Emma Sulkowicz
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Emma Sulkowicz is an American political activist and performance artist. While a college student, Sulkowicz developed a national reputation with the performance artwork Mattress Performance. In 2019,
Sulkowicz in 2014
Sulkowicz (center right) carrying the mattress at graduation
Mattress Performance was a work of endurance/performance art which Emma Sulkowicz conducted as a senior thesis during the final year of a visual arts degree at Columbia University in New York City.
Emma Sulkowicz
…an American political activist and performance artist. While a college student, Sulkowicz developed a national reputation with the performance artwork Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight) (2014–2015). In 2019, she said she had stopped making art and began a master's program in traditional Chinese medicine. As of 2026, Sulkowicz provides…
Mattress Performance rules of engagement, Columbia University, 2014
"Carry that Weight Together", Columbia University, September 10, 2014