EASTON PRIBBLE LECTURE SERIES
Igor Vamos
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 12 p.m.
Museum of Art | Sinnott Family – Bank of Utica Auditorium
Artist Bio
Igor Vamos is an artist, activist, and educator best known as one of the co-founders of The Yes Men, the legendary culture-jamming duo whose elaborate media hoaxes have exposed corporate greed and governmental complicity around the world. As part of The Yes Men, Vamos has co-directed acclaimed feature documentaries including The Yes Men Fix the World and The Yes Men Are Revolting, both of which chronicle subversive interventions that blur the lines between performance, journalism, and satire.
Under the alias “Mike Bonanno,” Vamos has impersonated corporate spokespeople on global television, presented outrageous fake products at industry conferences, and brought unlikely truths to light through comedy and confrontation. His work has been exhibited internationally in museums, film festivals, and activist forums, influencing a generation of political artists and media pranksters. In addition to his artistic and activist endeavors, Vamos is a professor and graduate program director at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he teaches media, performance, and socially engaged art.
About the Easton Pribble Lecture Series
Seasoned artists are invited to Utica to give presentations as part of the Easton Pribble Lecture Series at the Museum of Art. Named for a beloved late professor of painting and drawing, the mission of the series is to invite guest artists who represent a variety of creative disciplines and bring a diversity of perspectives to inspire, motivate, and challenge students. A faculty-led committee invites artists to Utica each year who amplify voices and illuminate career pathways historically and presently marginalized within the art and design worlds.
