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 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

Sculpture of a light wood structure twisted into a looping, saddle-like form, resting on a mossy green rectangular base.
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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.

Pale bone-like sculptural form with wispy tan fibers, resembling a root or vertebra, mounted against a plain white background.
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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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Hedwig Brouckaert at The Yard

Alum Hedwig Brouckaert (MFA 2005) is participating in a group show called “Luxe, Calme, et Volupte” at The Yard. The show, which began December 12 and will run to March 2020, will have an opening reception January 28 from 6-8 pm

The Yard: Williamsburg Bridge 
195 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY

Minimalist gallery installation with white sculptural objects on a white pedestal, a bright yellow rectangular piece, and a dark framed work on the wall.
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Alum at Carnation Contemporary

Alum Zach Clark (MFA 2016), Rachel Deane (MFA 2019) and Angela Willetts (MFA 2016) are participating in the group show “On the Tip of My Tongue” at Carnation Contemporary in Portland Oregon. The show is co-curated by another alum, Kristin Hough (MFA 2016).

Abstract charcoal and gouache artwork with layered horizontal bands of gray and black resembling eroded, sedimentary landscape strata.
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Alum Jodi Connelly Has Solo Exhibition in Sacramento

Work by Art Studio alumna Jodi Connelly (MFA ’18) is a new exhibition, “Before You Were This Place, You Were Another Place,” at the Verge Center for the Arts.

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Alum Xavier Lopez in Brighter Future

Alum Xavier Lopez (MFA 1998) performed “Oración al Borde del Apocalipsis” (Prayer at the Edge of Apocalypse) in the exhibition ”Brighter Future: To be heard. To be seen. To be free” at the ARTS at King Street Station in Seattle on December 5. 

Lopez, along with fellow artist Lauren Davis, is also collaborating on the Latinx Performance Art Festival in Seattle with La Sala, a Seattle based Latino Arts organization.

Expressionist oil painting in dark red, purple, and black tones showing overlapping stylized figures in a tense, crowded composition.
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Alumni in Sacramento Exhibition Curated by an Alum

Art Studio alumni have come together for the exhibition, “The Resistant Gesture,” now at the Axis Gallery in Sacramento through  Dec. 22. The show was curated by Tavarus Blackmon (MFA, ‘18) and includes work by Jodi Connelly (MFA ’18) and Rachel Deane (MFA ‘19).

Cluster of pale, bulbous ceramic or plaster forms arranged on a low white pedestal, with two black-and-white framed photographs on the wall behind.
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Alum Gerald Walburg in solo exhibition

Alum Gerald Walburg (MA, 1967) has an extensive solo exhibition of metal and ceramic sculptures, paintings and drawings at Artspace 1616 in Sacramento. Walburg, who lives in Sacramento, has created large scale public artworks including “Indo Arch” in downtown Sacramento and has works in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, SFMOMA, the Crocker Art Museum.

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Alum at the Axis Gallery
November 29-December 22, 2019

“The Resistant Gesture,” coming soon to the Axis Gallery, highlights the work of several alum. Curated by Tavarus Blackmon (MFA 2018), this exhibition features the work of Jodi Connelly (MFA 2018) and Rachel Deane (MFA 2019), alongside artists Sydney Acosta, Caiti Chan, Elizabeth Joy Cord, Hea-Mi Kim, Amy Nathan and Holly Smith.

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Alum Noah Greene at TGTG
December 14-28, 2019

Alum Noah Greene’s (MFA 2018) solo exhibition “Can’t See You When I See You” will be on display at TGTG (The Garage on The Grove) beginning December 14 until December 28, 2019. An opening reception will be held on December 14 from 7-10 pm.

TGTG (The Garage on The Grove)
2287 Grove Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95815
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Xavier Lopez Jr. in “Brighter Future”

Alum Xavier Lopez Jr. (MFA 1998) is participating in the exhibition “Brighter Future: To be heard. To be seen. To be free,” a show featuring artworks created by more than 50 local Seattle artists of color reflecting on freedom.

Two people in black T-shirts seated on folding chairs outdoors, facing each other in conversation on a gray concrete lot.
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Alumn Shawn Sullivan gives back

Alum Shawn Sullivan (BA, 1991) has been the Sheldon High School animation teacher since 1998. He has also been a mentor to his Elk Grove students, helping many launch into successful careers in the arts, media and the entertainment industry, including performance artist David Garibaldi. Today the mentor and the former student are collaborators on a nonprofit called Creator X which links student artists with practicing professionals.

Event flyer for "Sonic Mud" with photos of handmade ceramic and beaded sculptural objects, including sunglasses-shaped forms and a teapot, on a cream background.
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Alum Julia Elsas in Sonic Mud performance

Alum Julia Elsas (MFA 2009) will perform as Sonic Mud along Kenny Wollesen, Kirk Knuffke, and Mike Irwin. Julia’s ceramic musical instruments, which are sculptural as well as functional, will played live on Sunday, October 27 from 5-7 pm at Relationship.

Relationship
920 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11238
917-909-1651

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Mathew Zefeldt in Open World

Alum Mathew Zefeldt (MFA 2011) is participating in the show “Open World: Video Games & Contemporary Art” at the Akron Art Museum  in Akron, Ohio. “Open World” will be on display at Akron until February 2, 2020. This exhibitoin will eventually make its way to the San Jose Museum of Art where it will be in view from September 10, 2020 to January 10, 2021.

Diptych installation image: a dark narrow doorway on the left and a white wrapped sculptural form lying on a concrete floor on the right, with exhibition text overlay.
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Noah Greene in “Never Feels Like a Future”

Alum Noah Greene (MFA 2018) is showing in the two-person exhibit “Never Feels Like a Future” at Tropical Contemporary in Eugene, Oregon. This site-specific installation  will be on display Saturday October 19 and October 26 from 1-4 pm. An opening reception will be held on October 18 from 6-9 pm.

Tropical Contemporary
1120 Bailey Hill, No. 11
Eugene, Oregon

Gallery installation of soft draped fabric sculptures in white, tan, and yellow-green hanging and piled on a polished concrete floor.
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Julia Couzens in Craft Biennale

Congratulations to alum Julia Couzens (MFA 1990) who participated in the 2019 Cheongju Contemporary Craft Biennale in Cheongju, South Korea.  She also addressed the 3rd Academic Symposium of the Biennale on “Dreaming the Crafts of the Future!”

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Alum Mathew Zefeldt at the Celaya Brothers Gallery

Mathew Zefeldt (MFA 2011) solo exhibition “Vistas” opens today in the Celaya Brothers Gallery in Mexico City.

“Vistas” will run from October 10 to November 9, 2019.

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Alum Julia Couzens in “Strange”
August 21, 2019-January 19, 2020

Currently on display at the Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive is the exhibition “Strange”  featuring the work of artists whose art captures the spirit of Surrealism. Among these featured artists is alum Julia Couzens (MFA 1990).