Art Studio Alumni News & Exhibitions

Alum Julian Tan’s  (MFA ‘16) first virtual solo show ”Catastrophic but not serious,” sponsored by Nomind Gallery, is now online. Tan premiered a new video — “No Way Around” — and works from 2018-2020. 

Visit juliantan.com to view the show (desktop version recommended).

Alum Yuan Chen (MFA ‘17) is featured in “Marin 6 Exhibition” at the Marin Society of Artists (MSA) in San Raphael. This group show is on site December 2 through December 31, 2020. Open Wednesday through Sunday, Noon to 4 p.m.

Alumni Muzi Li Rowe and Vincent Pacheco (both MFA ‘17) are featured in the group exhibition “Strategies for Coping” at the Axis Gallery in Sacramento on view December 5-December 27, 2020.

Alum Mathew Zefeldt (MFA ‘11) has been included in “To Adjust the Default Settings: The Common Zone of Painting and Digitality-Influenced Imagery” written by Orsolya Lia Vető and published in Új Művészet (November 3, 2020).

Alum Kevin Frances (BA ‘10) has been awarded a 2020 NYSCA/NYFA Fellowship.

Alum Julia Haft-Candell’s (BA ‘05) solo show “Carrier Bag of Fiction” will open at the Candice Madey Gallery in New York City this November 13 and run until January 23, 2021. The exhibition title references Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, in which Le Guin explores millennia-old storytelling traditions that favor conflict and violence, weaponizing fiction to reinforce the myths of the hero and the strongman. Alternatively, Le Guin proffers a concept of fiction as a carrier bag or vessel used to gather the collective activities of everyday people.

In “BeautiFOAL”, alum Maija Peeples-Bright (MFA ‘65) presents paintings, ceramic sculptures, and works on paper from 1964 to 2020. 

This Saturday, October 10 from 7-10 pm, catch Vincent Pacheco’s (MFA ‘17) solo show “Smile Now, Cry Later” and Orang Hutan’s (MFA ‘20) “Ode to Fire” at The Garage on the Grove.