COMING UP

MFA alum Sabrina Piersol The Blue of It

Reception: June 29, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.

June 29 - July 27, 2024

Sow & Tailor, Los Angeles CA

This painting series by Piersol, inspired by a plethora of influences ranging from Mary Oliver’s nature-infused poetry to the ethereal music of Fleetwood Mac, invites viewers into a world where tradition and personal narrative intermingle with the natural world, creating a profound sense of continuity and resilience.

Postdoctoral Fellow Sahar Sajadieh Tales of the Hair (قصه های گیسو) in Ethos Exhibit

June 22 - June 29, 2024

International Symposium on Electronic Art, Brisbane AUS

Tales of the Hair (قصه های گیسو) is my artistic response to the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement in Iran, my personal-political dance in a dialogue with the wisdom of Persian mythology, and my poetic therapeutic co-creation with generative AI. Tales of the Hair strives to decolonize and reclaim the narratives of the Iranian movement while creating a universal visual poetry about obtaining one’s power as a community.

MFA alum Abdulhamid Kircher Rotting from Within

June 29 - August 31, 2024

carlier | gebauer, Berlin Germany

Rotting from Within is Abdulhamid Kircher’s first presentation of the eponymously titled body of work and the first exhibition of the artist at carlier | gebauer. The title captures a feeling which the artist describes as “the unearthing of my father and the generational trauma that exists within the patriarchs of my family; subsequently the task of uncovering my own self amidst the things passed down”.

Emeriti Professors Helen Mayer & Newton Harrison Survival Piece #5: Portable Orchard 

June 29, 2024 - January 1, 2025 

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY

Survival Piece #5: Portable Orchard marks the first standalone museum presentation of the fully realized indoor citrus grove conceived and designed in 1972 by artists and Emeriti Professors Helen Mayer Harrison (1927–2018) and Newton Harrison (1932–2022).

Postdoctoral Fellow Sahar Sajadieh in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Online Exhibition

CVPR AI Art Gallery, Seattle WA

Tales of the Hair (قصه های گیسو) is my artistic response to the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement in Iran, my personal-political dance in a dialogue with the wisdom of Persian mythology, and my poetic therapeutic co-creation with generative AI. Tales of the Hair strives to decolonize and reclaim the narratives of the Iranian movement while creating a universal visual poetry about obtaining one’s power as a community.

MFA Nathan Storey in room in a room in a room

Closing Reception & Talk: July 11, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

June 6 - July 14, 2024 

Level of Service Not Required, La Jolla CA

This group exhibition features eight local artists with significant voices and influence working in photography, painting, printmaking, pottery and sculpture. There will be an opening reception with a ribbon cutting ceremony and an ice cream truck onsite offering free soft serve cones.

PhD candidate Coral Pereda Serras Residency Leonardo@Djerassi

Leonardo, Arizona State University

International residents will explore the boundaries of art and science while immersed in a natural laboratory designed by the extraordinary beauty of our land. Their collaborative research and experimentation will depart from and transcend the focus areas of artificial intelligence, astronomy, painting, environmental art, music, critical art theory, poetry, digital art, and computer image analysis.

MFA alum Angela Washko appointed to Stamps Faculty

University of Michigan

With a compelling portfolio of creative work that ranges from multimedia installations to films, video games, creative writing, and more, Washko is an internationally renowned artist and an experienced educator whose research deploys methodologies that span the interdisciplinary structure of art and design.

PhD candidate Doreen Ríos column SCREENS: On Sabotage and Refusal in Latin American Art

The Brooklyn Rail

Latin America provides a unique perspective on our relationship with screens, echoing concerns of the Global North while also adding a distinct perspective. Screens, beyond being mere technological artifacts, also represent cultural and artistic forms with which we interact, create, and experience our world.

Professor Danielle Dean joins 2024 Skowhegan Resident Faculty Artists

Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture

Resident Faculty Artists live on campus alongside the participants and the academic staff, who are also practicing artists. The structure of Skowhegan's program is provided by one-on-one studio visits with each of the resident artists, and through the series of lectures given by the faculty over the summer. Dean will present a Faculty Artist Lecture on June 24th at 7:30pm.

Professor Ceci Moss Awarded Rupert Residency

Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania

Dr. Ceci Moss is a resident at Rupert in Vilnius, Lithuania this summer, supported by a research grant from UCSD. At Rupert, she plans to conduct research for her second book project, ‘Mutual: Movement Building in the Arts’ which is an anthology of edited conversations with leading artists, curators, critics, activists and theorists that aims to plant seeds for paradigmatic changes within the art sector.

CLOSING SOON

Professor Rubén Ortiz Torres in Monumental Perspectives III

September 7, 2023 - June 30, 2024

LACMA x SNAPCHAT, Los Angeles CA

Monumental Perspectives brings together artists and technologists to create augmented reality monuments that explore just some of the histories of Los Angeles communities in an effort to highlight perspectives from across the region.

Professor Paul Mpagi Sepuya in Nineteenth-Century Photography Now

April 9 - July 7, 2024

Getty Center, Los Angeles CA

The earliest photographs—often associated with small, faded, sepia-toned images—may seem to belong to a bygone era, but many of the conventions established during photography’s earliest years persist today. Organized around five themes dating back to the medium’s beginnings, this exhibition explores nineteenth-century photographs through the work of twenty-one contemporary artists.

PhD student Tiffany Wai-Ying Beres curated Shan Shui Reboot

March 7 - July 7, 2024

China Institute Gallery, New York NY

The exhibition highlights a new generation of artists who are reinterpreting traditional Chinese landscape painting in the context of today’s global social issues and climate crisis. Shan shui refers to the time-honored painting of natural landscapes with brush and ink focused on an awareness of inner spiritual philosophy.

MFA alum Lorna Simpson in Giants

February 10 - July 7, 2024 

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY

The first major exhibition of the Dean Collection (Swizz Beats & Alicia Keys), Giants showcases a focused selection from the couple’s world-class holdings. The Brooklyn Museum’s presentation spotlights works by Black diasporic artists, part of our ongoing efforts to expand the art-historical narrative.

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