As our MFA in Design progresses into its fifth year, we’re thrilled to present this inaugural Design Research Spotlight, an evening of conversation and presentations by recent grads of the program. For our alumni, design […]

Margarita Lila Rosa is a Harlem-based scholar and independent curator specializing in Afro-Latinx, Latinx, and Black Atlantic history and contemporary art.

Our MFA visual artists present work in a variety of media. Reception: January 23, 6–9 p.m.

While primarily focused on painting and drawing, Nikholis’ work ultimately defies categorization as it has also spanned publications, sculpture, and performance. His past orchestrated events are often concerned with breaking down formal boundaries and infused with a general suspicion of the hierarchical contemporary art system.

The site-specific installation at Rutgers Gardens is a collective effort to help capture the beauty of Helyar Woods and to provide insight into the environment surrounding it.

Our MFA visual artists present work in a variety of media. Reception: February 20, 6–9 p.m.

Graham Wilson founded Swivel Gallery in January 2021; he designed, built and opened the first gallery venue in Nostrand 329 Avenue in an unconventional space, turning the once Restoration Tabernacle into a powerful incubator for emerging artists. 

Greg Carideo was born in 1986, in Minneapolis, MN, and lives and works in New York. He received a BFA from Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis in 2008 and an MFA from New York University in 2015. His work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at Public Gallery, London in 2025; In Lieu, Los Angeles in 2024; Foreign & Domestic, New York in 2023; FR MoCA, Fall River in 2022; and GRIMM, New York in 2021. His work has been featured in recent group exhibitions at Silke Lindner, New York; Pangée Gallery, Montreal; 12.26 Gallery, Dallas; Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montreal; Margot Samel, New York; Public Gallery, London; ICA, Portland; and International Objects, New York.