Art Studio Alumni News & Exhibitions

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Alumni Exhibitions and News

Recent news items about Art Studio alumni, as well as their upcoming exhibitions. 

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Alum Anna Valdez Has Solo Exhibition in SF

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.

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Alum Receives Scholarship for New York Program

New alumna Chas (Chastine) Madla (B.A. ’20) has won this year’s summer scholarship to the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture (NYSS).

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Alum Daniel Trejo interviewed in Hyperallergic

Alum Daniel Alejandro Trejo (BA, Art History and Art Studio, 2013) has been interviewed by Hyperallergic in their series Queer Art Workers Reflect.

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Alum Lisa Rybovich Crallé ends SFMOMA residency

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.

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Alum Zach Clark on Artist Publications Panel Discussion

Alum Zach Clark (MFA 2016) will be on the Kala Art Institute’s Artist Publications Panel Discussion this May 30 at 2 pm for Art Kala 2020. Clark and Amy Burek (both of Chute Studio) will have a conversation with the artists of the collaborative Riso Studio to discuss their Art Kala 2020 special publications, Risograph and will share their experiences with the process.

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Alum Torreya Cummings in Chain Reaction 13

Alum Torreya Cummings is featured in Chain Reaction 13, an online exhibition at the SFAC Galleries.

The Chain Reaction series was launched in 1986 to celebrate Bay Area artists. Chain Reaction mimics a chain letter where every Monday for the eight weeks a new chain is initiated. Each participant is selected by the featured artist the day before—artists choosing artists choosing artists.

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Alum Joyce Nojima in Wander Woman 2

Alum Joyce Nojima (MFA 2014) is participating in the exhibit Wander Woman 2. Curated by Rea Lynn de Guzman, this exhibition explores complex identity politics such as diaspora, femininity, liminality, and power dynamics. Artists present work in a diverse range of artistic media stemming from photo-based conceptual work and material explorations such as performance, photography, print media, sculpture, video.

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Alum Manuel Fernando Rios featured in Comstock’s Magazine

Alum Manuel Fernando Rios (MFA 2011) is featured in a recent article in Comstock’s Magazine, a monthly Sacramento-based periodical.  Manuel shares his experiences as a working artist and art instructor in the time of COVID-19 “Art Exposed: Manuel Fernando Rios.”

 

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Alum Zen Cohen in PS1 Virtual Launch

Zen Cohen (MFA 2011) is participating in the virtual launch of the PS1 Media Arts Co-op. They will be screening of short videos and follow up with a Q&A of MAC participants.

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Muzi Li Rowe and Vincent Pacheco awarded residency at Verge Center for the Arts

Muzi Li Rowe and Vincent Pacheco, who received their M.F.A. degree from UC Davis in 2017, have been awarded Ali Youssefi Project residencies in Sacramento. Pacheco (M.F.A., art,’17, B.S., design, ’03) received the WAL residency which will provide an apartment and studio space for three months.

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Alumni Exhibit in Online Gallery

Tavarus Blackmon (MFA 2018) and Joy Miller (MFA 2018) recently launched the online gallery Art Music Lit Space.

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Alum Liv Moe on Arts non-profits in Hyperallergic

Liv Moe, alum and Executive Director of Verge Center for the Arts in Sacramento, was recently interviewed by Hyperallergic on how small non-profits in the Arts are fairing in the time of COVID-19. Read the full article here.

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Alum Returns to Davis to Create Mural

Richard Whitten (MFA, 1987) was recently back in Davis to create a mural. The mural located in the alley behind Peet’s Coffee, 231 E St., is based on his 2016 painting “Looking Glass.”

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Art Professor and Alumnae Create Public Art in Sacramento

Hearne Pardee Gina Werfel

Art professor Hearne Pardee and art department alumnae Julia Couzens (M.F.A., ’90) have created public artworks recently unveiled and dedicated in Sacramento.

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Alum Kevin Frances at the Leon Gallery

Alum Kevin Frances’ (BA 2010) solo show will open February 15 at the Leon Gallery in Denver. “Man in the Moon” will feature Kevin’s woodcuts, photographs and sculptures from his Monolith series and will be on display until March 28. If you are in the Denver area, the opening reception will be Feb 15, from 7-11 pm.

Leon Gallery
1112 E. 17th Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80218

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Alum Elaine K. Ng in solo exhibition

Alum Elaine K. Ng’s (BA 1999) solo show “OVER/UNDER” at Interloc in Rockland, Maine opened Saturday, January 18. “OVER/UNDER” showcases Ng’s recent work developed from her exploration of materials, patterns, and their relationship to place. Mined from research done in Taiwan during 2017-18, these works combine, abstract, and transform commonplace things, reimagining them in different contexts to offer alternate interpretations of our material surroundings.

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Alum Mathew Zefeldt in FutureFuture

Alum Mathew Zefeldt (MFA 2011) is participating in a group show entitled “FutureFuture” at Hair + Nails in Minneapolis. An opening reception will be held January 18 from 7-10 pm

Hair + Nails
2222 1/2 E. 35th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55407

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Solo Work by Terry Berlier at Stanford Art Gallery

Alum Terry Berlier (MFA 2003) will have a solo exhibition at the Stanford Art Gallery, starting January 22 and running to March 15, 2020. The exhibition titled ”I Am What I Am Not Yet” references author/philosopher Maxine Green and speaks “to our enduring, even grasping, pursuit of a sense of completion.”

Opening reception January 23, 5-7 pm

Stanford Art Gallery
419 Lasuen Mall
Stanford CA 94305
(650) 723-9294

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Alum in The Great Wave

Alum Angela Willetts and Jamie Banes are showing at the Bedford Gallery in the group show “The Great Wave: Contemporary Art About the Ocean.” The show will be up from January 12 – March 22, 2020.

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Alum Rosemary Holliday Hall in solo exhibition

Congratulations to Alum Rosemary Holliday Hall (BA 2013) who will present her solo exhibition “Encyclia Imagosis” at Paris London Hong Kong.   ”Encyclia Imagosis” will run from January 10 – February 22, 2020 in Chicago.

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