Alex BagNew York, New York, USA

Alex Bag

Born in 1969 in New York, NY, Alex Bag lives and works in New York. Bag holds a BFA from Cooper Union in New York. She has had solo exhibitions at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; the Marta Cervera GalleryRead more

César MartínezSan Antonio, Texas, USA

César Martínez

San Antonio-based Cesar Martinez was born in 1944 in Laredo, Texas. A major figure in the Chicano Art Movement of the late 1970s and 1980s, Martinez’s portraits are icons of Texas art history. Martinez’s work has beenRead more

Jaan ToomikTallinn, Estonia

Jaan Toomik

Based in Tallinn, the capitol of Estonia, Jaan Toomik was born in 1961 in Tartu, Estonia. Since the early 1990s, when Estonia declared independence from the Soviet Union, Toomik has been exhibiting and performing throughout Europe. Toomik’s video installationRead more

Panelists

Elizabeth ArmstrongCurator, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Elizabeth Armstrong is a curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MinnesotaRead more

David AvalosCurator, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Born in San Diego in 1947, David Avalos is a forceful societal observer and provocateur who employs confrontational gesture, poetic metaphor, philosophical inquiry, public interaction, and a variety of more standard art-making skills – video, sculpture, photography, etc. – in theRead more

Dana Friis-HansenSenior Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX

Dana Friis-Hansen is a senior curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, TexasRead more

Thelma GoldenAssociate Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and Branch Director, Whitney Museum at Philip Morris

Thelma Golden is an associate curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the branch director of the Whitney Museum at Philip MorrisRead more

Maaretta JaukkuriChief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

Maaretta Jaukkuri is the Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, FinlandRead more