Alum Manuel Fernando Rios’ (MFA 2011) solo show “The
Weight” is currently on view at Axis Gallery in
Sacramento. “The Weight” aims to visually explore the
feeling of carrying mental baggage. Through mixed media paintings
that often include silkscreen and image transfers, Rios weaves
intricate compositions full of colorful abstracted and figurative
forms capturing the complicated feelings of emotional weight.
Alum Rosemary Holliday Hall (BA 2013) is participating in
the group show
“Third Coast Disrupted: Artists + Scientists on
Climate,” an exhibition that is the result of a yearlong
conversation between artists and scientists centered on climate
change impacts in the Chicago region. The exhibition can be
viewed in person at the Glass Curtain Gallery or as
a video documentation compiled by the Glass Curtain
Gallery.
Alum Vincent Pacheco’s (MFA 2017, BS Design 2003) solo exhibition
“Smile Now, Cry Later” opens at The Garage on the Grove (TGTG) in
Sacramento this Saturday, September 12 at 7-10 pm.
Alum Daniel Alejandro Trejo’s (BA 2013) art has been included in
SaveArtSpace’s
project “Looking Forward // Queer Futures” which displays artwork
by 10 queer artists on billboards in the LA area. Daniel’s
billboard is on Melrose and N. Mariposa and will be up for
one month.
Alum Hedwig Brouckaert (MFA 2005) is in several group
exhibitions in New York right now. “Re/Location,”
sponsored by AS | Projects and curated by Jill Conner, will be
available online until September 17, 2020. Re/Location features
new works that reflect on the cathartic essence of the current
moment and the process of change.
Alums Carmel Dor (BA 2015), Laura Rayburn
(MFA 2015) and Wesley Bell-Miller (MFA 2015) are all
participating in the “Axis 15th National Juried Exhibition” now
on display at the Axis Gallery in Sacramento.
Art Music Lit Space’s
latest virtual exhibition “Methods of Negotiation” is now on
view. Co-curated by Tavarus Blackmon (MFA 2018) and Derek Kwan,
“Methods of Negotiation” asks how we negotiate in a world where
many of our usual methods of negotiation have been disrupted?
Alum Kyle Dunn (MFA ‘12) has been featured in the
magazine New American Paintings 145 (Pacific Coast).
New American Paintings publishes the most important
series of artist competitions throughout the country and
catalogs each in a special volume. This issue
(Volume 24, Issue 6, December/January 2020) looks at the Pacific
Coast Competition 2019, curated by Christine Y. Kim, Associate
Curator of Contemporary Art, LACoMA.
Rachel Dean (M.F.A, ‘19), Stephen Kaltenbach (B.A., ’66, M.A.,
‘67), Douglas Kleinsmith (B.A., ‘18) and Muzi Li Rowe
(M.F.A., ‘17) are currently featured in “Shelter in Studio,” an
online exhibition that is California Artists’ Response to
Covid-19.
Alum Hong Zhang (MFA 2004) is participating in the group show
“Out of the Blue” at the Palazzo Reale in Milan. The opening
reception is Tuesday, September 8, 2020
This show, a collaboration with Milan based Alcantara
textile company, is curated by Dagmar Carnevale Lavezzoli and
Katie Hill. Six Chinese artists — Qin Feng, Qu Lei Lei, Sun Xun,
Mao Lizi, Wang Huangsheng as well as Hong – have been
invited to participate, with each artist presenting a new
body of work using Chinese ink with Alcantara material.
Alum Kyle Dunn’s (MFA 2012) solo exhibition at Galerie Robertson
Arès opened this June in Montreal.
“Directions With No Endpoints” will be up until July 18,
2020.
Read Kyle’s
interview with Galerie Robertson Arès in which he discusses
his process, unique technique and ”Directions With No
Endpoints.”
Alum Kevin Frances (BA 2010) is participating in the group show
“Documents” at the George Adams Gallery.
“Documents” features paintings, photographs and woodcuts by
Frances as well as artists Jack Beal, Manny Farber, Kija
Lucas and Tony May.
The exhibition will be available both online, in a digital format
and installed at the gallery for viewings by appointment through
July 16 to September 26, 2020.
Alum Anna
Valdez (BA 2009 and MFA, Boston University) is having
a solo show at Hashimoto
Contemporary in San Francisco now though June 27.
“Objects of Affection” is her third solo presentation
at the gallery and showcases Valdez’s maximalist still life
paintings which offer a glimpse through the artist’s lens into
art history and the familiar.
In response to
recent events at SFMOMA, alum Lisa Rybovich Crallé (MFA 2011)
and her collaborative “Heavy Breathing”
artist-lecture series ended their residency at SFMOMA’s
#museumfromhome Community in Residence Program which was
scheduled to present “How
to Eat Blackberries” with artists Leila Weefur and Elana
Gross on June 4.