Join us for a conversation between New York-based artist Sreshta Rit Premnath and writer Avram Alpert in the Reliance Theatre at Emily Carr University of Art + Design on Thursday, January 9th at 6:00 pm. The lecture will be followed by a reception and publication launch at READ Books.

Sreshta Rit Premnath is a multidisciplinary artist and the founder and co-editor of the publication Shifter. His work has been the focus of solo exhibitions at Rodriguez Gallery, Poznan (2019); Ace Gallery, Los Angeles (2017); Nomas Foundation, Rome (2017); Kansas Gallery, New York (2014); Gallery SKE, Bangalore (2013); The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2012); Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago (2012); Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin (2011); and Art Statements, Art Basel (2010). He has participated in group exhibitions at venues including Westfällischer Kunstverein, Münster (2019); Gallery Isabelle Van Den Eynde, Dubai (2017); Queens Museum, New York (2015); YBCA, San Francisco (2011); Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris (2010); and 1A Space, Hong Kong (2010). With a BFA from The Cleveland Institute of Art and an MFA from Bard College, he attended the Whitney Independent Study Program, Skowhegan and Smack Mellon. Premnath has received grants from Art Matters and the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, and was awarded the Arthur Levitt Fellowship from Williams College. Based in Brooklyn, Premnath is the Director of the BFA Fine Arts program at Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York.

Avram Alpert researches literature and critical theory with a focus on the impact of globalization on modern thought and institutions. His writing examines what it means to be at once a private individual and a global subject, and how this dual demand has shaped modern life. His first book, Global Origins of the Modern Self, from Montaigne to Suzuki (SUNY Press, 2019) offers a history of modern selfhood, from Renaissance Europe to modern Japan. He also writes art criticism and fiction. He is a lecturer in the Princeton University Writing Program.

This event is a partnership between Emily Carr University of Art + Design and the Contemporary Art Gallery, supported by the Embassy of the United States, Ottawa, and Princeton University. The publication was made possible in part with the support of Brigitte and Henning Freybe and a Faculty Research Grant from Parsons School of Design, The New School, New York.