Sanjit Sethi, Lecturer (2002-2004)
Profile
Born in Rochester New York, Sethi attended the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University where he received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in 1994 and subsequently a Masters of Fine Arts at the University of Georgia in 1998. Since that time he has done a residency at the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada dealing with political art practice and new materialism; been a visiting assistant professor at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana; an instructor at the Chicago Art Institute; and taught a class in Europe on art and its relationship to national identity.
Most recently he earned a Master of Science in Visual Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Visual Arts Program in 2002 with a thesis dealing with issues of ambulation and identity. His own projects have much to do with nomadism, the residue of labor, and walking in the urban sphere. Elements reoccurring in his work include memory, amassment, and identity.
Having finished the Wheel Project in Toronto, Canada, Sanjit continues his strong focus on interdisciplinary collaboration. In that spirit he is currently working on the Building Nomads Project in India, as well as starting a road intervention entitled Rumble Strip, both involving various disparate academic, social, and geographic communities.
