Feb 7
Artist Talk: Emmett Ramstad
This talk proudly sponsored by the Christopher U. Light Lectureship of the Arts
Emmett Ramstad’s sculpture and participatory work explore body maintenance and the intimate collectivity of public space by modifying the scale and function of familiar care products. Ramstad lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has exhibited artworks widely, including solo exhibitions at Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Rochester Art Center.
He is a recipient of numerous grants and fellowships including a McKnight Fellowship for Visual Artists, an Onassis Eureka Commissions Grant, a Jerome Foundation Franconia Sculpture Park Fellowship, a Metropolitan Regional Arts Council Next Step Award, a Forecast Public Art Research and Development Grant, and a Leeway Foundation Art and Change grant.
Ramstad has performed in productions with collaborator Maxe Crandall as HOLD and with The BodyCartography Project. He has made costumes and sets for five touring contemporary dance productions and has curated and organized numerous gallery shows.
His work is in collections at The Minnesota Museum of American Art, The Weisman Art Museum, Minnesota Center for Book Arts and Second State Press. He is currently a lecturer in the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota.