Art Studio Alumni News & Exhibitions

Xavier Lopez (M.F.A., ‘98) is participating in the Second International Latinx Performance Art Festival “On the Edge” at Seattle’s first Thursday Artwalk. The festival will showcase a wide range of experimental performances grounded in the themes of inclusion, identity, and intersectionality. Lopez is the director of the festival as well as one of nine performers showcased in “On the Edge.”

“Often I am Permitted to Return to a Meadow,” the new solo exhibition by Mercy Hawkins (M.F.A., ‘21), opens at the Marrow Gallery in San Francisco.

In pursuit of activating her sculptures with sound, Julia Elsas (M.F.A., 09) started Sonic Mud, a band of professional musicians that showcases her ceramic instruments. Elsas considers her sculptures to be fully realized only when they are being played.

Alum Paul Taylor’s (M.F.A., ‘11) solo show “Degrees of Disappearance” opens September 2 at Your Mood Gallery in San Francisco.

Professor Darrin Martin’s Artist in Residence Program at Recology San Francisco culminates with an exhibition titled “Past Life Resonance.” In this solo show, Martin explores the possibilities of tuning in to everyday things and surroundings and the resonances embedded in the things we have thrown away. 

Alum Tavarus Blackmon’s (M.F.A., ‘18) solo show “Tavarus Blackmon: House of the Good Dog” features recent paintings, drawings, and new media works

The Faith J. McKinnie Gallery re-opens a Project Space for Curatorial Intervention with their new show “When They See Us.” Alum Will Maxen (M.F.A., ‘23) and Jessica Wimbley (M.F.A., ‘05) contribute works to this exhibition which opens August 19 and runs to September 10, 2023.