The UCF School of Visual Arts and Design (SVAD) is proud to welcome artist Renee Cox as part of the SVAD Distinguished Artist series. The SVAD Distinguished Artist series is an initiative that introduces the UCF students and community to professional and emerging contemporary artists in various fields of study. 

This lecture by Renee Cox is co-sponsored by the School of Visual Arts and Design and the Atlantic Center for the Arts.

Those attending will enjoy a lecture from Renee Cox on her artistic practice and will also have to opportunity to engage in a Q&A session afterwards. The SVAD Distinguished Artist series is free to attend and open to the public.

Artist Biography:
Renee Cox is a Jamaican-American artist, photographer, lecturer, political activist and curator. Her work is considered part of the feminist art movement in the United States. Among the best known of her provocative works are Queen Nanny of the Maroons, Raje and Yo Mama’s Last Supper, which exemplify her Black Feminist politics. In addition, her work has provoked conversations at the intersections of cultural work, activism, gender, and African Studies. As a specialist in film and digital portraiture, Cox uses light, form, digital technology, and her own signature style to capture the identities and beauty within her subjects and herself.