Graduating studio art majors in the complete a capstone project consisting of an art thesis exhibition. This year鈥檚 five graduating seniors launched installations incorporating a variety of media, including found objects, print media, and sculpture, at art galleries on the River Campus this spring. The works explored themes such as interpersonal relationships, environmentalism, and emotional expression.
Yuting Mao
鈥淭he Color of Bi鈥�
Hartnett Gallery, Wilson Commons, May 2鈥�16
鈥淢y art work is a coded journal that documents all my paths, as well as the literal representation of my emotional state.鈥�
Fiona Jones
鈥渃谤辞蝉蝉蝉别肠迟颈辞苍鈥�
gallery at the Art & Music Library through May 20
鈥淪ome do not treat flora or fauna with the delicacy that they deserve. For those who admire plant life, documentation is a practice of exploring creation and how we archive to preserve these fleeting bodies.鈥�
Alina Yijia Yang
鈥淭he Shape of Being鈥�
Hartnett Gallery, Wilson Commons, May 2鈥�16
鈥淢y painting series explores the various forms of people being in the society by portraying human beings as twisted shapes and presenting the connection of shapes metaphorically as interpersonal relationships.鈥�
Connor Newman
鈥淲hat We Leave Behind鈥�
Featured in the Hartnett Gallery, Wilson Commons, in April 聽
鈥淚 explore thoughts of flow, in time and water Environmentalism, mythology, and the self also play a major role. 聽I enjoy establishing a mythos from scraps of the old and imbuing them with modern or futuristic ideas.鈥�
Dillon Kyle
鈥淪ynthetic Adaptation鈥�
Featured at the gallery at the Art & Music Library in early April
鈥淚 examine the ways in which the animals and plants that surrounded me in my home state of Texas have changed themselves to better survive in a harsh environment.鈥�
