The Artists Roundtable, an international forum for leading practitioners, is hosted by David A. Ross, faculty member of the MA Curatorial programs at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Ragnar Kjartansson engages multiple artistic mediums, creating video installations, performances, drawings, and paintings that draw upon myriad historical and cultural references. An underlying pathos and irony connect his works, with each deeply influenced by the comedy and tragedy of classical theater. Kjartasnsson blurs the distinctions between mediums, approaching his painting practice as performance, likening his films to paintings, and his performances to sculpture. Throughout, he conveys an interest in beauty and its banality and uses durational, repetitive performance as a form of exploration.