Rik Sferra

Rik Sferra's photography and video work has been exhibited at the Minnesota Museum of American Art, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Soap Factory, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Cincinnati Art Museum, and the School of Visual Arts, New York. He has received grants and fellowships from the McKnight Foundation, Film in the Cities, the Minnesota State Arts Board, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Sferra's freelance photography clients have included Rolling Stone, the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Design Quarterly, Aveda Corporation, Medtronic, the Mayo Clinic, AGA Medical, Catholic Charities, the Walker Art Center and 3M. In addition to his teaching career and artistic endeavors, he plays drums and percussion for jazz/rock band the Basic Food Group.