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Arts & Humanities 2024 Graduate Exhibition

June 6, 2024 - 5:30 pm - June 24, 2024 - 6:00 pm Margaret Elizabeth Culuris-Harp Kayetana Klinghoffer Leea Kramer Allison Nakazawa Lawrence Stallman April Camlin Gracianne Kirsch Elaine Nguyen Nitheen Ramalingam Nicole Rico Tyson Roberts Seongmin Yoo Ladan Joharizadeh Damien Mitchell Dongqi Mo Pedro Ortiz Satomi Zukeran

Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art

This year’s Arts and Humanities Graduate Exhibition, running June 6 – 24 at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, features student work from across the College of Letters and Science.

Twenty-five doctoral and graduate students from anthropology, comparative literature, creative writing, English, Spanish and Portuguese, design, art history and art studio will present their research exploring the pressing issues of our time, including environmental destruction, racism and immigration, while offering both practical and idealistic ways of thinking about and solving problems, or engaging with personal experiences, memory and aesthetic practices.

At the opening reception, June 6 from 5:30 to 9 p.m., winners of the LeShelle & Gary May Art Purchase Prize, the Keister & Allen Art Purchase Prize, and the Savageau Award in the Department of Design will be announced.

Participating Students

Anthropology: Ileanna Sophia Cheladyn, Ph.D.

Art History: Margaret Culuris-Harp, M.A.; Kayetana Klinghoffer, M.A.; Leea Kramer, M.A.; Allison Nakazawa, M.A.; Lawrence Stallman, M.A.

Art Studio: April Camlin, M.F.A; Gracianne Kirsch, M.F.A.; Elaine Nguyen, M.F.A.; Nitheen Ramalingam, M.F.A; Nicole Rico, M.F.A.; Tyson Roberts, M.F.A.; Seongmin Yoo, M.F.A.

Comparative Literature: Kelly Kagawa, Ph.D.

Creative Writing: Briel Brown, M.F.A.

Design: Ladan Joharizadeh, M.F.A.; Damien Mitchell, M.F.A.; Dongqi Mo, M.F.A.; Pedro Ortiz, M.F.A; Satomi Zukeran, M.F.A.

English: Trevor A. Bashaw, M.F.A.; Grace Hayes, Ph.D; Rachel Wang, Ph.D.; Laurel-Rose Xenoresteia, M.F.A.

Spanish and Portuguese: Sara de Blas Hernández, Ph.D.

Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Davis, CA

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Margaret Elizabeth Culuris-Harp
M.A. Art History

September 19, 2022 B.A., Art History, University of Nevada, Reno

Margaret graduated with honors from the University of Nevada, Reno in winter 2021. During her undergraduate career, she helped lead and draft an introductory honors course designed to help first-year students explore majors and careers, including art history. Her undergraduate honors thesis explored the Greek and Phoenician influence on pre-Roman Iberian sculptures and the modern political context of these works in Spain.

Everson 155

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Kayetana Klinghoffer
M.A. Art History

September 19, 2022 B.A., Art History with Emphasis in Museum Studies and Architecture, University of California, Davis

Kayetana Klinghoffer graduated with Honors from UC Davis in 2022. Her undergraduate thesis studied possible connections between the American Arts and Crafts Movement and Modern Architecture in the Netherlands due social, political and educational conditions of the early 20th century. Now an M.A. student, she plans to study the continuing influence of colonial stereotypes and narratives on contemporary visual culture within, and pertaining to, Latin America.

Everson 155

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Leea Kramer
M.A. Art History

September 19, 2022

Everson 155

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Allison Nakazawa
M.A. Art History

September 19, 2022 B.A., Art History, California State University, Fresno

Allison Nakazawa graduated summa cum laude with college honors from California State University, Fresno in the spring of 2022. At CSU Fresno she interned in the Phebe Conley Gallery and was a student in the College of Arts and Humanities Honors Program where her honors thesis focused on the female patrons of the Italian Renaissance. She continues this thread, examining the intersection of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies and art history in the early modern period. Her current research investigates sapphic imagery in eighteenth-century British decorative arts.

Everson 155

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Lawrence Stallman
M.A. Art History

September 19, 2022 B.A., Anthropology, University of California, Davis

Lawrence Stallman earned his B.A. in Anthropology (socio-cultural) at the University of California, Davis. His undergraduate research focused on discourse analysis, social theory, archaeology and visual culture. His current graduate research is situated around the production of material culture in Latin American and pre-Columbian societies.

Everson 155

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April Camlin
MFA, Art Studio

August 2, 2022 BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2015

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Gracianne Kirsch
MFA, Art Studio

September 23, 2022

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Elaine Nguyen
MFA, Art Studio

September 19, 2022

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Nitheen Ramalingam
MFA, Art Studio

September 20, 2022

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Nicole Rico
MFA, Art Studio

September 20, 2022

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Tyson Roberts
MFA, Art Studio

September 20, 2022 B.F.A., California State University, Sacramento, 2021

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Seongmin Yoo
MFA, Art Studio

September 8, 2021 MA, California State University, Sacramento, 2021

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Ladan Joharizadeh
MFA Design, UC Davis

September 20, 2022 Master of Architecture at Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Iran, 2014Bachelor of Architecture at Azad University of Roudehen Branch, Iran, Iran, 2010

Ladan is a multidisciplinary artist-designer focusing on architecture and sculpture. Her work explores the relationship between humans and spaces.

As an Architect, she has an understanding of the function of spaces, as well as materials and an eye for the aesthetics of forms and shapes.

She began her work as a sculptor in 2017, and she has since exhibited her pieces in several exhibitions. She utilizes a variety of materials, tools, and techniques in her work, including bronze, ceramics, and other mixed media.

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Damien Mitchell
MFA Design, UC Davis

September 20, 2022 B.I.D., Industrial Design, University of Louisiana, 2012

Damien is a multidisciplinary designer who has worked in the fields of industrial design, graphic design, and handicraft. His current focus as a graduate student is exploring the integration of Craft in design education and product manufacturing. He uses handicraft and digital fabrication to create footwear and other wearable accessories to explore new means of manufacturing. Damien is a recipient of a Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship, the Christina Bullock Sustainable Design Award, and the VentureWell Award.

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Dongqi Mo
MFA Design, UC Davis

September 20, 2022 B.F.A., Southern Utah University, 2022

Dongqi Mo, a UCD Design graduate student, boasts 3 years of UI/UX and 4 years of graphic design experience. His projects include brand designs for Southern Utah University and Russell Properties, and web page/social media designs. Fluent in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese, his international background allows him to effectively integrate cultural design differences. In 2022, he contributed to an app redesign for the UCD Transportation Service Department to optimize scheduling. Dongqi thrives on interdisciplinary collaboration to diversify his designs.

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Pedro Ortiz
MFA Design, UC Davis

September 20, 2022 B.Arch., Architecture & Design, American University, Asuncion Paraguay

Pedro Ortiz is an architect passionate about using design & architecture to promote social justice, tackle inequality, and address urgent socio-environmental issues such as climate change and the affordable housing crisis.

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Satomi Zukeran
MFA Design, UC Davis

September 20, 2022 B.A., Graphic Design and Media Arts, Southern New Hampshire University, 2020

Satomi is an interdisciplinary designer with professional experience in graphic and UX design. Her graduate research centers on AI integration in creative applications and front-end web development. Satomi is the recipient of the Keller Pathway Fellowship for 2023/24.

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