Nikita Gale: 2026–2028 Josep Lluís Sert Practitioner in the Arts

The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts and the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University are excited to welcome artist Nikita Gale as the 2026–2028 Josep Lluís Sert Practitioner in the Arts.

During their time at AFVS, they will present an artist talk:

Thursday, March 26, 2026

6:00–7:30 pm, Theater, Lower Level

Presented in collaboration with the Department of Art, Film, and Visual Studies.

The Josep Lluís Sert Practitioner in The Arts program invites visiting artists in all media to spend several days in formal and informal activities at AFVS, including lectures, demonstrations, screenings, seminars, readings, performances, and close work with students of the Department. The Sert Practitioner is made possible by a gift from Robert Gardner, former director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, former director of the Film Study Center, and former chair of the Department.

Nikita Gale is an artist living and working in Los Angeles, California. The artist holds a BA in Anthropology with an emphasis in Archaeological Studies from Yale University and an MFA in New Genres from UCLA. The artist’s work has recently been exhibited in the 2024 Whitney Biennial (New York); Tate Modern (London); Chisenhale (London); LAXART (Los Angeles); 52 Walker (New York); MoMA PS1 (New York); Kunstraum Kreuzberg (Berlin); Swiss Institute (New York); California African American Museum (Los Angeles); and The Studio Museum in Harlem (New York).  In 2024, Gale received the Whitney Museum's prestigious Bucksbaum Award. Gale's work explores the relationships between material, power, and attention and examines the ways in which silence, noise, and visibility function as political positions and conditions.