Artist Talk: Jillian Mayer

Schedule

Sat Oct 25 2025 at 01:00 pm to 02:00 pm

UTC-04:00

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Sarasota Art Museum | Sarasota, FL

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A thought-provoking talk with multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker, Jillian Mayer.
About this Event

Join Jillian Mayer for an engaging artist talk about her functional sculpture series, Slumpies. Learn more about the creative process behind this interactive body of work, where viewer participation becomes a witty commentary on society's ever-increasing relationship with technological devices. Hear first-hand from the artist about her creative approach to art and utility, as well as her playful solution for the impact device usage has on our bodies and daily routines.


About Jillian Mayer

Jillian Mayer is a multidisciplinary artist and filmmaker, working with videos, sculptures, online experiences, photography, performances, and installations. She explores how technology affects our lives and identities by processing how our physical world and bodies are impacted and reshaped by participation in a digital landscape. Mayer investigates the points of tension between our online and physical worlds and makes work that attempts to inhabit the increasingly porous boundary between the two. Mayer's artwork follows a consistent thread; exploring how to subvert capital-driven modes of technological innovation.

Her museum solo exhibitions include the Lambla Gallery at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte (2022), Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska (2019), Kunst Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark (2019), University of Buffalo Art Museum, Buffalo NY (2018), Tufts University, Boston, MA (2018), Pérez Art Museum, Miami, FL (2016), LAXART, Los Angeles, CA (2016), Utah Museum of Fine Art and Salt Lake City, UT (2014), among others. She has also exhibited, screened films, and performed at MoMA PS1 (2017), MoMA (2013) and the Guggenheim Museum (2010). Mayer’s work has been featured in Artforum, Art Papers, Art in America, ArtNews, The Huffington Post, and The New York Times.

A recipient of many fellowships, including Cintas Foundation Fellowship for Cuban Artists, Mayer was also named one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine. Her films have screened at festivals including Sundance, SXSW, Rottenberg Film Fest, and the New York Film Festival.


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