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 Bruce Nauman at the Cantor Arts Center

Conceptual artist Bruce Nauman (M.A., ‘66) created the five-silkscreen set Studies for Holograms in 1970, at a moment when he took a boundary-breaking turn toward new technology. “The Marmor Collection: Bruce Nauman” at the Cantor Arts Center takes a look at these humorous images and Nauman’s exploration of art media and the human body as an endless source of pliable art materials.

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Jason Englund awarded Artist in Residence at L’Expressoir

Congratulations to Jason Engelund (M.F.A., ‘13), recipient of an Artist in Residence at L’Expressoir in Marnay Sur Seine, France. Engelund will be a resident this spring. 

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Alum featured in Billboard Gallery

The Holland Project’s Billboard Gallery showcases the work of emerging and established regional artists on billboards throughout Reno’s surface streets. Three new artists are installed every four weeks in 2022, including alum Kristin Hough (M.F.A., ‘16). Hough’s “HOT! l o o s e $tinkin’ WICKED wild P O W E R” is on view at Wells Avenue and Pueblo Street.

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Alum in new show at Richmond Art Center

Alum Lauren Ari (M.F.A., ‘01) is one of two Richmond-based ceramicists featured in the new show “Dreamforms” at the Richmond Art Center.

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Alum awarded NEA Grant

Alum Anna Davidson (M.F.A. ‘16) has been awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Research Grant in the Arts to support a project studying student outcomes of an environmental education curriculum that uses art-based, immersive, and interdisciplinary teaching methods.

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Alum in solo show at Nerman Museum

The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is presenting an exhibition of new work by alum Hong Chun Zhang (M.F.A. ‘04), featuring her meticulous charcoal drawings and ink paintings of long, straight black hair.  “Extensions: New Work by Hong Chun Zhang” will be on view from January 27 to April 24, 2022

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Alum Terry Berlier collaborates on concert/installation

A Kind of Ache is a multimedia installation and concert from sculptor  and conceptual artist Terry Berlier (M.F.A., ‘03), composer Sarah Hennies, and electroacoustic duo The Living Earth Show (Andy Meyerson and Travis Andrews) that reimagines a world designed from and for a queer identity. The drums-and-guitar duo will play Hennies’ score on Berlier’s sculptures, using objects, music and their imaginations to wonder “What would it feel like to be the majority?”

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Alum in “Out of Our Minds” at Sonoma Valley Museum of Art

The satirical and irreverant ceramic work of Tony Natsoulas (M.F.A., ‘85) is featured in the new show “Out of Our Minds: Clayton Bailey & Tony Natsoulas” at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art.

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Art Study Seminar with Alum Hong Chun Zhang

On Friday, December 10, alum Hong Chun Zhang (M.F.A, ‘04) gave a zoom artist talk with Jessica Li (The Wave Magazine, Harvard University) and Sarah Laursen (Curator of Chinese Art at Harvard Art Museums). 

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Alumna Mercy Hawkins in group show in San Francisco

Mercy Hawkins (M.F.A., ‘21) is particpating in a three person show at Marrow Gallery in San Francisco. ”Two Moons in Sagittarius,” which also features Tahiti Pehrson and Lindsay Stripling, will run from November 29 to January 5, 2022

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Alum in new show curated by Alison Saar

Alum Julia Haft-Candell (B.A., ‘05) has been included in an upcoming show at LA Louver curated by Alison Saar.  In “SeenUNseen,” Saar gathers ten artists that display energy around the idea of Spirit Portraiture — spirits captured in visual form. Included in “SeenUNseen” are JOJO ABOT, Rina Banerjee, Vanessa German, Kathy Grove, Julia Haft-Candell, Kenyatta A.C. Hinckle, Ricardo Vicente Jose Ruiz, Alison Saar, Keisha Scarville and Arthur Simms.

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Alum Ryan Meyer in group show at Ground Floor Contemporary

Alum Ryan Meyer (M.F.A., ‘18) is in the new group show “A Deep Well” at Ground Floor Contemporary in Birmingham, Alabama. In addition to Meyer,  artists Lauren Frances Evans and Sarah West are in the show.

“A Deep Well” will be on view from November 4 to November 20, 2021.

An opening reception will take place Thursday, November 4, 5-7 pm and an artist talk on Thursday, November 11, 6 pm on Zoom.  The Zoom link will be available here.

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Alum in “Rhapsody in Blue”

Alum Hedwig Brouckaert (M.F.A., ‘05) is participating in the group show “Rhapsody in Blue” at the Villa Les Zephyrs in Belgium. The title refers to the extreme mood swings from the twenties of this and the past century. Curated by Isolde De Buck, the exhibition includes artists Sadie Murdoch , Hadassah Emmerich, Hans Op de Beeck, Johan Creten, Thomas Lerooy, 
Hans Demeulenaere en Samyra Moumouh, Maaike Leyn, Sarah Yu Zeebroek, Deogracias Kihalu and Sharon Van Overmeiren, as well as Brouckaert.

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Alum Daniel Trejo in Open Space

How have artists and arts workers been conducting their careers and their lives during the last eighteen months? In a piece written for SF MOMA’s Open Space, alum Daniel Trejo (B.A., art history and art studio, ‘13) shares his experiences of making art in the Sacramento region as a Latinx artist in  “Thoughts at 70 mph”.

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Alum Tavarus Blackmon in new show at Axis Gallery

Save the date for “Dad Life,” an upcoming show at Axis Gallery, featuring new paintings by Tavarus Blackmon (M.F.A., ‘18). “Dad Life” will run from November 6 – November 28, 2021.

Axis Gallery
625 S Street
Sacramento, California

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Alum featured in show at Coaxial Arts

The latest performance show at Coaxial Arts, “Threaded, features work by alumni Brenda Gonzalez (M.F.A., ‘20) and Rachel Deane (M.F.A., ‘19).

This event will be live-streamed at Coaxial Arts on Saturday, October 12 at 7 pm PST. RSVP here.

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Alum in solo show at P. Bibeau

Alum Sandra Ono’s (B.A., ‘03) solo show “Flowers” opens at P.Bibeau in New York, featuring sculptures referencing the 1979 Greensboro Massacre and death of Ono’s namesake, Sandra (Sandi) Neely Smith. At the age of 29, Smith was killed during a ‘Death to the Klan’ protest against the continued racial injustice in Greensboro.

“Flowers” will be on view from October 28-December 18, 2021.

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Alum Andrea Fourchy at Frieze London

The Lomex Gallery booth (H01) at Frieze London features alum Andrea Fourchy (B.A, ‘12). The Lomex booth will be on view from October 13-17 but you can also view it online here.

Frieze London
October 13-17, 2021

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Alum Muzi Li Rowe in solo show at Burb Contemporary

Alum Muzi Li Rowe’s (M.F.A., ‘17) solo show “Magical Thinking” will open at Burb Contemporary on October 28, 2021. The show will be available online and on Burb Contemporary’s social media (@burbcontemporary).

Burb Contemporary
38th and H Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
burbcontemporary@gmail.com

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Alum in new show at Below Grand

Alum Jesse Genepi (M.F.A, ‘21) is particpating in the new group show at the Below Grand in New York. “The Marble Oracle” is on view until November 7 and features, in addition to Jesse, Joe Bochynski, Caleb Jamel Brown, You Ni Chae, Gabriel Cohen, Sarah Miska, Erik Probst, and Randy Wray.

For more information, visit: https://www.belowgrandnyc.com/the-marble-mouth-oracle.

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