Since 1998, The UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series provides an opportunity for students and members of the community to learn about the work of renowned contemporary artists from the local, national, and international arts community.
Artists join us six to eight times per year to meet with graduate students in their studios and give public lectures about their work at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. The series is generously endowed by the Wiesenfeld Family Foundation.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
View archived lectures at the Berkeley Arts+Design YouTube channel.
Past Lectures
Fall 2023
Morehshin Allahyari
Martina Broner
Sam Contis
Jesse Colin Jackson
Jen Liu
Brian Wall
Spring 2023
Lindsay August-Salazar
Chelsey Campbell
Iman Djouini
Kimi Hanauer
Darian Longmire
Luanne Redeye
Cara Romero
Omid Shekari
Spring 2022
Jeffrey Gibson
Seitu K Jones
NIC Kay
Aman Mojadidi
The New Red Order (Adam & Zack Khalil)
Wendy Red Star
Dario Robleto
Spring & Fall 2021
On hold due to COVID
Fall 2020
Curated by Professor Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle:
Sherin Guirguis
William Pope.L
Lava Thomas
Connie Zheng
Spring 2020
Curated by Professor Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle:
Autumn Knight
Simphiwe Ndzube
Fall 2019
Caitlyn Cherry
Marisa Morán Jahn
Patrick Martinez
Nona Faustine Simmons
Spring 2019
Morehshin Allahyari
Nicki Green (MFA'19)
Rhonda Holberton
Haroon Mirza
Rashaad Newsome
A. Laurie Palmer
Fall 2018
Shimon Attie
Aruna D'Souza
Charles Gaines
Kelani Nicole
Shuddhabrata Sengupta (Raqs Media Collective)
Kerry Tribe
Spring 2018
Ian Cheng (BA '07)
Takming Chuang (MFA '18)
Lecia Dole-Recio
Emily Jacir
Irena Haiduk
Kenyattta A.C. Hinkle
Mimi Lauter
Lavar Munroe
Fall 2017
Michael Ned Holte
Malik Gaines
Chitra Ganesh
Isaac Julien
Spring 2017
Jose Joaquin Figueroa
Ashley Hunt
Jackie Sumell
Mark Brest Van Kempen
Fall 2016
Judith Belzer
Michelle Dizon
Gordon Hall
Liz Rideal
Rirkrit Tiravanija
