Reynolds Gallery Exhibits Archive

The Reynolds Gallery hosts numerous exhibitions throughout the school year. Enjoy the scope of our past efforts to bring high quality shows featuring student and professional artists from the around the country to the Stockton campus.

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ECLECTION: Class of 2016 Senior Exhibition

University of the Pacific

Reynolds Gallery presents ECLECTION, featuring art and design works from Department of Art and Graphic Design, graduating class of 2016.

A reception for the artists and Senior Awards Ceremony will be held Thursday, April 28 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. The community is encouraged to enjoy an evening of design, art, and refreshments as we celebrate these young artists.
Teri Frame: Channeling Raptors

University of the Pacific

The Reynolds Gallery presents artist Teri Frame, who will perform during the March 23rd, Gallery Reception, Channeling Raptors a transmutational performance that examines, through creation of a mask representing endangered birds, the relationship between humans and four distinct birds of prey (Peregrine Falcon, Ridgway's Hawk, Cape Griffon Vulture and Harpy Eagle), all which have been included on the endangered species list within recent history. The evening of Thursday, March 24, Teri Frame will give a talk 7:30 - 8:30 pm, in Wendell Phillips Center, room 104.

This exhibit performance is generously supported by the office of Sustainability.
Jillian Sokso: In the Shadow of the Mountain, As if the Sea Were Nothing

University of the Pacific

Reynolds Gallery presents solo exhibition by printmaker Jillian Sokso, In the Shadow of the Mountain, As if the Sea Were Nothing, on view in the gallery February 18 - March 18, 2016 with a Screen-Printing workshop, Monday, March 7, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, refreshments will be served.

Jillian Sokso's prints are a visual extension of thoughts; part personal archive, part printmaking evangelism. She's influenced by biographical history, her immediate surroundings of the Willamette Valley, Oregon, and pondering connections between humankind and the natural world.

Artist Statement—

The works included in this exhibit are a small selection from two larger bodies entitled In the Shadow of the Mountain, As if the Sea Were Nothing. Completed in 2015, these pieces include images drawn from the landscape of northwest Oregon, and are printed with relief and pochoir on yamagampi and silk gampi tissues. This work considers the landscape of a region that is new to me; while making and researching the imagery I was considering the writings of Annie Dillard, Tom Sleigh and Fernando Pessoa and dwelling in the visual poetry of the land. I'm interested in pulling color from the landscape but changing the impact of the elements by intensifying the palette observed in life. I'm manipulating scale and hierarchy of elements to mimic the ways I have experienced tree boughs, mountain and hillside silhouettes and meandering vegetation-through close observation and by long vistas. There exists an attempt to make comparisons and reflection on the light, atmosphere, positive and negative spaces in the everyday.
Invented Forms and Imaginary Objects

University of the Pacific

The Reynolds Gallery is pleased to begin the New Year with Invented Forms and Imaginary Objects, an exhibition of digital images by Department of Visual Arts, Professor of Graphic Design, Brett DeBoer.

Artist's Statement—

IS THERE ANYONE OR ANYTHING OUT THERE WATCHING OVER US?

Religious and cultural belief has provided us with a hierarchy of celestial beings. They are represented to us as archangels at the highest rank and collectively as guardian angels as a general group. The guardians have very specific duties to manage (biography or kindness) and the archangels have a wider range of responsibilities. If any of this is so, what does it or they look like?

The images seen here are invented forms. Each is personified by a name loosely originating in either religious beliefs (Christianity, Judaism, Islam) or ancient language root words (Greek, Roman, Norman-French). That name is associated with the characteristic the angel has been assigned. They are not meant to be literal interpretations, however.

The majority of the images originated as photographs focusing on texture, lighting or motion effects. Then some of the more "obscure" tools found within the Adobe design programs Illustrator & Photoshop were employed. The tools in Illustrator were primarily used to create drawn and 3-D elements. Photoshop was mostly used for collaging and digital painting.
Unity: Juried Student Exhibition

University of the Pacific

University of the Pacific's Reynolds Gallery presents UNITY: Juried Student Exhibition, on view in the gallery December 3rd through the 11th. With a focus on the theme of unity, this exhibition features work of current Pacific students.

Unity is the state of being united into one. Consider: What does unity mean to you? What unites us as humans--what is universal? How can we achieve unity? What is the relationship between unity and diversity?

All students currently enrolled at University of the Pacific were invited to submit their artworks for consideration, with the upper-level Life Drawing students jurying the exhibit. Opening reception held in gallery, Thursday, December 3, 2015, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. with awards presentation at 7:00 p.m.
A Rub with Death: The Leppelmeier Collection

University of the Pacific and Brett DeBoer

University of the Pacific's Reynolds Gallery is pleased to present A Rub with Death: The Leppelmeier Collection, an exhibition featuring rubbings taken from 15th Century monumental brasses found in Sussex, England. These images of knights and their ladies mark a time when England was transitioning from a medieval, feudal culture to Renaissance humanism. They give us insight into individuals from that time; their customs, traditions and beliefs. Join us for an opening reception, Tuesday, November 3, 2015, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. with theatrical readings presented by the English and Theatre Arts departments, 7:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Monumental brasses are memorials for a deceased person from between the 13th and 16th centuries. They are found in churches, usually originally on the floor, and consist of two parts: an engraved plate of brass containing the memorial, and the stone slab in which it was set (casement). Brasses were set into indents cut into the casement, and usually consist of an inscription, often with an effigy of the deceased or another memorial subject such as a cross or a shield.

Brass rubbing was originally a largely British enthusiasm for reproducing onto paper monumental brasses -The concept of recording textures of things is more generally called making a rubbing. They are made by laying a piece of paper over the brass and rubbing the paper with a drawing medium, usually a black wax heelball, to create a detailed negative image of the original brass. The importance of Monumental brasses as a contemporary historical resource for medieval research has been as a rich source of historical information on subjects such as style and fashion, occupations and status, families, heraldry, and imagery and its meanings.

The Oxford Architectural and Historical Society attempted to record and preserve these memorials by building up a large collection of rubbings made by their members, mainly between the 1840s to 1910s. This collection is now held by the Ashmolean and forms a major part of the museum's holdings of brass rubbings. There is a searchable database of the collection - Brass Rubbing Collection Online
Confluences: Circumnavigating The Territory

University of the Pacific

University of the Pacific's Reynolds Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of large-scale color photographs and video works by Dennis DeHart. Confluences is an interdisciplinary, lens based project focused on the Columbia River drainage basin.

Spanning eight US states and two countries, the series examines the interconnections of borders through the framework of bio-regionalism. The impetus for the project stems from a desire to learn and develop a sense of place through both research and direct, experiential engagement. The project is a continuation of DeHart's ongoing interests in the connections, conflicts, and intersections of the natural and cultural worlds.

Dennis DeHart received his M.F.A. in photography from the University of New Mexico in 2002. He previously served as an Assistant Professor of Photography with the State University of New York College at Buffalo and is currently an Assistant Professor of Photography with Washington State University in Pullman, Washington. DeHart's work has been exhibited in over 20 solo exhibitions, in addition to some 75 plus group shows including regionally, nationally and internationally. He has received grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and a Fellowship from the Idaho Commission on the Arts. His photographs are in private and public collections including the City of Phoenix and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Most recently, Dennis exhibited his photographs in solo exhibitions in Los Angeles and China, lectured on his works in France, and participated in an artist's residency in Finland. For more information on photographer Dennis DeHart, go to http://dennisdehart.com.
Spare Parts and Unfinished Business

University of the Pacific

The Reynolds Gallery opens the 2015-2106 exhibition calendar with, Spare Parts and Unfinished Business, featuring recent photographic works and sculpture by Department of Art and Graphic Design faculty member, Daniel Kasser, opening August 24, and on view through September 22, 2015.

Join us in the gallery, Wednesday, September 2, 2015 for a gallery reception, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., with an Artist's Talk at 7:00 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public.
Senior Exhibition: Enthralling Nostalgia

University of the Pacific

The Department of Art & Graphic Design 2015 senior class presents, Enthralling Nostalgia, an exhibition of art and design works in the Reynolds Gallery opening April 20 and on view through May 9, 2015.

Enthralling Nostalgia features a variety of works including graphic design, photographs, drawings, illustrations, comic book art, and video game design.

A reception for the artists and Senior Awards Ceremony will be held Wednesday, April 22 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. The community is encouraged to join us in the gallery for an evening of art, design and refreshments as we celebrate these young artists.
Kara Maria: Joy Spring

University of the Pacific

The Reynolds Gallery is pleased to present the solo exhibition Joy Spring by San Francisco-based painter Kara Maria, whose work combines abstraction and representation to address subjects including the impact of human culture on the natural world, and the effect of technology on our psyches, on view from March 16 - April 10, 2015.

A public reception, for the artist is scheduled March 19, 2015 in the gallery, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., with Artist's talk at 7:00 p.m. All events are free and open to the public.

Although the paintings are based in abstraction, Maria embeds realistic images - such as surveillance cameras, endangered animals, cellphone and fracking towers, and radio waves - into tumultuous fields of disjointed shapes and vibrant colors. The more abstract elements in depict expansion and growth, even explosion, as well as the fragmentation and folding of space. The work engages with the world we live in today with a touch of humor and playfulness, seeking to raise questions rather than to give answers.

The exhibition will also include a selection of the work made during Maria's recent residency at Recology (the San Francisco dump), where she made paintings using only materials scavenged from the trash; such as amateur paintings and digitally printed, mass-produced artwork from Ikea. Maria painted over the works with recycled acrylic paint from the Household Hazardous Waste Program. Interspersed within the paintings are detailed renderings of the living creatures that inhabit or pass through the site, including: raccoons, hawks, mice, and other animals.
Student Blitz Exhibition: Infanci Infectious Desires

University of the Pacific

Student-organized Blitz exhibits allow students to showcase their work in the Reynolds Gallery for shorter periods of time in between the scheduled exhibitions. Given the title "Blitz," these exhibitions are designed to encourage students to examine the standards of traditional art making and gallery exhibitions by only allowing a short time for the conception, creation and exhibition of the work.
Autopoiesis: Creative Self-construction

University of the Pacific

The Reynolds Gallery presents, Autopoiesis: "creative self-construction" on view January 20 through February 13, 2015. This exhibition includes work by three artists, Glenna Cole Allee, Man Yee Lam and Summer Lee, exploring themes of transience and continuity, attachment and release, and the borders of what is predetermined and what is mutable, and therefore re-imaginable. A reception for the artists will be held in the gallery, January 22, 6:00-9:00 pm, with an Artists' Talk 7:00 - 8:00 pm. All events are free and open to the public.

Glenna Cole Allee's photographic installation, 1912, is a site specific constellation of photographs printed on semi-transparent silk stitched together into hanging panels, with small nests made of silk filaments lined with human hair. Created from images of the artist's grandmother, from self-portraits, from the artists own hair and strands given by members of her community, this immersive environment of "macro landscapes" references genetic and cultural legacy as passed down the time span of a century, and the intimacy and distance of family.

Man Yee Lam's work addresses the complex nature of freedom and intentionality when the self is caught and bound within the webs of history. In her "Self-Combing Women," here presented in video form, the artist constructs a large woven net connected to the walls of the gallery, referencing cocooning silk worms. Her "Hoarding" project, an exquisite collection of tiny portraits printed onto acorns, deals with the transitory nature of acquisitiveness; the suspended sculptural installation "Skin" deals with attachment and identity in a different manner.

Summer Lee's subtle and meditative series of paintings and video, the Elegy series, and her installation Into The Nearness of Distance utilize the catching and releasing of a bird as a metaphor for the fragility of being and to evoke the dimensions of existence that lie beyond the realm of conscious knowledge. Summer's work is inspired by ancient Chinese poetry which describes the state of being constantly and repeatedly caught and freed, grasping and letting go, as the central tension of human existence.
100 Years of Dust: Owens Lake and the Los Angeles Aqueduct

University of the Pacific and Jennifer Little

University of the Pacific's Reynolds Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of large-scale color photographs by Photography Professor Jennifer Little. The exhibition, 100 Years Of Dust: Owens Lake and the Los Angeles Aqueduct, documents the latest chapter in a century of legal battles over water rights and air quality in Owens Valley, California.

Owens Lake lies in Southern California's Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, about 200 miles northeast of Los Angeles. This 110-square-mile lake began to dry up in 1913 when the City of Los Angeles diverted the Owens River into the Los Angeles Aqueduct. The new water supply allowed Los Angeles to continue its rapid growth and turned the arid San Fernando Valley into an agricultural oasis, but at a tremendous environmental cost. By 1926, Owens Lake was a dry alkali flat, and its dust became the largest source of carcinogenic particulate air pollution in North America.

In 1998, the Environmental Protection Agency mandated that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) take steps to minimize this dust pollution, which was 100 times greater than federal air safety standards. LADWP began construction on the Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Project in the year 2000. This dust mitigation program has cost $1.2 billion to date and requires so much water that it may not be sustainable as climate change results in a drier climate for California, which is currently experiencing the worst drought in recorded history.

Photographer Jennifer Little and guest speaker Kathy Bancroft will give a joint presentation about water rights conflicts in Owens Valley at 7:00pm, Room 209, in the Jeannette Powell Art Center. Kathy Bancroft is the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation. She manages a team of archaeologists who monitor the ongoing dust-mitigation construction project at Owens Lake to make sure that Paiute cultural sites are preserved. As a lifelong resident of the Owens Valley and an expert on the dust mitigation program, she will address the history of conflicts between the Paiute reservations and the City of Los Angeles over land and water rights.
How Do You Get There?: Examples of the Creative Process

University of the Pacific

Members from both the Department of Visual Arts and Theatre Arts faculty present How Do You Get There?: Examples of the Creative Process, on view October 1, through October 29, 2014.

This exhibition highlights participation from both the visual and performing arts in a demonstration of the creative process and methods. The exhibition includes various media on display, such as painting, drawing, set design modeling, and video.

As part of Pacific's Homecoming festivities, there will be Artists' Demonstrations in the gallery Saturday, October 18 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. immediately followed by an Artists' Reception 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Faculty Exhibition: Current Work From Within

University of the Pacific

Renewing a decades old tradition, the Reynolds Gallery welcomes new and returning students and opens the academic year with an exhibition featuring recent art and design by the faculty of the Department of Visual Arts. Current Work From Within opens to the public on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 and will be on view through Thursday, September 25. A public reception will be held on Friday, September 5 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. This exhibition will be accompanied by artists' talks: Monika Meler," A Guide to Getting Lost," September 4 at noon and Deanna Hunt, "A Practice in Awareness," September 18 at 6:00 pm. Both talks are in the Jeannette Powell Art Center, room 209 next to the gallery. All events are free and open to the public.

This exhibition celebrates the department's impressive scope of faculty talent, highlighting a diversity of media and approach used in traditional and contemporary creative practice. Exhibiting artists include tenured, tenure-track, adjunct and emeritus faculty, as well as our new, multi-talented, administrative assistant. This celebration of art and its makers is an opportunity for students, the public, and local community to view new and original works from this award-winning and widely exhibiting group of artists and designers.
IN.TENSION: Senior Class Exhibition

University of the Pacific

The 2014 Studio Art and Graphic Design student's graduating class presents, IN.TENSION; an exhibition of their art and design works in the Reynolds Art Gallery opening April 14 and on view through May 10. IN.TENSION features a variety of works including graphic designs, photographs, prints, multi-media and mixed media installations.

A reception for the artists, with an awards presentation, will be held Wednesday, April 16 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. The community is encouraged to enjoy an evening of art, design, live music, and refreshments as we celebrate these young artists.
Art and Design for People and Planet

University of the Pacific

The Reynolds Gallery and Sustaining Pacific present, Art and Design for People and Planet, on view March 19 - April 3, 2014. An opening reception for the artists will be held in the gallery Thursday March 20, 6:30 -8:30 p.m.

Created around the themes of sustainability, fair trade, people and the planet, this exhibition features artwork from individual artists, Pacific students, faculty and members of the community. Encompassing a range of media, from painting to video, 2-D and 3-D, Art and Design for People and Planet explores how the artist or designer merges the concepts of sustainability into their work. Included is the photography of James Rodriguez an independent

documentary photographer and photojournalist. His primary focus is exposing and documenting social justice issues, particularly those involving land tenure, human rights abuses, post-war processes, negative effects of globalization.

Art and Design for People and Planet is part of Pacific's Sustainability Month. The University of the Pacific is committed to creating a campus culture that advances a sustainable future among all members of the Pacific community. Across all three campuses, Pacific is implementing sustainable practices and engaging the Pacific community and its external constituencies through educational programs.

To learn more about photographer James Rodriquez, please visit his website, www.MiMundo.org.
2014 Scholastic Art Awards

University of the Pacific

The Reynolds Gallery with the Valley Sierra California Arts Project proudly present the 2014 California Scholastic Awarded Artwork of the Central Valley and northern California. These aspiring young artists show the enormous creative potential of our area's youth and the power of their personal visions.

Established in 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have given 7th through 12th grade students an opportunity to be recognized for their artistic work and creativity. In those nine decades, the Alliance for Young Artists Awards has grown into the nation's largest, longest running program supporting student achievement in the visual and literary arts. Past awardees have included artists such as Andy Warhol and Richard Avedon.

This year's northern California exhibit is presented by The California Arts Project (TCAP). TCAP became a member of the Alliance Regional Affiliate Network in 2010. Located at the University of the Pacific, the Valley Sierra California Arts Project, a regional site of the California Arts Project, was established in 1994 as a part of the California Subject Matter Projects. The Valley Sierra California Arts Project is hosted by the University of the Pacific.

To learn more about The Valley Sierra California Arts Projects, please visit their website.
Upon Closer Inspection

University of the Pacific

The Reynolds Gallery is pleased to present, Upon Closer Inspection, a group show featuring Pacific alumna Jennie Ottinger and bay area artists: Sandra Ono, Jennifer Brandon and Daniel Nevers. This diverse exhibition is on view January 27 through February 21. A reception for the artists will be held Friday, January 31, from 7:00-9:00 in the gallery. All events are free and open to the public.

"There is a tendency to rush through things, to give everything a quick glance and check it off the list. Most art rewards those who look longer."

Upon Closer Inspection explores what happens when the art explicitly relies on the effects of confusion, ambiguity, and outright deception. Each of the artists works with one or more of these qualities. The show's title relates to each artist's interest in revealing subtleties in common items or situations. Sandra Ono's work investigates the experience of memory and body. She often uses synthetic, mass-produced consumer goods and transforms them using a slow moving, hand made process. Using repetitive gestures she amasses organic and corporeal forms that give physical weight and dimension to different internal states. Ono is drawn to every day materials because she is interested in the macro and micro consequences of what we consume, and inversely, what consumes us. Daniel Nevers uses words in much the same way. Through juxtaposition and repetition, his pieces highlight the formal qualities of text while simultaneously challenging notions of common meaning. Close inspection of Jennifer Brandon's Screening III reveals the subtle effects of the environment on a sculpture and asks us to consider the impact of elements we can't always see. Jennie Ottinger's books play with deception. At first glance they are time-honored classics of literature, but if you handle them, you soon realize they contain terse summaries of the novels giving the viewer a tool to deceive others as well. The work in this show asks the viewer to engage just a bit longer to understand the whole picture. It seems to go against the current trend toward efficiency and immediacy but patience is usually rewarded.

To learn more about the artists and their work, please visit their websites: Jennie Ottinger, Jennifer Brandon, Daniel Nevers, Sandra Ono
Goines Posters 1968 - 2013

University of the Pacific and Brett DeBoer

The Reynolds Gallery presents, Goines Posters: 1968 - 2013, a solo exhibition by American artist, calligrapher, printing entrepreneur, and author, David Goines. This exhibition is on view December 9 through January 24. Mr. Goines will give a talk January 16, 6:00 p.m., in the Biology Building, room 144, immediately followed by a reception in the Reynolds Gallery, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

This exhibition features selected works spanning the career of this highly acclaimed graphic artist. Included selections come from pieces created for The North Face and Goines' well-known German Art Nouveau-influenced posters from his extended association with restaurant Chez Panisse.

"There's not really a beginning to things anymore than there's an ending. We are in the middle of a continuum. Time is an illusion. But, we humans create patterns. We impose order on chaos so we can get our work done. I did posters in high school for musical performances, but had no notion of becoming a graphic artist or any other kind of artist for that matter, and I stopped doing art and went off to Cal Berkeley to study Classics..."

During the 1960s, Goines studied Classics at the University of California at Berkeley where participated in the Free Speech Movement. In 1965 he began an apprenticeship as a printer at the Berkeley Free Press. In 1968 he bought the print shop and renamed it Saint Hieronymus Press, where he has continued to print his limited edition posters and calendar art by both letterpress and photo-offset lithography. In 1982, Goines published the calligraphic classic A Constructed Roman Alphabet, which won him the 1983 American Book Award. In addition to his artistic and calligraphic work, Goines is also a non-fiction author who has written about political activism. His book The Free Speech Movement: Coming of Age in the 1960s was published in 1993. His artwork has been exhibited in more than one hundred one-man and group shows, both national and international and is represented in both public and private collections among which are: The Palace of the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Library of Congress, Washington D.C., Museum of Modern Art, New York and Museéde la Publicité, Palais du Louvre, Paris.
Revolution: Student Juried Exhibition

University of the Pacific

The Reynolds Gallery presents Revolution, a student-juried competition and exhibition featuring works by current Pacific students on view November 11 - December 4. Awarded works will be announced during the November 22 reception.

After selecting the exhibition theme and title, Revolution, student curators put forward a campus wide, open call for artwork. The exhibit features artwork created by a varied group of Pacific students. Free to use the medium of their own choosing, students were encouraged to respond to the exhibition's theme. The works in Revolution reflect a sense of controversy and change, either universal or personal.

On display in the exhibition is range of 2D and 3D works including, painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media and video.

Jurors for this exhibition are Studio Art seniors: Morgan Andre, Maurelle Bagus, Makana Livermore and Liliana Nunez.
Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964

Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES)

In 1943, President Roosevelt announced the creation of what would become the largest Mexican guest-worker program in U.S. history. Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964, a new bilingual (English/Spanish) exhibition created by the National Museum of American History and organized for travel by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES), explores this chapter of American history.

The Reynolds Gallery is proud to present Bittersweet Harvest on view September 24 - October 25. An opening reception will be held in the gallery Friday September 27, 4:00 -6:00 p.m.

Between 1942 and 1964, millions of Mexican men came to the United States on short-term labor contracts. Both bitter and sweet, the Bracero experience tells a story of exploitation but also of opportunity. The exhibition explores the braceros' contributions to communities in Mexico and the United States, the opportunities that became available to braceros and the challenges that they faced as guest workers during the war years and afterward. Included in the exhibition are 15 freestanding banners featuring oral histories, quotes and the work of famed photojournalist Leonard Nadel who, in 1956, exposed employer violations endured by many braceros. The Nadel photos inspired the museum's work on Bittersweet Harvest and the Bracero History Project, which also includes audio clips of former braceros relating their experiences. The firsthand accounts were collected as part of the project's oral-history initiative.

Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964 is organized by the National Museum of American History and organized for travel by SITES. Funding is made possible through the Smithsonian's Latino Center, which celebrates Latino culture, spirit and achievement in America by facilitating the development of exhibitions, research, collections and education programs.
Enrique Chagoya: Escape From Fantasylandia

University of the Pacific

The Reynolds Gallery is proud to present Escape From Fantasylandia, featuring the prints of Enrique Chagoya from August 27 - September 20. Mr. Chagoya will deliver a public lecture at 6:00 p.m., September 13 in the Biology Building, room 101, followed by a reception in the gallery, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

Drawing from his experiences living on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border in the late 1970s, and also in Europe in the late 1990s, Enrique Chagoya juxtaposes secular, popular, and religious symbols in order to address the ongoing cultural clash between the United States, Latin America, and the world. He uses familiar pop icons to create deceptively friendly points of entry for discussion of complex issues. Through these seemingly harmless characters, Chagoya examines the recurring subject of colonialism and oppression that continues to riddle contemporary American foreign policy.

Enrique Chagoya was born in 1953 in Mexico City and currently lives in San Francisco. He is a full Professor at Stanford University's department of Art and Art History and his work can be found in many public collections including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art, and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco among others. He has been recipient of numerous awards such as two NEA artists fellowships, one more from the National Academy of Arts and Letters in New York, residencies at Giverny and Cite International des Arts in France, and a Tiffany fellowship to mention a few.
17: Class of 2013 Senior Exhibition

University of the Pacific

The Reynolds Gallery with Studio Art and Graphic Design seniors present, 17: the class of 2013 Senior Exhibition, opening April 15 and on view to the public through May 3. The exhibition, which features art and design work by 17 graduating seniors, contains a variety of media, including drawing, painting, graphic design, photography, and video.

The junior studio class will simultaneously present Re: Imagine. Discover. Design. in the Foyer Gallery of the Jeannette Powell Art Center studio building, across from the Reynolds Gallery.

A reception for the artists, including an awards presentation, will be held Wednesday, April 17 from 6:00 -8:00 pm. The community is encouraged to enjoy an evening of art, live music and refreshments as we celebrate these young artists.
Where We Are Not Known: photographs by Kirstyn Russell

University of the Pacific

The Reynolds Gallery presents, Where We Are Not Known, a solo exhibition by contemporary photographer Kirstyn Russell. Russell will exhibit three photographic series that intertwine histories, both real and created, that she projects onto the landscape.

According to Russell:
I began looking at the edges of communities and questioning how we project ourselves into what we photograph. As I continued with the work, I started looking at gender and queerness in the landscape. Is there room for queerness in areas where it may not be safe to be queer? I started photographing queer spaces in rural, suburban and abandoned urban places. I found that often you see more rainbows on the muffler shop than on the local gay bars. I realized I was projecting queerness into the stores, street signs and grocery stores I was driving past. In areas where overt queerness is hidden (no queer signifiers on the gay bars) I noticed pool halls called "Butches" and supermarkets called "Big Bear." By making these photographs I want to consider places that could easily be missed as you move from destination to destination. I am interested in searching beyond the geographic boundaries, to the possibility of a psychological, historic, and identity based understanding of the areas I photograph.

Kirstyn Russell received her B.F.A. from New York University and her M.F.A. from California College of the Arts. In 2007 she received the Cadre Grant to produce 10 images from the series Where We Are Not Known as postcards and mailed them to 75 recipients. The work was reproduced in Capricious Magazine and written about in Make/Shift Magazine. She was a speaker at the 2011 Society for Photographic Education conference. Kirstyn is a Professor of Photography at San Joaquin Delta College. For further information on the artist please visit her website, www.kirstynrussell.com.