Department of Visual Arts

This catalog is for the exhibition Bodies in Trouble, which features the ten graduating MFA students in the class of 2018. The exhibition was curated by Art History, Theory and Criticism PhD student Jonah Gray, with MCASD Associate Curator Anthony Graham. The introductory essay is authored by Gray. The artists are Dustin Brons, Jessica Buie, Corey Dunlap, Jessica Frelund, Jonathon Paden, Garrett Pointer, Heejung Shin, Andrew Sturm, Sindhu Thirumalaisamy, and Evelyn Walker.

This catalog is for the exhibition History of the Present, which features the thirteen graduating MFA students in the class of 2020. The exhibition was curated by Art History, Theory and Criticism PhD students Tiffany Beres and Alexanndra Nicholls, with MCASD Associate Curator Anthony Graham. The introductory essay is authored by Beres and Nicholls. The artists are Ana Andrade, Sister Chapman, John Dombroski, Guillermo Estrada, Mateus Guzzo, Ryne Heslin, Yubin Kang, Zara Kuredjian, Asa Mendelsohn, Maya Grace Misra, Nathan Vieland, Kevin Vincent, and dana washington-queen.

This catalog is for the exhibition Eccentricity Has Room, which features the thirteen graduating MFA students in the class of 2019. The exhibition was curated by Art History, Theory and Criticism PhD students Erika Barbosa and Viona Deconinck, with MCASD Associate Curator Anthony Graham. The introductory essay is authored by Barbosa and Deconinck. The artists are Sarah Farnsworth, Tanner Gilliland-Swetland, Cole Goodwin, Grace Mae Huddleston, Yasmine Kasem, Abe King, Lisa Korpos, Jesus Eddy Miramontes, Casey Polacheck, Maya VanderSchuit, Sam Wohl, Zebulon Zang, and Paolo Zuñiga.

This is the catalog for the exhibition The Agency of Art, curated by Tatiana Sizonenko, Ph.D. The exhibition was at the University Art Gallery on the UC San Diego campus, April 12th through May 12th, 2018, as part of the Visual Arts @ 50: Art Into Life series. The artists were Emeritus Faculty and Alumni of the department: Helen Mayer and Newton Harrison, Sadie Barnette, Roman de Salvo, Rob Duarte, Katie Herzog, Nina Karavasiles, Jean Lowe, Virginia Maksymowicz, Heather Gwen Martin, Roy McMakin, Jessie Mockrin, Owen Mundy, Tim Nohe, Sheryl Oring, Tim Schwartz, Igor Vamos, Nina Waisman, Ruth Wallen, and Allison Wiese. The catalog was designed by Gabi Schaffzin and Nick Lesley.

This is the catalog for the exhibition Extensions of Photography, curated by Tatiana Sizonenko, Ph.D. The exhibition was at the University Art Gallery on the UC San Diego campus, October 7th through December 9th, 2016, as part of the Visual Arts @ 50: Art Into Life series. The artists were Faculty, Emeritus Faculty, and Alumni of the department: Amy Adler, Eleanor Antin, Kaucyila Brooke, Becky Cohen, Brian Cross, Moyra Davey, John Craig Freeman, Kip Fulbeck, Anya Gallaccio, Katie Grinnan, Nina Katchadourian, Fred Lonidier, Jean Lowe, Kim MacConnel, Babette Mangolte, Rubén Ortiz-Torres, Patricia Patterson, Martha Rosler, Elizabeth Sisco, Deborah Small, Phel Steinmetz, Blaise Tobia, and Ruth Wallen. The catalog was designed by Gabi Schaffzin.

This is the catalog for the exhibition Provoking Change, curated by Tatiana Sizonenko, Ph.D. The exhibition was at the University Art Gallery on the UC San Diego campus, October 12th through December 9th, 2017, as part of the Visual Arts @ 50: Art Into Life series. The artists were Alumni of the department: David Avalos, Doris Bittar, Becky Cohen, Joyce Cutler-Shaw, Brian Dick, Kip Fulbeck, Heidi Hardin, Robert Kushner, Hung Liu, Fred Lonidier, Jean Lowe, Kim MacConnel, Susan Mogul, Allan Sekula, Elizabeth Sisco/Louis Hock/David Avalos, and Deborah Small/David Avalos. The catalog was designed by Gabi Schaffzin and Nick Lesley.