Sofía del Pedregal (M.F.A. ‘22) has been awarded the
Lighthouse Works
Residency Fellowship. Sofia will be in residence from
Aug. 26-Oct. 7 as part of Session 65.
The M.F.A. class of 2025 — Joel Murnan, Jamal Gunn Becker,
Brenton Haslam, Raquel Marie Tripp, Nicole Anderson, Josephine
Devanbu and Cella Costanze — are featured in a new group show at
Public Land.
Gracianne Kirsch’s (M.F.A. ‘24) solo show presents new work
exploring their childhood spent in a rural home built by
their father on a mountain top in Redwood Valley, California.
“Home After All” meditates on an accumulation of memories of
home, family, growing, and changing in the rural Northern
California landscape.
Jordan Benton (M.F.A. ‘23) and Whitney Vangrin (M.F.A. ‘22) will
exhibit new works on June 28 at Confloptus. Jordan presents
photographs from the project STACKS, depiction of prescribed burn
piles, exploring the visual language of ecological intervention.
Whitney shares new sculptures and video, featuring footage from
the kelp restoration project at Bodega Bay Marine Lab and
fermentation processes at The Cultured Pickle Shop in Berkeley.
In her new solo exhibition in Berlin, April Camlin (M.F.A.
‘24) brings together her weavings and sculptural installations
with a historic collection of beaded funerary wreaths from
the Perlen Museum Berlin.
Steve Lambert (M.F.A. ‘06), co-founder of the Center for Artistic Activism, published
an all-purpose guide to supporting effective social change by
combining the emotional power of the arts with the strategic
planning of activism.
Alum Nitheen Ramalingam (M.F.A. ‘24) opened a new solo at
the City Hall in Sacramento. “Alone, Coming Together: New
Paintings by Nitheen Ramalingam” is curated by Susie Kantor
and will be on view at the Sacramento Mayor’s Office until May
20, 2025.
Curated by Paul Taylor (M.F.A. ‘11), “Drawn,” at 120710 in Berkeley features
work by Taylor as well as alum Kelley O’Leary and Gracianne
Kirsch. “Drawn” opened in March and will be on view until
April 19.
The Headlands Center for the Arts Spring
Open House provides a once-a-season opportunity to explore
the campus, meet their current artists, view works in
progress, and attend screenings, performances, and readings.
Participating in this year’s Open House on Sunday, April 13, will
be April Camlin (M.F.A. ‘24), a 2024-2025 Graduate Fellow
representing UC Davis.
Lecturer and alum Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor (M.F.A. ‘05) is
presenting a new solo exhibition “…and how long have you felt
this way?” at The
Fourth Gallery in Oakland.
Muzi Li Rowe (M.F.A. ‘17) is opening a new solo show “More,
Faster, Better, Efficient” at the Arts Visalia Visual Art
Center. The exhibition contains new sculptures made
with defunct electronic cables and large scale
photographs. Rowe uses antiquated technology and electronic
waste as her subject matter, medium and material, combining
analogue and digital methods, as well traditional crafts in her
process.
Will Maxen’s (M.F.A. ‘23) debut solo show “Watch as We Float”
opens at the Fridman Gallery in New
York this March. “Watch as We Float” features a new series
of 14 paintings examining ephemerality and durability of memory.
Rachel Maryam Smith (M.F.A. ‘20) will present two performance,
sponsored by UC Santa Cruz’s Porter College and Arts
Division, on Feb. 13 and 14 February
On the 13th, Smith will give an artist talk at 5:30-6:30 p.m. in
the Sesnon Faculty
Gallery. On Feb. 14 from 4:00-6:00 p.m., Smith will present
Bubbles of Love: Big Bubbles at the Porter Squiggle. At
sunset, approximately 5:48 p.m., Smith will invite
participants to join her in making big bubbles.
Seongmin Yoo’s (M.F.A ‘24) solo show “Visions of the
Universe” features a new collection of surreal paintings and
installations that explore the mysteries of space, alternate
realities and the future of humanity. Her dreamlike paintings and
large-scale installations will be on view simultaneously at both
the Corey Helford
Gallery in Los Angeles and LP Gallery in Seoul.