Art Studio Alumni News & Exhibitions

Hong Chun Zhang (M.F.A., ‘04) has been included in a group show “Found in Translation: Explorations by 8 Contemporary Artists” at Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. 

Did you know that Trader Joe’s idiosyncratic signs are custom-made by local artists? It’s true — “Behind every Trader Joe’s sign is a working artist who painted it.”

The MexiCali Biennial’s ”The Land of Milk and Honey [La tierra que mana leche y miel]” is a traveling multidisciplinary arts and culture program focused on the ideological concept of agriculture in the regions of California and Mexico. “The Land of Milk and Honey,” organized by Ed Gomez, Luis G.

Vincent Pacheco (M.F.A., ‘17) is featured at Axis Gallery this July in a solo show titled “Sup Foo.” In his first solo show for Axis Gallery

“Material Handling,” a new group show at Axis Gallery in Sacramento, highlights paintings, textile-based works, sound sculptures, installations and drawings by John Cristello, Anne Garvey, Esther Marie Hall, Laura Sanford and alum Josh Short (M.F.A., ‘09). Tavarus Blackmon (M.F.A., ‘18) curated ”Material Handling” which will be on view from July 2 to July 31.

The work of alumna Hedwig Brouckaert (M.F.A., art studio, ‘05) is featured in “Speekkamer,” a two-person exhibition, at Poort 8 in Ghent, Belgium. Also featuring work by Alexandra Leyre Mein, the show opens on June 30 and runs July 1-3 and 8-10 and by appointment.  

Muzi Li Rowe’s (M.F.A., ‘17) debut solo show “Morbidly Optimistic” looks at the intersection of technology, personal history, pseudo science and consumerism. Rowe collects obsolete devices such as used cell phones and digital cameras. Covered in dust, hair and grime, these things were once pristine cold machines until time made its personal mark. They are memento mori of a digital age.