Design Lecture: Anina Major

Anina Major (she/her) is a visual artist from the Bahamas. Her decision to establish a home contrary to the location in which she was born and raised motivates her to investigate the relationship between self and place as a site of negotiation. By utilizing the vernacular of craft to reclaim experiences and relocate displaced objects, her practice exists at the intersection of nostalgia, and identity. She holds an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and is the recipient of numerous awards and residencies, including the 2023 Joan Mitchell Fellowship, the Lighton International Artists Exchange Program (LIAEP) Award, and the EKWC, Centre-of-excellence for ceramics international artist-in-residency. Her work has been exhibited in The Bahamas, across the United States, and Europe and featured in permanent collections that include the National Gallery of The Bahamas, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design Museum and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Her work has received favorable mentions in Hyperallergic along with a multi-spread feature in Sculpture Magazine. Recent group exhibitions include “Underneath Everything: Humility and Grandeur in Contemporary Ceramics” a traveling exhibition at the Des Moines Art Center and the Grand Rapids Art Museum and “The Tender Loving Care: Contemporary Art from the Collection” at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

This lecture is presented as part of the Spring 2024 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all.

Civic Square Building, Room 110
33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ

Image courtesy of the artist