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Exhibition

Presented by BFA Fine Arts

Video Now and Mindscapes in Painting

October 4 - 25, 2025
BFA Fine Arts name, with SVA NYC flower logo in the upper right corner.

SVA Flatiron Gallery

133/141 West 21st Street, 1st floor, New York, NY 10011

Reception

Tue, Oct 7; 6:00 - 8:00pm

External view of an art gallery inside large picture windows, photographed from across a street, as pedestrians walk down the sidewalk running parallel.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

On the left are three screens hung in a horizontal row, end-to-end, playing abstract video work. On the wall to the right are four monitors playing reels of various video work.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

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“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

View from inside of gallery space looking toward external glass doors, with three vertically hung monitors to the right of the doors, two hung end-to-end at the corner of the room, and one to its right, each playing video art.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

In a gallery space, on the left wall, are three vertically hung monitors playing reels of video art. In the corner are two monitors, one on each wall hung edge-to-edge, playing a video of abstract video work with overlaid text, and to the right is an additional monitor showing a person recording themself from a phone held overhead.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

View of a gallery with three screens hung edge-to-edge in a horizontal line, with abstract video work playing, on the far back wall. On the left is a small projection on a mixed media surface, and on the far right are a line of monitors with their screens not fully visible.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

External view of the gallery, with the exhibition title "Video Now" on the right-hand wall beside double glass doors.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

A long gallery wall displays paintings by several different artists, ranging from small to oversized.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

A row of paintings on a gallery wall in many different sizes, ranging from abstract to figurative.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

A row of paintings on a gallery wall in many different sizes, ranging from abstract to figurative.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

External view of an art gallery inside large picture windows, photographed from across a street, as pedestrians walk down the sidewalk running parallel.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

On the left are three screens hung in a horizontal row, end-to-end, playing abstract video work. On the wall to the right are four monitors playing reels of various video work.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

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“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

View from inside of gallery space looking toward external glass doors, with three vertically hung monitors to the right of the doors, two hung end-to-end at the corner of the room, and one to its right, each playing video art.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

In a gallery space, on the left wall, are three vertically hung monitors playing reels of video art. In the corner are two monitors, one on each wall hung edge-to-edge, playing a video of abstract video work with overlaid text, and to the right is an additional monitor showing a person recording themself from a phone held overhead.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

View of a gallery with three screens hung edge-to-edge in a horizontal line, with abstract video work playing, on the far back wall. On the left is a small projection on a mixed media surface, and on the far right are a line of monitors with their screens not fully visible.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

External view of the gallery, with the exhibition title "Video Now" on the right-hand wall beside double glass doors.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

A long gallery wall displays paintings by several different artists, ranging from small to oversized.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

A row of paintings on a gallery wall in many different sizes, ranging from abstract to figurative.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

A row of paintings on a gallery wall in many different sizes, ranging from abstract to figurative.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

External view of an art gallery inside large picture windows, photographed from across a street, as pedestrians walk down the sidewalk running parallel.

“Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting,” SVA Flatiron Gallery, October 4 – 25, 2025

SVA presents two concurrent exhibitions featuring the work of BFA Fine Arts students and alumni: “Video Now” and “Mindscapes in Painting.” The exhibitions will be on view Wednesday, October 4, through Saturday, October 25, at the SVA Flatiron Gallery, 133/141 West 21st Street, New York City.

 

Curated by Joseph Tekippe, “Video Now” celebrates the diverse perspectives and rigorous experimentation occurring within the genre of the moving image, including performance art, dance, documentary, memoir, immersive CGI environments, data visualization, and stop-motion animation. Featured artists include Sofia Brummitt, Danny Cappello, Valentina Castro, Ming Yuen William Cheng, Autumn de Forest, Michael Fried, Raj Gupta, Maho Kanasashi, Yishu Li, Puhan Li, Christine Lin, Rose McElroy, Kylie Rah, Pluto Schnirring, Layla Mesa, Anna St. Lawrence, and Nihan Xie.

 

Reflecting the broad range within contemporary painting, “Mindscapes in Painting” is co-curated by BFA Fine Arts chair Suzanne Anker and Director of Operations and faculty Sam Sherman, and includes landscape, portraiture, abstraction, and surrealist imagery. The artists draw diverse references from folktales to Hello Kitty, showcasing the role of the artist as cultural remixer. Painting has become a vast arena where fragments of daily life and culture collide in unexpected ways. Featured artists include Sarah Benmoha, Sydney Brill, Cannon Koen, Ziyan Mei, Bryana Melgar, Devon Morgan, Sarah Tinsley, and Vivi Walsh. 


Free and open to the public