The Fall 2026 Graduate Art guest lecture series, organized by Jan Tumlir and Jack Bankowsky.

Alex Hubbard in conversation with Richard Hawkins

This event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are not required.

Alex Hubbard (b. 1975 Toledo, Oregon) received a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland in 1999. In 2003 he attended the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York. He lives and works in Los Angeles.

Selected solo exhibitions include Cranford Arts Collection, London (2015); Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham (2014); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2012); The Kitchen, New York (2010); KunstHalle Berlin, Berlin (2010); Mercer Union, Toronto (2010); and Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis (2009). Hubbard’s works have also been featured in group exhibitions at Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2022–2023); de la Cruz Collection, Miami (2022–2023); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2019); Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles (2018); Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2016); Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach (2016); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2015); Museo Experimental del Eco, Mexico City (2014); Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson (2012); Le Consortium, Dijon (2014); and the 2010 Whitney Biennial; among others.

His work is included in the permanent collections of numerous museums worldwide, including Art Institute of Chicago; Colección Jumex, Mexico City; Denver Art Museum; FRAC Corsica, Corte; FRAC Poitu-Charentes, Angoulême; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Victoria, Victoria; Rose Art Museum, Waltham; Rubell Family Collection, Miami; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; University of Chicago; Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Zabludowicz Collection, London.

Richard Hawkins lives and works in Los Angeles. Exhibiting since the early 1990s, he has developed a body of work that turns on the erotics of visibility, fueled by what he calls “a combination of historical research and boyish obsessions.” Such deep delves into figures as diverse as Forrest Bess, Tatsumi Hijikata, and Pierre Bonnard has led to a multifarious practice spanning painting, collage, video, ceramics, sculpture, fiction and more.

Recent solo exhibitions include Potentialities, a 15-year career survey at Kunsthalle Wien, which traveled to Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover (2025–26); Greene Naftali, New York (2025); Empty Gallery, Hong Kong (2025); a collaboration with Jonathan W. Anderson and Loewe, FW24 men's collection and runway show, Paris (2024); Galerie Buchholz, Berlin (2024); and Reena Spaulings, Los Angeles (2024). He was an adviser and presenter at Kingston University's 2026 Butoh Symposium (London). Forthcoming are the American distribution of the catalog for Potentialities (Fall 2026) and, in 2027, contributions to the new English translation of Artaud's Into the Land of the Tarahumara (Infinity Land Press, London), as well as exhibitions in Berlin, New York and Los Angeles.

Hawkins is a member of the MFA faculty at Art Center College of Design.

Image: Installation view of Alex Hubbard's exhibition, Abstract or Regular. Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles.

See the full Fall 2026 Seminar schedule here.

Support for this series is generously provided by the following: Jack Shear, Brenda R. Potter, Brendan Dugan, Lisson Gallery, Beth Rudin DeWoody, David Kordansky, Jeffrey Deitch, Gattopardo, Tara Walters, Alan Hergott, and an anonymous donor.

ArtCenter's Graduate Art program is based on intensive studio practice and rigorous academic coursework. The program is distinguished by its low faculty-to-student ratio that provides students with the attention and feedback they need to refine and achieve their artistic goals. Faculty and students are artists working in all genres—film, video, photography, painting, sculpture, performance and installation. A significant number of alumni have achieved national and international acclaim and often return to share their insights and expertise as visiting faculty and guest lecturers.