Lan Tuazon
Matters of Consequence, 2025
Bringing private reflection into public life
March 26, 2026—April 2027
University Hall Atrium, UMass Boston
Matters of Consequence is a temporary sculptural installation by artist Lan Tuazon in a bustling student center that explores how art can help us think and act towards our shared survival, environment, and care for one another. It is the third in Tuazon’s series of “test sites”—spaces that invite people to reimagine new ways of living together.
Inspired by a 15th-century painting of a studiolo, a room that functions as both a private study and a public studio, Tuazon reimagines the University Hall Atrium at the University of Massachusetts, Boston as a place for the University community to gather for events, learning, and exchange.
The materials of the exhibition—steel, upcycled sheet pressed plastic, and donated community property—reflect Tuazon’s ongoing reflection on the biography and economy of objects—reflect Tuazon’s ongoing reflection on the economy of objects.
Throughout the exhibition period, students, alumni, and faculty are invited to submit proposals to use the space for creative, community-centered events.
Visible Monday through Sunday—Saturday 7am—10pm
University Hall Atrium
100 Morrissey Blvd.
Boston, MA 02125
UMass Boston campus is easily accessible by public transportation and conveniently located just a mile from JFK/UMass MBTA on the Red Line.
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Matters of Consequence, 2025, originally curated by Pedro Alonzo for Triennial 2025, is presented by Arts on the Point at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and is proudly supported by the Boston Public Art Triennial.
Lan Tuazon
b. 1976, based in Chicago
Lan Tuazon lives and works in Chicago, where she is an Associate Professor of Sculpture at the School of Art Institute in Chicago. Tuazon is a Rome Prize Fellow in Terra Foundation Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome (2024). She has received solo presentations at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago (2021); Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin (2018); Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York (2012); and Brooklyn Museum, New York (2011). She has participated in group exhibitions at venues that include the 8th Floor Rubin Foundation, New York (2015); Bucharest Biennale, Romania (2010); REDCAT, Los Angeles (2007); Sculpture Center, New York (2007); and Artists Space, New York (2006). Tuazon was awarded residencies and fellowships at the American Academy in Rome (2024); the Headlands Art Center, Sausalito, CA (2013); Civitella Ranieri, Umbertide, Italy (2012); and Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (2009). She earned an MFA from Yale University, New Haven, CT (2002) and a BA from The Cooper Union, New York (1999). She participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program (2003).
“I’m excited to see how the UMass students use the sculpture and curious to see what kind of belonging we can create for each other” - Lan Tuazon
Arts on the Point
Arts on the Point is UMass Boston’s revolving public art program established in 1997 by Professor Emeritus Paul Tucker. Over the course of thirty years, world class artworks have been lent to the university and made accessible to students and the surrounding community. Focusing on postmodern and contemporary sculpture, Tucker’s curatorial projects for AoP have featured artworks from the likes of Sol LeWitt, Roy Lichtenstein, Willem de Kooning, Dennis Oppenheim, Luis Jiménez, Sheila Pepe, and Mark di Suvero, among others. Works were selected for their quality, significance, and relationship to the site. During their time on campus, artworks aided in the cultivation of the identity and profile of UMass Boston as a top tier research institution. Paul Tucker retired from UMass Boston in 2012, and since 2017 the program has been led by Gallery Director Sam Toabe. Established as a free, public sculpture park here at UMass Boston’s campus on Columbia Point, it has since developed to include large-scale sculptures, socially engaged artworks, temporary installations, exhibitions, and events. Arts on the Point continues to engage students, faculty, and staff, as well as local communities, through collaborations and free public programs.
