Alisha Wormsley investigates collective memory and the synchronicity of time, specifically through the stories of women of color.

Jaume Plensa creates sculptures and installations that aim to unify individuals through connections of spirituality, the body, and collective memory.

Pulitzer Prize winning critic Hilton Als’ writing and curatorial work shifts cultural awareness around issues of race, class, sexuality, and identity.

Blending computer animation with experimental processes in painting and drawing, Johannes DeYoung's work explores themes of animism and human psychology.

Walid Raad's work examines the role of documentation in the representation of collective traumatic events and their use in the construction of memory and narrative.

Renée Stout's work in painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, and installation encourage self-examination, self-empowerment, and self-healing.

Stephanie Syjuco creates large-scale spectacles, often with an active public component, that investigate issues of economies and empire.

Solmaz Sharif is the author of Customs (Graywolf Press, 2022) and Look (Graywolf Press, 2016), a finalist for the National Book Award. Negar Azimi is a writer and editor and occasional curator.

Tishan Hsu is an artist who has been probing the cognitive as well as physical effects of transformative technological advances on our lives since the mid-1980s. Ryan Inouye is associate curator for the 58th Carnegie International.