Art Studio Alumni News & Exhibitions

Overview

Alumni Exhibitions and News

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

Announcement

Mike Cole at the CCA

Alum Mike Cole (MFA 2017) is having a solo show — “New Merz Works!” — at the Center for Contemporary Art (CCA) in Bedminster, NJ. “New Merz Works!” runs from April 6 to June 9, 2018.

If you’re in NYC, check it out. Congratulations Mike!

The Center for Contemporary Art
2020 Burnt Mills Road
Bedminster, NJ 07921
Phone: (908) 234‑2345

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Jamie Banes at Reclaimed Room

Alum Jamie Banes (MFA 2007) is one of three artists participating in “What If?” at the Reclaimed Room in San Francisco. “What If?”, curated by Clint Imboden, features Banes, Imboden and James Shefik.  

This all-sculptural exhibition will include some of Jamie’s latest ecclectic architectural models and three-dimensional maps.

“What If?” is on view now through May 11th. An opening reception will be held Friday, March 16 from 5-8 pm.

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Steve Lambert At The Festival Of Live Art

Steve Lambert (MFA 2006) will be at Melbourne’s Festival Of Live Art for the third version of Capitalism Works For Me! True/False.

This will be the Australian Premiere of Capitalism Works For Me! and will be presented by Arts House from March 13 to March 25, 2018. After the Festival of Live Arts, Steve and his project move on to Melbourne Fringe in September.

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Hedwig Brouckaert at VOLTA NY

Alum Hedwig Brouckaert’s (MFA 2005) series “Illusive Flesh of Light” will be exhibited in VOLTA ‘18 at the Gallery Jan Dhaese booth (B13).

“Illusive Flesh of Light” is a response to the sudden deaths of the artist’s father and sister. In these mixed media works, forms are disintegrated and boundaries are dissolved, leaving in sight the signs of the process. As a memento mori, Brouckaert’s work reflects on mortality and the vanity of life in the hyper-consumer world of today.

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Zach Clark in Great Hope

“Great Hope” is a show by National Monument Press at The Union Gallery at UMass-Amherst featuring alum Zach Clark (MFA 2016). It is about the people, places, and experiences that encourage and sustain us. “Great Hope” is an open call and portfolio exchange for print work by artists from around the US and it is an opportunity for the exchange of ideas and conversations around hope.

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Robert Machoian’s Most Anticipated American Indie Film

Congratulations to Robert Machoian (MFA 2010) and Robert Ojeda-Beck on the success of their film “When She Runs.”

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Jason Engelund at MOPA

A work by alumnus Jason Engelund (MFA 2013) has been acquired for the permanent collection of the Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego. 

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Juliana Paciulli’s Know Nonsense 2017

Juliana Paciulli (MFA 2004) has started a kickstarter campaign for her new project Know Nonsense – 2017, an artist book in the form of a calendar that critically and  humorously chronicles the first year of Trump’s presidency. Each month features an image of an absurd consumer object accompanying daily documentation of the public lies and misleading statements that marked his first year. 

Read more and support about her project here.

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Steve Lambert and the C4AA

Steve Lambert (MFA 2006) and the C4AA (Center for Artistic Activism) went to Guinea, West Africa in November to train artists on how they can use their practice to fight corruption in the region. They worked with actors, comics, visual artists, poets, from Guinea, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Senegal, and other neighboring countries.

News

Aida Lizalde and Jamie Angello in “Current Bodies”

Work by current undergraduate student Aida Lizalde and MFA alumnus Jamie Angello (MFA 2015) is featured in a new exhibition, “Current Bodies,” at Sacramento’s Axis Gallery. The show runs Jan. 13 through Feb. 25. Also featured in “Current Bodies” is Omar Thor Arason who previously managed the Art Studio Woodshop.

This exhibit brings together four discrete avenues of artistic inquiry to create an exciting and unexpected interplay between disciplines.

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Vincent Pacheco awarded residency

Vincent Pacheco (MFA 2017) has been awarded a residency at The Studios at MASS MoCA. Congratulations Vinny!

Vincent’s residency runs from January 3-16, 2018 at the Mass MoCA campus in North Adams, Massachusetts. Since October 2015, The Studios at MASS MoCA have hosted over 300 artists and writers-in-residence for self-directed 1-8 week residencies.

Find more information on the residency at MASS MoCA here.

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Kevin Frances showing in New York

Kevin Frances (BA 2010) is participating in two group shows in New York.

“Mokuhanga: Impressions Past and Present” runs from January 3 to March 9, 2018 at the Crowell and West Galleries in the Union College Visual Arts Department in Schenectady, New York. “Mokuhanga” is curated by Sandy Wilmer and Sheri Lullo.

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Alum Deborah Butterfield at the LA Louver Gallery

“Three Sorrows” by alumnus Deborah Butterfield, class 1973, is currently featured at the L.A. Louver Gallery through Jan. 6. 

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Jessica Wimbley curates Biomythography

Audre Lorde, self-described as “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet,” defined the term Biomythography, in her seminal piece Zami: A New Spelling of My Name as “combining elements of history, biography and myth.” The exhibition “Biomythography: Currency Exchange” is the third in a series of exhibitions curated by Chris Christion and Jessica Wimbley (M.F.A., ‘05) that seek to investigate biomythography as an interdisciplinary visual arts practice.

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Kelly McLane at the Denk Gallery

Alum Kelly McLane’s (MFA 1994) first solo exhibition, “Peckerwoods,” is on display at the Denk Gallery in Los Angeles from October 21 to November 22. “Peckerwoods” exhibits McLaren’s newest works which “explore the darker dimensions of contemporary American culture. Finding beauty in both its abhorrent and redemptive aspects, McLane looks to nature as a trope for a widespread sense of ideological sickness.”

Read more here.

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Christopher Brown at the Berggruen Gallery

Christopher Brown (MFA 1976) will have his 7th solo exhibition at the Berggruen Gallery. “Christopher Brown: The Waters Sliding” is an exhibition of new paintings and will be on view November 2 through December 23.

Read more about “Water Sliding” here.

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Hedwig Brouckaert in Fremdkörper

Hedwig Brouckaert (MFA 2005) is participating in the exhibition “Fremdkörper” in the Schmidt und Schütte Gallery in Cologne, Germany.

The exhibition runs from November 10 until December 23, 2017.

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Steve Lambert at Eyeo

Steve Lambert’s (MFA 2006) gave the closing talk at the 2017 Eyeo Festival in Minneapolis. He used the opportunity to ask the attendees – artists, engineers from tech companies, marketers – to volunteer their skills working with social movements. And he included some stories he was eager to tell about the 2016 AIDS Conference!

Listen to his talk here.

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Steve Lambert in Give Us the Vote

Steve Lambert (MFA 2006) will be showing his “Wealth or Happiness” and “Defeat the Ghosts” at ArtsWestchester’s “Give Us The Vote” exhibit from October 10, 2017 to January 27, 2018.

ArtsWestchester’s “Give Us The Vote” is inspired by the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New York State. This contemporary art exhibition in downtown White Plains examines the state of voting rights in America today.

Steve Lambert, "Capitalism Works for Me! True/False
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Steve Lambert in The Discourses of Capitalism: Everyday Economists and the Production of Common Sense

Steve Lambert’s (MFA 2006) street art installation – “Capitalism Works For Me! True/False” — has made its way into The Discourses of Capitalism: Everyday Economists and the Production of Common Sense. The authors examined the discourses of capitalism taken up by people in their responses to ”Capitalism Works For Me!