Coming August 30, Tufts University Art Galleries opens two exhibitions, the group exhibition The Sun Rises in the West and Sets in the East and a solo exhibition Sofía Córdova: Backed Up Into Dawn.

The Sun Rises in the West and Sets in the East features 11 internationally acclaimed artists who are exploring and challenging global structures of power and offering new ways of thinking about social, cultural, and political systems. Developed by guest curator Sara Raza, the exhibition will include a wide range of installations by artists such as Yael Bartana, Emily Jacir, Nyugen E. Smith, and Nari Ward, among others. This exhibition will be presented at TUAG’s Tisch & Koppelman Galleries at Aidekman Arts Center in Medford from August 30 through December 11, 2022.

Sofía Córdova: Backed Up Into Dawn, is the first institutional solo presentation of Puerto Rican-born, Oakland-based conceptual interdisciplinary artist Sofía Córdova, who works with performance, music, video, photography, sculpture and installation. Presenting an extensive body of work that highlights Córdova’s engagements with climate capitalism and its entanglement with colonial erasure, this exhibition includes a newly commissioned installation and video works. This exhibition will be presented at TUAG’s Grossman & Anderson Galleries at SMFA at Tufts campus in Boston from August 30 through October 23, 2022.