Extro-Introspection: the Spring 2022 Senior Thesis Exhibition

Name: Extro-Introspection: the Spring 2022 Senior Thesis Exhibition — UC Berkeley Art Practice
Start: 2022-05-04T13:00:00-0700
End: 2022-05-17T17:00:00-0700

Wednesday, May 4, 2022 1:00 PM 13:00
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 5:00 PM 17:00

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Show Run: May 4-17, 2022
Reception: Wed. May 4, 4-6 pm
Regular Hours: M-Th 12 pm - 5 pm
Or by appointment
Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Anthropology + Art Practice Building
Rm 116 (first floor)
UC Berkeley Campus:
Near College Avenue and Bancroft Way

Save the date for the opening of “Extro-Introspection,” the Spring 2022 Senior Thesis Exhibition featuring the work of:

Allison Chen
Carol Hamelin
Chanea Rose Smith
Chloé Whyte
Danako
Deborah Galente
Dionne Herbold
Emily Luna McCarter
Erin Brookey
Giancarlo DiLuce
Gracianne Kirsch
Jay
Kaede Sasaki
Kahalla
Kaory
Khadija Hamid
Malia Brazil
Meg Stern
Nicholas Koontz
Noé Villa Figueroa
Nora Aron
Rose Lee
Sarah Eicher
Sophie McMurdy
Susan Mireles
Vanessa Yunyi Yang
WenChen
Xintong Wei
Yuchen Jing
Yuxin Shang

Exhibit Documentation

Overview

Allison Chen

Allison Chen, Mnemonica, 2022. Digital media (Adobe Illustrator & Figma), 2.5” x 3.5”.

Carol Hamelin

Carol Hamelin, VII Conversations, 2022. Acrylic, latex, vinyl and ink on canvas, 64 x 72 inches.
Carol Hamelin, à la piscine (to the pool), 2022. Acrylic, latex, vinyl and ink on canvas, 60 x 48 inches.

Chanea Rose Smith

Chanea Rose Smith, Series of Nine Portraits, 2022. Colored pencil on paper, 7.5” x 9.5”.

Chloé Whyte

Danako

Danako. Routine Repairs, 2022. Digital, varying dimensions.

Deborah Galente

Deborah Galente, Silenced, 2022. Ceramic, silk, organza, 5’ x 8’.

Dionne Herbold

Dionne Herbold, Sugar Candy Mountain, 2022. Oil on Stretched Canvas, 4’ x 5’.
Dionne Herbold, Sour Gummy Night, 2022. Oil on Stretched Canvas, 5’ x 6’.

Emily Luna McCarter

Emily McCarter, Everyday Intimacy, 2022. Digital illustration, printed fabric, thread, 17.5” x 16.5”
These wall quilts are about everyday intimacy. They tell a story of the mundane time spent with loved ones, that seems inconsequential, but can be the most important and lingering memories you share. For me, this work is a visual representation of the gritty real-life version of love that I experience with my friends and family. The process of creating this work was a combination of contemporary technical skills in digital illustration and intergenerational quilting knowledge passed down from my aunt and mother. I hope that these images conjure memories for you of intimate moments with the people you love <3.

Erin Brookey

Erin Brookey, Empathic Response, 2022. Vintage leather remnants, acrylic paint, thread, vintage mirrors, wood, paint, glue and screws.
84” X 96” X 6”.

Gracianne Kirsch

Gracianne Kirsch, unraveling, again; 2022. Oil and clay sculpture on canvas, video on an analogue TV, audio in a landline phone, zine with poem in VHS box, wires, misc. 6’ x 10’.

Jay

Jay, :thonk:, 2022. Mixed media,

Kaede Sasaki

Kaede Sasaki, Life, 2022. Acrylic and Sumi ink on canvas, 72” x 38”.

Kahalla

Kahalla, sound & color, 2022. Acrylic, gesso, sienna charcoal, oil pastel, gold leaf. 5.5’ x 3.5’.

Kaory

Kaory, i don't know whether the weather will be in full bloom or gloom, 2022. Glazed ceramic, chaquira (seed beads), recycled paper, natural wood fiber, string, varying dimensions.

Khadija Hamid

Khadija Hamid, Internet Universe Office of Tourism, or a virtual conversation with my chronic escapism, 2022. Poster display and brochures, 24” x 36”.
Made entirely of a mix of the artist’s own vector designs and graphic illustrations along with A.I. generated art and free license stock photos, this project is an intimate collaboration between the human and her computer.

Malia Brazil

Malia Brazil Confessions, 2022. Found objects, acrylic, wood, velvet, clay, 12’ x 9’.
This piece serves as a conflicted yet nostalgic love letter dedicated to the beautiful cathedrals that I spent my childhood in and the hypercritical words, judgemental eyes, and smothering arms of the
Catholic church.

Meg Stern

Meg Stern, I’m Working on It, 2022. Acrylic and Graphite, 6’ x 8’.
I documented the good and bad moments throughout the past year. Through this process I found there is good and bad in all moments, and I am both kind and mean to myself in different ways. This recognition has given me a sense of peace with myself, and I am now working on accepting and developing the ways I interact with my thoughts and experiences.

Nicholas Koontz

Nicholas Koontz, Somnium, 2022. Plaster, foam core, assorted feathers, scolecite sphere, crushed clear quartz, LED light, 20” x 10” x 10”.
Nicholas Koontz, Melting Columns, 2022. Plaster, foam core, acrylic, 5’ x 12” x 12”.

Noé Villa Figueroa

Noé Villa Figueroa, Trespass trespass, 2022. Iron gate, braided fabric, computer screen, video, 6’ x 7’.
Working from a rich archive on artwork based in the U.S. / Mexico Border, this piece is a culmination of nostalgia, queer experience, and material exploration. The audience is invited to gaze and ponder on the space this transformed gate takes up within the gallery itself - a white space. This is really an experience of both sound and visual elements that, combined, contextualize the fabricated identity of belonging to México and the United States.

Nora Aron

Nora Aron, Community Outreach, 2022. Ballpoint pen, sharpie, posca, pencil, charcoal, gesso, acrylic, garbage, found posters, personal documents. 8.5” x 11” *100.
This is my own personal revolution. Find your own. You can have a lil piece tho ;p.

Rose Lee

Rose Lee, The Locket, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, 16” x 20”.
Rose Lee, A Sea of Blossoms, 2022. Acrylic on canvas, 40” x 30”.
This collection narrates a fundamentally human phenomenon, where connection forms and attachment follow. It creates two ends of a spectrum, and we are left to process where we stand. That is the in-betweens of human connection and attachment.

Sarah Eicher

Sarah Eicher, I can only travel in a straight line, Oil on canvas, 2022, 48 x 52 inches.

Sophie McMurdy

Sophie McMurdy, Tangibility, 2022. Dyed silk gauze and crocheted yarn, graphite and oil pastel, 60” x 98” x 6”.
The dye is created through cochineal bugs (red), butterfly pea tea powder (blue), and coffee (yellow). This work studys and pieces together memories and materiality.

Susan Mireles

Susan Mireles, Jail Bird, 2022. Acrylic on wall with digital prints covered in polypropylene plastic bags and framed by adhesive tape,10’¾” x 8’7”3/8.