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. 

Mixed-media artwork with a blue, crouched abstract creature figure rendered in ink washes, layered with faded gold and gray textures.
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Alum Joshua Pelletier at Burb Contemporary

Alum Joshua Pelletier’s (MFA ‘10) solo show at Burb Contemporary goes live January 22 at 6 pm PST.  “Something Rancid About You” showcases Pelletier’s latest ink drawings that vent ”his frustration towards the inequities in our society that the covid-19 pandemic has helped to lay bare.”

For inquiries regarding the works in “Something Rancid About You,” please email the artist directly at dublevae@gmail.com

Sculpture titled "Stilt Horse No. 1" depicting a speckled white horse figure balanced on tall, thin orange stilt legs atop a black base.
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Alum in solo exhibition at b. sakata garo

The work of alum Maryann Steinert-Foley (BA ‘11) will be featured in the exhibition “Equine Therapy II” at b. sakata garo in Sacramento. The show runs from January 5 to January 30, 2021. There will be an artist reception on January 9 from 6-8 pm.

Visitors are required to wear a mask or face covering for the duration of their stay.

b. sakata garo
923 Twentieth Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
916-447-4276

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Alums in “Survival Sounds” at AML

The latest AML Space (Art Music Lit Space) virtual show — “Survival Sounds” — features the work of AML curators and UCD alum Tavarus Blackmon (MFA ‘18), Joy Miller (MFA ‘28) and Derek Kwan.

Nighttime photo of a person tending a bright bonfire with silhouetted trees in the dark background.
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Alums Caz Azevedo and Orang Hutan in conversation

Alum Caz Azevedo’s (MFA ‘20) Community Art Center is hosting another Second Saturday Art Talk featuring fellow alum Orang Hutan (MFA ‘20) this coming January 7, 2021 at 6 pm. Orang Hutan will discuss her close relationship with her choice medium of fire.

These events are free and open to the public in efforts to help provide art education to the community.

To register, visit: https://www.cazazevedo.com/gallery.html

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Print by alum Darcy Padilla acquired by Chazen Museum

The Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison recently added a print by alum Darcy Padilla (MFA ‘18) to its collection. Padilla has been an associate professor in the Art Department at UW-Madison since 2018. 

Video still of a rendered 3D interior gallery space with a skylight and a green plant, framed by colorful abstract borders and the word "ENTER."
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Alum Julian Tan in “Catastrophic but not series”

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).

Event flyer for "In Studio With Zeina Baltagi" with a photo of the artist standing in her studio, on a dark maroon background with white text.
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Alums Caz Azevedo and Zeina Baltagi in conversation

Alum Caz Azevedo (MFA ‘20) ’s Community Art Center will be hosting contemporary artists to talk about their work and art practice. This coming December 12 at 12 pm, Caz will talk to fellow alum Zeina Baltagi (MFA ‘20), whose work explores and exposes the tensions within identity and social politics. Caz will host a live online conversation about her project surrounding surveillance as Artist in Residence at the 11:11.

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Alum Yuan Chen in “Marin 6″

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.

Mural titled "Hills on Fire" on a building exterior wall, with scattered dark floral and organic motifs painted over a weathered gray and tan surface.
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Alum creates mural in Hollywood

Alum Sofia Lacin (BA ‘08) and her collaborator Hennessy Christophel, who form the group Studio Tutto, completed their latest mural “Hills on Fire,” large-scale mural at Blackman Cruz, a renowned design showroom in Hollywood.

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Alum in “Strategies for Coping” at Axis Gallery

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.

Film still from "The Killing of Two Lovers" showing a man and two children walking down a rural road under an overcast sky, with a small town visible in the distance.
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Alum Robert Machoian at NF/NF Film Festival

Congratulations to alum Robert Machoian (MFA ’10) whose film “The Killing of Two Lovers” has been included in MoMA’s New Directors / New Films 2020 festival.

Abstract acrylic painting in deep blue and purple tones with a glowing orange-yellow light, suggesting angular bridge and aircraft forms.
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Alum Mathew Zefeldt in “To Adjust the Default Settings”

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).

Dark textured exhibition flyer with a gold swirling calligraphic mark and gold text reading "Believe Only the Caravan's Trace."
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Graduate Fellowship Exhibition features alum Bailey Anderson

“Believe Only the Caravan’s Trace,” the 2020 Graduate Fellowship Exhibition At Headlands Center for the Arts, features seven recent MFA graduates from around the Bay Area, including UCD’s Bailey Anderson (MFA ‘20).

Black graphic with bold orange banners reading "I Am a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow" and the NYFA logo in the corner.
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Alum wins NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship

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

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Alums Zeina Baltagi and Caz Azevedo in conversation

Zeina Baltagi (MFA 2020) will join Caz Azevedo (MFA 2020) in conversation on November 14 at 6 pm as part of the opening reception of her work at Azevedo’s Gallery. Baltagi’s show will run from November 14, 2020 to January 7, 2021 as a revolving exhibition. She will discuss her current artist lecture series at 11:11 A Creative Collective where she has a residency.

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Alum Julia Haft-Candell in solo show at the Candice Madey Gallery

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.

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Alum wins Caldera Art Residency

Congratulations to alum Tavarus Blackmon (MFA 2018), recipient of a Caldera Arts Residency for Spring 2021.

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Alum Maija Peeples-Bright in “beautiFOAL”

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

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Alum Julia Elsas at Cooler Gallery

“Chime Choir” by Julia Elsas (MFA ‘09) is an installation of 1,250 microtonal porcelain chimes now on display at Cooler Gallery until November 28.

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Alum Jamie Angello at Art Music Lit Space

Art Music Lit Space’s new show “Dead Reckoning” will hold an Opening Reception Thursday, October 22. “Dead Reckoning: brings together artists from different countries, backgrounds and ways of creating. From New Media to traditional mediums and an exciting new Audio Work.