UNT CVAD MFA CATALOGUE

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About the MFA at UNT We serve our students by focusing on their intellectual and creative growth, fostering student’s practice, and preparing them for lifetimes of accomplishment and meaningful contribution as culture creators. The program frames the individual needs of each student through the development of conceptual, aesthetic, and technical skills. While in the College of Visual Arts and Design, students participate in ideas and practices across disciplines while engaging in the critical practice of the fine artist.

A gift to the UNT, College of Visual Art and Design’s Department of Studio Art helps us build and sustain an extraordinary training ground for artists across media and the scholars and thinkers who examine, interpret, and advance their work. The generous support of many friends has helped create the vibrant source of art, inspiration, and culture we are today.

Please consider giving to the department of Studio art to help us raise the profile of our academic, research and service missions. By donating to the department, you can help support the program in the following ways:

• Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards

• Visiting Artist & Scholar Series

• Outreach and Student Engagement The Department Chair, Lauren Lake and I are always available to discuss ways in which you might support this amazing department.

All the best,

Greg Watts, Dean College of Visual Arts and Design

Chair Statement: I am thrilled to present UNT’s first annual MFA exhibition catalog at such a pivotal moment in the department’s trajectory and at the brink of the College of Visual Art and Design’s move into a new building. As we celebrate this movement, we celebrate the diverse means of research modes and art making processes in the graduate program, the many success of the MFA graduates in this catalog (and all of our alumni) who have made an impact through creative inquiry, scholarship, and innovation.

The success of our graduate students is supported by a faculty who foster the individual voices of the candidates and help them realize their potential.

Their dedication has long-lasting effects as our alumni who have continued to excel in their chosen fields. In addition, our vibrant Visiting Artist and Scholar series enhances our curriculum by bringing nationally and internationally renowned artists, scholars and designers to UNT for lectures, workshops, critiques and exhibitions.

I want to thank this year’s graduating students for their focused dedication to their artistic and intellectual development and sharing their outcomes. I know that while in our program you have involved yourselves in layers of research, interactions, skill development, experimentation, and hours of production to produce the distinguished bodies of work presented here.

Respectfully,

Lauren Lake, Chair Department of Studio Art

Horacio Casillas www.horaciocasillas.com San Angelo, TX

Above: Dinner Table Porcelain, Wood 31” x 60” x 34” 2018 Right (top): Community Well Stoneware clay 36” x 60” x 36” 2018 Right (bottom): Cup Wall Porcelain Dimensions vary 2018

Sarah Ellis www.sarahellisart.com North Canton, OH

Above: Robert Lithography, screenprint, relief 11” x 14” 2016 Right (top): Venice Biennale & Desk Toys Lithography, screenprint 11” x 14” 2017 Right (bottom): BJE (1974) Lithography, chine colle, relief 11” x 15” 2016

Alison Jardine

www.alisonjardine.com Yorkshire, England Above: Interference (Object from a Future Past No. 18) Concrete, charcoal, pigments 23” x 23” x 4” 2017 Right (top): Real Earth (Object from a Future Past No. 16) Concrete, pigments 16” x 4” 2017 Right (far right): Chrysalis (Object from a Future Past No. 30) Concrete, oil paint, charcoal 40” x 10” x 6” 2017 Right (bottom): Quilt (Object from a Future Past No. 42) Concrete 24” x 24” x 6” 2017

Mary Jarvis www.maryjarvisdesigns.com Shreveport, LA

Above: Amoeba Neckpiece Sterling silver, Fine silver 9” x 8” x .75” 2017 Right (top): Ocean Find Neckpiece Sterling silver, Fine silver and oyster fossil 4” x 16” x .75” 2017 RIght (bottom): Amoeba Ink and pastel on paper 51” x 54” 2017

Susan Moore

www.susanmooreart.wordpress.com Winterset, IA

Above: Ferrerro Roche 24” x 48” Acrylic on canvas 2017 Right (top): Blue Brunch For Two 32” x 44” Watercolor 2016 Right (bottom): Sugar High 54” x 42” Oil on canvas 2017

Parisa Nozari www.parisanozari.com Tehran, Iran

Above: Pink Tan Acrylic on Panel 6” x 7” 2017 Right (top): Lake Maintenance 18” x 16” Acrylic on panel 2016 Right (bottom): Among the Fences Acrylic on panel 13.25” X 19” 2017

Zack Petot www.zackpetot.com Cape Girardeau, MI

Above: Reminder Screen Print, digital print, collage 15” x 20” 2017 Right (top): Who’s to Say Monotype, screen print, pastel, digital print 30” x 44” 2017 Right (bottom): Pier 48 Incident Monotype 22” x 30” 2016

Michelle Salazar www.michellesalazarart.com Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia

Above: Confined Meditation Rattan, wire 20” x 18” x 18” 2017 RIght (top): Hold Me Rattan, wire 72” x 86” x 17” 2017 Right (bottom): Meditation 5 Rattan 29” x 12” x 42” 2017

Blake Weld www.blaketweld.com Minetonka, MN

Above: Installation View for “Observing the Absurd” Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton TX 2018 RIght (top): LOOK!...no feet Wood, tire, motor, and balloon 5’ x 6’ x 6” 2018 Right (bottom): It Will Wobble Wood, tire, chain, belt sander, clamp, and Cement Block 8’ x 8’ x 6’ 2018

Jim Wilson www.jimtwilson.com Mckinney, Texas

Above: Leaves of Grass: Song of Myself Mixed media on panels 87” x 141” 2016 RIght (top): Run, Dog, Run Mixed media on panels 72” x 96” 2016 Right (bottom): Tangled Up In Blue Scrap wood, nails, paint, and whitewash 9’ x 9’ x 9’ 2017

Horacio Casillas www.horaciocasillas.com Sarah Ellis www.sarahellisart.com Eben Lee Hall www.benleehall.com Alison Jardine www.alisonjardine.com Mary Jarvis www.maryjarvisdesigns.com Susan Moore www.susanmooreart.wordpress.com Parisa Nozari www.parisanozari.com Zack Petot www.zackpetot.com Michelle Salazar www.michellesalazarart.com Blake T. Weld www.blaketweld.com Jim Wilson www.jimtwilson.com Special thanks to Tom Leininger for headshot photographs.

Design: Sean Zeigler

Our graduate programs are led by engaged artists and educators who are recognized nationally and internationally for their intellectual and creative research.

Student / Major Professor Horacio Casillas / Brooks Oliver Sarah Ellis / Lari Gibbons Alison Jardine / Annette Lawrence Mary Jarvis / Ana Lopez Susan Moore / Robert Jessup Parisa Nozari / Matthew Bourbon Zak Petot / Lari Gibbons Michelle Salazar / Amie Adelman Blake T. Weld / Paho Mann Jim Wilson / Matthew Bourbon Eben Lee Hall / Richard Davis

DEPARTMENT OF STUDIO ART FACULTY & STAFF Amie Adelman/Martin Back/Laura Beard/Rachel Black/Brian Scott Campbell/Matthew Bourbon/ Jim Burton/Richard Davis/Andrew DeCaen/Dornith Doherty/Gabrielle Duggan/Alicia Eggert/ Christian Fagerlund/Lari Gibbons/Robert Jessup/Liss LaFleur/Lauren Lake/Annette Lawrence/ Ana Esteve Llorens/Ana Lopez/Paho Mann/Brooks Oliver/Art PeĂąa/Elaine Pawlowicz/ O. Gustavo Plascencia/Binod Shrestha/James Thurman/Valerie Hancock/Tom Leininger/Zak Lloyd/ Sarah Loch-Test/Jeff McClung/Thomas Menikos/Abby Sherrill/Angela Vanecek