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Bridget Carron
Jessyka D'Itri
Anna Finch
Jennifer Grifka
Amanda Kamerling
Alma L. Mota
Rosa Pinuelas
Nathan Rayman
Andrew Ridings
Jana Saadey
Arpine Shakhbandaryan
Jacqueline Shiu
Josephine Tempongko
Alexandra Tsotsis
Austin Wilson




"Untitled"
Bridget Carron
2'-6"x2'-6"
Oil Paint on Canvas
Fine Arts Major

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"Untitled"
Jennifer Grifka
2'x2'
Oil on Wood Panel
Fine Arts Major

This series is an experiemnt in the interactions between paintings, and by extension, the interactions between people. The portrait is arguably the oldest form of painting, but also the most static. I would like to create portraits that are dynamic, that are affected by each other and the environment in which they hang. The diamond-shaped picture plane implies a state of unrest that is so underscored by their proximity to one another that they almost appear to lean on and support each other, creating a structure which is at once stable and completely chaotic.


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"Untitled"
Alma L. Mota
4'x18"
Oil on Panel
Fine Arts Major

The theme that underlies my body of work this semester has to do with issues of control (and lack there-of). These 'issues' are addressed in the painting technique as well as the content of the work itself. The paintings represent a moments in time and are not intended to make the viewer feel comfortable. They are however intended to provoke thought and allow the viewer the authority to narrate based on life-experience. In Romanticizing otherwise somber situations, I am playing on the idea of there being three sides to every story; her version, his version and THE TRUTH. In the case of my paintings 'The Truth' is the image and the two versions (his/hers) would be that of the viewer and my own. My main objective is to encourage viewer participation and create an opportunity for dialogue.


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"Armenian Alphabet"
Arpine Shakhbandaryan


Biology Major

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"Untitled"
Jacqueline Shiu
5'x24"
Oil Paint on Canvas
Fine Arts Major

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"Untitled"
Austin Wilson
36"x48"
Oil on Canvas
Cinema Major

Recently my work as a painter has taken on a distinctively cinematic quality. I have become interested in the role that painting plays contemporarily in our world, which is so focused on media representations and digital arts. A distinctive aspect that film or television has in opposition to fine art, is the evolution of an idea through three separate stages. In a movie or a television show, there is a writing, a directing and an editing stage. During each of these stages the work goes through changes and in a sense, takes on a new life. I have been experimenting with my abilities as an artist to give my work, not only a cinematic quality through the framing and composition of each piece, but also through a process of incorporating distinct stages within my work. For this particular piece, I wired a digital camera to my television and filmed a friend playing his guitar. I then photographed the image on the screen using black and white, Agfa Scala film. Finally, I projected the slide image onto a large canvas and produced the painting. Each stage of this process really took on its own interesting and unique life. The process is really a great deal of the art work. Personally, I find that my most successful work comes from a creatively unique process.


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"Untitled"
Jana Saadey
12"x36"
Oil on Canvas
Fine Arts Major

This semester my work is about a process - the process of overanalyzing: how we can take a word and manipulate its meaning utilizing the many definitions one word possesses. And when one overanalyzes a situation, word, relationship, thing, person, the process can seem quite logical in one s mind. When taken to the extreme, overanalyzing can become a jumbled mess of words, a complete loss of meaning, and a painful experience. My definition of a single word grows with every panel, the physical pain in my hand grows with every letter cut out of the canvas, and, in the end, all clarity is lost due to overanalyzing.


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Jessyka D'Itri


Communications - Annenberg TV Major



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Anna Finch


Communications Major



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Amanda Kamerling


Fine Arts Major



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Rosa Pinuelas


Fine Arts Major



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Andrew Ridings


Fine Arts Major



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Nathan Rayman


Italian Major



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Josephine Tempongko


Fine Arts Major



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Alexandra Tsotsis


Fine Arts Major



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