The MassArt Graduate Programs and MFA Fine Arts Low-Residency are thrilled to welcome Thatiana Oliveira as a guest speaker of the MFA Summer 2025 Lecture Series. Oliveira will present a visiting artist talk in the Design and Media Center Lecture Hall on Thursday, July 03 at 12:00pm.

Thatiana Oliveira is a Brasilian multidisciplinary artist, curator and educator. Current projects include co-founding Snake House VT, a non-profit arts collaborative, establishing Gilfeather an artists’ critique and discussion group, as well as creating ex-girlfriend a ‘zine/artist-book and curatorial adventure. Oliveira holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, an MFA from Columbia College Chicago, a curatorial internship fellow from the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and was a resident at the International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture Umbria, at the Artists’ Cooperative Residency & Exhibitions (ACRE), and at the Vermont Studio Center. Oliveira has continually worked in higher education as a teacher and administrator at Syracuse University, Champlain College, Vermont College of Fine Arts and presently at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Thatiana seeks to be a conscientious rabble rouser, a dedicated dance machine, and always a friend to cats.

Questions? Contact gradprogram@massart.edu.

This event is free and open to public.

Image: Thatiana Oliveira, cada dia um ovo, video still, 2024-27