Join Occidental College for an evening of conversation between artist Tavares Strachan and interviewer and cultural interlocutor Paul Holdengräber.
Tavares Strachan's sculpture The Encyclopedia of Invisibility is on display in the Invisibility: Powers & Perils exhibition at OXY ARTS, presented with Getty PST ART: Art & Science Collide.
Tavares Strachan's artistic practice activates the intersections of art, science, and politics. Themes of invisibility, displacement, and loss are central to his work, which questions historically canonized narratives that exclude or obscure others. Strachan’s ambitious, open-ended practice has included collaborations with numerous organizations and institutions across the disciplines.
This event is free but tickets are required.
Strachan was born in 1979 in Nassau, Bahamas, and currently lives and works between New York City and Nassau. He received a BFA in Glass from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2003 and an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University in 2006. He has exhibited internationally and received numerous awards, including the MacArthur Foundation fellowship (2022).
Oxy Live is a series of conversations with a diverse lineup of cultural luminaries at the forefront of their fields for thought-provoking discussions hosted by cultural interlocutor, Paul Holdengräber. All conversations are open to the public at no cost, creating a space for diverse communities to join in the conversation and explore ideas together.
The series is funded through the generous support of Occidental trustee and alumna, Lisa Coscino ’85 and the Occidental Class of '74.