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M.F.A. students show new work in group show

August 27, 2024 Nicole Anderson Jamal Gunn-Becker Francesca (Cella) Costanza Josephine Devanbu Brenton Haslam Joel Murnan Raquel Tripp

Art studio M.F.A. candidates present new work in an exhibition marking the culmination of their first year in the M.F.A. program at UC Davis. Particpating students include Nicole Irene Anderson, Jamal Gunn Becker, Cella Costanza, Josephine Devanbu, Brenton Haslam, Renee Lepreau, Jowel Taylor Murnan and Raquel Tripp.

‘Ground Work’ opens on Sept. 9 at the Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery in Santa Rosa and will be on view to Oct. 3, 2024. An opening reception willl be held on Sept. 12 from 4-6 p.m.

Announcement

August 27, 2024 Nicole Anderson Jamal Gunn-Becker Francesca (Cella) Costanza Josephine Devanbu Brenton Haslam Joel Murnan Raquel Tripp

Student Profile

Nicole Anderson
MFA, Art Studio

September 11, 2023 BFA, Painting and Drawing, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2017AA, Studio Art, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA, 2015AA, Art History and Professional Practices, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA, 2015

Nicole Irene Anderson (b. 1993, Cambria, CA) has been featured in solo exhibitions at Johansson Projects (Oakland, CA) and the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (San Luis Obispo, CA). She has been included in group exhibitions at the Museum of Sonoma County (Santa Rosa, CA), the David Brower Center (Berkeley, CA), and Root Division (San Francisco, CA). Anderson has received grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the Discovered: Emerging Visual Artist Grant from Creative Sonoma, and the Mary Lou Osborn Award from the University of California, Davis.

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Student Profile

Jamal Gunn-Becker
MFA, Art Studio

September 11, 2023

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Student Profile

Francesca (Cella) Costanza
MFA, Art Studio

September 11, 2023

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Student Profile

Josephine Devanbu
MFA, Art Studio

September 11, 2023

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Student Profile

Brenton Haslam
MFA, Art Studio

September 11, 2023

My practice is to capture the places, moments, and events where I share a personal relationship through my attention and motions as a collector and documentarian.

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Student Profile

Joel Murnan
MFA, Art Studio

September 11, 2023 BFA, Sculpture, California College of the Arts, 2021

Joel Taylor Murnan (b. 1997 Grass Valley, CA) pursued his education at the San Francisco Art Institute and obtained a B.F.A. in Sculpture from California College of the Arts. Currently, he is a MFA candidate at the University of California, Davis. Murnan’s work explores themes of land and control, drawing inspiration from his childhood memories of a pastoral landscape. Murnan’s sculptures capture the mood of the terrain, utilizing diverse mediums that offer a unique perspective on our relationship with the land.

Website: https://www.joelmurnan.com/

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Student Profile

Raquel Tripp
MFA, Art Studio

September 11, 2023 BA, Studio Art, Pictorial with Education emphasis, San Jose State University, CA, 2017

R M Tripp is a California based artist making artworks on paper. Through a process of archival image collection, digital image manipulation, and then projection, scenes from the familiar past are transcribed in charcoal and ash. Tripp presents a type of “Post-Truth” History Painting. In the style of contemporary media diets that are rife with partisan misinformation, she chooses to be a somewhat unreliable narrator.

Website: www.raquelmarieart.com

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M.F.A. students show new work in group show

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