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Visiting Artist Lecture: Kristin Walsh
Visiting Artist Lecture: Kristin Walsh
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 7 p.m.
Civic Square Building, Room 110
Bio
Kristin Walsh (b. 1989 Emerald Isle, North Carolina) lives and works in New York, NY. She earned a BFA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2013 and an MFA from Columbia University in 2017.
Walsh’s practice investigates the ways in which hidden and visible systems guide our thoughts and actions. Adopting the visual languages of machinery and public infrastructure, Walsh crafts flawless aluminum sculptures that conceal the artist’s hand. By removing familiar referents from their daily context and altering them, Walsh imbues her works with a dual nature: they are at once otherworldly and expository.
Engineered, welded, and polished from stock metal, many of Walsh’s sculptures contain unseen mechanical elements that animate their surfaces, likening them to horological devices. In her work, ancient and modern technologies operate in tandem, examining the dynamics between industrial production, environmental crisis, and individual agency.
Walsh’s work has been included in exhibitions at Petzel, New York; Helena Anrather, New York; Lisson Gallery, New York; Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles; CAPC Museum of Modern Art, Bordeaux; Downs and Ross, New York; Signal, New York; the New Museum, New York; and others.
Image courtesy of the artist
This lecture is presented as part of the Fall 2025 Visiting Artist Lecture Series, free and open to all.
ASL/CART available on request. Contact Cassandra at 848-932-5399 / coliveras@mgsa.rutgers.edu one week prior to event.
Masks strongly encouraged
Wheelchair accessible with ramps and elevators
Quiet room available