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Adelita Husni Bey is an artist and pedagogue interested in anarcho-collectivism, theatre, law and urban studies. She organises gatherings and produces workshops and exhibition work focused on using non-competitive pedagogical models through the framework of contemporary art. Working with activists, architects, jurists, schoolchildren, spoken word poets, actors, urbanists, physical therapists, athletes, teachers and students across different backgrounds, her work focuses on articulating the reality of collectivity under capitalism. Exhibitions include: Maktspill Bergen Kunsthall, 2020, Chiron, New Museum, 2019, Being: New Photography, MoMA, 2018, Dreamlands, Whitney Museum, 2016, The Eighth Climate, 11th Gwangju Biennale, 2015. She is a 2012 Whitney Independent Study Program Fellow, a 2020–2022 Vera List Center for Art and Politics Fellow and has represented Italy at the Venice Biennale of Art, 2017 with a video installation rooted in anti-extractivist struggles. She currently teaches at Cooper Union, New York.

Adelita began her fellowship with a public talk on her work as part of the Artforum series. She also gave a masterclass for students from across VCA Art programmes.