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Alum solo show on view at Available Items

Alum Julia Elsas (M.F.A. ‘09) new solo show “Above Ground” opened at the Available Items gallery in Tivoli, NY.

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Shiva Ahmadi awarded Career Achievement Award in Art, Art History, and Design

Professor Shiva Ahmadi has received a Career Achievement Award in Art, Art History, and Design from Wayne State University. The award is granted by the College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts to celebrate outstanding alumni career achievements. 

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Alum Luka Vergoz in solo show at Third Space Art Collective

Alum Luka Vergoz’s (M.F.A., ‘23) solo show ”Forming, here, again” opens Oct. 10 at the Third Space Art Collective in Davis. Organized by DART Magazine and curated by another UC Davis alum Yuchen Hou (B.A., art studio, ‘25), 

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Alum Robert Ortbal Has Solo Exhibition at Pence Gallery

Alum Robert Ortbal (MFA, art studio, ‘89) will have a solo exhibition, Encounters, at the Pence Gallery in Davis opening on Oct. 10. Running through Nov. 30, the installation includes video, costume, and sculpture from several of his recent series of exhibits.

Upcoming Events

Event

Felipe Baeza in Conversation with Prof. Ruben Zecena
Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Room 1002, Cruess Hall

Felipe Baeza (b. 1987, Mexico) received a BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (2009) and an MFA from Yale University (2018). He has presented solo exhibitions in Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, and New York. His work was included in The Milk of Dreams, the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (2022); Prospect.5: Yesterday We Said Tomorrow, New Orleans, LA (2021); and Desert X, Palm Springs, CA (2021), among other group exhibitions across Europe, South America, and Asia.

Room 1002, Cruess Hall, Davis, California
Lecture

Art History and Climate Change
March 6, 2026

Details forthcoming

Speakers

Andrew Patrizio, Professor of Scottish Visual Culture from 1945 onwards, art and ecology, art and ethics. Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh

Alan C. Braddock, Ralph H. Wark Professor of Art History, Environmental Humanities and American Studies. William and Mary

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