As part of a series of visiting artists' talks in conjunction with Art 7108/History of Art 8000 -- Cartelami, Cardboard Constructions, & Material Culture, a course by Professors Laura Lisbon and Lisa Florman:
Amba Sayal-Bennett is an artist and PhD candidate in Art Practice & Learning in the Department of Education at Goldsmiths. Her research interests include: new materialism, posthumanism, affect theory and critical pedagogy. Her current practice-based research focuses on the way in which material actants within artistic practices drive knowledge production and alter and extend learner subjectivities. She received her BFA from Oxford University in 2012 and her MA in The History of Art from The Courtauld in 2013. Her work has recently been exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery London, Parallel Vienna and Untitled San Francisco.
Funding provided through an ASC Arts & Humanities Large Grant
