Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Copresented by the UCLA Department of Art **Cauleen Smith**, a filmmaker, multimedia artist and Professor of Art at UCLA, explores social, cultural, intellectual, artistic, and political liberation in order to conjure what she has called “a cornucopia of future histories.” Operating in multiple materials and arenas, Smith roots her work firmly within the discourse of mid-twentieth-century experimental film. Her images incorporate science fiction, the Black diaspora, and the lyrical potential of landscape. Her work also explores site-specificity and engages in social activism. Her solo exhibitions include shows at MASS MoCA, ICA Philadelphia, and MoCA LA, among others and her works are in public collections including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Smith has received numerous grants and awards, including a United States Artists Award, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize from the Studio Museum in Harlem.