John Kenneth Paranada

올해로 15회를 맞이하는 EMAP는 이화여대 창립 140주년과 백남준 서거 20주기를 맞아 더욱 뜻깊은 시간을 준비했습니다. 이번 전시는 국내에서 처음 소개되는 다수의 주요 작가와 작품들을 고려해 구성했으며, 6일 동안 ECC 밸리 곳곳에서 야외(야간) 스크리닝으로 펼쳐집니다. 짧은 기간 동안만 만날 수 있는 선선한 5월 밤에 특별한 자리인 만큼 많은 관심과 방문 부탁드리겠습니다🌿 EMAP 2026 ≪천만은죽: 기후의 시간≫ 2026년 5월 11일(월)~5월 16일(토), 19:30~22:00 이화여자대학교 ECC 밸리 및 캠퍼스 전역 (야외 스크리닝) 개막식: 5월 11일(월), 오후 7시 기획: 임수영, 추성아, 존 케네스 파라나다 주최: 이화여자대학교 주관: 이화여자대학교 조형예술대학 협력: 백남준아트센터, 이화여자대학교 음악대학 후원: 조형예술대학 동창회, 교촌, 멀티텍, 아트하우스 모모, JESPR 곽소진, 구보타 시게코, 김다움, 니콜라스 가르시아 우리부루, 데렉 투말라, 라민 하에리자데, 로크니 하에리자데, 헤삼 라흐마니안, 랍시 람, 마니 몬텔리바노, 마리아 에스텔라 파이소, 마르셀 브로타에스, 마커스 코츠, 매튜 베닝턴, 로터 수, 케이티 하몬드, 무진형제, 문경원 & 전준, 박민하, 백남준과 저드 얄커트, 백정기, 샤하나 라자니, 쉔신, 아나 알렌소, 아비 팔머, 아피찻퐁 위라세타쿤, 안젤리카 메시티, 어우 슈이, 올리버 비어, 요이, 유키 키하라, 윤소린, 이수진, 장서영, 전보경, 조쉬 클라인, 존 쿠이손, 줄리앙 샤리에르, 페터 네슬러, 폴루미 바수 & CJ 클라크, 통웬민, 폼 분썸비차, 하이디 부허, 한우리 디자인 아이덴티티: 강문식 홍모물 디자인: 최세은 [ENG] EMAP 2026 A Million Silver Bamboo : The Rain We Share May 11–16, 2026, 7:30–10 PM Ewha Womans University, ECC Valley & Campus (Outdoor screenings) Curated by Sooyoung Leam, Sungah Serena Choo, John Kenneth Paranada Hosted by Ewha Womans University Organized by Ewha Womans University College of Art & Design In collaboration with Nam June Paik Art Center, Ewha Womans University College of Music Supported by College of Art Alumni Association, Kyochon, Multitech, Arthouse Momo, JESPR Ana Alenso, Poulomi Basu & CJ Clarke, Jungki Beak, Oliver Beer, Matthew Benington Rotter Su & Katherine Hammond, Marcel Broodthaers, Moojin Brothers, Heidi Bucher, Pom Bunsermvicha, Seo Young Chang, Julian Charrière, Marcus Coates, Jon Cuyson, Uri Han, Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh & Hesam Rahmanian, Bokyung Jun, Yuki Kihara, Daum Kim, Josh Kline, Shigeko Kubota, Sojin Kwak, Lap-See Lam, Jade Sujin Lee, Angelica Mesiti, Manny Montelibano, MOON Kyungwon & JEON Joon, Peter Nestler, Maria Estela Paiso, Nam June Paik & Jud Yalkut, Abi Palmer, Minha Park, Shahana Rajani, Yo-E Ryou, Shen Xin, Tong Wenmin, Derek Tumala, Nicolás García Uriburu, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Au Sow Yee, Solin Yoon Design Identity: Moonsick Gang Publicity Design: Se-eun Choi

🌀 Have you ever wondered why we're here? Our most existential exhibition season yet is almost here. What is the Meaning of Life? launches at the Sainsbury Centre on 16 May with a series of incredible shows, installations, commissions and more: ⛪ Living by the Rule: Contemporary meets Medieval launches 16 May 🎲 Play Power launches 16 May 🕖 Joy Like Time launches 20 June 🌳 Tree of Life launches 20 June The season will also include two newly commissioned artworks: Life in the Multiverse: Libby Heaney, and CATKINS FOREVER: Ruth Ewan. Find out more at the link in our bio now. 📸 Image credits Marina Abramovic, Blue and Red Period, Install view 3 at Saatchi Yates, 2025. Courtesy of the Artist and Saatchi Yates. Wassily Kandinsky, Yellow Pink, 1929, watercolour with pen and ink on paper. Private collection. Libby Heaney with work Ent-, 2022. Photo Andrea Rossetti. Tree of Life_Seyi Adelekun ©Ethel Aanyu. Andrea Büttner, Dancing Nuns, 2007, woodcut on paper, 180 x 113 cm. All images courtesy of Hollybush Gardens, London; David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles; Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, and JanMot, Brussels © Andrea Büttner / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025. #SainsburyCentre #WhatIsTheMeaningOfLife #Exhibition #Museum

🎉 Happy new year from the Sainsbury Centre team! 🔍 Coming up in 2026 ✨ 🌍 We are thrilled to announce our 2026 programme, featuring two major exhibition seasons that tackle the biggest questions of human existence... 🗓️ What is the Meaning of Life? (Launching 16 May) This season dives into the rules we live by, the power of play and the passage of time. Discover Living by the Rule, Play Power, Joy Like Time, and other special projects from Libby Heaney and Ruth Ewan. ❤️ How Do We Find Love? (Launching 14 November) As winter arrives, we turn our attention to the complexities of intimacy, desire and connection. Delve into The Last Human Kiss, Ecstasy and the Aftermath, and Love Stories. 🎨 From 14th-century manuscripts to cutting-edge digital commissions, 2026 at the Sainsbury Centre is an invitation to explore what it truly means to be human. And don’t miss your last chance to see our Can We Stop Killing Each Other? season! 🔗 Visit the link in our bio to read the full 2026 announcement and plan your year of art! #SainsburyCentre #LivingArtArtSharingStories #WhatIsTheMeaningOfLife #HowDoWeFindLove #NorwichArt

Join us for the next Sussex Art History Department Research Seminar, on Monday 9 March at 12.00-14.00 in Arts A108! All welcome, and bring your lunches too! Our speaker will be John Kenneth Paranada, the inaugural Curator of Art and Climate Change at the @sainsburycentre , @uniofeastanglia and a researcher at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. ‘Curating Art and Climate Change: Case Studies from the the Sainsbury Centre’ This presentation explores curatorial approaches to the ecological crisis at the Sainsbury Centre. Drawing on recent exhibitions including A World of Water (2025), Toward the Weird Heart of Things (2024), and Sediment Spirit (2023), the talk examines how contemporary art and museums can engage climate change through exhibition-making, rethinking collections, and interdisciplinary research. John Kenneth Paranada is the inaugural Curator of Art and Climate Change at the Sainsbury Centre, University of East Anglia and a researcher at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. His work explores the intersections of contemporary art, climate science, and environmental humanities through exhibition-making, research, and public engagement. Organised with the Centre for World Environmental History.

⏳ Last chance to see: Two major exhibitions end this Sunday! If you haven’t visited the Sainsbury Centre for our Can We Stop Killing Each Other? season yet, this is your final warning that two of our headline exhibitions are closing their doors this Sunday, 15 February. 🎨 Roots of Resilience: Tesfaye Urgessa 📸 Eyewitness Don’t miss these incredible shows. The season continues with our other exhibitions, Tiaki Ora ∞ Protecting Life: Anton Forde (until 19 April) and Seeds of Hate and Hope (until 17 May). Find out more at the link in our bio. 📷 Photos by Kate Wolstenholme @katewolstenholme_photo #SainsburyCentre #CanWeStopKillingEachOther #NorwichArt #TesfayeUrgessa

When we celebrated the launch of @tesfayeurgessa ’s show Roots of Resilience, we were joined by @eatethio , a creative studio that celebrates Ethiopia through ritual, where food, coffee, and sound are honoured as cultural ceremony. Together, we hosted an Ethiopian coffee ceremony, a living ritual in which coffee, conversation, and welcome are shared. Originating in Ethiopia, widely recognised as the birthplace of coffee, the ceremony is a cultural practice of community and connection. Visitors were invited to taste, witness, and understand the profound significance of coffee-making as a moment of pause; an invitation to gather, to listen, and to be present. Watch the full video now on our Channel at the link in bio. #SainsburyCentre #CanWeStopKillingEachOther #Ethiopia #CoffeeCeremony #TesfayeUrgessa

With an autumn 2025 exhibition season whose title bluntly asks Can We Stop Killing Each Other?, the Sainsbury Centre (UK) is confronting politically explosive issues of migration, displacement, human violence and ‘othering’ in the past and present – and asking how arts and culture can either foster empathy or fuel violence. 💡 #ICOMVoices is an editorial space on the ICOM website that allows #museum and heritage professionals and researchers to share their experiences and reflections. 👉 Read the full ICOM Voices at icom.museum and via the link in bio

Tomorrow, 12 November, 5pm 📍 Sainsbury Centre Lecture Theatre, UEA CURATING CLIMATE CHANGE: a panel discussion as part of WARS (World Art Research Seminar). Join us, friends, for a thoughtful conversation on how museums can drive climate action with care, equity and public value. With: Thomas Ardill (London Museum), Maja Fowkes (SAVA/UEA), Reuben Fowkes (SAVA/UEA), Dorothea Fox (UEA/Science Museum), John Kenneth Paranada (Sainsbury Centre), Veronica Sekules (GroundWork Gallery) and Sarah Wade (Art History, UEA). @tomardill @groundworkgallery @reuben.fowkes @majafowkes @uniofeastanglia @sainsburycentre @sainsbury_research_unit @forarthistory Organised by the Association for Art History’s Curatorial Committee Climate Working Group with UEA Art History & World Art Studies. #ArtAndClimateChange #SainsburyCentre #UEA #MuseumFutures #WorldArtResearchSeminar #curatingclimatechange

New Signals in Arts Technologies Panel 1: Living Facades: Eco-Data, Growth & the Anthropocene Our first panel has just begun at @kunstsilo , exploring how artists are using live data and ecological metaphors to show consequences of environmental change. Moderators: @torill2122 Gillian Leitten Panelists: Nicolas Guichard @lab212_ Béatrice Lartigue (@beatricelartigue ) @lab212_ John Kenneth Paranada (@printcolonial ), @sainsburycentre and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research #lumenprize #kunstsilo

Thank you ArtReview and Sabo Kpade for the thoughtful review of “Tesfaye Urgessa: Roots of Resilience” at the Sainsbury Centre. The exhibition, curated by John Kenneth Paranada, explores themes of migration, resilience, and the human condition through Urgessa’s powerful paintings. Gratitude to Saatchi Yates and the Cheng-Lan Foundation for supporting the exhibition, and to Ying, Raph, Eat Ethio, the brilliant Sainsbury Centre team and our many collaborators for making it possible. Come see the show and pick up the November issue of ArtReview. 🌊✨ @artreview_magazine @sainsburycentre @tesfayeurgessa @sabo_kpade @senza_titolo_ @maria_chitu @raphaeldelbono @yinghsuantai @saatchiyates @eatethio @dian__joy

Ewha Womans University hosts the international symposium “Maritime Imaginary in the Age of Climate Emergency” in Seoul, 23–25 October 2025. Speakers include Frances Morris (Director Emeritus, Tate Modern; Chair, Gallery Climate Coalition), John Kenneth Paranada (Curator of Art & Climate Change, Sainsbury Centre; Researcher, Tyndall Centre, UEA) and Daniela Zyman (Artistic Director, TBA21),amongst other curators and directors. @sainsburycentre @tba_21 @galleryclimatecoalition Join us as we explore how art, time, and the ocean can help us navigate the climate emergency 🌏🌊 See you there, friends 💫 #MaritimeImaginary #EwhaUniversity #artandecology #curatingclimatechange #sainsburycentre

Thrilled to be speaking at the Lumen Prize Awards 2025 at Kunstsilo, Norway 🌍✨ I’ll be joining international artists and curators on the panel Living Facades: Eco-Data, Growth & the Anthropocene, exploring how digital art can illuminate ecological futures in the age of AI. Hope to see you there, friends 💫 @lumen_prize @kunstsilo For more info: /lumen-prize-award-ceremony #LumenPrize #Kunstsilo #DigitalArt #ArtAndEcology #ContenporaryArt