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San Francisco State University
April 16 - May 14, 2016Info
1600 Holloway Ave. San Francisco, CA 94132 Google Map »Reception
April 21, 2016 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Emerging, prolific artists present new work in ceramics, photography, painting and sculpture. Showcasing the creativity and diversity in the School of Art's rigorous and competitive three-year MFA program. These artists exhibit their works throughout Northern California and beyond. Shannon Abac: Fascinated by ceramic material and process, Abac manipulates traditional clay formulas to create atypical and unexpected outcomes in the kiln. Using heat, gravity and time, the clay deforms as the material softens--resulting in a bone-like scaffolding that is enveloped by a fluid material and suspended in time. Kimberly Arteche: Arteche's work visualizes how technology in diasporic families establishes hybrid forms of cultural heritage. Her relationship with her ancestry has been mediated by technology and Internet. By transforming archival snapshots into large-scale pixelated images, she creates immersive atmospheres that magnify this disconnected exchange. Nash Bellows: Searching for a balance between order and chaos, Bellows' process-based paintings are first formed digitally by set parameters and various instructions she has created. When painting, Bellows mimicks various digital pre-set brush textures while simultaneously using the formal language of painting. Her work pursues establishing reason and control within the disruption of abstraction. Leah Virsik: Through an intimate practice of cutting, clothing that once concealed now reveals its own structure, component parts, flaws, and hidden truths. Through this act of unmaking, Virsik releases clothing from its original function. No longer a castoff, the garment's transformation speaks of potentiality and a remaking of the self.