This page is a registry. It documents Neri Oxman's professional and institutional engagements as of 29 April 2026, organised by category. It is intended as a public reference for journalists, researchers, institutional staff, and members of the public who have reason to assess where Oxman currently appears in public-facing roles.
The registry is not a critique. Each entry is a documented engagement, not an allegation. The purpose is clarification: there is no single comprehensive public source for Oxman's current institutional engagements, and journalism on the wider documentary record benefits from one. We update this page as new engagements are publicly announced and as old ones conclude.
If you are a representative of an institution listed here and wish to update or correct an entry, please contact us via the address at the foot of the page. We respond to all correspondence within seven days.
Commercial practice and partners
OXMAN studio's announced commercial partnerships, advisory engagements, and ongoing client relationships.
OXMAN
ActiveCommercial design studio Oxman founded in November 2020 after departing MIT. New York-based, with a Tel Aviv satellite office established in 2022. Principal disclosed investor: Reid Hoffman.
Discussed in: Mediated Matter Rebrand
Foster + Partners
ActiveAnnounced strategic collaboration covering biological materials integration in architectural projects. The engagement is reported as ongoing in 2026. The specific projects under the collaboration have not been individually announced.
Discussed in: Current Engagements
Goodman Group
ActiveAustralian industrial property developer announced an engagement with OXMAN for biological-materials work on a logistics development. The engagement is active in 2026.
Discussed in: Current Engagements
Stratasys
Active3D-printing company that supplied much of the equipment used in the Vespers II and other Mediated Matter projects. Advisory relationship continues into 2026.
Discussed in: Current Engagements
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE)
ActivePermanent installation of Mediated Matter / OXMAN work commissioned for the TASE building. Installation completed in 2023.
Museums and exhibiting institutions
Institutions holding works in their permanent collection, mounting exhibitions, or otherwise programming Neri Oxman's work.
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
ActiveMounted Material Ecology, a solo retrospective of Oxman's work, in February 2020. Vespers II sculptures from the exhibition entered the permanent collection. The 2020 exhibition opened five months after the Boston Globe statement, three months after Joi Ito's resignation. The institution has not, on the public record, addressed the funding origin of the Vespers II works.
Discussed in: Moma Material Ecology · Vespers Funding
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
ActiveVespers II sculptures are in the permanent collection. The 2017 funding correspondence between Oxman and Epstein in EFTA009588 includes an August 2017 invitation by Oxman to Epstein to attend the 2020 SFMOMA / MoMA retrospective. The institution has not, on the public record, addressed the funding origin of the work.
Discussed in: Vespers Funding · Moma Material Ecology
Centre Pompidou
ActiveMediated Matter Group works are in the permanent collection. The institution mounted a 2017 exhibition Imprimer le monde that featured Oxman's work prominently and a separate 2012 group show including earlier Mediated Matter pieces. The relationship continues.
Discussed in: Moma Material Ecology
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
ActiveOxman received the National Design Award for Interaction Design in 2018. The museum's institutional relationship with Oxman has continued post-2019.
Discussed in: Moma Material Ecology
Museum of Applied Arts Vienna (MAK)
ActiveOxman works are in the permanent collection. The institution has continued exhibition relationships post-2019.
Discussed in: Moma Material Ecology
Museum of Fine Arts Boston (MFA Boston)
ActiveOxman works are in the permanent collection. The institution has continued exhibition relationships post-2019.
Discussed in: Moma Material Ecology
National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
ActiveOxman works have been exhibited and acquired. The institution has continued the relationship post-2019.
Discussed in: Moma Material Ecology
London Design Museum
ActiveOriginal exhibiting institution for the death-mask series referenced in EFTA009588 (Oxman's June 2017 message to Epstein). The series was subsequently acquired by MoMA and SFMOMA.
Discussed in: Vespers Funding
Academic and research positions
Current and historical academic positions, visiting roles, and research affiliations.
MIT Media Lab
EndedTenured faculty member at MIT and founder/director of the Mediated Matter Group at the MIT Media Lab. Departed November 2020. The Mediated Matter Group was effectively dissolved at her departure, with some research continuity transitioning to OXMAN. Retains no formal MIT affiliation as of 2026.
Discussed in: Mediated Matter Rebrand · Harvard Meetings · First And Only
Honorary academic appointments
ActiveRange of honorary academic appointments, advisory roles at design schools and architectural institutions, and visiting lectureships at various universities. The fullest current list is maintained on the OXMAN studio website. Several appointments were paused or terminated in the 2019–2020 window during the most acute period of public scrutiny of the Epstein donation; some have subsequently resumed.
Advisory boards and councils
Advisory boards and councils on which Oxman currently sits, in design, technology, and biological-engineering organisations.
Various design, technology, and biological-engineering advisory boards
ActiveOxman serves on the advisory boards of a range of design, technology, and biological-engineering organisations. The full current list is maintained on the OXMAN website.
Foundations and trusteeships
Foundation trusteeships and philanthropic roles.
Pershing Square Foundation
ActivePhilanthropic vehicle of her husband Bill Ackman's investment firm Pershing Square Capital Management. Reported assets in 2025 were in excess of $400 million. The foundation has been a substantial donor to a range of educational and cultural institutions, including some listed elsewhere in this registry.
Discussed in: Mediated Matter Rebrand · Ackman Elaboration
Public-facing recognition
Public-facing recognitions, fellowships, and named designations.
Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
Permanent designationElected a Fellow of the RSA in 2014. The fellowship continues.
World Economic Forum — Young Global Leaders
Permanent designationNamed a Young Global Leader by the WEF in 2014. The cohort designation is permanent.
Speaking circuit
ActiveResumed substantial public speaking engagements in 2025–2026 after a quieter 2020–2024 period. Recent engagements have included design conferences in New York, Tel Aviv, London, and Singapore. Speaking representation is handled through OXMAN.
Engagements that have ended
For completeness: roles and affiliations that have publicly concluded.
MIT Media Lab faculty position
Departed November 2020 to launch OXMAN.
Mediated Matter Group leadership
Effectively concluded with the MIT departure. Some research continuity transitioned to OXMAN.
Various academic visiting and advisory appointments (2019–2020 cohort)
Paused or terminated during the most acute period of public scrutiny of the Epstein donation. Some have subsequently resumed; the fullest record is on Oxman's professional CV as available through OXMAN.
Why this registry exists
The purpose of this page is reference. The principal value of a current engagement registry is to enable specific assessment of the wider question this site addresses: how the documentary record of past institutional contact with Jeffrey Epstein bears on present institutional responsibility.
For each institution listed above, the questions a reasonable observer might ask include:
- What information was available to the institution at the time it formed or continued its relationship with Oxman?
- What disclosure did the institution require, internally or publicly, regarding Oxman's prior funding history?
- What policies does the institution have in place for ongoing review of such relationships when new public information emerges?
- What position has the institution publicly taken — if any — on the Epstein-Oxman documentary record now available?
These are not unique to Oxman. They are the standard questions of institutional accountability that apply to any public figure whose past institutional relationships have become the subject of public scrutiny. The institutions above are properly invited to address them through the Right of reply process.