Maria Manetti Shrem Art Studio News

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

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.

To register, visit: https://www.cazazevedo.com/gallery.html

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 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.

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. 

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).

Alum Kevin Frances (BA ‘10) has been awarded a 2020 NYSCA/NYFA Fellowship.

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 Julia Haft-Candell (BA, ‘05) is featured in the inaugural exhibition of Candice Madey Gallery titled “There Will Come Soft Rains.”

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 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 Jason Engelund’s (MFA 2013) solo exhibition “Sunscapes, Icarus Survives” opens August 20 at Adele Gilani Art Gallery in Sausalito.

Alumni Kristin Hough (MFA ’16) and Julian Tan (MFA ’16) are among the founders of Outback Arthouse, a collaborative curatorial project in Los Angeles.

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 Darrin Martin’s video “The Casts” will be shown in the ”Best of CUFF” (Chicago Underground Film Festival). 

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. 

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.

New alumna Chas (Chastine) Madla (B.A. ’20) has won this year’s summer scholarship to the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture (NYSS).

“Four Pinball Machines,” a major work by Wayne Thiebaud, professor emeritus, will go up for sale in New York at Christie’s on July 10.

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.

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.

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.

Julia Rigby (MFA 2020) has been included in the online exhibition “Assemblage: The MFA Show” organized by The Olympia Project in New York City.

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.

Art professor Hearne Pardee and art department alumnae Julia Couzens (M.F.A., ’90) have created public artworks recently unveiled and dedicated in Sacramento.

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.

On Jan. 17 in conjunction with her solo exhibition, “Annabeth Rosen: Fired, Broken, Gathered, Heaped” at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, Rosen, professor of art and art chair, will present “You can only go to a new place once,” exploring the contemporary art world’s rising focus on ceramics.

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.

Work by Art Studio alumna Jodi Connelly (MFA ’18) is a new exhibition, “Before You Were This Place, You Were Another Place,” at the Verge Center for the Arts.

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.

Alum Shawn Sullivan (BA, 1991) has been the Sheldon High School animation teacher since 1998. He has also been a mentor to his Elk Grove students, helping many launch into successful careers in the arts, media and the entertainment industry, including performance artist David Garibaldi. Today the mentor and the former student are collaborators on a nonprofit called Creator X which links student artists with practicing professionals.

Work by Associate Professor Shiva Ahmadi, graduate adviser Art Studio, is currently on exhibition at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York. 

Zach Clark, M.F.A. 2018 art studio, has recently published his newest zine “Raised Beds,” about home gardening, collaborating with dirt, and being a person in the city. 

Professor Hearne Pardee’ will have a solo show at the Bowery Gallery in New York entitled “N/S/E/W: Painting|Drawing|Collage.” The show will run from October 1 to October 26, 2019. An opening reception will be held October 3 from 5-8 pm.

The George Adams Gallery in New York is currently showcasing nuclear war-themed works by Robert Arneson, professor emeritus, art and art history, 1962-1992, in a new exhibition.

Alum Jamie Banes (MFA 2007) is participating in the exhibition “Introductions 2019″ at Root Division in San Francisco. This annual juried exhibition will include four of Jamie’s wall sculptures, including two new pieces. Jamie and eleven of the Bay Area’s most promising emerging artists are featured in this show which is running from September 11-28, 2019.

2nd Saturday Reception: September 14, 2019, 7-10 pm 

Three of the five artists in the exhibition “Empathy” at the Cosumnes River College art gallery are UC Davis art alumni. Arthur Gonzalez (MFA 1981), Julia Couzens (MFA 1990) and Tavarus Blackmon (MFA 2017) are part of the exhibition on display September 13 through November 21. An opening reception will take place September 13 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. 

CRC Art Gallery
Consumnes River College
8401 Center Parkway
Sacramento, CA 95823

Alum Hedwig Brouckaert (MFA 2005) has a new solo exhibition coming soon. ”Joyrides” will be on display at the Dhaese Gallery in Ghent from September 1 to October 13, 2019.

Jan Dhaese Gallery
Ajuinlei 15b – 9000 – Gent

If you can’t get to Ghent, Hedwig will also be showing at the Consul-General of Belgium Residence in New York City. This September, Hedwig, along with 8 other Belgian artists, will be displaying their work in “Art at the Residence” at the Residence of the Consul-General of Belgium in NYC, 5th Avenue, 10th Floor in Manhattan.