Hunter Art Department
Alumni Spotlight


Diana Cooper | MFA 1999
Jules DeBalincourt | MFA 2005
Cheryl Donegan
| MFA 1991
Omer Fast
| MFA 2000
Tom Finkelpearl | MFA
Wade Guyton | MFA 1998
Oliver Herring | MFA 1991
Changha Hwang | MFA 2002
Julia Jacquette | MFA 1992
Marie Losier | MFA 2002
Paul Pfeiffer
| MFA 1994
Lawrence Rinder | MA
Elizabeth Simonson | MFA 1999
Jeff Sonhouse | MFA 2001
Kukuli Velarde | BFA 1992

Tom Finkelpearl
MFA Hunter College

Tom Finkelpearl received his BA from Princeton University and an M.F.A. from Hunter College. He’s worked as a curator and program manager at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, Director of the Percent for Art Program at the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and Executive Director of Program at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He was appointed to his current post at the Queens Museum of Art in 2002. Based on his public art experience and further research, he authored the book Dialogues in Public Art in 2000, published by the MIT Press.