Brainstormers

[1][2] Consisting of fellow Hunter MFA graduates Danielle Mysliwiec, Elaine Kaufmann and Maria Dumlao, their most well-known work is one where they stood in costume, at the entrance of P.S.1 during the Greater New York show in 2005, pointing accusingly at the institution for its gender discrimination in its selection of artists.

[3] In 2005, fellow Hunter Master of Fine Arts graduates, Mysliwiec, Kaufmann, Dumlao, Anne Polashenski, Jane Johnston and four volunteers, stood outside P.S.1's entrance in a colorful curly wigs, their faces painted, pointing directly at the institution, for six hours.

Point was a performance that called attention to the New York City exhibition's roster of artists being over two-thirds male at a time when the numbers of women in art programs exceeded that of men.

"[5] Also in 2008, the group stationed themselves at the corner of West 24th Street and 10th Avenue in Chelsea, and had passers-by fill in mad libs-style postcards protesting about the lack of female representation in art galleries.

[12] Kaufmann has an ongoing interest in challenging the political structure of the art world and has pursued alternative venues including cable access television, activist public interventions, and the Internet.