Exhibition
“Rhythm and Pattern” addresses abstraction in southern contemporary painting with new Space 204 exhibition
Sep. 24, 2026—The Vanderbilt University Department of Art and Space 204 present Rhythm and Pattern, an exhibition exploring abstraction through a southern contemporary lens on October 15, 2026. This exhibition explores the evolving language of abstraction in contemporary painting, bringing together four artists working in Nashville and the Southern region: Alex Blau, Alex Lockwood, Su A Chae,...
Studio Arts Faculty curated in to Curb Center Exhibition
Sep. 14, 2026—Studio Arts faculty Jana Harper and María Magdalena Campos-Pons are showing work Land Shapes, a group exhibition at the Curb Center at Vanderbilt University – opening Thursday, September 17, 2026. The Curb Center’s exhibition statement: “Landscape is never neutral or purely natural; rather, it is shaped by historical, social, and economic forces. Challenging conventional assumptions...
Upcoming exhibitions featuring Studio Arts faculty
Sep. 8, 2026—Vesna Pavlović and Tamara Reynolds are featured in the upcoming exhibition Obscuring, Revealing | Contemporary Photography in Nashville set open in October at the Leu Gallery in the Lila D. Bunch Library at Belmont University! Obscuring, Revealing | Contemporary Photography in Nashville October 19 – December 04 Reception: October 22 from 4-6pm Leu Gallery in...
All the Daughters – opening in Space 204 August 2026
Jul. 21, 2026—The Vanderbilt University Department of Art and Space 204 opens the new exhibition season with All the Daughters: Care, Militancy & Inheritance, featuring video based works opening August 31, 2026 with a public reception on September 3, 2026. Curated by Haein Kang and John Warren, All the Daughters, brings together moving-image works centered on women’s...
Resonance – A Bridge Between Nashville and Venice
May. 5, 2026—Resonance – an invitation to gather, to commune with, to listen deeply – for artists, curators, poets, performers, and scholars whose voices and perspectives resonate across time and geographies. Extended from their participation in the 61st La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh, Vanderbilt University faculty María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Kamal Malak will facilitate a...
The Department of Art announces the 2026 Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award and Merit Award recipients
Apr. 29, 2026—The Department of Art at Vanderbilt University is proud to announce the recipients of the 2026 the Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Award and Merit Award. Every spring, the senior art majors finish their senior year experience installing their thesis exhibitions in Space 204, the contemporary art gallery located in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts...
Ways of Seeing: Design Intelligence – Glen Cummings (MTWTF Studio) Space 204 Lecture
Mar. 10, 2026—The Vanderbilt University Department of Art welcomes Glen Cummings, founding partner of MTWTF Studio, to campus for a design focused lecture on March 19, 2026 in Space 204. Glen Cummings collaborates with a wide range of clients through MTWTF to translate complex content into engaging visual and environmental experiences. Glen operates as an...
Now on View: “Messages & Things” collaborative design process in Space 204
Feb. 18, 2026—Now on view in Space 204 Messages & Things is an exhibition that displays the results of a series of collaborative design processes. The projects in this show have been designed by teams of people at MTWTF, a communication design studio, over the last 10 years. Sarah Dunham is the Managing Partner at communications design studio...
The annual Margaret Stonewall Wooldridge Hamblet Thesis Exhibitions return with “In No Particular order” in April 2026
Feb. 17, 2026—On April 10, 2026 galleries one and two of Space 204 will open to reveal the 10 thesis exhibitions of the 2026 graduating class of senior art majors. The exhibitions are the capstone to a year of research and artmaking – a process that this cohort experienced together. The Senior Year Experience is an immersive...
Frist Art Museum opens “In Her Place” a group exhibition featuring 28 women artists; Vanderbilt Art faculty among the exhibitors
Feb. 10, 2026—On February 1, 2026, the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tennessee celebrated it’s 25th anniversary with an exhibition the brings the focus inward to the city of Nashville by featuring the works of 28 women artist who have made a significant impact the the art community and lasting effects with their studio practice and works....