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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Slant Step Forward
September 12-October 29, 2019

In 1965, art Professor William Wiley purchased an odd object in a thrift store and brought it to campus. The Slant Step is a green linoleum-covered plywood stool with a slanted – and seemingly nonfunctional – step that has inspired artists for decades at UC Davis and beyond.

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Alum Jamie Banes at the SJICA

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art’s 39th annual Connect & Collect Art Auction and Exhibition is opening in October and Alum Jamie Banes (MFA 2007) will be participating. Jamie has contributed The Revisionists to this fundraiser which opens for viewing on Sunday, October 6, 1pm – 4pm.  The Bid Party-Sunday takes place on October 6 from 11am-1pm and the 

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Alum Jamie Banes in Introductions 2019

Alum Jamie Banes (MFA 2007) is participating in the exhibition “Introductions 2019″ at Root Division in San Francisco. This annual juried exhibition will include four of Jamie’s wall sculptures, including two new pieces. Jamie and eleven of the Bay Area’s most promising emerging artists are featured in this show which is running from September 11-28, 2019.

2nd Saturday Reception: September 14, 2019, 7-10 pm 

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Alum in ‘Empathy” at the CRC Art Gallery

Three of the five artists in the exhibition “Empathy” at the Cosumnes River College art gallery are UC Davis art alumni. Arthur Gonzalez (MFA 1981), Julia Couzens (MFA 1990) and Tavarus Blackmon (MFA 2017) are part of the exhibition on display September 13 through November 21. An opening reception will take place September 13 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. 

CRC Art Gallery
Consumnes River College
8401 Center Parkway
Sacramento, CA 95823

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Hedwig Brouckaert in solo exhibition

Alum Hedwig Brouckaert (MFA 2005) has a new solo exhibition coming soon. ”Joyrides” will be on display at the Dhaese Gallery in Ghent from September 1 to October 13, 2019.

Jan Dhaese Gallery
Ajuinlei 15b – 9000 – Gent

If you can’t get to Ghent, Hedwig will also be showing at the Consul-General of Belgium Residence in New York City. This September, Hedwig, along with 8 other Belgian artists, will be displaying their work in “Art at the Residence” at the Residence of the Consul-General of Belgium in NYC, 5th Avenue, 10th Floor in Manhattan.

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Alum Ben Diller in “And Now for Something New” Vol. 2

Alum Ben Diller (MFA 2002) has been selected to participate in the juried exhibition “And Now for Something New”, Vol. 2 at the LeMieux Galleries in New Orleans. “And Now for Something New” runs from August 3rd – September 28th, 2019. The jurors were Laura Richens, the Curator of the Carroll Gallery in the Newcomb Art Department of Tulane University, and Dale Newkirk, professor of Visual Arts and Director of University Art Galleries at Southeastern Louisiana University. They will select a winning artist who will receive a show at LeMieux Galleries in 2021.

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Alum Hong Chun Zhang at NanHai Art

Alum Hong Chun Zhang (MFA 2004) is in a two person show at the NanHai Art in Millbrae! “Body, Self, and Identity: Stella Zhang and Hong Chun Zhang” will be on display until August 30.

NaiHai
510 Broadway, Suite 301
Millbrae, CA
650-259-2100

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Alum Jamie Banes in stARTup

If you were in SF this past weekend, I hope you caught alum Jamie Banes (MFA 2007) in “stARTup Small Works.” For the second year, Jamie participated in the art fair at The Midway in San Francisco which features select artists showing small-scale works in a variety of mediums.

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Emeriti Faculty Featured in Manetti Shrem Museum Landscape Exhibition

“Landscape Without Boundaries,” opening July 14 at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, explores the many ways artists can approach the landscape. Drawn entirely from the museum collection, the exhibition includes art by emeriti faculty members Robert Arneson, Roy De Forest, Mike Henderson, Roland Petersen, Cornelia Schulz, Wayne Thiebaud and William Wiley, and alumni Deborah Butterfield and Maija Peeples-Bright.

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Manetti Shrem Museum Features Alumna Kathy Butterly Exhibition

The first retrospective by Kathy Butterly (MFA 1990) can be seen at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art July 14 – Dec. 29.

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Alum Ryan Meyer in Spectacular Never the Same

Alum Ryan Meyer (MFA 2018), one of three artists in the collaboration known as VINEGAR, will be showing at Freedom House on Thursday, June 27 from 5-9 pm. “Spectacular Never the Same” will present the launch of Vinegar’s first zine Posterior, poetry readings by Halley Cotton, Daniel DeVaughn, Carey Fountain, Ryan Meyer, Chelsea Wilkerson, as well as the exhibition of VINEGAR’s latest drawings, paintings, and doodles.

This event is free and one night only

Freedom House
4911 5th Avenue South
Birmingham, Alabama

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Jessica Eve Rattner wins Nikon Storytellers Scholarship

Jessica Eve Rattner

Jessica Eve Rattner (MFA 2020) received the Nikon Storytellers Scholarship for the 2020 academic year. 

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Major Adam Wever-Glen in 2019 AXA Art Prize Exhibition

A work by Art Studio major Adam Wever-Glen has been selected by the 2019 AXA Art Prize exhibition jury and is under consideration for either first or second prize.

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Alum Anna Valdez at the Dianna Witte Gallery

Alum Anna Valdez (BA 2009 and MFA, Boston University) is having her second solo show at the Dianna Witte Gallery in Toronto, Canada. “Bones & Stones” opens May 31 and runs through June 23.

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Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor at the Lancaster Museum of Art and Art History

Alum Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor (MFA 2005) is having a solo show as part of Lancaster Museum of Art and History’s exhibition “Woven Stories.” This exhibition runs from May 11-July 21 with an opening reception on Saturday May 11 from 4-6 pm. Congratulations Elisabeth!

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Alum Tavarus Blackmon in The Ordinary Instant

Mark your calendars for “The Ordinary Instant” — the 2018-2019 Graduate Fellows Exhibition at the Headlands Center for the Arts. Join Alum Tavarus Blackmon (aka Tavarus Blackmonster, MFA 2018) and the graduate fellows as they conclude their year-long residency in the Marin Headlands. The exhibition runs from May 12 to June 2 with an opening reception on Sunday, May 12 from 2-5 pm. 

Tavarus will also present micro performances with Derek Kwan on May 25 and June 1 at 7:30 pm in building 961 inside the immersive Blue Room Installation.

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Ryan Meyer in Magic City Art Connection

Alum Ryan Meyer (MFA 2018), along with his cohorts of the collaboration VINEGAR, will participate in the Magic City Art Connection, an annual contemporary art festival in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Magic City Art Connection will run from April 26-28. VINEGAR will be presenting a tent installation as well as a free film screening on the side of the Board of Education Building, Friday 7:30 pm.

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Muzi Li Rowe in Komorebi

Alum Muzi Li Rowe (MFA 2017) is showing at The Garage on The Grove in a solo exhibition entitled “Komorebi.” Rowe’s ”immersive installation weaves memory with emotion” with delicate photographs, drawings and handmade DIY projectors.

Receptions will be held April 27 from 7-10 pm and on 2nd Saturday, May 11 from 7-10 pm.
“Komorebi” runs from April 27 through May 31.

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Alums Noah Greene and Joy Miller in Pleasures Thinning

If you are in the Portland, Oregon area, alum Noah Greene (MFA 2018) will be curating a one day show entitled “Pleasures Thinning.” The show, which features fellow alum Joy Miller (MFA 2018) as well as Andy Garrison and Royce Allen Hobbs, will be held from 6-9 pm on May 11 at 2241 NE 12th Avenue.

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Jared Theis AWARDED MITCHELL FOUNDATION RESIDENCY

Alum Jared Theis (MFA 2012) has been awarded a Joan Mitchell Center Artist-in-Residence. Theis will spend Fall 2019 at the New Orleans based foundation, working along side Professor Lucy Puls who also was awarded a Fall 2019 residency!

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