We are pleased to share details on Public Art Fund’s upcoming presentation of works by interdisciplinary artist Adrienne Elise Tarver in a solo exhibition, She who sits, on view at JCDecaux bus shelters in NYC, Chicago and Boston through November.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Adrienne Elise Tarver is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY with a practice that spans painting, sculpture, installation, photography, textiles, and video. Her work addresses the complexity and invisibility of Black female identity including the history within domestic spaces, the fantasy of the tropical seductress, and the archetype of the all-knowing spiritual matriarch.
She has exhibited nationally and abroad, including solo shows at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Connecticut; the Academy Art Museum in Maryland; Atlanta Contemporary in Atlanta, Georgia; Dinner Gallery (formerly Victori+Mo) in New York; Ochi Projects in Los Angeles; Wave Hill in the Bronx, NY; BRIC Project Room in Brooklyn; and A-M Gallery in Sydney, Australia and two-person exhibitions at Hollis Taggart in New York; Wedge Curatorial in Toronto, Canada. She recently received the Distinguished Alumni Award from her alma mater, Boston University, and the Nancy Graves Foundation Grant. She has been commissioned for projects through the New York MTA, the Public Art Fund, Google, Art Aspen, and Pulse Art Fair and has been featured in online and print publications including the New York Times, Forbes, Brooklyn Magazine, ArtNews, ArtNet, Blouin ArtInfo, Whitewall Magazine, and Hyperallergic, among others. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and BFA from Boston University.
In 2024, Tarver was announced as the inaugural awardee of a new summer residency at Stoneleaf Retreat, in partnership with Artnoir. Tarver is represented in Los Angeles, CA and Sun Valley, ID by OCHI.
WHEN & WHERE: Starting on August 14, 2024, She who sits will be on view on JCDecaux bus shelters throughout New York City, Chicago, and Boston. The exhibition can also be explored anytime, anywhere, on the free Bloomberg Connects app.
RELATED FREE PROGRAMMING
Curator-Led Pup Walk
in partnership with WoofBowl and WagWell
11:00 – 12:30 pm ET, August 17, 2024
Meet-up at Avenue C and 11th Street, ending at Stuyvesant Square Park via 15th Street
East Village, New York, NY
Public Art Fund Talks: Adrienne Elise Tarver
6:30 – 7:30 pm ET, November 13, 2024
The Cooper Union, Frederick P. Rose Auditorium
41 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10008
IMAGE CREDITS:
Adrienne Elise Tarver
photo of the artist, 2023; Between here and there, 2024 (rendering)
Courtesy of the artist; Public Art Fund
Adrienne Elise Tarver: She who sits will be presented by Public Art Fund and JCDecaux on bus shelters in New York City, Chicago, and Boston from August 14, 2024 – November 24, 2024.
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CURRENTLY ON VIEW:
Cannupa Hanska Luger: Attrition | City Hall Park | Through November 17, 2024
Huma Bhabha: Before The End | Brooklyn Bridge Park | Through March 9, 2025
Fred Eversley: Parabolic Light | Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park | Through Aug 25, 2024
Nina Chanel Abney and Jacolby Satterwhite | Lincoln Center | Through Spring 2025
PERMANENTLY ON VIEW:
Karyn Olivier, Layqa Nuna Yawar | Newark Liberty International Airport, Terminal A
Jeppe Hein, Sabine Hornig, Laura Owens, and Sarah Sze | LaGuardia Airport, Terminal B
Stan Douglas, Elmgreen & Dragset, and Kehinde Wiley | Moynihan Train Hall
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer: Speaking Willow | Planet Word, Washington, D.C.
