school of art and design 135
a collaborative artist book studio, which publishes
small edition artist books by Silverberg, in collaboration
with international writers and artists. Silverberg has
both exhibited and taught extensively both in the US
and internationally. Her artwork is found in numerous
public collections.
Joseph Smith
Professor
B.F.A., Pratt Institute (Dean’s Medal); 1965,1966: Drwg,
Wagner Coll. 1969–1971: Ptg Workshop, Art Alliance
of Cent. PA 1975: Visualization Wrkshp. Wainwright
Center, Rye, NY 1984: ptg., Richmond Coll., London
1987–91: ptg and drwg, ATI, Stocton State Coll. NJ
1990: Art Inst. of Chicago, Oxbow, MI 1992, 1998: Ptg:
M.S. Art Colony 2000. 2001: U.of Rio Grande, grad.
Childrens Bk Illus., Visualization, Drwg. 1962-present:
Pratt—Undergrad: ptg, drwg, fig. drwg, fig. sculpt., Illus.
and Symbolic Imagery, Sr. Ind. Proj. Grad: Drwg Sem.,
M.F.A. Thesis Ptg. 2007: Walter Gropius Master Artist,
Huntington Mus. of Art. WV.
Judith Solodkin
Visiting AssociAte Professor
B.A., Brooklyn College; M.F.A., Columbia University;
Master Printer, Tamarind Institute; president, SOLO
Impression, Inc., N.Y.; solo exhibitions: “Cartouche
Lithographs,” Razor Gallery; “Roots of Creativity,”
Rutgers University; group exhibitions: “Women Artist’s
Series,” Rutger’s University.
Mickalene Thomas
Visiting AssociAte Professor
M.F.A., Yale University; B.F.A., Pratt Institute; solo
exhibitions include “Put A Little Sugar in my Bowl,”
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Calif.;
“Something You Can Feel,” La Conservera Contemporary
Art Space, Murcia, Spain; “She Come UnDone!,”
Lehmann Maupin Gallery, N.Y.; “Girlfriends, Lovers,
Still Lifes and Landscaped,” Rhona Hoffman Gallery,
N.Y.; “What’s Love Got To Do With It?,” Bloom Projects,
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Calif.; special
projects include Le Dejeuner Sur l’Herbs: Les Trois
Femmes Noirs, The Modern Window at The Museum
of Modern Art, N.Y. and P.S.1 MoMA, Long Island City,
N.Y.; selected group exhibitions include “Searching for
the Heart of Black Identity: Art and the Contemporary
African American Experience,” Kentucky Museum of Art
and Craft, Louisville, Ky; recipient of the Joan Mitchell
Foundation Grant, the Rem Hort Mann Foundation
Grant; represented in the public collections of 21c
Museum, Louisville, Ky.; Akron Art Museum; The Art
Institute of Chicago; Brooklyn Museum, Guggenheim
Museum, International Center of Photography; The
Museum of Modern Art, N.Y., and the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston among others; residencies include the
Versailles Foundation Munn Artists Program at Giverny,
France; Studio Museum in Harlem, N.Y; Vermont Studio
Center, Vt.; and the Yale-Norfolk Summer School of
Music and Art, Norfolk, Conn.Christopher White
Adjunct AssistAnt Professor
B.A., Harvard University; Kit White, Adjunct Assistant
Professor, Painting: Harvard University, A.B. Fine Arts.
Numerous solo gallery and museum exhibitions. Works
in major public collections: Guggenheim Museum,
Johnson Art Museum, others. Tiffany Award for Painting,
Nominee, National Artists Award, Visiting Artist,
American Academy in Rome. Criticism published in
national arts journals. Instructor/Lecturer, Metropolitan
Museum of Art. Represented by Andre Zarre Gallery,
New York.Robert Zakarian
ProfessorLeft: Seung Hun Lee
“At Pratt I had some great
painting professors
looking at my paintings
in unusual ways.”
—John Robshaw, M.F.A. ’92,
Owner, John Robshaw Textiles
“I can’t overemphasize the
importance of New York
as the center of the art and
design world; studying in
New York at Pratt was a
very special experience.”
—John Pai, B.I.D. ’62, M.F.A. ’64,
Internationally renowned
sculptor and former Pratt faculty