2020 Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition

UNI GALLERY OF ART

2020 Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition

Due to university policy regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNI Gallery of Art is presenting this exhibition online only.

Co-sponsored by the Friends of the UNI Permanent Art Collection & Gallery. The exhibition poster was designed by UNI graphic design student Craig Miller. Unless otherwise stated, all photographs were taken by Collection Photographer and UNI alumna Anastasia Parsons.

This competitive exhibition showcases outstanding recent artworks by students enrolled in classes in the UNI Department of Art. The juror for this year's competition was Jared Ledesma, Assistant Curator at the Des Moines Art Center. Mr. Ledesma made a selection of 50 artworks from approximately 150 student entries and choose a number of merit awards and honorable mentions. He also presented a lecture about his career as well as his perspective on jurying on Wednesday, March 11 in KAB 111. Mr. Ledesma has a B.A. and an M.A. in art history from San Francisco State University. Prior to his appointment at the Des Moines Art Center (DMAC), he worked in the painting and sculpture curatorial department at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. His first major exhibition for DMAC was Queer Abstraction, which opened in June of 2019 and included newly commissioned artworks by Elijah Burgher and Mark Joshua Epstein as well as a new edition of artist Tom Burr’s large-scale sculpture Deep Purple, a reimagining of Richard Serra’s controversial Tilted Arc. He has also organized numerous permanent collection-based exhibitions such as I, too, am America, The Irrational and the Marvelous, and Sultry Night: Selected Works by Grant Wood.

List of Accepted works:

Melodie Anstey, Rose Water, ceramic, 23” X 17” X 8,” 2019.

Breanna Augustus, Giving Everything for a Heroin Addict, woodcut on Thai Kozo paper, 18.5” X 12.5,” 2020.

Breanna Augustus, Only 25% Cliché, mixed media, 4’ X 2,’ 2019.

Molly Bach, Dismal Love, oil on canvas, 3’ X 4,’ 2019.

  Molly Bach, Float, ceramic, 8” X 5.5” X 5,” 2020.

Alex Balvance, Transfer, charcoal and graphite on paper, 25” X 20,” 2019.

Samuel Barnhart, The Effects of a Leaf Blower on Tear Gas, stainless steel, 21” X 15” X 15,” 2019.

Darylle A. Bruns, Contact, oil on canvas, 3’ X 4,’ 2020.

  Madelyn Bryan, Cataracts, embroidery, 5” X 3,” 2019.

UNI College of Humanities, Arts and Sciences Merit Award.

  Madelyn Bryan, Shower Thoughts, oil on canvas, 2019.

Jacob Carson, Please Help, I Do Not Understand!, charcoal, acrylic, gesso, and ink on paper, 52” X 38.5” X 1.5,” 2019.

Olivia Chapman, Toilet, inkjet print, 35” X 23.75,” 2020 / Image provided by the artist.

UNI Office of the President Merit Award.

  Amelia Duax, Self Exploration I, oil on canvas, 17” X 23,” 2019.

  Claire Elise, Restrained, ceramic, 25.5” X 18” X 18,” 2020.

College Hill Arts Festival Merit Award.

Claire Elise, Untitled (#2) from the Space Between Series, inkjet print, 19” X 23,” 2020 / Image provided by the artist.

UNI Department of Art Merit Award.

Drew Feakes, Self Portrait, pen on paper, 30” X 20,” 2020.

Taylor Hansen, Up Above, screenprint, 22” X 15,” 2020.

Ainsley Harris, Hearts in the Style of Warhol, gouache on paper, 2019.

Juror’s Honorable Mention.

Mikayla Hennigar, Impatient, ceramic, 8’ X 10’ X 5,” 2020.

Hailey Hershey, Fragments, charcoal, watercolor, and pastel on paper, 26” X 40,” 2020.

Abby Hill, Worry, oil on canvas, 21” X 19,” 2019.

  Tyler Hillis, Is America Great Again?, mixed media, size variable, 2019.

Alex Hutchins, Let Me In, video, duration 9:15, 2019 / Image provided by the artist.

  Alex Hutchins, Rainbow Dissociation: Orange, screenprint and hand-stitched yarn, 28.5” X 22,” 2020.

Ryan Jones, Mr. Baker, lithograph and silkscreen, 26.75” X 20.5,” 2020.

Triston Kirschbaum, Sunkin Skin, oil on canvas, 15” X 18,” 2019.

 

Emily Kriegel, Caress, video, duration 6:50, 2020 / Image provided by the artist.

Kami Lilly, The Tribulations of the Contemporary Rat, acrylic, oil, and nails on board, 15.5” X 11” X 1.5,” 2020.

 Kami Lilly, Home Movie, video, duration 6:02, 2019 / Image provided by the artist.

UNI Public Art Incubator Merit Award.

Shannon Liza, Crater Faced Goon Moon, ed. 10/10, woodcut on Japanese paper, 18.5” X 12.5,” 2020.

Shannon Liza, Honey, I Am Over the MOOOOON!, ed. 1/10, woodcut on Japanese paper, 18.5” X 12.5,” 2020.

Shannon Liza, Tepid Travels, collage: pencil shavings, thread, oil paint, colored pencil, India ink, mylar, aluminum button base, 2.25” diam. each, 2020.

Barbara Lynch, Female Energy, oil on canvas, 28” X 20,” 2020.

Friends of the UNI Permanent Art Collection and Gallery Merit Award.

Lydia Madsen, Cavity, artist’s book, 4.75” X 4.75,” 2019.

Lydia Madsen, Just Let Me F@#%ing Rant, artist’s book, 7.25” X 5,” 2019.

Jaspyn Mixdorf, Whorl, digital print, 10” X 10,” 2019.

Kate Murray, Cat with Human Feet, screenprint, 17” X 13,” 2020.

Brianna L. Pruitt, Faces of a Liar, oil and photo transfers on board, 10” X 12,” 2019.

Friends of the UNI Permanent Art Collection and Gallery Merit Award.

Macey Reed, Dunked, oil on canvas, 28” X 18,” 2020.

Monica Sanguino, A Place Called Home, cyanotype on fabric and dirt, 29” X 17” X 5,” 2020.

UNI Department of Art Merit Award.

Aaron Shaver, Postlude, cyanotype triptych, 22” X 16.75” each, 2020.

UNI Office of the V.P. and Provost Merit Award.

Aaron Shaver, The Flayer, oil on canvas, 2’ X 2,’ 2019.

  Marissa Shell, Don’t Shoot, oil on canvas, 3’ X 4,’ 2019.

UNI Department of Art Merit Award.

Maryssa Soder, Rusted Car, chromogenic print, 8.5” X 11,” 2020 / Image provided by the artist.

Denae Statzer, Everlasting Cycle of the Human Relationship, ceramic, 11” X 46” X 15,” 2019.

  Roshan Subba, Disunion, oil on canvas, 24” X 18,” 2019.

Shirann Vaughn, Tumbling Tumbleweed, oil on canvas, 2’ X 2,’ 2019.

Jessica Vasquez, Bowling Heads, oil on canvas, 3’ X 4,’ 2020.

Juror’s Honorable Mention.

  Sabrina Wiebold, Risoluto, basswood, 29” X 12” X 6,” 2019.

Tim Wilson, Looking Through the Glass, oil on canvas, 22” X 28,” 2020.