Join us for artist talks and open studios with Rhea Barve, SULO BEE, and MAD Artist Fellow Joël Brodovsky-Adams, the three artists in residence for the Museum’s Artist Studios program. Each will share reflections on their respective practices. Following the talks, visitors will have the opportunity to meet the artists in their studios and see their work created at MAD.
This event is free with registration.
SCHEDULE
6:30–7:15 pm: artist talks in the Theater at MAD
7:15–8 pm: open studios on Floor 6
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Having recently completed his MFA in ceramics at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, MAD Artist Fellow Joël Brodovsky-Adams is now based in Brooklyn, New York. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Joël took up ceramics in 2013 at a studio called L’aluminé in Montreal, Quebec and later, in 2021, completed a post-bachelor’s certificate at NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Joël has international exhibition credits, including a group show at the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery in Waterloo, Ontario; a two person show in Halifax which represented the culmination of his work from a residency at Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center in Skælskør, Denmark; and a group show at Sculpture Space in New York City. This past fall, he completed a residency at Sculpture Space.
MAD Artist Studios Resident Rhea Barve received her BFA from New York University in 2022 with a concentration in ceramics and animation. Her work has been exhibited in New York at Smack Mellon, 80 WSE Gallery, 81 Leonard Gallery, and on Governors Island. Raised in Bengaluru, India, Barve currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
SULO BEE is a creature maker and worldbuilder exploring themes of identity and queerness through an alternate reality called $P4RKL3_FiLTH_CL0UD_NiN3. Their practice merges metalsmithing and ceramic techniques with the scientific process of electroforming, combining traditional making methods and technology. Bee earned their MFA in Studio Art from SUNY New Paltz and their BFA from Texas State University. Sulo is a co-founder of Queer Metalsmiths, where they seek to uplift queer voices in metalsmithing and craft. In 2022, Bee was selected for the Emerging Artist Cohort with the American Craft Council and was later awarded the Marzee Graduate Prize with an invitational residency in Belgium and an exhibition at Galerie Marzee. Bee completed the GEMZ Talent Programme with Current Obsession, culminating with an exhibition at the Nieuwe Instuut in the Netherlands in 2023. They have had solo exhibitions at Brooklyn Metal Works, Fried Fruit Gallery, and Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, and their work has been exhibited at institutions such as MAD, Fuller Craft Museum, R&Company forObjects: USA 2024, and the Handwerk & Design Fair in Munich, Germany, for Talente: Masters of the Future 2025. They were recently awarded the coveted 2025 Bavarian State Prize and were named “best non-basic jewelry” by Rough Cut podcast.
