“The Extraordinary” Exhibition
Hunter College East Harlem Art Gallery
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Hunter East Harlem Gallery presents the selected artists from our recent Open Call: THE EXTRAORDINARY. The submissions were reviewed by a prestigious jury: María del Carmen Carrión, Project Manager, Cisneros Institute at The Museum of Modern Art; Solana Chehtman, Director of Civic Programs, The Shed; Hitomi Iwasaki, Director of Exhibitions & Curator, Queens Museum; and Javier Telles, international artist.
The Selected Artists:
Sarah Mihara Creagen, Canada
Woomin Kim, South Korea
Firoz Mahmud, Bangladesh
Yue Nakayama, Japan
Anna Parisi, Brazil
Shimpei Shirafuji, Japan
Catalina Tuca, Chile
Ramyar Vala, Iran
The Extraordinary is a group exhibition of eight artists who are currently in the process of gaining, or currently possess an O-1 Non-immigration Visa: Individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement. The exhibition seeks to bring transparency to this process and at the same time, inspect the system which requires those to have “distinction” and be “renowned” in the arts—a subjective and complicated qualification. The Extraordinary is an exhibition that visa-seeking individuals will be able to list on their CVs for qualification for the Visa through the US Government. Complimentary public programming will include workshops with immigration lawyers, support group meetings with other visa seekers and awardees, artist talks and tours, among other relevant events.
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Schedule
from October 16, 2019 to February 29, 2020
Opening Reception on 2019-10-16 from 18:00 to 21:00