Bornstein named 2017-18 Freund Teaching Fellow

Over the past 20 years, artist Jennifer Bornstein has earned an international reputation for large-scale installations that combine film, video, photography, printmaking and performance to investigate themes of time and perception. This fall, the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis will welcome Bornstein to St. Louis as their 2017-18 Henry L. and Natalie E. Freund Teaching Fellow.

“Bornstein’s work meanders between her fascination with the aesthetics of technologies, drawn images, photographs, billboards, theatrical staging and subtly provocative video performances, challenging the viewer’s perception of a given situation or setup,” said Patricia Olynyk, the Florence and Frank Bush Professor and director of the Sam Fox School’s Graduate School of Art.

“Her subtly humorous work, which transforms and retransmits both the remarkable and the mundane, is a thought-provoking conversation starter,” Olynyk added. “Her residency will inspire our MFA students to think about the various ways in which to pursue a material practice while exploring discursive themes.”