SCHOOL OF ART THESIS EXHIBITION SCHEDULE - SPRING QUARTER 2012

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May 8 – May 19, 2012

OHIO UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, Seigfred Hall
Graduate Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition
Darren Baker: In and of Itself

Focusing on how the definition of a book changes through electronic translation, Darren Baker’s work explores the many roles that a book plays in our society, how those roles adapt to the increased development of touch screen technology, and if using book-like gestures furthers the relevance of the book in todays culture.

Reception: Tuesday, May 8, 7-9 PM

May 8 – May 19, 2012

OHIO UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, Seigfred Hall
Graduate Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition
Dejan Mraovic: Graphic Ambassadors of a Country (Redesign of Serbian Banknotes and Coins in Collaboration with National Bank of Serbia, Belgrade)

Dejan Mraovic‘s research is focused on money and the redesign of the Serbian national currency – the dinar. He considers bank notes and coins ambassadors of every country because on them one can read about a country's culture, history and nature. As a measure of protection for his redesigned currency, Mraovic is designing a completely new, sans-serif font entitled Serbiana. Serbian is the only language in the world that uses both Latin and Cyrillic alphabets: Mraovic has included both alphabets for this project. He believes that this unique, brand new font will contribute to the originality and beauty of his redesigned bank notes and coins.

Reception: Tuesday, May 8, 7-9 PM

May 8 – May 19, 2012

OHIO UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, Seigfred Hall
Graduate Ceramics Thesis Exhibition
James Tingey: The Materiality of Time

Utilizing the vocabulary of functional ceramic objects, James Tingey's work explores material and process as a vehicle to articulate the relationship between object and containment, body and environment. Contingent and varied, the surfaces of the works are record of the residues of process; materially containing the interactions of time and material. Through implied function and familiarity of form, the work resides between object of utility and marker of activity.

Reception: Thursday, May 17, 6-9 PM

May 8 – May 12, 2012

TRISOLINI GALLERY, Baker University Center
Undergraduate Painting and Printmaking Thesis Exhibition

Rachael Griffin, Andrea Kotnik, Maggie Melchiorre, Keegan Mcgee Moore, Ashley Riley. This group exhibition features thesis work by undergraduate painting and printmaking students.

Reception: Tuesday, May 8, 6-8 PM

May 11

RIDGES AUDITORIUM, The Ridges
Graduate Ceramics Thesis Performance
Kris Grey: Body of Investigation

Kris Grey/Justin Credible will exhibit a multimedia, one night show, live art performance that explores themes of identity, the body, and transformation. The work challenges the dominant transgender representation of being born into the wrong body, making space for imagining new configurations of gendered embodiment. The evening will conclude with an open forum for audience participation.

Performance: Friday, May 11, 6PM

May 11 – May 20, 2012

MAJESTIC GALLERIES, 20 Public Square, Nelsonville, Ohio
Graduate Painting Thesis Exhibition
Andrew McPherson: Monies No Object

Historical science fiction meets Occupy Wall Street in Andrew McPherson’s work. Haunting paintings in the vein of pop-surrealism explore and politicize the overlap of quantum physics and fundamental monetary policy. Casting placebos of officiality within themes of ethereal forces, this show inspects the fabric of the realities taken for granted.

Reception: Saturday, May 12, 6-9 PM

May 10 – May 21, 2012

MAJESTIC GALLERY, 20 Public Square, Nelsonville, Ohio
Graduate Photography and Integrated Media Thesis Exhibition
Angela Smith: Self: Case # 0514

This exhibition examines identity through the physical structures of the body, displayed by photographic evidence.

Reception: Saturday, May 12, 6-9 PM

May 15 – May 19, 2012

TRISOLINI GALLERY, Baker University Center
Undergraduate Ceramics Thesis Exhibition
BFA Ceramics
Jamie Barker, Jennifer Cole, Elizabeth Plyler, Jeremy Wright
This group exhibition features thesis work by undergraduate ceramic students.

Reception: Tuesday, May 15, 6-8 PM

May 22 – May 26, 2012

OHIO UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, Seigfred Hall
Undergraduate Graphic Design Thesis Exhibition
Tangerine: 17-1463

Chelsey Allen, Brandon Boston, Morgan Burnside, Nicholas D'Amico, Lisa Faller, Ali Forbes, Claire Guzik, Emma Hein, Steven Jones, Sarah Lewis, Kelly Phillips, Kenneth Phillips, Matthew Roth, Stephanie Russell, Stanislav Semukhin, Ryan Smith, Jordan Strohl, Sarah Winningham, Emily Zarack
This group exhibition features thesis work by undergraduate graphic design students.

Reception: Tuesday, May 22, 6-8 PM

May 22 – June 2, 2012

TRISOLINI GALLERY, Baker University Center
Graduate Sculpture and Expanded Practice Thesis Exhibition
Justin Como: Whole

Exhibition Whole is an interactive art experience addressing boundaries of the body, spaces we inhabit, and divisions between them as we experience the two. Viewers can expect to find themselves dipped in light, breaching membranes, and reconsidering their body’s relationship to space. A rain drop : the ocean; a speck of dirt : Pangaea; a human being...

Reception: Friday, May 25, 6-9 PM

May 23

MITCHELL AUDITORIUM, Seigfred Hall
Graduate Graphic Design Thesis Lecture
Sebastian Biot: Please use other doors

Sebastian Biot’s research on “annotative design” practices looks at common means we find to change our visual environment. A reflection on the nature of design, it investigates everyday anonymous signs, their social, aesthetic, and functional contexts, and the role they play in shaping professional discourse in graphic design.

Lecture: Wednesday, May 23, 7 PM

May 29 – June 2, 2012

OHIO UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, Seigfred Hall
Undergraduate Photography and Integrated Media Thesis Exhibition

Virginia Adams, Stephanie Barker, Caitlyn Chilcoat, Amanda Finkel,
Ben Graham, Amanda Hartnett, Hailey Jackson, Matthew Lafferty, Emily Lippowitsch, Nathaniel Russell
This group exhibition features thesis work by undergraduate photography students.

Reception: Tuesday, May 29, 6-8 PM

June 5 - June 9, 2012

OHIO UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, Seigfred Hall
Undergraduate Painting & Sculpture and Expanded Practice Thesis Exhibition

This group exhibition features thesis work by undergraduate painting and sculpture students.

Reception: Tuesday, June 5, 6-8 PM

June 5 - June 9, 2012

TRISOLINI GALLERY, Baker University Center
Undergraduate Interior Architecture Thesis Exhibition

Interior Architecture Senior Thesis Projects, Spring 2012
Monika Appelhans, Alexandria Bird, James Dearth, Caitlin Forrest, Margaret Gienger, Emily Good, Chelsea King, Jesse Larkins, Michelle Merker, Donivan Noble, Amanda Polen, Jordan Seibert, Samantha Schiff, Alyssa Shahan, Kevin Smith, Lisa Thomas, Beth Valerino, Nadia Voynova

Reception: Tuesday, June 5, 6-8 PM