SVA Features, 2025
Multidisciplinary artist Kembra Pfahler reflects on her DIY practice and long career shaped by “availabism,” a concept she developed while studying at the School of Visual Arts that embraces using whatever materials are at hand. Known for her boundary-pushing work across performance, music, and visual art, Pfahler has also collaborated widely, including co-curating Future Feminism in 2014, which featured artists such as Laurie Anderson, Kiki Smith, and her former teacher Lorraine O’Grady.