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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Professor Darrin Martin and alum Torreya Cummings awarded Recology residencies

Darrin Martin

Recology San Francisco announced the recipients of their artist residencies for 2023 and Professor Darrin Martin and alum Torreya Cummings have made the list. 

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Alum featured in Ceramics Monthly for curatorial work

In March 2022, alum Daniel Alejandro Trejo (B.A., art history and art studio, ’13) curated “No End in Sight” at the Verge Center for Arts in Sacramento. The show, which was included as part of the 2022 NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts)  conference in Sacramento, highlighted local artists making clay sculpture.

Exhibition flyer titled "A Library of Forms" featuring a black triangle atop a colorful gradient burst of pink, yellow, and purple rays on a white background.
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“A Library of Forms” features alumni

Curated by Christopher Woodcock (M.F.A., ‘10) and featuring alumni Lisa Rybovich Crallé (M.F.A., ‘11), Kyle Dunn (M.F.A., ‘12)  and Benjamin Rosenthal (M.F.A., ‘11), “A Library of Forms” is a riot of color and movement.

Sculptural assemblage of white tiled fragments with two brass pipe handles protruding from the top, standing on a plain gray surface against a white wall.
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Alum in group show at Southern Exposure

Helia Pouyanfar (M.F.A., ‘22) has been included in Southern Exposure’s 31st Annual Juried Exhibition “Mirror Material.” Curated by Tiger Strikes Asteroid, this show celebrates hybridity of materials as well as identities. The works displayed reflect the diverse cultural, historical, and personal influences that inform our shifting identities. 

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Alum Dani Torvik Has Solo Show in Santa Cruz

Dani Torvik (M.F.A., ‘21) has a solo exhibition, “Drip, Pool, Ooze: Alchemical Distillations,” at the Felix Kulpa Gallery in Santa Cruz from Oct. 7-Nov. 30.

Gallery installation showing a large ink-drawn bare tree with sprawling roots extending across a long fabric runner on the floor, lit dramatically in a dark room.
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Alum in group show at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art

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. 

Exhibition flyer titled "Macrocosmic" with black text over a light gray background patterned with faint scattered dot clusters resembling cellular or molecular structures.
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Alum Julia Couzens in Macrocosmic

Tufenkian Fine Arts‘ new show “Macrocosmic: A Selection of Works” features works by Julia Couzens (M.F.A., ‘90), Brad Miller and Coleen Sterritt. “Macrocosmic” showcases multiple perspectives on nature, the body, and space.

This group exhibition of sculpture and works on paper, chosen by guest curator Carole Ann Klonarides, is on view from September 6 to October 29, 2022. An artist reception to be held on Saturday, September 17 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

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Alum open studios to public

Mark your calendars for the 2022 Sac Open Studios. Two-hundred and seventy artists will open their studios to the public in Sacramento and the surrounding area on September 10-11 and 17-18 from 10 pm to 5 pm.

Sculptural installation titled "Buoy," featuring a round black porthole-like form mounted on a wall, flanked by tall wooden posts standing on a concrete gallery floor.
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Alumni in “The New West” at Sac State

Torreya Cummings (B.A., ‘99) and Terry Peterson (M.F.A., ‘12) explore the natural world in a digital context in a two-person exhibition currently on view at the Library Gallery at CSU Sacramento.

A person kneels on a colorful patterned rug in front of a large hand-painted mural featuring dense foliage and figures in warm autumnal tones.
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Alum McKinna Salinas — a Trader Joe’s master sign maker

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.”

Interior of a dimly lit wooden shed or cabin, showing rough plank walls and a sandy floor with a single small round object glowing faintly on the wall.
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“House of Waves” highlights alum Brooklynn Johnson and Noah Greene

Noah Greene (M.F.A., ‘18) has curated a solo exhibition of new work by Brooklynn Johnson (M.F.A., ‘19) called “House of Waves.” This exhibition is organized as part of a nomadic curatorial project called TRAVELERS. 

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Alum participates in MexiCali Biennial

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.

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Alum featured as Bay Area emerging artist

Root Division’s latest show “Introductions 2022″ showcases the talent of twelve emerging artists in the San Francisco Bay Area, among them recent graduates Kelley O’Leary (M.F.A., ‘22) and Helia Pouyanfar (M.F.A., ‘22).

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Kathy Butterly show three decades of work at the Portland Museum of Art

Alum Kathy Butterly will have two solo shoes at the Portland Museum of Art starting November 2022. “Kathy Butterly: Out of one many” and “Headscapes” present over three decades of the artist’s small-scale ceramic sculptures. 

Painting titled "Tailspin" with soft, dreamlike diagonal streaks of pastel pink, blue, and lavender suggesting a staircase or descending motion.
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Alum Kyle Dunn in “Rare Candy”

The new group show at Soft Times Gallery features bright, colorful and fun ceramics, fiber art, and paintings by ten artists, including alum Kyle Dunn (M.F.A., ‘12).​

Handmade cardboard and paper sculpture resembling a vintage brick-style mobile phone with an antenna, black keypad, and green and red buttons, suspended by string.
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Alum’s solo show opens at Axis Gallery

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

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Helia Pouyanfar publishes new book

Helia Pouyanfar (M.F.A., ‘22) has published a limited edition art photography book titled Once, in passing. Images, taken between the ages of 16 to 19 when the artist lived as a refugee in Turkey,

Detail of a beadwork artwork showing a growling bear-like creature's face with a row of blue eyes across its forehead, bared teeth, and a red tongue, in richly textured brown and gold beads.
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New show at Axis Gallery features alum

“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.

Painting titled "Just Arrived" showing a whimsical bear-like figure walking over pink and orange geometric mountains beneath a bright blue sky with clouds.
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Alum in “Vibrant Explorations” At The Barn

Alum Tavarus Blackmon (M.F.A., ‘18) and Manuel Fernando Rios (M.F.A., ‘11) are partipating in the group show “Vibrant Explorations” at Yolo Arts gallery The Barn.

Weathered exhibition poster with a torn, textured surface in cream, pink, and rust tones, resembling peeling layered paper or plaster.
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Alumna Hedwig Brouckaert Exhibits in Belgium

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.