Welcome to the annual Juried Student Exhibition. During these pandemic times we have transitioned much of the gallery to an online format using this website and the Visual Studies Department Instagram.

We are so excited to have artist and curator E. M. Laursen to serve as our juror this year. Laursen, a born and raised Texan, is an artist, independent curator, + consultant, and community organizer living in Austin, TX. Previously the Associate Director & Curator at Pump Project, she now contributes to several arts organizations in areas of communications, marketing, and community engagement. Since receiving her BFA in Studio Art at The University of Texas at Austin in 2015, she has focused on leadership development, team communication, and development in various fields. Her experience has reinforced her commitment to advocating for programs and space at the intersection of artists and the community. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Mental Health Counseling. During her free time, she volunteers and work-trades for organizations she aligns with.

We have a wonderful selection of works chosen by our juror who had over sixty entries to select from. Laursen states “The selected works symbolize the range of soft and chaotic, personal and natural, idiosyncratic and mundane parts that made up the days of 2020.”

Join us Tuesday March 9, 2021 from 6pm-8pm to hail this years participants.  We will announce the winners for the following awards.

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

Honorable Mentions 

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Klaus Ruckgaber, Fr., Photography and Media Arts

Permanent Ink
digital photo

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William Patier, So., Psychology

Caught
digital photo

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Vy Nguyen, Sr., Art/Art Education

Mountain & Cloud #3
monotype A.P.

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Tori Stell, Sr., Art/ Art History Minor

A Lethargic Morning
oil on canvas

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Grace Guerra, Fr., Graphic Design

Perks of Being Blue
oil on canvas

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Emily Lawson, Jr., Art/Women’s Studies Minor

It’s Always Me
ink and acrylic on paper

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Georgia Fogarty, Sr., Art

Spice
graphite, colored pencil, oil paint

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Murphy Chen, Sr., Art, Art History minor, Business Administration minor

Peacock Dancer
print monotype (with oil pigment)

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Maya Diaz, Jr., Art

Empty Fridge
oil on canvas

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Cyria Anderson, Sr., Art/Animation

Aqua Ocean my Ass
watercolor on paper

Good Sandwich
pastel on paper

Hi
pastel on paper

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Anastasiia Shkolna, Sr., Graphic Design/Art minor

Thrive
graphite on paper

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Maia Castillo, Jr., Photography and Media Arts/Graphic Design minor

Land of the Free
digital video

Empty Process
digital photo

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Andrew Silvas, So., Graphic Design

HELP!
multimedia

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Perry Protzmann, Sr., Graphic Design

Street
digital photo

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Allison Moore, Sr., Art

Untitled
graphite on paper

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Allyson Augustine, Jr., Art

Nude Who Just Voted
oil on canvas

The Long Road
oil on canvas

One Nightstand
oil on canvas

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Maia Suez, Jr., Art

Hummus Trip, May 2018
collage drawing with oil pastel and marker

Unprecedented Times (Go With The Flow)
digital photo

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Pedro Aizza, Jr., Graphic Design, Animation minor

Inside The Box
digital video

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Sophia DesJardins, Jr., Art

Dear Moon
oil pastel on canvas

Oxytocin
digital photo

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Sofie Canestaro, Jr., Graphic Design/Animation minor /Art minor

To the Sea
stop motion animation with clay

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Viviana Estrada, Sr. Digital Media Management (BDMM)

Dawning Crawlers
digital collage

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Stefani Maltos, Jr., Graphic Design/Digital Marketing minor

Stubborn Growth
digital photo

See You Next Life
digital photo

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Taylor Gonzalez, Sr., Photography and Media Arts

Carlos’ Backyard
120 color film, 8×10 archival inkjet print

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Allie Andrews, Sr., Art/ Art Education minor

Paris Spleen
digital photo

A call to SEU alumni artists and designers to share words of encouragement and work that matters.

Hello Fellow Artists/Designers!
         Hang in there! Art is an expression of change -take comfort in it! Use this time to reset yourself -go back to the basics and ask yourself what you want from your art. Experiment! Hang out at your studio (or wherever you make art), even if you don’t get anything done! Remember that crisis leads to new opportunities. Continue to educate yourselves on current events and learn to adapt to Art’s transformations. We got this. Go HILLTOPPERS! 

Love, Sarah Rangel
sarahrangel.com 

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Adam George (c’14), Photography and Media Arts

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Camille Josephine (c’20), Photography and Media Arts

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Chloe Curiel (c’19), Art

“Vulnerability and personal narrative are tools that became even more essential in my work, as the relentless struggle for racial and social justice, and the isolation brought on by the pandemic both continue to affect many lives. Being in quarantine and spending so much introspective time alone caused me to access a deeply personal well of memories, traumas, and repressed inner monologues, and I began using my own image and body as a medium in my work. The intimacy I found with myself, and the universal feeling of loneliness during this time, urged me to invite others into empowering conversations centered on being known, accepted, and supported, with our wounds open and our scars showing. Making art is just one of the many methods for tearing down barriers so that more stories can be heard and more needs can be met. We must continue to make and listen.”

Title: Hands to Miss (diptych), 2020
Media: digital projection on fabric and gloves

Title: Helen, 2020
Media: Scanned handkerchiefs, digital photographs

Title: Pieta (film still), 2020 
Media: darkness, light, body, video (click film still to access video)

 

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Jenn Hassin (c’12), Art

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Jordan Alyse Hamilton (c’13), Art

“This year, I have been forced to self-reflect on my upbringing and learn what it actually means to be racist. The truth is difficult to face sometimes and, admittedly, I am not sure how closely I would’ve looked had my life not been put on pause because of the pandemic. On one hand, this painting represents the extreme overwhelm I feel with all that is going on in the world, while on the other hand, it serves to call myself out for my ignorance and avoidance up until this point.” 

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Juliana Ramirez (c’16), Photography and Media Arts

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Manuel Delano (c’18), Photography and Media Arts

“I am a Chilean artist, and it hasn’t been easy for Chile. Since October 18th, 2019, the country has been immersed in a very harsh socio political and economic crisis. For almost a year now, the country hasn’t been the same. People are asking for a new system, a new constitution, for the politicians’ corruption to stop, for equality, and so much more. Then Murphy’s Law threw a curved ball: the pandemic. These works are a visual exploration of how corporality and corporeity have been affected, by the pandemic, the socio political crisis and the economy. Confinement is not just physical, and the limits of its agency go beyond our corporality and corporeity.”

Title: Cleansing (film still)
Media: digital video (click film still to access video)

Title: Study: Unwrapping: 1 2 3 Combined (film still)
Media: digital video (click film still to access video)

Title: Shaking (film still)
Media: digital video (click film still to access video)

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 Rachelle Diaz (c’02), Major: Art, Minor: Graphic Design

“I started 2020 intending to keep a diary documenting life during climate change. Instead, the idea quickly turned into a pressing need to describe living through the COVID-19 pandemic and the struggle for racial justice in the United States. These designs are a highly condensed form of the thoughts and feelings I’ve written about for the past few months.”

Title: Stay Relevant?

Title: Gentrify Rural America

Title: Spread Love

 

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Rachel Broussard (c’16) Art

“To navigate the pandemic and fight racial injustice, I seek and create opportunities for connection.  I find these opportunities mainly through Buddhist meditation practice, video calls with loved ones, skill exchanges with friends, and backcountry canoe trips. I am watching films from black artists, and I am learning more about systems of racial injustice in Canada through a meditation course titled “Unwinding Whiteness.”

 

Title: Yellow Creature
Media: archival photo collage, chain, and birch bark

This piece was included in my MFA exhibition, Adaptation. I construct sculptural collages from used nature photography books that offer a critique on the human tendency to commodify the natural world. 

 

Title: Remains of a Rainbow
Media: book pages, twist ties, thread

I cut the paper plants combined for this installation from a book titled Remains of a Rainbow, which chronicles endangered flora in Hawaii. I allude to the fragility of these plants by cutting delicate designs across their surfaces and projecting the sculpture’s shadow on the surface of the pillar behind the piece. 

 

Title: The People’s Cup Project
Media: porcelain

The People’s Cup Project is an initiative by Silt Studio in Regina, Saskatchewan as a response to the Covid-19 Pandemic.  I used “sgraffito” to decorate this porcelain cup, hand thrown by Jay Kimball. The cup was then auctioned off with 50% the proceeds going to local charities in Regina, SK.

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Sarah Rangel (c’11) Art

“Pod Series” is a collection of small, geometric clay forms comprised of the addition and repetition of shapes. They are characters in my ongoing novellas in which battles of good versus evil serve as a recurring motif. This pandemic has allowed me to approach and confront my art from a completely different frame of mind; I am using this time to reflect on art as a paradigm for navigating through today’s uncertainties.”

 

Title: Untitled (A Pod) 
Media: earthenware clay

Title: Untitled (A Pod)
Media: earthenware clay

Title: Untitled (A Pod) 
Media: earthenware clay

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