the Chicago Tribune’s best movies of 2019 list. Screened at the Chicago International Film Festival, the documentary film explores...

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Jeff Koons, Sterling Ruby, Isaac Julien

Alums Jeff Koons (SAIC 1975–76, HON 2008) and Sterling Ruby (BFA 2002), and honorary degree recipient Isaac Julien (HON 2019) were named among the most influential artists of 2019 by Artsy...

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Ruba Katrib Creations - SAIC

The New York Times  highlighted a current exhibition at MoMA PS1, Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011, co-curated by Ruba Katrib (BA 2004). ...

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