Surface spotlights Pratt alumni Chen Chen and Kai Williams as “Designer of the Day,” highlighting their Brooklyn studio’s material-driven practice spanning furniture, lighting, and collectible works, including their recent show Basic Instinct at The Future Perfect.
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Alumni Notes Spring 2026
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The spring 2026 update of Pratt alumni news on work and life, compiled from alumni submissions and other sources.
A Radio City Celebration for Pratt’s Class of 2026
From Pratt Institute News
This year’s Commencement at Radio City Music Hall honored the achievements of graduating students and bestowed honorary degrees on David Remnick, Dr. Mariët Westermann, and Ted Shaine.
Level Up
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Recent Pratt alumni share their strategy guides for launching a creative career.
The Human Hand in Everything
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In her new book, photographer Cait Oppermann ’12 goes behind the scenes of the creative process in an unexpected place—the world of people shaping technology at IBM.
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Meet Kristin Mallison, the Sustainable Indie Designer Loved by Millie Bobby Brown, Lisa and More
Teen Vogue spotlights Pratt alumna Kristin Mallison for her viral, sustainability-driven fashion brand and high-profile celebrity clients. Mallison credits Pratt’s fashion program with “really push[ing] for recycling,” shaping her upcycling approach and long-term commitment to waste reduction.
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Roma Slack Devanbu, MFA Fine Arts ’85, will have a solo exhibition of photography on view from July 2 to August 1, 2026, at Axis Gallery in Sacramento, California. Titled Surface Tension, it is dedicated to the memories of two of Devanbu’s Pratt professors: Alan Klotz, who instructed in the history of photography and passed away in 2022, and Philip Perkis (1935–2025), professor emeritus of photography.
Image: Roma Slack Devanbu ’85, B and White Stuttgart Abstract
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Purvi Shah, MS Communications Design ’95, is the founder of PlayRx.life, “a wellness platform for adult well-being through play, creativity, coaching, and somatic healing.” Shah and her son Arjun Shah will host a sound bath and vinyl set at New York’s Silence Please on August 2, 2026, and a sound healing and breathwork session at Reforesters Laboratory in Brooklyn on Aug 6, 2026.
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![Poster for Together on the Precipice presented by Chamber Queer June 5-14, 2026. Poster depicts a colorful illustration of four figures on a mountain precipice overlooking a dramatic valley with evergreens and rising mist, with a sun in the middle of the sky in the distance.]()
Jeremy Martin, MPS Art Therapy and Creativity Development ’18, created wearable sculptures featured in Siren Songs, a concert debuting at MITU580 in Brooklyn on Friday, June 5, 2026, the opening night of ChamberQUEER’S 2026 festival Together on the Precipice.
Image: Courtesy Levi Hastings
