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NJARI aNDERSON

Program Associate of Visual Arts

Njari Anderson is an artist, researcher, and writer who works broadly across fields that interweave semiotics, visual culture, community and public practice, experimental art and arts spaces, and arts ecosystems. He is deeply committed to democratizing art and arts spaces and molds his ethos in a belief that perspective, culture, and intentional, critical engagement are necessary for cementing the value of the arts in our daily lives.

Anderson is an alumna of the Brown|RISD Dual Degree Program and holds a BFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design and an AB in Modern Culture and Media from Brown University. He has been awarded residencies at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Massachusetts, and is a recipient of the Windgate-Lamar Craft Fellowship, the RISD Museum’s Dorner Prize, the International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Student Sculptor Award. He is also an American Visions Nominee and a Presidential Scholar in the Arts.