Creative Industries Discussion:
Kara Rooney

SOU Meese Auditorium – Art Building (next to the SMA)
555 Indiana Street | Ashland OR 97520
FREE, and open to the public | FREE Parking

Join us on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at 2 pm for a Creative Industries Discussion with artist Kara Rooney.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Kara Rooney is an interdisciplinary artist and critic working in performance, sculpture and site-specific installation. Language is the driving force behind her work which aims to provide meaningful and distinct encounters between individuals through the creation of built environments, collaboration, poetry and movement. Recent exhibitions and performances include: Fridman Gallery, NY; TOTAH, NY; Driscoll Babcock Gallery, NY; A.I.R. Gallery, NY; the Chelsea Art Museum, NY; the Montclair Art Museum, NJ; the Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey; and El Museo de la Ciudad de México, among others. Rooney is a grant recipient of the Jumex Foundation (2025), Foundation for Contemporary Arts (2020), the DUMBO Cultural Space Subsidy Program (2017 – 2020) and The Santo Foundation (2014).

In addition to her visual work, Rooney has held various positions as an art critic, visiting lecturer, and guest curator, most notably as Artseen Editor for The Brooklyn Rail from 2009 – 2016. Her critical writings have been published in Art in America, The Brooklyn Rail, Hyperallergic and M/E/A/N/I/N/G, as well as included in publications by David Zwirner Publishing, Whitechapel Gallery, London, and MIT Press. Rooney earned her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2009 where she serves as a longstanding faculty member and is the curator and programming director for CLEA RSKY CDMX.

Learn more at karalrooney.com