OUR TEAM
Richard Jochum is a conceptual artist working in a broad variety of media with a strong focus on video, interactive installation, performance, and photography. He is a studio member at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts and an associate professor of art and art education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He has worked in various media since the late 1990s and has had 200 international exhibitions and screenings. Richard Jochum received his Ph.D. from the University of Vienna (1997) and an MFA in sculpture and media art from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna (2001). His art practice is accompanied by publications and research in the field of cultural theory, new media, and contemporary art and he has been awarded several grants and prizes. One of his latest large-scale art installations has been a 30,000 square feet collaborative video mapping project onto the Manhattan Bridge.
Richard Jochum is a conceptual artist working in a broad variety of media with a strong focus on video, interactive installation, performance, and photography. He is a studio member at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts and an associate professor of art and art education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He has worked in various media since the late 1990s and has had 200 international exhibitions and screenings. Richard Jochum received his Ph.D. from the University of Vienna (1997) and an MFA in sculpture and media art from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna (2001). His art practice is accompanied by publications and research in the field of cultural theory, new media, and contemporary art and he has been awarded several grants and prizes. One of his latest large-scale art installations has been a 30,000 square feet collaborative video mapping project onto the Manhattan Bridge.
Kelly Cave is a working artist and educator from Princeton Junction, New Jersey. She received her BFA from Syracuse University with a degree in Fiber and Material Studies and completed her MFA at the University of Cincinnati in the sculpture department. After which she served as Artist in Residence in sculpture at Northwest Missouri State University. Living in Philadelphia, she taught classes at Rowan University and Arcadia University, while acting as Sculpture Shop Technician at Princeton University. Cave has attended residencies and created public artworks at Salem Art Works, Franconia Sculpture Park, Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Gilbertsville Expressive Movement, and participated in the 2020 Nashua International Sculpture Symposium. In the spring of 2021 she completed a major public artwork in Glenside, PA as part of the Arcadia Public Art Project. These opportunities, in combination with her teaching experience, have been a catalyst for her interest in travel and desire to connect with people.
Kelly Cave is a working artist and educator from Princeton Junction, New Jersey. She received her BFA from Syracuse University with a degree in Fiber and Material Studies and completed her MFA at the University of Cincinnati in the sculpture department. After which she served as Artist in Residence in sculpture at Northwest Missouri State University. Living in Philadelphia, she taught classes at Rowan University and Arcadia University, while acting as Sculpture Shop Technician at Princeton University. Cave has attended residencies and created public artworks at Salem Art Works, Franconia Sculpture Park, Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Gilbertsville Expressive Movement, and participated in the 2020 Nashua International Sculpture Symposium. In the spring of 2021 she completed a major public artwork in Glenside, PA as part of the Arcadia Public Art Project. These opportunities, in combination with her teaching experience, have been a catalyst for her interest in travel and desire to connect with people.
Adela Lopez (they/them/theirs) is an art educator from the Buford Highway corridor in Atlanta, Georgia. They have a B.F.A in Art Education from Georgia State University and a M.A from the Art and Art Education program at Teachers College. Presently, they are continuing their studies as a doctoral student within the program. Adela has taught in various educational settings including a museum, a preschool, public schools, community spaces, virtually, and even internationally as a Fulbright grantee in Taipei, Taiwan. Their artistic practice is primarily in sculpture with a growing practice in creative technologies. Currently, Adela is a Thingspace studio fellow.
Adela Lopez (they/them/theirs) is an art educator from the Buford Highway corridor in Atlanta, Georgia. They have a B.F.A in Art Education from Georgia State University and a M.A from the Art and Art Education program at Teachers College. Presently, they are continuing their studies as a doctoral student within the program. Adela has taught in various educational settings including a museum, a preschool, public schools, community spaces, virtually, and even internationally as a Fulbright grantee in Taipei, Taiwan. Their artistic practice is primarily in sculpture with a growing practice in creative technologies. Currently, Adela is a Thingspace studio fellow.
Yihui (Cece) Jiao (she/her) is a multimedia artist and visual designer. She conveys her philosophical and psychological ideas mainly through drawings, animations and installations. She experiments with the combination of new media and traditional crafts. Her artistic practices thematically focus on mental status, self development, human cognition and visual culture.
She is originally from Shanghai, China and has been living in the United States for more than a decade. She has BA degrees in both Psychology and Studio Art from Indiana University Bloomington. She studied animation and received her post-baccalaureate certificate at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and completed her MFA degree in Computer Arts from School of Visual Arts in NYC.
Presently, she is a doctoral student in Art and Art Education Ed.D.C.T program and hybrid studio fellow at Myers Media Art Studio and Thingspace Studio at Teachers College Columbia University.
Yihui (Cece) Jiao (she/her) is a multimedia artist and visual designer. She conveys her philosophical and psychological ideas mainly through drawings, animations and installations. She experiments with the combination of new media and traditional crafts. Her artistic practices thematically focus on mental status, self development, human cognition and visual culture.
She is originally from Shanghai, China and has been living in the United States for more than a decade. She has BA degrees in both Psychology and Studio Art from Indiana University Bloomington. She studied animation and received her post-baccalaureate certificate at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and completed her MFA degree in Computer Arts from School of Visual Arts in NYC.
Presently, she is a doctoral student in Art and Art Education Ed.D.C.T program and hybrid studio fellow at Myers Media Art Studio and Thingspace Studio at Teachers College Columbia University.