Sampada Aranke, Scholar in Residence, Manetti Shrem
Museum, and Dan Nadel, Curator at Large, Manetti Shrem
Museum, will host a colloquium for the Cultural Studies
Graduate Group on Curating Black Rage and Black
Utopias: Mike Henderson, Before the Fire, 1965-1985. This
zoom event will be held Thursday, March 10 from 4-6 pm (PST).
William Wiley was a longtime UC Davis art professor, renowned
artist, punster and champion of the Slant Step, a touchstone
of Funk art. His work from the mid-1960s, some made with his
student Bruce Nauman, gets a close look in “William
T. Wiley and the Slant Step: All on the Line” at the
Jan Shrem and
Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art. The exhibition gathers for
the first time many slant step objects made by both artists and
others.
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.
The E Street Gallery in Sacramento is presenting a tribute
exhibition to artist Linda Katzdorn Austin who died last year.
With remarkable efficiency, humor, and care for our students,
Linda managed the art studio’s printmaking lab for nearly twenty
years.
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.
Alum Anna Davidson (M.F.A. ‘16) has been awarded a National Endowment for the
ArtsResearch 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.
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?”
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).
Former Professor Squeak Carnwath is currently featured
in several shows across the county. Nearby at b. sakata garo in
Sacramento, Carnwath’s solo show ”Here Now Then When” will
be on view until December 4, 2021. Carnwath was a Professor in
Art Studio from 1983-1998 before transferring to UCB’s Art
Practice Department.
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
Opening on November 12 at the Pence Gallery! “First
Impressions: Early Prints by Roy De Forest” offers a remarkable
look at the artist’s early explorations in printmaking.
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.
“Every (Movie, Sound, Image, Text) on my cell phone,” Professor
Darrin Martin’s 2009 video, is currently live streaming as part
of the Digital
Amnesia program curated by Montse Pujol
Solà on the Impakt Channel.
Professor Darrin Martin’s video and 3D print “Contrapposto” is
included in “Crip*,” a new
traveling exhibition curated by Liza Sylvestre at Krannert Art Museum, University
of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois.
“Take Breath is Breath (Breathe),” Professor Darrin
Martin’s new video in response to the pandemic, makes its
premiere as part of “Interconnected,”
a group show curated by Jackie Clay and Jillian Crochet
at San Francisco’s Southern
Exposure.
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.
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).
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Sacramento, CA 95816
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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.
Alum Paul Taylor (MFA, ‘11) is participating in Round Weather’s latest group
show “Wind
Over Water.” The exhibition, which considers art as a
meditation device and/or spiritual practice, also includes
artists Shelley Hoyt, Rumi Koshino, Maisin artists, Nkiruka
Oparah, Yulia Pinkusevich, Jesse Schlesinger, Elizabeth Sims,
Andrew Sungtaek, and Rosie Lee Tompkins.
Two new exhibitions at the Hosfelt Gallery and at the di Rosa
Center for Contemporary Art honor the self-deprecating wit of
Professor Emeritus William Wiley.
University of Kansas associate professor and alum Benjamin
Rosenthal (M.F.A., ‘ 11) has a new show titled “And the band
played on, and on on” at Studios Inc. in Kansas City.
In Brooklyn Rail’s Weekend Journal #125, alum Hong Chun
Zhang (M.F.A, ‘ ‘04) gives a tour of her Kansas studio and
shares details about her new body of work made during the
pandemic.
Tavarus Blackmon (M.F.A, ‘18) is featured in a group show
presenting the latest work of the 2020-2021 Kala Art Institute’s Fellows and Media
Residents.
“On the Boundary,” a new exhibition at Datz Museum of
Art in Gwangju, Korea, features the works of Professors Young Suh
(art studio) and Katie Peterson (English).
Daniel Herr (B.A., art studio, ‘04) has curated and is showing in
the group show “The Escape” at The Java Project in Brooklyn.
In addition to Herr, artists Colleen Marie Foley, Graham Duward,
Nick Naber, Arielle Falk, David Price, Amy Lincoln, Chris Hood,
Noah Dillon, Henri Paul Broyard, and Corey Presha are
participating.
Alum Brooklynn Johnson (M.F.A., ‘19) solo show “Folding
Mirror” opens August 4 at eeee in Mexico City.
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experimentación y exposición en la Escandón) is an independent
work and exhibit space for artists. Artists participate in eeeee
for short periods (1 to 3 months) to focus on producing a new
body of work and then exhibit their work during or at the end of
their stay.
The Verge Center for the Art’s original documentary
series About the Artist: Making Art in the Golden
State premiers Thursday, July 22 with an episode
featuring alum and Sacramento-based artist Manuel
Fernando Rios (M.F.A., ‘11).
Alum Raymond Zarnowitz (B.A., ‘12) will exhibit recent paintings
in a solo show ”Meaning and Difference” at 373
Broadway, New York. “Meaning and Difference” will run from July 2
to July 31 on Fridays and Saturdays with an Opening Reception on
Friday from 6-9 pm.
A new exhibition featuring work by art alumni that recasts a
unique chapter of Northern California’s unconventional art
history will open July 1 at the Jan Shrem and Maria
Manetti Shrem Museum of Art.
Annabeth Rosen has received a UC Davis 2021 Lifetime Achievement
Award. The Lifetime Achievement Awards in Innovation
recognize researchers whose career accomplishments include
innovations leading to a long-term positive impact on the lives
of others and who are an inspiring influence for other
innovators.
Kristin Hough (M.F.A., ‘16) has curated a group show at Test Site
Projects which will be opening Saturday, June 26. “SEEDED”
includes alum Arielle Rebek (M.F.A., ‘17), as well as Devra Fox,
Charlotte Lethbridge and Katharine Spinella.
Genevra Daley is the
winner of the 2021 Keister and Allen Art Purchase Prize for a
Master of Fine Arts student in studio art. One of her works will
be purchased for the UC Davis Fine Arts Collection.
Indy Film Library has
posted a review of “Poem Reply to Sofia,” an experimental film by
first-year M.F.A. candidate Sofia Del Pedregal, in their recent
newsletter. .
Alum Matthew Kelly Debbaudt (M.F.A., ‘15) is
presenting a solo show in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 2. His
show “Moment Notice” is onsite, for one-night only from 6 pm
onward. Matthew will document ”Moment Notice” on his
Instagram
as well.
The new Manetti Shrem Museum exhibition, “Wayne
Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation,” celebrates
Thiebaud’s contributions and impact on the local and
national art community. In particular, the
exhibition features numerous Art Studio alum whose careers
and artistic philosophies were formulated by the teaching of
Wayne Thiebaud.
“Everday Inspiration: A Still Life Invitation Show,” a group
exhibition featuring artists working working in the still life
genre, includes four paintings by alum Gabriella Soraci
(MFA ‘07). The show will be on display from May 14 to June 4 on
site as well as
online at the Maude Kerns Art Center. For the
exhibit, Kate Bollons, Sarah Ciampa, Carolyn Gates, Jordan K.
Professor Emeritus Mike Henderson was recently interviewed
by Janet Reilly of the Nob Hill Gazette for his current show at
the Haines Gallery in San Francisco.
“Shifting
Sands,” an exhibition co-curated by alum Hedwig Brouckaert
(MFA ‘05), Ghislaine Sabiti and Yvette Molina,
celebrates the many different cultures and backgrounds found
in NYC.
The students, faculty and staff of the Department of Art and Art
History pay tribute to UC Davis Professor Emeritus
William T. Wiley, who passed away Sunday, April 25. Wiley
was one of the department’s pioneers as an artist and
educator.
Pinewood Vortex, a collaboration between Kristin Hough (MFA ‘16)
and Faith Sponsler (MFA ‘17), began with an impulse to widen the
scope of who makes and shows land art, a field traditionally male
dominated.
Join Justina Martino (MA, Art History, ‘15) for a Verge Art
Center Lunchtime Art Chat with Muzi Li Rowe (MFA, Art Studio,
‘17) on April 30 at 12:00 PM (PST). Muzi, a Verge Center Ali
Youssefi Project alum, will share a slideshow about her art,
inspirations and processes and attendees will have the
opportunity to ask questions.
Professor Gina Werfel, along with artists Carol
Boram-Hays, Leslie Ford, Augustus Goertz, Arlene
Santana and Gerald Wolfe, are showing in the exhibition
“Expanding Space” at Lichtundfire.
Due to technical difficulties, the May 20 Film Fest @ UC Davis
program has been rescheduled for May 27 at 7 p.m. PDT, with a
Q&A and awards presentation to follow.
The festival features short films of eight minutes or less in
length, submitted by UC Davis students and recent graduates.
Submissions include a variety of genres, from animation to live
action to documentary to experimental. This year the
selection committee has also accepted submissions of original
screenplays of eight pages or less.
Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects (SHFAP) presents “Conduit,” a two
person exhibition featuring alum Daniel Herr (BA, ‘04).
“Conduit” will be on view from March 24 – April 24, 2021.
Artists at University of Alabama, Birmingham, including alum and
UAB instructor Ryan Meyer (MFA ‘18), give their perspective
on the pandemic in the group show “Work from Home.” Faculty and
staff in UAB’s Department of Art and Art History are
exhibiting work created during and about COVID 19 at UAB’s
Sustainablity’s Solar House from March 1-May 30.
Lomex in New York is featuring a solo exhibit by alum Andrea
Fourchy (BA ‘12), her second show at Lomex. “Girlfriends” will be
on be on view until April 25, 2021.
Artsy recently launched First Look, a timed sale of new-to-market
works by women artists that its Curatorial team considers “ones
to watch.” Artsy’s curators include alum Anna Valdez (BA
‘09) in this group of exceptional talent with rising
critical appreciation, and growing collector interest –
artists breaking new ground and poised to reach new audiences in
2021.
A solo presentation of works by Professor Annabeth Rosen will be
on view for
Art Basel’s OVR: Pioneers: Annabeth Rosen. The Online
Viewing Room will be available from March 24 to March 27,
2021 courtesy of
P.P.O.W.
It’s Women’s History Month – a time to reflect on progress
and battles left undone. It’s also perfect timing for
Julia Couzens’ exhibition “Stitch ‘n Bitch.” Alum Julia
Couzens (MFA ‘90) is an uncompromising artist and writer of
discerning insight. Drawing upon over thirty years steeped in the
vernacular of modernist and contemporary art history, Couzens
focuses her critical lens on gender disparity in the visual arts
in her new show ”Stitch ‘n Bitch” which opens at the
Patricia Sweetow Gallery on Saturday, April 3.
The Verge Center for the Arts is re-opening
and presenting its first exhibition in a year on site.
“Class of
2020″ showcases the work of the 2020 Ali Youssefi Project
(AYP) artists in residence, including alum Brooklynn Johnson (MFA
‘19), Vincent Pacheco (MFA ‘17), and Muzi Li Rowe (MFA
‘17).
Professor Shiva Ahmadi, along with 20 other US-based artists
of Arab and Iranian heritage, is particpating in the
exhibition ”A Boundless Drop to a Boudless
Ocean,” a collaboration between the Orlando Museum of
Art and the American University in Cairo.
For over two decades the Film Fest @ UC Davis has premiered
hundreds of short films by student filmmakers. Now in its
21st year, this year’s virtual festival is seeking
submissions from UC Davis students or recent graduates.
The Film Fest committee is accepting works that are eight minutes
or less in length. Submissions are open to all genres and
styles, from narrative to documentary to experimental.
Alum Amy Lincoln’s (BA, 2003) solo show “Seascapes” has
opened at the Taymour Grahn Projects in London. The
online exhibition will be on display from March 5 to March
26, 2021. An interview with Lincoln is available through the
online exhibiton as well.
Are you tired of eating lunch alone? Join Justina Martino (M.A.,
art history, ‘15) Public Engagement and Outreach Manager)
and Brooklynn Johnson (M.F.A. art studio, ‘
Alum Sofia Lacin (BA ‘08), who along with Hennessy Christophel
form the group Studio Tutto, recently
installed a sculpture and mural at the entrance of a new
life science research campus in Torrey Pines, San Diego.
“Flock” is a collection of 150 mirror
polished-stainless steel birds that visually merge with the
landscape to give the illusion of abstracted
birds lifting off of the sloped hill.
Anna Muradyan (BA ‘18) is participating in “Devil
in the Details,” an exhibition at the Chautauqua Visual
Arts showcasing alum of their Chautauqua School of Art residency
program.
Professor Emeritus Malaquias Montoya will participate in a
virtual panel discussion in the Smithsonian American Art
Museum’s ¡Printing the Revolution! Virtual Conversation
Series: From Black and Brown Solidarity to Afro-Latinidad on
Thursday, February 18 at 6:30 pm (EST).
Alum Joshua Pelletier’s (MFA ‘10) solo show at Burb Contemporary
goes live January 22 at 6 pm PST. “Something
Rancid About You” showcases Pelletier’s latest ink drawings
that vent ”his frustration towards the inequities in our
society that the covid-19 pandemic has helped to lay bare.”
For inquiries regarding the works in “Something Rancid About
You,” please email the artist directly at dublevae@gmail.com
The work of alum Maryann Steinert-Foley (BA ‘11) will be featured
in the exhibition “Equine Therapy II” at b. sakata
garo in Sacramento. The show runs from January 5 to January
30, 2021. There will be an artist reception on January 9 from 6-8
pm.
Visitors are required to wear a mask or face covering for
the duration of their stay.
b. sakata garo
923 Twentieth Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
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Alum Caz Azevedo’s (MFA ‘20) Community Art Center is hosting
another Second
Saturday Art Talk featuring fellow alum Orang Hutan (MFA ‘20)
this coming January 7, 2021 at 6 pm. Orang Hutan will discuss her
close relationship with her choice medium of fire.
These events are free and open to the public in efforts to help
provide art education to the community.
Alum Julian Tan’s (MFA ‘16) first virtual solo
show ”Catastrophic but not serious,” sponsored
by Nomind Gallery, is now online. Tan premiered a new
video — “No Way Around” — and works from 2018-2020.
Visit juliantan.com to view the
show (desktop version recommended).
Alum Caz Azevedo (MFA ‘20) ’s Community Art
Center will be hosting contemporary artists to talk about
their work and art practice. This coming December 12 at 12 pm,
Caz will talk to fellow alum Zeina Baltagi (MFA ‘20), whose work
explores and exposes the tensions within identity and social
politics. Caz will host a live online conversation about her
project surrounding surveillance as Artist in Residence at the
11:11.
Alum Yuan Chen (MFA ‘17) is featured in “Marin 6
Exhibition” at the Marin Society of Artists
(MSA) in San Raphael. This group show is on site December 2
through December 31, 2020. Open Wednesday through Sunday, Noon to
4 p.m.
Alum Sofia Lacin (BA ‘08) and her collaborator Hennessy
Christophel, who form the group Studio Tutto, completed their
latest mural “Hills on Fire,” large-scale mural at Blackman
Cruz, a renowned design showroom in Hollywood.
“Audio Description as a Generative Process in Art Practice,”
written by Professor Darrin Martin, has been included
in Performance Matters, Vol. 6 No. 1 (2020).
This issue, entitled Copresence
with the Camera, is edited by Lynette Hunter, Alex
Lichtenfels, Heather Nolan, and John
Zibell. Martin’s essay bridges the practice of audio
description in my own work to other historical and contemporary
examples of video art.
Professor Darrin Martin is participating in the group exhibition
“Invocation
Democracy,” a political and mystical virtual
exhibition curated by Monet Clark and hosted
by Pro Arts
Gallery in Oakland, CA, through Inauguration Day, on
January 20th, 2021.
Congratulations to alum Robert Machoian (MFA ’10) whose film
“The Killing of Two Lovers” has been included in MoMA’s New Directors / New Films
2020 festival.
Alum Mathew Zefeldt (MFA ‘11) has been included in “To
Adjust the Default Settings: The Common Zone of Painting and
Digitality-Influenced Imagery” written by Orsolya Lia Vető
and published in Új
Művészet (November 3, 2020).
Whitney Vangrin is an artist working across mediums with an
emphasis in performance and video. Equal parts physical and
psychological, her performances question perceptions of
authenticity, creating works that hinge upon reality and
simulation while making allusions to film, ritual, and folk
traditions.
Zeina Baltagi (MFA 2020) will join Caz Azevedo (MFA 2020) in
conversation on November 14 at 6 pm as part of the opening
reception of her work at Azevedo’s Gallery. Baltagi’s
show will run from November 14, 2020 to January 7, 2021 as a
revolving exhibition. She will discuss her current artist lecture
series at 11:11 A Creative
Collective where she has a residency.
Members of the faculty of the Department of Art and Art History
have completed a video featuring artists, alumni,
faculty, staff, friends and people wishing Wayne
Thiebaud a very happy 100th birthday!
Telematic Media Arts
has produced “The Archive to Come,” an exhibition (online and in
the gallery) of short time-based works that address questions of
loss, memorialization, crisis, and re-invention, through the lens
of contemporary networked culture and digital media. Professor
Darrin Martin, along with curators Clark Buckner and Carla Gannis
and numerous other artists, address fundamental questions
about what we value and want to preserve as we work to recover
from their ravages and build for the future.
Art Music Lit
Space’s new show “Dead Reckoning” will hold an Opening
Reception Thursday, October 22. “Dead Reckoning: brings together
artists from different countries, backgrounds and ways of
creating. From New Media to traditional mediums and an exciting
new Audio Work.
Protest paintings by professor emeritus Mike Henderson are
on display online at the Haines Gallery in San Francisco in
“Mike
Henderson: The Early Years.” This show takes a
look at these early works, inspired by the atmosphere of protest
and possibility Henderson witnessed when he moved to San
Francisco to study at the SF Art Institute. The young artist set
to work producing a breakthrough series of large-scale,
figurative paintings—many of them overtly political.
This Saturday, October 10 from 7-10 pm, catch Vincent Pacheco’s
(MFA ‘17) solo show “Smile Now, Cry Later” and Orang Hutan’s (MFA
‘20) “Ode to Fire” at The Garage on the Grove.
Save the date for Julia Couzens (MFA 1990) upcoming show at
b. sakata
garo in Sacramento. A show featuring her new work will on
view October 7 to October 31. A reception will be held October 10
from 6-8 pm. Please call 916.665.8268 or 916.600.1073 to see the
show. When visiting us please be sure to wear a mask or face
covering for the duration of your stay.
Alum Noah Greene’s (MFA, ‘18) solo show “The
House is Shallow” opens October 5 and runs to October 30
at window mine in Reno, Nevada. This show is not remote so
appointments are required.
An installation of hand-carved wooden sculptures by alumnus
Chris Daubert (MFA, ’88) will be on exhibition at
the Pence
Gallery Oct. 6 through Nov. 29.
Alum Muzi Li Rowe (MFA 2017) will be interviewed by Liv
Moe, Director of the Verge
Center for the Arts, on Sunday, September 13 at 5:15 pm.
as part of their ”Conversations with Artists”
series for Sac
Open Studies. The open studios, which have taken the form of
digital tours this year, run for two weeks and feature 120
artists.
Alum Manuel Fernando Rios’ (MFA 2011) solo show “The
Weight” is currently on view at Axis Gallery in
Sacramento. “The Weight” aims to visually explore the
feeling of carrying mental baggage. Through mixed media paintings
that often include silkscreen and image transfers, Rios weaves
intricate compositions full of colorful abstracted and figurative
forms capturing the complicated feelings of emotional weight.
Associate Professor Young Suh, Department of Art and Art History,
recently appeared on National Public Radio’s “All Things
Considered” to comment on the smoke conditions and air
quality in the Bay Area.
Alum Rosemary Holliday Hall (BA 2013) is participating in
the group show
“Third Coast Disrupted: Artists + Scientists on
Climate,” an exhibition that is the result of a yearlong
conversation between artists and scientists centered on climate
change impacts in the Chicago region. The exhibition can be
viewed in person at the Glass Curtain Gallery or as
a video documentation compiled by the Glass Curtain
Gallery.
Alum Vincent Pacheco’s (MFA 2017, BS Design 2003) solo exhibition
“Smile Now, Cry Later” opens at The Garage on the Grove (TGTG) in
Sacramento this Saturday, September 12 at 7-10 pm.
Alum Daniel Alejandro Trejo’s (BA 2013) art has been included in
SaveArtSpace’s
project “Looking Forward // Queer Futures” which displays artwork
by 10 queer artists on billboards in the LA area. Daniel’s
billboard is on Melrose and N. Mariposa and will be up for
one month.
Alum Hedwig Brouckaert (MFA 2005) is in several group
exhibitions in New York right now. “Re/Location,”
sponsored by AS | Projects and curated by Jill Conner, will be
available online until September 17, 2020. Re/Location features
new works that reflect on the cathartic essence of the current
moment and the process of change.
Alums Carmel Dor (BA 2015), Laura Rayburn
(MFA 2015) and Wesley Bell-Miller (MFA 2015) are all
participating in the “Axis 15th National Juried Exhibition” now
on display at the Axis Gallery in Sacramento.
The New Yorker celebrates the upcoming centennial
of artist Wayne Thiebaud, professor emertius, on the cover
of the August 17th edition of the magazine. The artist’s
painting, “Double Scoop,” is the cover illustration.
Thiebaud is also interviewed by Françoise Moulyin the
magazine.
To access the article and cover, visit
The New Yorker website.
Art Music Lit Space’s
latest virtual exhibition “Methods of Negotiation” is now on
view. Co-curated by Tavarus Blackmon (MFA 2018) and Derek Kwan,
“Methods of Negotiation” asks how we negotiate in a world where
many of our usual methods of negotiation have been disrupted?
Alum Kyle Dunn (MFA ‘12) has been featured in the
magazine New American Paintings 145 (Pacific Coast).
New American Paintings publishes the most important
series of artist competitions throughout the country and
catalogs each in a special volume. This issue
(Volume 24, Issue 6, December/January 2020) looks at the Pacific
Coast Competition 2019, curated by Christine Y. Kim, Associate
Curator of Contemporary Art, LACoMA.
Rachel Dean (M.F.A, ‘19), Stephen Kaltenbach (B.A., ’66, M.A.,
‘67), Douglas Kleinsmith (B.A., ‘18) and Muzi Li Rowe
(M.F.A., ‘17) are currently featured in “Shelter in Studio,” an
online exhibition that is California Artists’ Response to
Covid-19.
Alum Aida Lizalde (B.A. ‘18) has been profiled in
a recent article in Sacramento News and Review. The artist
discusses her work and how immigration status has influenced her
art.
Lizalde’s future plans include participating in an artist
residency program in Mexico City called Casa Lü to work
on a project exploring the decolonization of indigenous cultures
and the new cultural identities people will make for themselves.
Professor Gina Werfel was honored with a Mercedes Matter Award
for her work “Intersection,” which is currently included in the
New York Studio School of Drawing,
Painting & Sculpture’s Virtual
2020 Alumni Exhibition. Werfel’s award was presented by
Christine Berry of Berry Campbell Gallery in New York. The show
is available online through August 31.
Professor Darrin Martin has collaborated with photographer Jamil
Hellu on four images on display in the exhibition
“The Many Faces of Bill Arning.” The show, on view now at the
Andrew Edlin Gallery in New York until August 28, honors the
curator Bill Arning on his 60th birthday. The exhibit
features over one hundred pieces of mailed in art by many of the
artists who Arning worked with during his illustrious career.
“The Many Faces of Bill Arning” is organized and curated by Scott
Hug.
Professor Darrin Martin has recently published an article in the
journal Performance Matters. Martin’s article,
“Audio Description as a Generative Process in Art Practice,”
attempts to contextualize the practice of audio description in
Darrin’s work and in other historical and contemporary examples
of video art.
Alum Hong Zhang (MFA 2004) is participating in the group show
“Out of the Blue” at the Palazzo Reale in Milan. The opening
reception is Tuesday, September 8, 2020
This show, a collaboration with Milan based Alcantara
textile company, is curated by Dagmar Carnevale Lavezzoli and
Katie Hill. Six Chinese artists — Qin Feng, Qu Lei Lei, Sun Xun,
Mao Lizi, Wang Huangsheng as well as Hong – have been
invited to participate, with each artist presenting a new
body of work using Chinese ink with Alcantara material.
In their series on virtual MFA presentations across the country,
Hyperallergic recently highlighted some of the exceptional work
being produced in the art studio programs at UC Davis, CSU Chico
and CCA (California College of the Arts).
Alum Kevin Frances (BA 2010) is participating in the group show
“Documents” at the George Adams Gallery.
“Documents” features paintings, photographs and woodcuts by
Frances as well as artists Jack Beal, Manny Farber, Kija
Lucas and Tony May.
The exhibition will be available both online, in a digital format
and installed at the gallery for viewings by appointment through
July 16 to September 26, 2020.
The New York Studio School
published a studio interview with Professor Gina Werfel, an
alumni of the program. Listen to
Werfel discuss her process and adapting to social distancing in
her practice.
Professor Annabeth Rosen, art studio program chair, Department of
Art and Art History, has announced Professor Lucy Puls will retire as of July
1. Puls joined the department faculty in 1985.
Alum Anna
Valdez (BA 2009 and MFA, Boston University) is having
a solo show at Hashimoto
Contemporary in San Francisco now though June 27.
“Objects of Affection” is her third solo presentation
at the gallery and showcases Valdez’s maximalist still life
paintings which offer a glimpse through the artist’s lens into
art history and the familiar.
In response to
recent events at SFMOMA, alum Lisa Rybovich Crallé (MFA 2011)
and her collaborative “Heavy Breathing”
artist-lecture series ended their residency at SFMOMA’s
#museumfromhome Community in Residence Program which was
scheduled to present “How
to Eat Blackberries” with artists Leila Weefur and Elana
Gross on June 4.
JAYJAY in Sacramento
will present a virtual exhibition of works by the first-year
MFAs entitled ”ENDNOTES.” The show, which will begin
May 27, will unfold with a series of instagram posts
that will take place every other day featuring Havilah Aos,
Valerie Arcara, Jesse Aylsworth, Dino
Capaldi, Genevra Daley, Mercy Hawkins, Gretchen
Lemaistre, and Dani Torvik.
Alum Zach Clark (MFA 2016) will be on the
Kala Art Institute’s Artist Publications Panel Discussion
this May 30 at 2 pm for Art Kala 2020. Clark and Amy Burek (both
of Chute
Studio) will have a conversation with the artists of the
collaborative Riso Studio to discuss their Art Kala 2020
special publications, Risograph and will share their
experiences with the process.
Professor Lucy Puls is participating in the “Hotheads” Tribute
Wall at the Catharine Clark
Gallery in San Francisco. Currently online until
September 5, 2020, the Catharine Clark Gallery hopes to open the
exhibition and gallery to viewers in June.
Professor Lucy Puls and alum — and former Puls’ student
– Sandra Ono (BA 2003) are featured in an article
about women artists in Northern California in the online
newsletter less than
half. Read “Women of Northern California”
here.
less than half is a newsletter devoted to promoting
women artists in the United States.
The Chain Reaction series was launched in 1986 to celebrate Bay
Area artists. Chain Reaction mimics a chain letter where every
Monday for the eight weeks a new chain is initiated. Each
participant is selected by the featured artist the day
before—artists choosing artists choosing artists.
Alum Joyce Nojima (MFA 2014) is participating in the
exhibit Wander Woman 2.
Curated by Rea Lynn de Guzman, this exhibition explores complex
identity politics such as diaspora, femininity, liminality, and
power dynamics. Artists present work in a diverse range
of artistic media stemming from photo-based conceptual work and
material explorations such as performance, photography, print
media, sculpture, video.
Alum Manuel Fernando Rios (MFA 2011) is featured in a recent
article in Comstock’s Magazine, a
monthly Sacramento-based periodical. Manuel shares his
experiences as a working artist and art instructor in the time of
COVID-19 “Art
Exposed: Manuel Fernando Rios.”
Zen Cohen (MFA 2011) is participating in the virtual launch of
the PS1 Media Arts Co-op. They will be screening of short videos
and follow up with a Q&A of MAC participants.
Muzi Li Rowe and Vincent Pacheco, who received their M.F.A.
degree from UC Davis in 2017, have been awarded Ali
Youssefi Project residencies in Sacramento. Pacheco (M.F.A.,
art,’17, B.S., design, ’03) received the WAL residency which will
provide an apartment and studio space for three months.
Professors Gina Werfel and Hearne Pardee are featured in a recent
article looking at how art studio faculty and students are coping
with online art instruction. In “Remote:
Teaching art online” in Two Coats of
Paint, author Peter Plagens explores how faculty and
students are “venturing into the breach” of this new classroom
experience.
Roy De Forest, the late, long-time UC Davis art professor, is the
subject of
a major exhibition at a New York gallery that has received a
significant review in The New York Times.
“Roy De Forest’s Greatness Shines Even in a Virtual
Display” by Roberta Smith examines the artist’s online
exhibition at the Venus Over Manhattan gallery.
Professor Gina Werfel is participating in the group show
“Pendulum in Time” at LichtundFire in New York. The gallery,
which was closed, has re-opened and will be on view until
July 11. Art511 Magazine posted an article on the show. You
can read it
here.
Lichtundfire
175 Rivington Street
New York, New York USA 10002
Art professor Hearne Pardee and art department alumnae Julia
Couzens (M.F.A., ’90) have created public artworks recently
unveiled and dedicated in Sacramento.
Professor Gina Werfel’s solo exhibition “Conversation” will open
on March 24 at the Prince Street Gallery in New York City.
“Conversation” will be on display until April 18, 2020.
Annabeth Rose, Robert Arneson Endowed Chair in the Department of
Art and Art History, has been named one of five 2020 American
Craft Council Fellows. The council calls her “one of the
preeminent ceramic sculptors in the 21st century.”
The two newest exhibitions at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti
Shrem Museum of Art showcase UC Davis Department of Art and Art
History alumni and emeriti faculty. Both open Jan. 26.
Alum Elaine K. Ng’s (BA 1999) solo show “OVER/UNDER” at
Interloc in Rockland, Maine opened Saturday, January 18.
“OVER/UNDER” showcases Ng’s recent work developed from her
exploration of materials, patterns, and their relationship to
place. Mined from research done in Taiwan during 2017-18, these
works combine, abstract, and transform commonplace things,
reimagining them in different contexts to offer alternate
interpretations of our material surroundings.
MFA Candidate Caz Azevedo (MFA 2020) is participating in the
upcoming group show “Biomythography: Making Visible.”
Curated by alum Jessica Wimbley (MFA 2005) and Chris
Christion, “Biomythography” will be on display from
February 10- March 13, 2020 at the Cerritos College Art
Gallery.
Winter Quarter is a busy time for Professor Robin Hill.
Now through March, Hill has two solo exhibitions in
Sacramento and is in a group show in Stockton.
Alum Mathew Zefeldt (MFA 2011) is participating in a group show
entitled “FutureFuture” at Hair + Nails in Minneapolis. An
opening reception will be held January 18 from 7-10 pm
Hair + Nails
2222 1/2 E. 35th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55407
Alum Terry Berlier (MFA 2003) will have a solo exhibition at the
Stanford Art Gallery, starting January 22 and running to March
15, 2020. The exhibition titled ”I Am What I Am Not Yet”
references author/philosopher Maxine Green and speaks “to
our enduring, even grasping, pursuit of a sense of
completion.”
Professor Lucy Puls will have a solo show at the Foyer-LA
gallery opening Saturday January 18. ”To_Fall”Freely”
will be on display until February 21. An opening reception will
be held January 18 from 5 to 7 pm.
Foyer-LA
970 N. Broadway Street, Suite 204
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Alum Angela Willetts and Jamie Banes are showing at the Bedford
Gallery in the group show “The Great Wave: Contemporary Art About
the Ocean.” The show will be up from January 12 – March 22, 2020.
Congratulations to Alum Rosemary Holliday Hall (BA 2013) who will
present her solo exhibition “Encyclia Imagosis” at Paris London
Hong Kong. ”Encyclia Imagosis” will
run from January 10 – February 22, 2020 in Chicago.
Alum Hedwig Brouckaert (MFA 2005) is participating in a group
show called “Luxe, Calme, et Volupte” at The Yard. The show,
which began December 12 and will run to March 2020, will have an
opening reception January 28 from 6-8 pm
The Yard: Williamsburg Bridge
195 Broadway
Brooklyn, NY
The Elaine L. Jacob Gallery and University Art Collection at
Wayne State University is presenting a solo exhibition of the
works of Professor Shiva Ahmadi. The exhibition — “Labyrinths”
— will run from January 16 to March 20, 2020.
Lecturer Deirdre White has a solo show at ampersand
international arts in San Francisco. “Now That My Ladder’s Gone”
will display White’s oil paintings from January 31 to
February 29, 2020.
Professor Darrin Martin is participating in the group show
“Recoding CripTech” at SOMArts in San Francisco. This show will
be on display from January 24 to February 25, 2020.
Alum Zach Clark (MFA 2016), Rachel Deane (MFA 2019)
and Angela Willetts (MFA 2016) are participating in the
group show
“On the Tip of My Tongue” at Carnation Contemporary in
Portland Oregon. The show is co-curated by another alum, Kristin
Hough (MFA 2016).
Art Studio alumni have come together for the exhibition,
“The Resistant Gesture,” now at the Axis Gallery in
Sacramento through Dec. 22. The show was curated by Tavarus
Blackmon (MFA, ‘18) and includes work by Jodi Connelly (MFA ’18)
and Rachel Deane (MFA ‘19).
Alum Gerald Walburg (MA, 1967) has an extensive solo exhibition
of metal and ceramic sculptures, paintings and drawings at
Artspace 1616 in Sacramento. Walburg, who lives in Sacramento,
has created large scale public artworks including “Indo Arch” in
downtown Sacramento and has works in the collections of the
Museum of Modern Art, New York, SFMOMA, the Crocker Art Museum.