Bachelor of Fine Arts Class of 2020
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Designed By: Mailcole Mamo 2
Bachelor of Fine Arts Class of 2020
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Introduction This publication is a culmination of thesis projects that showcase the graduating class of students receiving their Bachelor of Fine Arts. A semester typically dedicated towards developing research, writing, and creating work for exhibitions became drastically complicated as students dealt with the onset of a global pandemic that dismantled any sense of structure or normalcy. Amidst the chaos, these young artists found ways to be creative within their limitations—creating make-shift studios, devising alternative plans to execute their work, and finding solutions under extraordinary circumstances. During a time of social distancing and self-isolation, our students displayed incredible amounts of compassion as they worked collectively to offer their peers advice, feedback, motivation, and comfort. These extraordinary individuals have become exemplary models (for their peers, their loved ones, and all of us) of how to respond to crisis with resiliency and grace. They embody the creative spirit and its ability to inspire in hard times. The body of work in this publication is a testament to creative problem solving, hard work, and community. Senior Thesis Professors
BFA Program Coordinator
Joel Armor
Matt Lynch
Denise Burge Sso-Rha Kang 5
Table of Contents
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BFA, Fine Arts 8 – 11
Taylor Baresel
100 – 101
Brianna Long
12 – 13
Gabriella Bennett
102 – 105
Jesse Ly
14 – 17
Madison Blommel
106 – 109
Alivia Masline
18 – 21
Michelle Cappel
110 –113
Isaac McCavitt
22 – 25
Julia Champa
114 – 117
Nora Miller
26 – 29
Yunseon Cho
42 – 45
Alexander Morningstar
30 – 33
Rain Chou
118 – 121
Madalena Rose
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Kelsey Collins
122 – 125
Ravenna Rutledge
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Sarah Criscillis
126 – 129
Cullan Sanders
42 – 45
Selena Dornfeld
130 – 133
Erin Schaefer
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Andrew Dubs
134 – 137
Fred Schnell
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Kiara Galloway
138 – 141
Carolyn Schultz
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Macartney Greer
142 – 145
Erica Siefring
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Angus Hannigan
146 – 149
Stephen Smith
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Jackie Haynes
150 – 151
Inaya Smith-Sellers
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Eric Heffington
152 – 155
Jonathan Stapleton
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Devon Hensler
156 – 159
Curtis Tucker Jr.
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Brianna Hicks
160 – 163
Christine Tweddell
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Heidi Hinken
164 –167
Taryn Valentino
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Samuel Jayne
168 – 172
Liam Walsh
78 – 79
Connor Johns
172 – 175
Megan Ward
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Sammi Jones
176 – 177
Jordan Wiles
84 – 87
Joss Karch
178 – 179
Charles Winston
88 – 91
Luke Kindle
180 – 183
Qianhui Zhi
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Robert Kipler
184 – 187
Taryn Zust
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Samantha Lakamp 7
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Influences on the Brain
My once foe, now friend: abstract painting. I used to be a perfectionist, trying to make the most aesthetically pleasing artwork I could, that was not working. My current work portrays influences on the brain such as: music, conversation, white noise, inner dialogue, and my brushstrokes themselves. These pieces use paper, acrylic paint, and occasionally other mediums. All tools/materials are chosen by the first thought that comes to me when I experience the outside influence. These pieces are a true look inside my head, each one is made with love and each one is unique to my mindset that day.
Taylor Baresel taylorbareselphotography.com
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Influences on the Brain Acrylic Paint and Charcoal Pencil on Paper, | 4’ x 9’
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Enjoy
Do you remember being a kid, swinging on a swing set, feeling invincible, and jumping off the swings, like you were flying? I want that sense of fun from my art, a reminder to live and enjoy what is given to me. I use multiple mediums to show this with color, print, and making my work interactive. I am currently making a seesaw to remind us of the fun in the simple things. I want to feel the rush of wind in my hair from jumping off the swing set, and to celebrate when I land successfully.
Gabriella Bennett gabbybennett.com
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Coming to Terms
Body image has been a constant battle within women. I struggle to accept my weight, how I look, and with my eczema. My intention is to communicate that no one is alone in their feelings towards themselves. In the making of my work I have come to terms with who I am, though it is a battle still to love myself. The way we grow up, the choices we make, the things we think, and the way our bodies react to these choices are what I wanted to focus on in these images.
Madison Blommel blommemn.wixsite.com/portfolio
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Leaning On My Left Hand
I have found two ways of dealing with the stress of living everyday life. Escapism allows me to run away from real world problems by indulging in entertainment. In contrast, I use American Transcendentalism to confront my anxieties through acceptance and mindfulness. Working on my book and illustrations is one way I am coping with current stress. This acrylic painting is a form of escapism as painting itself allows me to detach from reality. It subtly depicts my inner conflict between Escapism and Mindfulness through illustration and storytelling.
Michelle Cappel shellrocappel.wixsite.com/michelle-cappel
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Line and Form
While producing work I focus completely on formal qualities; the perfection of symmetry and control. I use pattern deliberately as a cohesive tool that pulls disparate forms together. I work in a patient and controlled manner while exacting angles and specific forms, developing a language within objects. The focus I would like the audience to take from this work is both the simplicity and balance which extends from a proportionate design of the body. Currently, I admire the qualities of symmetry and minimalism and continue to push my own boundaries of size and proportion.
Julia Champa jaychamp.com
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Untitled (Tessellation) Oil on canvas | 18”x 24” 23
Untitled (Formal) Oil on canvas | 8”x 20”
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We are What We Build
Where do you live? I have created a virtual city that combines existing environments, nature and buildings. The city evokes memories and experiences that people might have encountered on this planet. People come from different countries and places, but they share similar interests and thoughts. I am from Seoul, South Korea, and it is from time spent in my grandma’s house and her garden that I get my inspiration for the colors, shapes and atmosphere. The skin of the imaginary building is colored with direct or indirect associations with my logic of living in different parts of the world.
Yunseon Cho youtu.be/Z1qT-Pm-cbY
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We Are What We Build Digital Film | 2 minutes 14 seconds 27
Journey Oil on Canvas | 48” x 36” (each panel)
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BFA, Fine Arts
Yellow: In Love
Acts of Chinese Endearment captured on medium format color film.
Rain Chou rainchou.com
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The Impact Fast Fashion has Economically, Socially, and Environmentally
Acknowledging the responsibility to our own, I am exploring new avenues in eco printing. Extracting pigment from plants allows us to discover the hidden range of colors in nature, enabling us to generate fertile conversations around the evolution of non-toxic forms of printmaking.
Kelsey Collins collinsk554.wixsite.com/kcucdaap
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Investigation of Exploration
My sculptures are built with clay, various glazes, plaster, wood, wire, fiber, and foil. I am interested in the relationship between organic form and human-made construction materials. When materials are pushed past their limitations and manipulated in ways not originally intended, an emphasis is placed on the process over the final product. By combining unfamiliar materials with one another, it is hard to predict the end results. Instead, there is a focus on the material’s reaction to one another as these experiments progress. Unexpected beauty reveals itself in previously unseen ways. On its most basic level, my work transforms ordinary matter into something extraordinary.
Sarah Criscillis SarahCriscillis.com
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Happy Haunts
Our thesis project is a collaborative short film trailer using the medium of 3D animation that showcases a naive young girl, house sitting a haunted house. Despite its best attempts, the ghost inhabiting this home can’t seem to scare the girl. Conceptually, this piece was an exploration in character design, world building, timing, humor, and self-expression. Each team member brings a different interest in the process of designing the final animation, with the intense focus being translating dynamic poses in the body, to a kinetic, fluid form in an animation medium.
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Selena Dornfeld
Alexander Morningstar
alexmsta7.wixsite.com/happyhaunts dornfesr.wixsite.com/portfolio/3d-animation
xandermorningstar.com
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Aide Memoire
Aide-Memoire is a collage of monotypes and photographs. Ink simultaneously builds and destroys the prints by way of caustic automatic drawings. This process emulates how anxiety and depression build and destroy memory. The photographs are archives from family photos manipulated to remove color and details within the faces. The connection between the photographs and the prints reveal a similar manipulation and distortion of memory. This project is dedicated to my mother.
Andrew Dubs drewdubsdesign.com
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Aide Memoir Monotype, Photography, Wire, Thread, Wood | 6’ x 2.5’ 47
Detail of Aide Memoire 48
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Pleasure, Pain, and Philodendrons
This piece is a documentation of the daily monotony, coping, healing, adapting, and surviving of black women through colonialism. It dissects and explores the spiritual, ancestral, and beautiful complexities of black women despite colonial abuse.
Kiara Galloway instagram.com/ara.moona
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Pleasure, Pain and Philodendrons Acrylic on Paper | 18’x 24’
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BFA, Fine Arts
How to be HappyŠ
How to Be HappyŠ is a happiness company. Using stereotypical icons and ideas of happiness, it is a multigenre installation that uses fiber, performance, and printed matter to be satirical towards the journey of finding happiness.
Macartney Greer instagram.com/macartneygreer
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How to be Happy Interviews, Installation Shot
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How to be Happy Interviews, Performance
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The Movie: With Steve
This film is hosted by a fictitious character named Steve. He guides the audience through an absurd chain of events he prioritizes in his life. Steve’s account of these events portrays a content mindset in context of a chaotic and unpredictable universe.
Angus Hannigan hanniganmanor2.wixsite.com/mysite
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Pnoē
This collection of songs, named after a Greek word for a divine breath, aim to allow the listener a chance to simply exist with their inner self for a period of time. Whether this is an opportunity for meditation or a brief reprieve from the outside world, this music is meant to be like a breath of relief and spiritual rejuvenation; whatever that may look like.
Jackie Haynes vaalskra.com
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Please visit https://vaalskra.squarespace.com/pnoe to listen to the complete collection of sound pieces
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Encumbered/Erosion
I am interested in creating conversation about feelings associated with struggle, anxiety, and memory through material metaphors. Working primarily in sculpture and photography, I explore the balance between chaos and order. Often, I use reflective surfaces as a way to explore self reflection. Complex emotions lend meaning to complex forms. Finding difficulty in dealing with and understanding feelings at times, I create work that replicates this confusing and frustrating state of being. Above all, the intricate process of creating is perhaps the most important part of my work, as learning what works together and problem solving with materials excites me.
Eric Heffington ericheffington.com
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Fovea
Fovea is a body of work that utilizes color theory, design principles, and optics to activate and question human perception and its fallibility. By engaging the perceptual consciousness of the viewer in an interplay of form and scale, these works use both harmonious and aggressive methods of color interaction to project an awareness of vision’s limitations. Calling upon the experience of seeing, Fovea facilitates a physiological response that is rooted entirely in the present.
Devon Hensler devonhensler.com
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sharing is caring
Rest is seen as indulgent, even though it is necessary for our wellbeing. A goal I have set for myself is to spend time doing nothing, and I have found great value in “unproductive” thought. Allowing myself to experience my emotions and respond to them has pushed my art to center around empathy. I am interested in spaces and how they allow for moments of comfort, tenderness, safety, and rest. “sharing is caring” is a sculptural installation that takes shape as a communal dinner party. I am interested in the ephemeral quality of participatory performance and how involvement from others can shape the final piece. I have been thinking about the dinner table as a still life and how the composition will be deconstructed and reconstructed throughout the meal.
Brianna Hicks brihicks.com
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Bread As Metaphor
With the world moving faster every minute, I decided to counter the culture and slow down. I have adapted the phrase, ‘my life is my practice’ and started to live a slow life. This means living in the present, being attentive and purposeful with my time, and recognizing the everyday. This book includes my journey towards slow living along with deliverables that the reader can implement into their life. There is no judgment or gain for me depending on what the reader does; it truly is a way of life that I wish to share with others, with no stipulations.
Heidi Hinken heidihinken.com
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If you would like to receive a copy of the book, please email hinks09@gmail.com
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BFA, Fine Arts
Another One
This sculpture represents the experience of meeting your first other trans or queer person, and the instant unity and understanding felt in that moment of recognition of self through the other.
Samuel Jayne samjayne.weebly.com
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BFA, Fine Arts
Gender Is Dead
The social construct of gender is dead. The rules that society followed for so long are quickly becoming dismantled. Gender Is Dead explores the idea that queer people are unable to grow up as their true selves, but instead, a version that sacrifices authenticity in order to minimize prejudice and humiliation. This results in a massive task to unpack and discover the parts of our own identity that are sincere versus those fabricated for self-protection.
Connor Johns connorjohnsdesign.com
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Phone
Phone is an audio-visual experience that explores the themes of life and death, particularly as it pertains to my experience as an only child and the sense of responsibility, I feel to stay alive for my mother’s sake. As the piece simulates the perception of light passing behind closed eyes, it relies entirely on the use of a self-composed musical score and the alteration of found video through an abstract visual narrative.
Sammi Jones sammijonesdesign.com
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Conceptual Creatures and Locations
Shown here is a collection of my most recent digital concept art, with formats ranging from informative diagrams to fully rendered illustrative pieces. The collection features relatively science-based speculative biology and environmental illustrations, as well as more abstract and fantastical content.
Joss Karch karchjw.wixsite.com/portfolio
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Orthographies
My work is made up of strategies toward fulfilling the need to know and understand the non-human other. Its practice is one focused on mundane interactions and practical knowledge, borne from a commitment to closeness, to new forms of seeing, and to the use of the body as a tool and a lowest common denominator. Orthographies is on its surface a diaristic mediation on companionship, cross-species empathy, and communication with a once-stray dog. I use this approach in order to make grander propositions regarding human-to-animal transformations, alternative languages, and new understandings of animal autobiography.
Luke Kindle lukekindle.com
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Comics & Storytelling
These pages are brief look into a long-term project I will continue beyond school. A glimpse into the world I designed inhabited by these creatures, these Vex, through the eyes of a newborn clone of their species. An introduction of a character and system of the story.
Robert Kipler robertkipler.wixsite.com/website
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Symbiosis
Symbiosis is a documentation of the relationship between life and place. Each piece responds to a specific location. Through thoughtful observations, I discover and collect litter on site. In this instance, I define litter as anything left behind by a living organism, whether human trash or tree fallen leaves. I gather the materials as evidence of these organism’s time together and utilize them as the medium for my art-making process. The results weave the differing materials together in a symbiotic gesture forming new artifacts.
Samantha Lakamp samanthalakamp.com
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BFA, Fine Arts
Keeping the Wild, Wild
In an attempt to raise awareness about sustainability and conservation within America’s National Parks, I’ve opted to create an online guide to merge both facts and statistics with simplistic art and graphics to help the viewer understand the importance of conserving the parks. My choice of minimal art paired with pleasing earth - like colors is my way of directing your attention specifically to the facts that are laid out within the guide. I hope to evoke an emotional response and feeling of responsibility to help sustain the National Parks with simple tips and tricks that guide the viewer in the larger movement of sustainability.
Brianna Long brinicolephotoanddesign.com
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Flexible Vegan Leather Cover, Extra Blank Pages | 3.25” x 5.5” 101
BFA, Fine Arts
Dear, Sincerely,
Dear, Sincerely, fixates on the experience of my father’s passing. Addressing the archival and ephemeral nature of memory, loss, and grief, the work reflects on formulative experiences and the futility of future memories. By utilizing a darkroom approach of unfixed printing, images from my past exemplify the ephemerality of moments that are now lost. Through this process, the pictorial content actively diminishes as the photographs are further exposed to light. Exhibiting these works alongside images that directly reference the lasting effects of his death, this body of work demonstrates my coping with temporality and honors the life of my father.
Jesse Ly jessemly.com
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A Place Where Sh!t Happens
With a passion for interior design, I created a space suitable for any small-scale elite cooperate office. It portrays a contemporary style with pops of color to keep the energy youthful and sophisticated. Studies show hints of red in an area increases brain power. This design considers thought to all the different textures and accessories it entails. By digitally building each element from scratch, the space reveals a custom appearance.
Alivia Masline aliviamasline.com
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Strands
My work is seen as marks on a surface; be that pen on paper or ink on a wall. I blend writing and drawing so that the marks sit somewhere on the gradient between these two points. My intent is not to be explicit, but to set the mood like an elusive author writing a play for the mind to wander on its own.
Isaac McCavitt isaacmccavitt.com
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BFA, Fine Arts
Layers
Recently, I have become entranced with perception, specifically the perception of myself in the world as a woman. I first became interested in this matter when I noticed that I put on what felt like a “performance� every day, the role depending on my interactions with people and my environment. I began to embark on a quest to discover my true self. While still in the discovery phase I also realized that I am not alone in my feelings. This influenced me to take my work a step further in an attempt to discover my true self as a young woman living in the 21st century.
Nora Miller noraemiller.com
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BFA, Fine Arts
Mindful Perception of Beauty
By means of abstraction, I create illusions of threedimensional spaces on a two-dimensional surface, drawing inspiration from graphic design sensibilities and op-art minimalism. These abstractions are interpreted visions from aerial views of the web-like intersections of highways which transform otherwise functional, banal constructions into colorful abstract spaces for aesthetic meditation, resulting in a mindful perception of beauty.
Madalena Rose madalenarose.com
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BFA, Fine Arts
It’s Okay To Be Sensitive
My work explores the three-way interaction between people, language, and the space in which they meet. The language I use is encouraging and self-referential, both on the grounds of its materiality and location. I hope to help the viewer to feel seen, heard and comforted, provided with a moment to turn away from the chaos of everyday life. Life is hard—in fact, its the hardest thing you will ever face—and it is important to be reminded that we are still here, and that in itself is an accomplishment.
Ravenna Rutledge ravennarutledge.com
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Solitude in Morning Light Photograph 123
Its Okay To Be Sensitive (Light Often Is) Neon Sign | 2’ x 4’ 124
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BFA, Fine Arts
Complex
Complex describes the structure of my mind as proposed by Sigmund Freud. Each character represents his theory that our minds are comprised of three sections: the Id (a self-destructive infant who navigates by learning what will and won’t kill it), the Super Ego (our conscience which develops as we learn), and the Ego (our sense of self which we project outward and use to navigate). These work together to help us survive. In this short, I discover these parts of myself in conflict, and attempt to understand them, so I can resume a normal life as one whole.
Cullan Sanders cullansanders.portfoliobox.net
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Complex Pilot (Demo) 128
2020 Animation Reel 129
BFA, Fine Arts
Framework
I create detailed, representational collages of windows and suburban scenes that speak to an impersonal American landscape. Without intimate details, all that remains are the architectural elements and the defining moments of light and darkness. The warm light and long shadows add a temporal element, signifying the setting of one stage and the rising of another. The materials give a sense of anonymity; the magazine pages depict an array of places and moments in time – memories that are not my own. The result is a quiet, contemplative look outside into the surrounding framework that feels simultaneously familiar and distant.
Erin Schaefer erindschaefer.com
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Framework II Magazine Paper Collage on Plywood | 37.5” x 30” 131
Framework I Magazine Paper Collage on Plywood | 50” x 30” 132
Framework III Magazine Paper Collage on Plywood | 50” x 40”
Framework IV Magazine Paper Collage on Plywood | 36” x 36” 133
BFA, Fine Arts
Parts of the Whole
The object exemplifies meticulous craft and multiplicity through the use of mixed media sculpture. The work reveals a manifestation of careful actions upon varying materials, just as I am the sum of my own actions. The final object is comprised of many round forms made from ceramic, wire, and fiber, all hanging from a single point. The accumulation of these forms creates a visual mass to evoke diligence in craft and composition in space.
Fred Schnell 1schnella.wixsite.com/ceramichat
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Parts of the Whole Glazed Ceramic, Wire, and Fiber 135
Composition in Red, Yellow, and Blue 1 Glazed Ceramic, Wire, and Fiber 136
Composition in Red, Yellow, and Blue 2 Glazed Ceramic, Wire, and Fiber 137
BFA, Fine Arts
PM
The interactivity of the evening light within spaces, has long interested me. The ever-changing moments are filled with warmth, and comfort. Through photography, I capture these fleeting moments of time, where the setting sun lights the most intimate of spaces — my house. Topoanalysis, defined by Gaston Bachelard, is the systematic psychological study of the sites of our intimate lives. “The house” is therefore a place where the personal experience reaches its epitome.
Carolyn Schultz carolyn-schultz.com
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BFA, Fine Arts
Delineated State of Mind
This body of work evaluates varying perceptions of the physicality of my body through a series of layered drawings. I specifically rely on the blind contour technique for its inherently objective approach to drawing the subject, and remove the ability to look at my surface and impart judgment. I employ this technique to show a direct link from my brain’s ability to perceive, while my hand harmoniously makes marks. The continual line acts as a recording device for nuance. The differences that appear between the representations heighten a core truth to the subject.
Erica Siefring ericasiefring.com
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Hand in Hand Oil on Panel and Laser Etched Plexiglass | 7” x 12”
Personal Detail Laser Etched Oil and Acrylic on Panel | 4.5” x 5” 144
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BFA, Fine Arts
Tiki Torch Party
Inspired by the events of the “Unite the Right” rally of Charlottesville Virginia of 2017, my piece “Tiki Torch Party” seeks to make commentary about contemporary issues regarding racism and the current social conditioning of young people through a purposeful lack of information regarding racism throughout American History.
Stephen Smith sesmithartanddesign.com
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Tiki Torch Party Mixed Media on Quilted Canvas | 3’ x 3’ 148
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BFA, Fine Arts
Cathartic Candles
Cathartic Candles provides relief to intense psychological emotions that surround personal matters of the heart. With each candle lit, an intention is set. As the flame’s warmth turns wax to to liquid, it offers a healing moment of transformation. In this moment, I visualize the intention continuing through the atmosphere to connect with the universe. Although cathartic, it is simultaneously grounding.
Inaya Smith-Sellers inayaadeye.info
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BFA, Fine Arts
Seasons of Love
My work discusses the universal experience of love by reflecting on my own relationships. Immortalizing models in fantastical worlds, I present love through a superficial lens that allows the viewer to connect their own experiences with my own.
Jonathan Stapleton jstapleton7497.wixsite.com/jonathanstapleton
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BFA, Fine Arts
Hobbies into Art
My work exists as drawing and sculpture but relies on the commonality that each medium explores character-based themes taken from my passion of comic development and storytelling. The initial motivation is to inspire imaginative worlds through the creation of personality, style, and story. By combining these two mediums, it leads me into a single, cohesive, body of work with commonly used themes such as heroes fighting for justice.
Curtis Tucker Jr. instagram.com/curt_the_artist
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Wired Athlete Armature and Electric Wire | 2’ Tall 157
Space Dweller Polymer Baking Clay, Armature Wire, Wooden Platform, Acrylic Paint | 12” x 12” x 18” 158
Wired Performance Armature Wire, Crafting Wire (Red, Blue, Bronze), Copper Wire (Gold and Black)
Wired Athlete in Space Adobe Photoshop | 7.5” x 5” 159
BFA, Fine Arts
Not As She Is, but as She Fills His Dream
This work borrows language from historical paintings of women to discuss contemporary issues surrounding the relationship of the male gaze and the female form. By utilizing a medium which normalizes a voyeuristic depiction of women, my work addresses current issues surrounding objectification of women. In particular, the work looks at how society places the burden on women to dress and behave ‘correctly’ in order to prevent sexual harassment. This work peels off the male gaze that limits a woman’s worth to mere visual pleasure.
Christine Tweddell christinetweddell.com
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As She Is I Pastel, Acrylic Paint, Digital, Fabric Text from @catcallsofnyc | 2’ x 4’ 161
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Detail of As She Is I and II As She Is I features catcalls from @catcallsofnyc while As She Is II features classic female nudes in the fabric.
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BFA, Fine Arts
Sovereignty
Valentino’s dark portraits depict ethereal scenes involving motifs surrounding the subconscious mind. The large scale paintings portray an acceptance of the shadow side of the human psyche.
Taryn Valentino tarynvalentino.com
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Deadwood Oil on Panel | 20”x 30”
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BFA, Fine Arts
Aware but Not Obligated
Together, the inability to stabilize the world, and our thirst for a sense of order produces a universal weight that everyone finds themselves bearing. In hopes that a process of uncovering and normalizing fear will allow us to move through our uncertainty, I use unstable spaces and arrangements as well as objects that encapsulate fear and fragility as means for practice. This practice allows viewers to become aware of these possibilities but not obligated by them, birthing a relationship between the viewer and the object that provides a space to unveil the awry on their own time.
Liam Walsh liamwalsh.myportfolio.com
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Incongruence, 2020 Welded, Forged, And Rusted Steel, Bungee Cord, Ratchet Straps, Rope, Degraded Bricks, Mirror, Clamp Light, Patchwork Undergarment Pillow, Cinder Blocks. | 3’ x 5.5’ x 6.5’
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BFA, Fine Arts
At Home
This is my home. In this interactive experience, I have created the forestry of my childhood home as I perceive it. The piece is built around the concept of distorting an environment to reflect an emotional view of it, allowing viewers to experience it as the artist does. The landscape within consists of 3D sculpts, 2D images, and digitally generated particle effects. The blend of 2D and 3D aesthetics work to seize authorship of an environment by shaping it to reflect the emotions inspired by its real-world space and suspend that space in a liminal state between realistic and artificial. Experience At Home: https://uniclive.itch.io/at-home
Megan Ward megwardart.com
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BFA, Fine Arts
Nellis
Make your way through the Nevada desert in this 3D scavenging game! Join Rachel on her quest to solve the mysterious chemical leak that unexpectedly made everyone on the Nellis Air Force Base suddenly disappear! Follow the clues to discover the three hidden objects that will unlock the truth. Can we count on you to help bring everyone back?
Jordan Wiles wilesja.wixsite.com/jordanwiles
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BFA, Fine Arts
Untitled
In 1985 Run DMC released their hit single “My Adidas�. The record lead to the first endorsement deal between a music act and athletic company, which became a trailblazing moment for future endorsement deals between brands and hip-hop.
Charles Winston linkedin.com/in/charles-winston-daap/
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BFA, Fine Arts
The Cage
“The Cage� reflects that people struggle with invisible shackles and are plagued by hollow diseases. Economic prosperity brings unprecedented convenience and comfort, but people become busier and more anxious, lose time to think and rest, and become barren in mind. People need to find their own love and fun to break through the cage in their mind.
Qianhui Zhi qianhuizhi.art
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BFA, Fine Arts
Phantasmagoria
Phantasmagoria is a body of work that focuses on building bridges between people and the peculiar, and finding the endearing within the monstrous. With swirling mark making and altered appearances, moments of quiet introspection are bound together with macabre.
Taryn Zust tarynzust.com
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Leshy, 2020 Cast Aluminum | 10” x 7.5” x 3.5” 185
Shrouds I-III, 2019 Cast Bronze | Each Figure 4” x 5” x 8” 186
Obfuscate, 2020 Graphite on Mylar | 11” x 14” 187
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