Elektra KB, PRATT FINE ARTS VISITING ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES

Elektra KB, PRATT FINE ARTS VISITING ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES Elektra KB is a Latin American immigrant artist, living and working in Brooklyn, NY. KB grew up in a rural hospital in Colombia with an army of nurses, doctors, and cooks, as the result of a Cold War-era Soviet-Colombian union.They graduated with an MFA from Hunter College in 2016 and received a DAAD award, pursued at UDK—Berlin with artist Hito Steyerl. Their work engages corporeal sickness and disability, with utopian possibilities and alternative universes. KB investigates gender, migration, transculturality, and abuse of power. Their work entangles mutual aid, political action, and communication, often with a documentarian-sci-fi-like hybrid approach, exploring utopia and dystopia in juxtaposition with our world. Across: photography, textiles, video, installation, and performance. KB’s work has been written about in: Art Forum, Artnews, and The New York Times. Recent shows include: ‘Nobody Promised You Tomorrow’ at the Brooklyn Museum. More Info about this event https://www.pratt.edu/academics/school-of-art/graduate-school-of-art/graduate-fine-arts/vals/