Join us for a dynamic panel discussion featuring three transformative voices in contemporary art to learn more about their work and process in a thought-provoking dialogue.
Carmen Selam is a multidisciplinary artist whose work fuses her indigenous heritage with modern pop culture. Working across painting, printmaking, ceramics, and traditional tribal arts like weaving and beadwork, she brings forward the untold narratives of Indigenous America through vibrant and symbolic imagery.
Bay Area cartoonist Breena Nuñez uses her diaristic comics to explore complex themes of race, identity, and queerness. Her work candidly reflects the experiences of being Central American and a queer Afrodescendiente in the United States, with their influential zines and published pieces resonating in both independent and mainstream circles.
L.A.-based artist Kiara Machado adds another layer to the conversation with her internationally exhibited paintings that probe the construction of identity, femininity, and culture. Her work, showcased in museums and galleries across the country and abroad, challenges viewers to rethink diaspora and modern identity and the stories we tell.
Together, these artists promise an engaging discussion that not only celebrates artistic innovation but also delves into how art can serve as a bridge between memory, identity, and empowerment.
This event is open and free to the public.
It is generously supported by Ohio State’s visiting artist program. This program invites nationally and internationally acclaimed figures in the fields of literature or the visual and performing arts to spend time at the university, working with students and faculty (ideally from multiple departments or schools), both contributing to and partaking in the campus’s interdisciplinary environment.
If you require accommodation such as live captioning or interpretation to participate in this event, please contact Allison Buenger at buenger.2@osu.edu. Requests made two weeks before the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.
