Meet the Artist: Anina Major

Visual artist Anina Major is originally from the Bahamas. Her work has been exhibited in The Bahamas, across the United States and in Europe, and it is featured in public collections, including the National Gallery of The Bahamas and the National Museum of African American History and Culture. She holds an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and is the recipient of numerous awards and residencies, including the Elizabeth Foundation for the Art Studio Program and the Socrates Sculpture Park Emerging Artist Fellowship.

Eileen Jeng Lynch is the Curator of Visual Arts at Wave Hill, where she creates exhibitions and programming that explore the intersections of nature, culture, and place, including commissioning artists on site-specific projects. Jeng Lynch organizes the Sunroom Project Space solo exhibitions for emerging artists, thematic shows in Glyndor Gallery, and the Winter Workspace program. She has served as a guest curator of exhibitions as well as on panels and juries for various organizations over the past 15 years. Previously, Jeng Lynch worked at RxArt, Sperone Westwater and the Art Institute of Chicago in the Department of Contemporary Art. She received her MA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and BA from Syracuse University.