Contemporary Art Issue | A Conversation with Cole Sternberg: Thirsty While Drowning

"On the occasion of Cole Sternberg’s campus-wide solo show thirsty while drowning at Villanova University, we have the pleasure of sitting down with the Villanova alumnus for a conversation about his work, process, journey, and—of course—the exhibition in question. The exhibition runs from November 3, 2022, until January 18, 2023. Cole Sternberg, born in 1979 in Richmond, Virginia, is a conceptual artist residing and working in Los Angeles. Encompassing sculpture, installation, performance, photography, film, writing, and arguably predominantly painting, Sternberg’s multidisciplinary practice discusses the disharmonic juxtaposition of humanity’s destructive character and being eternally connected to nature—an existential discord with frightening relevance today."