Emma SULKOWICZ
BIO
ORIGIN: New York, NEW YORK 1992
RESIDES: New York, NEW YORK
EDUCATION:
BFA - Columbia University 2015
Whitney Museum Independent Study Program
DRAW EXHIBITIONS & ARTWORK
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART VOJVODINA - Novi Sad, SERBIA
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BIO
Emma Sulkowicz (b. 1992) is an American artist of Japanese-Chinese-Jewish descent who lives and makes art in their hometown, New York City. They earned a BFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University in 2015 and studied studio art in the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program. They are perhaps best known for their senior thesis at Columbia University -- "Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight)" -- an endurance performance artwork in which they carried a dorm mattress everywhere on Columbia's campus for as long as they attended the same school as their attacker. Their awards include the National Organization for Women’s Woman of Courage Award (2016) and Susan B. Anthony Award (2014), the United States Student Association’s National Student Movement Builder of the Year Award (2015), and the Feminist Majority Foundation and Ms. Magazine’s Ms. Wonder Award (2015).