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Art Department Lecture: Cosmo Whyte

Wednesday, September 10, 2025 4:30–5:30 PM

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Cosmo Whyte (b. 1982, St. Andrew, Jamaica) holds a BFA from Bennington College, a post-baccalaureate from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and an MFA from the University of Michigan. His interdisciplinary practice explores interstitial subjectivity through engagement with personal and public archives.Whyte has received the Short Century Intensive Fellowship at the Yinka Shonibare Foundation (2025), Art Matters Award and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (both 2019), the Working Artist Award and The Drawing Center’s Open Sessions Fellowship (2018), the Artadia Award (2016), and the Edge Award (2010).Notable solo exhibitions include The Arts Club of Chicago (2025), ICA San Diego (2020), and the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia (2019). He has participated in major biennials and triennials, including La Trienal at El Museo del Barrio (2024), Prospect.5 in New Orleans (2022), the 13th Havana Biennial (2019), the Jamaica Biennial (2017), and the Atlanta Biennial (2016).His work is included in the collections of the Picker Art Museum (Colgate University), The High Museum, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, National Gallery of Jamaica, International African American Museum, the 21c Collection, the Hallmark Art Collection, and the Speed Art Museum.Co-sponsored by Picker Art Gallery and the Africana and Latin American Studies Program

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