Art Studio Alumni News & Exhibitions

Over the course of the last year, Zach Clark (MFA 2016) has been in conversation with a handful of artists, writers, and curators in the Bay Area regarding how the current political and cultural climate effects our practice as creatives. As a result of these conversations, Shirin Makaremi has curated a show around this theme called “Reflections.” In addition to Clark, artists Anh Bui, Anna Rotty, Azucena Hernandez, Leigh Ann Coleman, Wesaam Al-Badry are participating.

“Anadromous: New Works by Terry Peterson”

September 30-November 8, 2017
Reception October 13, 2017 from 6-9 pm

Terry Peterson (MFA 2012) is a sculptor who thrives on repurposing objects to create living, breathing installations. Much of his current series originated with a mummified fish, leading the artist to explore ways in which objects from nature mutate in surprising ways. His large-scale sculptural works rotate, breathe, and make noise, and a re further activated by video projection.

Big Pictures Los Angeles is pleased to announce “Staring at the Sun,” a Group exhibition featuring the work of Aramis Gutierrez, Aaron Morse, Ariana Papademetropoulos, and Mathew Zefeldt (MFA 2011).

BLUEorange is proud to present the epic telling of Motion Pictures, a “so low” show featuring the new drawings and paintings of Matthew Kelly Debbaudt (MFA 2015). 

“rumor has it, that sometime in the year twenty fifteen, matthew kelly debbaudt’s imaginary penis was brutally severed at fingerprint by some kind of dark menacing demon. supposedly, the massive loss of blood catapulted him into a very deep coma. trapped in his own head, for some reason, he transformed into “KNOWBODY” — his no longer dormant superego imp.

UC Davis Alumnus Jason Engelund, MFA 2013, partnering Chabot Elementary School in Castro Valley, helped the institution receive an Arts Education Grant from Crayola.