Volume 32 Issue 6 — The Graduation Issue

VISUA L O PI N IO N CLASS OF 2026

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VISUA L O PI N IO N CLASS OF 2026

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E DI T O R S NOTE

In this issue of Visual Opinion, you will find work from the graduating class. The images in this collection vary greatly in theme, style, and material, but you will see that they each carry a distinct voice. They are ideas that have grown and been cultivated carefully by each artist, presented to the viewer with the intention to serve a particular delight. As we take the next step towards our creative pursuits, it’s important to stay rooted in what we want to express to the world.

A drop of dew drips onto a flower, welcoming its petals to morning bloom.

Congratulations, class of 2026!

— N A N DI N I E

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A N DLAY

CONTRIBUTORS

07 L E QI Z H O U

AMBER

08 DACA NAY

09 B R O O K S O R IC H 10 A R A DHITA

K E DI A

11 SHAN HENG 12 A LBA AU LIE 13 ZEKAI GUO

ADELLE

14 VINCENT

15 YASE MIN YIL M A Z 16 XINGYI SUN 18 A N JA L I M I S I R 19 LAURY N CASEY 20 JO YC E Y U A N

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CONTRIBUTORS

21 PHOEBE O

CHOU

22 DA NIEL RINCON 23 FA N G ZI L U O 24 M IC H A E L F R I E D

JI

25 YOU NG

KIM

26 SEGEV BAR 27 CLA RISSE

LAL

LO

28 DI LT E M I Z

30 DY LA N DUSEAU

QI U Y U

31 X IO N G ( X IS H A )

32 ELISA BED DUSH UASH VILI 33 N A N DI N I E A N D L AY

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L E QI Z H O U B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

Garden War Digital

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A M BER DACA NAY B FA FI N E A R T S

Threshold Screen Oil on Canvas

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B R O O K S O R IC H B FA D E SIG N

Fluorescent Flowers Silkscreen Print

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A R A D H I TA K E DI A B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

Carousel Digital

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SHAN HENG B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

Sandalwood Death by Mo Yan Page 1 Dry Color Pastel, Charcoal

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ALBA AULIE B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

Born to Run Mixed Media

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ZEKAI GUO B FA FI N E A R T S

In Narrow Strata Multimedia

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ADELLE VINCENT B FA FI N E A R T S

Yab-Yum (left), Prospect Refuge (right) Acrylic on Canvas

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YASE MIN YILM AZ B FA C O M IC S

Bouquet Risograph

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XINGYI SUN B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

If I Can Make It Here Digital

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The Search Digital

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A N JA L I M I SI R B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

Excerpt from Trips to the Water, a Mini Comic Risograph Print

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LAURYN CASEY B FA FI N E A R T S

Little One Acrylic on Canvas

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JOYC E Y UA N B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

After the Bloom [p1] (left), After the Bloom [p2] (right), Color Pencil, Pastel

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PHOEBE O CHOU B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

The Night Show Cabinet Mixed Media

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DA NIEL RINCON B FA C O M IC S

Kaijus in Purgatory page 50 Ink, 11x17 Bristol Board

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FA N G ZI L U O B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

Self-Perception Acrylic on Canvas

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M IC H A E L F R I E D B FA FI N E A R T S

Is Feeling Like You On A Sunday Oil on Canvas

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JI YO U NG KIM B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

Map in Search of Solace Procreate

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SEGEV BAR B FA D E SIG N

Faith Funeral Digital Collage

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CLA RISSE LO B FA P H O T O G R A P H Y

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VIDEO

Untitled (top), Untitled (bottom) 35mm Film

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L A L DI LT E M I Z B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

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The Ache of Being Etching on Zinc Plate overlaid with Silkscreened Acetate

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DYLA N DUSEAU B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

The Scarf (top), Where is My Yarn? (middle), The Reveal (bottom) Colored Pencil, Hand Knit, and Digital Collage

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QI U Y U X IO N G ( X IS H A ) B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

Guiche (top), Skinwalker (bottom) Ink on paper

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ELISA BED DUSH UASH VILI B FA D E SIG N

Too Dumb for Conceptual T-Shirt Silkscreen Print

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N A N DI N I E A N D L AY B FA IL L U S T R AT IO N

Bleh Watercolor, Pen, Color Pencil on Paper

THE GRADUATION ISSUE Printed in an edition of 1200 copies for the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Published by Visual Opinion, the student publication of the School of Visual Arts.