Ruffin Gallery at the UVA Department of Art presents the installation New Level Heads by Christopher Cozier, a mixed-media artist who lives and works in Trinidad. Cozier is the 2025 Ruffin Distinguished Artist-in-Residence.
Christopher Cozier’s drawings, videos and installations investigate how Caribbean historical and contemporary experiences can inform our understanding of the wider world. He is co-founder and co-director of Alice Yard, an art collective based in Port of Spain that organizes art exhibitions, runs a residency program and hosts performances, film screenings, dialogues and lectures. Developed in 2016 during the Rauschenberg Residency on Captiva Island, Florida, New Level Heads is an interactive installation composed of rows of thin wooden planks suspended from the ceiling with string, atop which are interspersed silhouetted cardboard heads in profile.
This exhibition was made possible with the support of the UVA Arts Council: Enriching the Arts on Grounds and the UVA Department of Art’s Ruffin Distinguished Artist-in-Residence funding.