Alumni

Baxter St at CCNY has long been a catalyst for innovative creation within the artistic mediums of photography and video practices. Ranging from exhibitions, residency programs, and partnerships, our core mission is to support and activate a vibrant community deeply engaged in the art of lens-based contemporary practices. Take a look at the wide breadth of alumni that are a part of our wonderful and ever-expanding community.

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CURATORS

Rona Yefman

Rona

CURATORS

Rona Yefman

The Photo Album, 1979-­80

Rona Yefman received a BFA from Belzalel Academy, Jerusalem in 1999, and completed postgraduate studies at Bezalel Academy, Tel Aviv, in 2003. She received her MFA from Columbia University in 2009. Her work explores social, political and personal issues of identity through portraiture in context, working extensively with certain individuals to portray their heightened, radical personas. She is based in New York, and since 1999, has been exhibiting her work in Israel, Europe and in the U.S. where she currently teaches in the graduate program of Columbia University School of the Arts.

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