Artist Hilary Harkness will discuss her artistic career and groundbreaking work on March 25 at 6:00 p.m. in the Basile Auditorium.

In her meticulously rendered small-scale paintings, Hilary Harkness fuses traditional techniques with a distinctly contemporary sensibility to explore power struggles inherent in sex, race, and class systems on an uncensored stage. Working in episodic series that take years to complete, Harkness wields unparalleled skill and imagination to elevate the stories and intersectional experiences of women, people of color, and LGBTQIA+ people.

Her work has been featured in exhibitions at FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY; Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain; American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY; Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR; and Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT; among others. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Yuz Museum Shanghai; Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA; and the Seavest Collection, New York, NY; among others.

Parking information:

Complimentary parking (validation provided at the event) is available in the Sports Complex Garage adjacent to Eskenazi Hall or on levels 5 and 6 of the Riverwalk Garage. Thanks to The Great Frame Up, Indianapolis for providing free parking for this event.

LGBTQIA+ STUDENT FORUM:

This event is free and open to the public and is presented as part of a multi-day LGBTQIA+ Student Forum made possible by a gift from the Indiana University Queer Philanthropy Circle and a Pride-filled donor.