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).
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
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.
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.
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.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
A new show at Anglim
Trimble features the works of Richard and Martha Shaw.
“Richard Shaw, Martha Shaw” highlights Martha Shaw’s
new paintings and monoprints and Richard Shaw’s (M.F.A.,
‘68) Palissy inspired dinner plates.
The show can be viewed online and
in person until October 30, 2021.
“Thunderstruck 2.0: black hole sun” is an exhibition inspired
by a journey to Nancy Holt’s “Sun Tunnels” by the Thunderstruck
Collective, a group of artists including Kristin Hough (M.F.A.,
‘16), Katherine Spinella, Michael E. Stephen, John Whitten,
Morgan Rosskopf and Ashlin Aronin.
In one of the largest Kansas City public art commissions, alum
Hong Chun Zhang (M.F.A., ‘04) was selected to create artwork
for the Kansas City International Airport New
Terminal. Zhang is one of nineteen local artists chosen to
add public art to the city’s new airport terminal and
garage. Kansas City’s One
Percent for Art is funding the
commissions.