Jameel Prize 2009

We are delighted to announce that Afruz Amighi, a recent graduate of the Studio Art MFA Program, has been selected as the first recipient of the Jameel Prize for her work, "1001 Pages" (2008). Mark Jones, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum presented Ms. Amighi with the prize, worth $40,000, at a ceremony at the Vicotria and Albert Museum, where the finalists work will be exhibited.

This prestigious international prize, sponsored by Saudi businessman Mohammed bin Abdul-Latif Jameel, in conjunction with the Victoria and Albert Museum, is awarded every two years to a contemporary artist or designer for work inspired by Islamic traditions of craft and design.

For more information, and an image from Ms. Amighi's work.

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Whitney Biennial 2008

The NYU Steinhardt Department of Art and Art Professions is extremely proud to announce the selection of alumnae Carol Bove, Amy Granat, and MK Guth for the 2008 Whitney Biennial of American Art.

The Whitney Biennial is the most important Biennial exhibition in America and one of the single most prestigious markers of success for contemporary American artists.

Carol Bove (BS 2000)
Carol’s innovative installations explore the distance between the utopian formal and political ideals of the 1960s and those of our current milieu. She currently has work on view at MoMA and the “new” New Museum NY, and her recent exhibition, “The Middle Pillar,” was recently featured in Artforum magazine’s year-end “Best of 2007” issue.

Amy Granat (MA 2007)
Amy’s elegant abstract work in 16mm film has been exhibited extensively in Europe and the US. She is one of the directors of “Cinema Zero,” a non- profit collective presenting contemporary structural and abstract film. Amy will be teaching an experimental filmmaking class for Steinhardt Art this spring.

MK Guth (MFA 2002)
For the upcoming Whitney exhibition, MK will exhibit a room-sized installation "Ties for Protection and Safekeeping," which plays on the metaphor of Rapunzel's braid. She is also the Director of the MFA Program at the Pacific Northwest College of Art.

For more information on the Whitney Biennial.

It is a privilege to work with such extraordinary students and to see their work validated in such a resounding manner. I hope you will get a chance to visit the exhibition.

Very best,

Nancy Barton
Chair