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SUBCONSCIOUS A student juried exhibition Earl and Virginia Green Gallery November 7 – November 18, 2016
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welcome to the subconscious
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show statement As our mind lies dormant, the line between the real and the surreal becomes lucid. Here our subconscious is awakened. This show aims to generate a space where artists have the ability and freedom to explore their dreams, memories, fears, and unspoken thoughts. This juried exhibition features nineteen student artists who have accessed these thoughts and have turned them into tangible works of art. These thoughts and ideas have expressed themselves as a functioning mess. Our minds are constantly flooded with images, ideas and feelings that are all at once chaotic, yet purposeful. The show is a product of these fleeting dormant forms that lie beneath the surface of our consciousness. Viewers will be challenged with engaging content that may evoke feelings of unrest and awe. How might theses feelings engage our own minds? How might diving into the mind of another shape our identities? Each work was intentionally chosen for their interconnectedness with each other and their attempt to delve into these ideas. Welcome to the subconscious.
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Featured student artists Adrianna Coe Alexander Sarina Austin Bland Avery Anton Devan Carpentier Hope Daley Janna Christian Kira Bester Kristin Wong Krystyny Vandenberg Lauren Fitterer Marika Adamopoulos Melanie Kim
Michelle Lum Ruth Roatch Savannah Morra Shelby Montelongo Tom Li Tony Walsh
curatorial team Hailey Currington Hannah Dixon Tom Li Zechariah Liszewski Brianna McGroarty Shelby Montelongo Sapphire Pride Chad Swanson Jacob Vasa
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April 30 (2016), Oil on acrylic sheet, 18 x 24in, Krystyny Vandenberg
March 19 (2016), Oil on acrylic sheet, 14 x 11 in, Krystyny Vandenberg
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A Place of Our Own (2016), graphite on paper - 18” x 24” Adrianna Coe
Abstraction (2015), acrylic, spray paint, nail polish, rubber, chalk, ink, pastel, charcoal, thread 17” x 11” Adrianna Coe
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Stop Watching Me! (2014) – 48” x 48” Adrianna Coe
Introspection |v| confrontation (2016), Photography on metal, 30” x 16” Marika Adamopoulos
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Creation of Adam (2016) Dye on canvas, Approx. 24” x 48” Devan Carpentier
Top to Bottom: the future enters into us, 10” x 16.5” inkjet print in order to transform in us, 10” x 16.5” inkjet print long before it happens, 10” x 16.5” inkjet print Kira Bester
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Germination (2016), Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Canvas, 40” x 30” Alexander Sarina
Possession II (2016), Acrylic on Canvas, 40” x 30” Alexander Sarina
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What Lies Below (2016), Ceramic, Clay, Foam Insulation, Paper Mache, Steel, and Gloss Paint, Dimensions Variable Alexander Sarina
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Top to Bottom: Sadness (2016), inkjet print, 10” x 8” Anger (2016), inkjet print, 10” x 8” Joy (2016), inkjet print, 10” x 8” Shelby Montelongo
Longings (2015), print on velvet fine art paper, 6” x 30” Avery Anton
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The Sailor in the Tree (2016), color pencil, 22” x 14” Ruth Roatch
Ponytail (2015), gauche, 15” x 20” Lauren Fitterer
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Left to Right: Dopamine (2016), Photography 8” x 12” Worship (2016), Photography 8” x 12” Chaos Reign[ed] (2016), Photography, 8x12 Austin Bland
Anxiety (2016), Photography, 12” x 8” Austin Bland
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untitled [series] (2016), framed photograph, 12” x 18” Tom Li
Rise-N- Shine Bitch (2016), Video (still frame), Hope Daley
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Left to Right: The Place I Call Home, 1 (2016), 35mm film photograph, 8” x 10” The Place I Call Home, 2 (2016), 35mm film photograph, 8” x 10” The Place I Call Home, 10 (2016), 35mm film photograph, 8” x 10” Janna Christian
Solitude (2016), Cinemagraph Projection (still frame), Melanie Kim
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Defeated (2016), Digital Print, 20” x 36” Tony Walsh
Reflections Change (2016), paper, 13”x12”x10” Savannah Morra
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Still Beating (2015), paper, spray paint, tape, and battery-operated lights, 5.25” x 2.5” x 3.5” Kristin Wong
Sunshine (2016), fishing line, illustration board, 112” x 13” x 20” Michelle Lum
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biola art department Located in La Mirada, California–in the greater Los Angeles area– the Biola Art Department is well positioned to represent a vital Christian worldview within the critical dialogue of contemporary visual art. It offers students a professional visual arts program and space to grapple with issues concerning the intersection of faith with art and culture, within a rigorous curriculum that reflects a strong liberal arts emphasis. The Biola art program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. The Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) degree in Art is the professional undergraduate degree that is highly desired by serious students intent on pursuing careers or advanced degrees in the visual arts. The program is designed to give art students flexibility to choose from one of five emphases: design, painting, photography, sculpture, or interdisciplinary. www.Biola.edu/Art
Still images of video artwork by Hope Daley, and Melanie Kim, provided by the artist; used by permission. All other artwork and installation images by exhibition curatorial team from Earl & Virginia Green Art Gallery, La Mirada, CA. Cover image: by Austin Bland, Anxiety (detail), 2016. Subconscious: A juried student exhibition (catalog). Copyright Š 2016 Biola University Art Department All rights reserved. Book design and layout by Chad Swanson. Published through Issuu.com Biola University Art Department 13800 Biola Ave., La Mirada, CA 90639 562.903.4807 • www.Biola.edu/Art
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