<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/about/our-work/annual-exhibition/2024/october-anderson/index.html" dsn=""><featured/><pubDate>8/8/2024, 1:47:40 PM</pubDate><title>October Anderson</title><exhibition_year>2024</exhibition_year><exhibition_title>Annual Exhibition</exhibition_title><exhibitor_name_first>October</exhibitor_name_first><exhibitor_name_last>Anderson</exhibitor_name_last><exhibitor_department>BFA Fine Arts</exhibitor_department><exhibitor_portfolio>https://octoberanderson.com</exhibitor_portfolio><exhibitor_bio>October Anderson (b. 1999, Los Angeles) is an American, trans-nonbinary, interdisciplinary
 artist studying Fine Arts and Education at Otis College of Art and Design in Los
 Angeles, California, USA. Anderson’s performances and installations investigate language and
 its (mis)use as a site of knowledge production. Anderson has exhibited in Bolsky Gallery (Los
 Angeles), Intersect Gallery (Los Angeles), The Folk Lounge (Los Angeles), and the El Portal
 Theater (Los Angeles). They are a recipient of the Excellence in Art Award from S.T.E.A.M.,
 the Distinction in Studio Award from Otis College of Art and Design, and both the Presidential and
 First Generation scholarships from Otis College of Art and Design. Anderson graduates with
 honors as the Foundation Forward Ambassador for the interdisciplinary studies department, and
 the Class Marshal of the Fine Arts department for the class of 2024.</exhibitor_bio><exhibitor_bio_image><img src="/about/our-work/annual-exhibition/2024/october-anderson/images/screenshot_20240416-211448-2-350.webp" alt="October Anderson"/></exhibitor_bio_image><exhibitor_thumb_image><img src="/about/our-work/annual-exhibition/2024/october-anderson/images/anderson_o_image4-300.webp" alt="October Anderson"/></exhibitor_thumb_image></item>