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Ali Vaughan '19
Art Practice/Art History 2019
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(un)grounded
Series highlighting experiences with environmental change, connection to place, and emotional displacement by collaging satellite maps with portraits.
2022
Photography/digital collage
By Vrinda Suresh '21
window/windows
A process exploration of dye sublimation to print the iconic “Bliss” wallpaper of the operating system Windows XP onto constructed shutters.
2017
Sculpture: wood, white house paint, printed acrylic sheet, venetian window structure
By Vivienne Le '19
Looking Back 2021
2021 — a year of uncertainties, breakthroughs, and hope. The nurse at a vaccination site epitomizes this spirit of perseverance and hope.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
By Sarah Dong '26
Áo Dài in Seven Parts
Pinned parts of a traditional Vietnamese dress cut to my measurements. Through deconstruction, functionality and familiarity are lost.
2023
Charcoal and Mixed Media on Salvaged Cotton and Organza
By Lily Thai '27
Clout Chaser
A reflection of my Korean heritage in the new digital age, and how technology distorts my self-perception and my relationship with my culture.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
By Hannah Cha '25
Julia Fern
This drawing is a representation of a fractal called a Julia set, which has been rendered out of plants and other organic elements.
2018
Markers on paper
By Alejandro Poler '19
Sea Slug, Giant Green Anemone, Starfish Scene
These three prints depict tide pool scenes in Moss Beach, CA. They are part of a series, “From Puddles to Pools: A Showcase of Marine Invertebrates.”
2024
Sea Slug is a woodcut and the other two are etchings.
By Will Pangburn '29
Queer Intimacy
These sculptures are abstract representations of my reflections on intimacy as being fluid, not rooted in rigid definitions.
2022
Wood sculpture
By Bryan Defjan '24
Last Light on Haight St
A classic San Francisco house is bathed in orange light at sunset.
2022
Oil paint on panel
By Christina Kent '22
Submersion
Submersion is a painting that experiments with figure in distortion, and blends the organic elements of nature with human form.
2015
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
By Meagan Wu '18
Untitled (Study for St. Sebastian) and Untitled (Study for Gabriel)
Both works are depictions of traditional Catholic religious figures figured through an assemblage of inanimate objects.
2018
Graphite and watercolor on paper
By Ali Vaughan '19
Portrait of Queer Person
The tradition of monuments uplifts cishet white men through idealized, bodily depictions of men, but queerness transcends the restrictions of the body
2022
Acrylic paint on canvas
By Aileen Rubio '26
Portrait of a Glass, Empty
Inspired by the strange reflection of an empty glass sitting on a table, this is a piece is about power and powerlessness—control and lack of it.
2020
Acrylic on canvas
By Vrinda Suresh '21
Photos of Old Beijing
These monotype prints are based on historical photos of imperial palaces in Beijing, my hometown.
2019
monotype on paper
By Cathy Yang '20
Quarantine Paintings
These two paintings were inspired by the feelings of quarantine—isolation, restlessness, and nostalgia.
2020
gouache (two images combined digitally)
By Katie Han '23