The Fall 2024 Graduate Art guest lecture series, organized by Kelly Akashi

Kate Mosher Hall

This event is free & open to the public. RSVP’s are not required.

See the full Fall 2024 Seminar schedule here.

Kate Mosher Hall (b.1986) lives and works in Los Angeles. She received her MFA from UCLA. Recent solo exhibitions include Never Odd or Even at Hannah Hoffman, Los Angeles (2024), Big View, Miguel Abreu, New York (2023), The Reminder, Audain Gallery, Vancouver BC (2023), Offset at Tanya Leighton, Berlin (2021), Without a body, without Bill at Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles (2021).

Kate Mosher Hall’s paintings aim to “create space” and cultivate a special kind of “openendedness.” Often combining figurative and obfuscated elements, her images hint at narrative structure, only to stymie pat interpretation and closed meaning. Hall’s works oscillate between frank acknowledgement of her materials—flat planes, paint, printing screens—and a seductive illusionism that draws on illustration and found images. At times the works emphasize duality and fragmentation, and at others they underscore the merger of forms and ambiguity. In playing with such structures, Hall not only seeks visual stimulus but also intrigue and psychological affect. Indeterminacy and enigma, as she puts it, allows for visual complexities that are “allegories to life experiences and broken conditions that I ultimately celebrate.”

Image credit: courtesy of the artist.

Support for this series is generously provided by the following: Jack Shear, Brenda R. Potter, Brendan Dugan, Lisson Gallery, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Sprüth Magers, BLUM, Alan Hergott, and David Kordansky.

ArtCenter’s Graduate Seminar lecture series is a forum for graduate students, members of the ArtCenter community and the general public to enter into dialogue with internationally recognized artists, critics, and art historians. Unless otherwise indicated, lectures are free, open to the public and take place most Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm in the L.A. Times Auditorium. Check out the Graduate Art website to confirm dates, times and locations for the lecture series and for more information about the Graduate Art program.

ArtCenter's Graduate Art program is based on intensive studio practice and rigorous academic coursework. The program is distinguished by its low faculty-to-student ratio, which provides students with the attention and feedback they need to refine and achieve their artistic goals. Faculty and students are artists working in all genres of film, video, photography, painting, sculpture, performance and installation. A significant number of alumni have achieved national and international acclaim and often return to share their insights and expertise as visiting faculty and guest lecturers.