ALUMNI AFFAIRS

SVA staff and alumni gathered together at the last in-person alumni reception, held during the 2019 Miami art week.

Metamorphosis

A message from Jane Nuzzo, director of alumni affairs and development at SVA

In my role at the School of Visual Arts, I serve as an advocate for and champion of the entire SVA alumni community, an international network of more than 40,000 and growing. I am entrusted to share your achievements, cultivate relationships, bring you together in fellowship, steward your trust, foster the next generation of the College’s graduates and provide you with resources and opportunities as your careers and lives progress. Never has that felt more important, and yet my ability to do this has been tested over the last year and a half during what has been a tremendously disruptive time for all of us.

The pandemic has forever changed us, and I believe we must embrace that change. This is a chance to adapt, evolve and set upon a renewed path forward.

With that in mind—and as we continue to shake off the dust—we have begun to see glimpses of what is to come as my colleagues and I gradually resume our in-person activities. After School Special, SVA Theatre’s annual alumni film and animation festival, recently concluded, welcoming our accomplished alumni back on stage, and their audiences back to a communal viewing experience. And now we look ahead to Miami’s art week, where SVA has presented the work of recent alumni for the past 15 years. This year, the College will once again participate at Untitled, making it our third year with this prestigious international art fair. That event, too, will once again take place in person, following 2020’s virtual edition.

Finally, later this year, Alumni Affairs and the SVA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion office plan to host an alumni roundtable discussion, as part of the larger effort to foster a truly welcoming College community, in which everyone’s voice is valued. Stay tuned for more on that.

I hope and anticipate that this is just the start of our 2021 – 2022 calendar, and that I may soon meet or reconnect with many of you in person—or, perhaps, remotely—at an SVA alumni event. To keep in the loop, please take a moment to ensure that your contact information is up to date by visiting sva.edu/alumni. And be sure and follow us on Instagram and Twitter, @svanycalumni. ◆

The SVA Alumni Society celebrates its latest group of award winners— nine students and recent graduates, representing a range of the College’s undergraduate programs.

Thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends of the College, each spring the SVA Alumni Society distributes several awards honoring current and graduating students. The accolades include the Alumni Society Merit Award, for a BFA candidate who demonstrated community building and leadership excellence while at SVA; the Brian Weil Memorial Award, for graduating BFA Photography and Video students; the Lila Eva Lewental Memorial Award and Rodman Family Scholarship, merit-based awards for second- or third-year students; the Richard Wilde Award, given to third-year BFA Advertising and BFA Design students; the Russell J. Efros Memorial Award, for graduating BFA Film students; the Silas H. Rhodes Memorial Award, established in memory of SVA’s founder, given to third-year BFA Visual & Critical Studies students who demonstrate excellence in writing; and the Will Eisner Sequential Art Scholarship, for BFA Cartooning students entering their third or fourth year.

Alumni Society Merit Award Srishti Dass, BFA 2021 Fine Arts Brian Weil Memorial Award Ori Haiblum, BFA 2021 Photography and Video Lila Eva Lewental Memorial Award SooJung Lee, BFA Illustration Richard Wilde Award Lucian French, BFA Design Sam Lee, BFA Design Rodman Family Scholarship Jillian McNulty, BFA Animation Russell J. Efros Memorial Award Rianne Pyle, BFA 2021 Film Silas H. Rhodes Memorial Award James Bowles, BFA Visual & Critical Studies Will Eisner Sequential Art Scholarship Ashton Smith, BFA Cartooning

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1. Srishti Dass, Point of View, colored pencil on paper, 2021; 2. Ori Haiblum, Reflections, 35 mm archival print, 2018; 3. James Bowles, Ayrton in Monaco, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2021; 4. Sam Lee, Homebody, editorial catalog, spring 2021; 5. Rianne Pyle, Freedom Day Foundation – Juneteenth Protest, film, June 19, 2020; 6. SooJung Lee, Desert Ksar, digital, 2020; 7. Ashton Smith, Hamlet (page 12), digital, spring 2020; 8. Jillian McNulty, still from Chase, digital film, 2021; 9. Lucian French, Dating Shoes, highheel shoes and rubber dating stamp, 2021.

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10. Ashton Smith, Hamlet (page 13), digital, spring 2020; 11. Srishti Dass, Mannat, colored pencil on paper, 2021; 12. Sam Lee, Dandelion, zine, fall 2020; 13. Ori Haiblum, Burning Carriage, 35mm archival print, 2021; 14. Jillian McNulty, background from Chase, digital film, 2020; 15. SooJungu Lee, Antique Store Concept – Day Cycle, digital, 2020.

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DONORS

The Alumni Society gratefully acknowledges these SVA alumni who gave to the society January 1 through June 30, 2021.

Evin Aksel

BFA 2010 Photography

Dawn E. Albore

BFA 1981 Illustration

Andrew Alexander

BFA 2016 Cartooning

Evelyn M. Alfaro

BFA 1985 Advertising

Gail Anderson

BFA 1984 Graphic Design

Anonymous (3)

Paul Basile

1969 Advertising

Maxwell Beucler

BFA 2015 Design

Gary Brinson

BFA 1985 Media Arts

Elissa L. Bromberg

BFA 1978 Fine Arts

Carla Brown

BFA 2003 Fine Arts

Julianna (Ferriter) Bruce

BFA 1986 Fine Arts

Aniello Callari

1972 Advertising

Andrew Chang

MFA 1987 Illustration as Visual Essay

Anthony Chibbaro

1979

Gregory Jude Coyle

BFA 2002 Illustration

Tom Engelhardt

1957 Cartooning

Celeste Ericsson

1971

Matthew Farina

MFA 2014 Art Criticism and Writing

Charles Fazzino

BFA 1977 Graphic Design

David Fried

BFA 1987 Photography

Catherine Gilmore-Barnes

BFA 1986 Graphic Design

John and Lauren (alumnus) Giu re

BFA 1986 Illustration

Paul Harlacher

BFA 1978 Media Arts

Mrs. Joanne Honigman

1981 Graphic Design

Lynda M. Hughes

BFA 1981 Photography

Jennifer Kachler

BFA 2009 Film and Video

Yvette Kaplan

BFA 1976 Animation

Katherine Kravit

MPS 2017 Branding

Abby Kreh

1962 Illustration

Emanuel Lamprinidis

1984

Pat Langer

BFA 1995 Illustration

Steven Langerman

1972 Photography

Missy Longo-Lewis

BFA 1984 Illustration

Patrick F. Loughran

BFA 1980 Fine Arts

Maria Mannino

BFA 1982 Media Arts

Lawrence Milbauer

1965

Patrick McDonnell (alumnus) and Karen O’Connell

BFA 1978 Media Arts

Nefertite Nyguvu/ Hollywood Africans, LLC

BFA 1997 Film and Video

Peter Papulis

BFA 1977 Fine Arts

Alexander Shipman Payson

BFA 2017 Photography and Video

Steve Pullara

BFA 1979 Fine Arts

Alfred Ragin

1969 Advertising

Marc Rubin

BFA 1982 Advertising

Heewon Seo

MFA 2012 Fine Arts

Vesper Stamper

MFA 2016 Illustration as Visual Essay

Eva Tom

BFA 1987 Media Arts

Mark Willis

BFA 1998 Illustration

Gary Nicholas Zaccaria

BFA 1981 Graphic Design We also thank these parents and friends of SVA who supported the SVA Alumni Society.

Anonymous (3) BP Air Conditioning BRD Foundation Francis and Carla Di Tommaso Joyce Rutter Kaye Lakeland Bank Linda Marcus Novartis Elizabeth and Coleman O’Donoghue Proskauer Salomon Sassoon P. E. Smith Loraine and Michael Ungano, Sr. Edward Van Hise Visual Arts Foundation Momma Dukes Wells Fargo Middle Market Banking Will & Ann Eisner Family Foundation

SVA alumni achievements from December 1, 2020, through May 31, 2021. To submit an item, email alumni@sva.edu.

ARANTXA XIMENA RODRIGUEZ (MFA 2019 Fine Arts), Duplexity, 2021, charcoal on archival paper. From the group exhibition “Spring Forward,” Revelation Gallery, NYC, March 2021. Image courtesy Arantxa Ximena Rodriguez.

GROUP EFFORTS

Joey Gonnella (BFA 2020 Visual & Critical Studies), Xinyu Han (BFA 2020 Fine Arts), Mike Marrella (MFA 2020 Fine Arts), Jimmy Mezei (MFA 2020 Fine Arts), Barbara Owen (MFA 2020 Art Practice), Tarah Rhoda (MFA 2020 Fine Arts; BFA 2010 Fine Arts), Joshua Spector (MFA 2020 Photography, Video and Related Media) and Sam Stoich (BFA 2020 Photography and Video) participated in Untitled Art Fair Miami Beach, Miami, 12/2-12/6/20.

Soledad Arias (MFA 2002 Fine Arts), Graciela Cassel (MFA 2014 Fine Arts) and Kate Harding (MFA 2014 Art Practice) had work in the group exhibition “Stirring Glows,” Urban Glass, NYC, 1/20-3/5/21.

Karlos Cárcamo (BFA 1997 Fine Arts), Alejandro Guzman (MFA 2009 Fine Arts; BFA 2004 Photography) and Mary Valverde (BFA 1999 Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Latinx Abstract,” BRIC, NYC, 1/21-5/2/21.

Several alumni projects screened at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT, 1/28-2/3/21: Daniela Alatorre (MFA 2015 Social Documentary Film) produced Users, which was nominated for the Directing Award for U.S. Documentary; Nottapon Boonprakob (MFA 2017 Social Documentary Film) co-wrote One for the Road, which received the World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Creative Vision; Luigi Rossi (BFA 2016 Film) produced Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma; and Dash Shaw (BFA 2005 Illustration) directed Cryptozoo, which received the NEXT Innovator Award. Matthew Craven (MFA 2010 Fine Arts) and Trish Tillman (MFA 2009 Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Extra, Extra,” Asya Geisberg Gallery, NYC, 1/29-3/20/21.

Joe Fig (MFA 2002 Fine Arts; BFA 1991 Fine Arts) and Kate Gilmore (MFA 2002 Fine Arts) were featured in “Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections,” Hyperallergic, 1/30/21.

Danielle Scott (BFA 2001 Fine Arts) curated and Josephine Barreiro (BFA 1990 Media Arts), Bennett Gewirtz (1978) and Andrea McKenna (BFA 1992 Illustration) had work in the group exhibition “The Empowering,” ART150 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, 2/6-3/21/21.

Marianna Peragallo (MFA 2019 Fine Arts) and Darice Polo (BFA 1982 Media Arts) had work in the group exhibition “An A-historical Daydream: 14th A.I.R. Biennial,” A.I.R. Gallery, NYC, 2/12-3/14/21.

Tiffany Alfonseca (BFA 2020 Fine Arts) curated and Veronica Fernandez (BFA 2020 Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “De Lo Mio,” Jenkins Johnson Gallery, NYC, 2/13-3/27/21.

Melvin Harper (MFA 2017 Photography, Video and Related Media) and Sara Meghdari (MFA 2016 Photography, Video and Related Media) were named co-directors of Transmitter, NYC, 2/18/21.

MFA Fine Arts alumni Allison Hester (2006), Amy Talluto (2001) and Katherine Umsted (1990) had work in the group exhibition “The Magic Garden,” LABspace, Hillsdale, NY, 2/20-4/11/21.

BFA Fine Arts alumni Marysia Gacek (2009) and Sophia Dawson (2010) published Correspondence (2021), Maria Editions. Arantxa Ximena Rodriguez (MFA 2019 Fine Arts) co-curated and exhibited and LaTonia Allen (MFA 2020 Fine Arts), Orly Benun (BFA 1993 Film and Video), Eliza Boyer (MFA 2019 Fine Arts), Sadia Fakih (MFA 2019 Fine Arts), Michelle Girardello (MFA 2019 Fine Arts), Oxana Kovalchuk (MFA 2019 Fine Arts), Dulce Lamarca (MFA 2020 Fine Arts), Carla Maldonado (MFA 2019 Photography, Video and Related Media), Marianna Peragallo (MFA 2019 Fine Arts), Maria Durán Sampedro (MFA 2020 Fine Arts), Amanda Smith (MFA 2020 Fine Arts), Collette Tompkins (MFA 2019 Fine Arts) and Caroline Villard (MFA 2017 Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Spring Forward _ Vibrant Visions and Voices of Women Artists from Around the Globe,” Revelation Gallery, NYC, March 2021.

Collier Schorr (BFA 1985 Communication Arts) had photographs featured in and Matt Holmes (BFA 2016 Photography and Video) styled “Spring’s Relaxed New Look,” T: The New York Times Magazine, NYC, 3/1/21.

Rebecca Goyette (MFA 2009 Fine Arts) co-curated and Trish Tillman (MFA 2009 Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Everyday Magic: Artistic and Gnostic Impulses,” National Arts Club, NYC, 3/2-3/27/21.

Chris Prynoski (BFA 1994 Animation) and Shannon Prynoski (BFA 1994 Film and Video) were featured in “Smash Parties, Talking Vulvas and Big Mouth: Inside Titmouse Animation Studio,” The Guardian, 3/4/21.

MFA Photography, Video and Related Media alumni Hyemi Kim (2020), Wanki Min (2019), Tiffany Smith (2015) and Qingshan

MFA Fine Arts alumni Yael Azoulay (2016), Eli Barak (2016), Delano Dunn (2016), Michal Geva (2016), Jon Gomez (2017) and Pedro Mesa (2018), and Netta Laufer (MFA 2016 Photography, Video and Related Media) had work in the group exhibition “This Is Not My Tree,” NARS Foundation, NYC, 3/26-4/16/21.

MFA Fine Arts alumni Georgia Lale (2016) and Marianna Peragallo (2019) had work in the group exhibition “Collective Health,” Collar Works, Troy, NY, 3/26-5/16/21.

Three SVA alumni were recognized at the NAACP Image Awards, 3/27/21: Yibing Jiang (MFA 2010 Computer Art) wrote and directed Windup, nominated for Outstanding Short Form (Animated); and MFA 2013 Social Documentary Film alumni Amitabh Joshi and Erik Spink co-directed In the Making, nominated for Outstanding Short Form Series – Reality/ Nonfiction.

Peter Ash Lee (MPS 2012 Fashion Photography; BFA 2009 Photography), Elizabeth Wirija (BFA 2016 Design) and An Rong Xu (BFA 2012 Photography) were featured in “Keeping Love Close,” The New York Times, 4/8/21.

Rosson Crow (MFA 2006 Fine Arts; BFA 2004 Fine Arts), Robert Lazzarini (BFA 1990 Fine Arts) and Lucia Love (BFA 2012 Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Nature Morte,” The Hole NYC, 4/8-5/9/21.

Bon Duke (MPS 2012 Fashion Photography) had photographs featured in and TM Davy (BFA 2002 Illustration) was featured in “Weekend Friends,” T: The New York Times Style Magazine, 4/12/21.

SVA alumni worked on a number of films recognized at the 93rd Academy Awards, Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences, Los Angeles, 4/25/21: Stephanie Andreou (MFA 2012 Computer Art) was assistant editor for Time, nominated for Best Documentary Feature; Nancy Kato (MFA 1991 Computer Art) was animation fix lead for Onward, nominated for Best Animated Feature Film; Daniela Dwek (BFA 2020 Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects) contributed character work, Jake Kaplan (BFA 2017 Animation) was art and sets coordinator, Kato provided additional animation, Ivo Kos (MFA 1991 Computer Art) was sets modeling artist, Jessica Monteiro (BFA 2010 Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects) was rendering technical director, Montaque Ruffin (BFA 2013 Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects) was an animator and cultural trust member, Gini Santos (MFA 1996 Computer Art) was directing animator, Ye Won Cho (MFA 2002 Computer Art) was lighting artist and Lin Zhang (MFA 2019 Computer Arts) was character intern for Soul, which won Best Animated Feature Film.

Peter Hristoff (BFA 1981 Fine Arts) and Wade Schaming (MFA 2010 Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Rapture: A Queer Taste for Color, Texture and Decorative Pattern,” New York Artists Equity Association, Inc., NYC, 4/29-5/22/21.

Jhu yul Choe (MFA 2015 Computer Art) and Wanki Min (MFA 2019 Photography, Video and Related Media) had work in the group exhibition “Life starts at the age of a thousand. Meanwhile, light dreams of colored time, and gravity runs through time,” SVA Seocho Gallery, Seoul, Korea, 5/8-5/29/21.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES & EXHIBITIONS 1963

Ellen Pliskin (Fine Arts) was featured in “Winter View,” Flora Fiction, Winter 2020.

1969

Rosemary Mayer (Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Pleasures and Possible Celebrations: Rosemary Mayer’s Temporary Monuments, 1977-1981,” Gordon Robichaux, NYC, 5/26/20/21.

1974

Frank Papandrea was the recipient of Best Traditional Illustration, Florida Magazine Association, 2/10/21.

1975

Margaret McCarthy (BFA Fine Arts) won first place in the BEST OF ASMP 2020 Competition in the Self Promotion/Personal Work Category, American Society of Media Photographers, San Francisco, 1/29/21; self-published A Vision and a Verse (2021); and had work in the group exhibition “The Southern Landscape: 10th Anniversary Show,” South x Southeast Gallery, Molena, GA, May-July 2021.

James Nares (Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “2021 OVR,” Kasmin, NYC, 1/27-2/27/21.

1976

Willie Cole (BFA Media Arts) was featured in Theresa DeSalvio (BFA Fine Arts) was featured in “Theresa DeSalvio,” Clementine Magazine, 1/28/21; and had work in the group exhibitions “22nd WAH Salon Exhibition,” 4/3-5/1/21; “Lost and Found: A Personal Vision,” The New York Artists Circle, May 2021; and “Togetherness & Oneness,” 5/22-6/26/21, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, NYC.

Jorge Luis Rodriguez (BFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Renacimiento: 1st New Rochelle Invitational,” The Venezuelan American Endowment for the Arts, New Rochelle Arts Center, New Rochelle, NY, 12/21/20.

1977

Dawoud Bey (Photography) had a solo exhibition “Dawoud Bey: An American Project,” The Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, 4/17-10/3/21, and was featured in “An American Project: For Decades, Dawoud Bey Has Chronicled Black Life,” NPR, 2/2/21; “The Art Angle Podcast: How Photographer Dawoud Bey Makes Black America Visible,” Artnet, 4/16/21; and “Taking a Look Back at the Profound Photos of Dawoud Bey,” BuzzFeed, 5/2/21.

Charles Fazzino (BFA Graphic Design) was featured in “Artist Charles Fazzino Donates $5K and Proceeds from Artwork to Artist Relief Fund to Raise Awareness of Need in Artist Community,” ArtsWestchester, 2/23/21.

Tim Rollins (BFA Fine Arts) was featured in “The Kids of Survival Are Middle-Aged and

1978

Lisa Levine (BFA Photography) was featured in “In Lisa Levine’s house photographs, an exploration of isolation and comfort,” 48 Hills, 1/27/21.

1979

Ray Billingsley (BFA Cartooning) was nominated for 2020 Cartoonist of the Year, National Cartoonist Society, Orlando, FL, 3/30/21.

Keith Haring (Fine Arts) was featured in “This $7.9 Million Tribeca Loft Comes With Its Own Keith Haring Mural, Painted While He Was a Student at SVA,” Artnet, 2/10/21.

Rivka Katvan (BFA Photography) had photography featured in “Exploring the Magic World of Broadway’s Backstage,” 3/10/21; “When Broadway Does Its Striptease for a Good Cause,” 4/12/21; and “Rivka Katvan: Timeless New York,” 5/19/21, Blind.

John Michael Pelech (BFA Media Arts) had work in the group exhibition “2021 Annual Membership Exhibition,” Salmagundi Club, NYC, 5/3-5/20/21.

Amy Sillman (BFA Fine Arts) was featured in “Amy Sillman Breaks Down Art Barriers,” Chicago Reader, 2/9/2021, and “Amy Sillman’s Philosophy of Doubt,” Frieze, 3/2/21, and gave a talk “Virtual Concert and Conversation,” The Jewish Museum, NYC 5/13/21.

WONJUNG CHOI (MFA 2004 Fine Arts), Roots, 2021, 30 pieces of 3D printing figurines, mixed media. From the solo exhibition “Where Are You From?,” The Anderson at VCUarts, Richmond, VA, 1/26-2/13/21. Image courtesy Wonjung Choi.

KENNY RIVERO (BFA 2010 Fine Arts), clockwise from top: installation view, “Kenny Rivero: Palm Oil, Rum, Honey, Yellow Flowers”; Vital Signs, 2013-2020, collage, graphite, marker on paper; I Want to Go Home Now, 2015-20, graphite on paper. From the solo exhibition “Kenny Rivero: Palm Oil, Rum, Honey, Yellow Flowers,” Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT, 3/18-6/13/21. Images courtesy Kenny Rivero, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center and Charles Moffett Gallery.

1980

William Abranowicz (BFA Photography) published This Far and No Further, The University of Texas Press.

Wendel White (BFA Photography) was featured in “Raymond Thompson Jr. and Wendel White in Conversation,” Lenscratch, 2/23/21.

1981

Moira Dryer (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Back in Business,” Phillips Collection, 12/13/20.

Lowell Handler (BFA Photography) had photography featured in the documentary Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, PBS, 3/9/21. Rita Maas (BFA Photography) had work in the group exhibition “Fit to Print,” The Print Center, Philadelphia, 5/1-6/30/21.

Kenny Scharf (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition “Toy Drive,” Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, 12/1/20-2/1/21, and was featured in “Caught in a Creative Rut This Year? You’re Not Alone. We Asked 17 Artists What They Do When They Get Stuck in the Studio,” Artnet, 5/31/21.

1982

Glen Mayo was featured in “Glen Mayo’s sculptures on view at Wheelhouse 28 Studio,” Hudson Valley One, Kingston, NY, 2/11/21.

Lorna Simpson (BFA Photography) created a portrait of Rihanna for the cover of Essence’s January/February 2021 issue. Joey Skaggs (BFA Advertising) screened Joey Skaggs: Satire and Art Activism, 1960s to the Present and Beyond, The Oregon Documentary Film Festival, The Dalles, Oregon, 2/28/21, and Joey Skaggs: Bad Guys Talent Management Agency, Bonita Springs International Film Festival, Bonita Springs, FL, 5/22/21.

1983

Stephanie Pfriender Stylander (BFA Photography) had a solo exhibition, “New York City Lockdown,” Galerie Sophie Scheidecker, Paris, 3/19-4/30/21.

1984

Gail Anderson (BFA Graphic Design) was featured in “Even Calibri’s Creator Is Glad That Microsoft Is Moving On,” Wired, 5/1/21. Alexis Rockman (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks,” Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, 3/6-5/13/21, and was featured in “A New Life for Old Shipwrecks,” The Wall Street Journal, 2/26/21, and “A New Twist on Marine Painting at the Peabody Essex Museum,” Hyperallergic, 4/30/21.

1986

Jim Lahey (Fine Arts) was featured in “NoKnead Bread, Revisited,” The New York Times, 5/3/21.

Todd Radom (BFA Graphic Design) was featured in “Uniforms of the Past Making a Comeback,” MLB.com, 3/3/21, and “At This NCAA Tournament, Orange Is the New Bracket,” The New York Times, 3/19/21.

Annie Sprinkle (BFA Photography) was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship 2021 – Film and Video, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 4/12/21.

1987

Aleathia Brown (BFA Media Arts) had a solo exhibition, “She-Story: Celebrating a Visual Journey,” Nostrand Social Restaurant & Music Supper Club, NYC, 3/14/21, and gave a talk, “Color Conversations,” The Renaissance Pavilion at Strivers’ Row, NYC, 4/3/21.

1988

Alice Mackler (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “New Work,” Kerry Schuss Gallery, NYC, 4/24-6/19/21, and was featured in “4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now,” The New York Times, 5/27/21.

Gary Simmons (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “The Engine Room,” Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, 4/3/21-8/22/21, and was featured in “Gary Simmons, Artist Focused on Erasure and Racist Stereotypes, Heads to Hauser & Wirth,” Artnews, 3/25/21, and “Gary Simmons Built a Life-Sized Garage for a Rock Band Inside This Seattle Museum,” The Stranger, Seattle, 5/27/21.

1989

Craig Gillespie (BFA Advertising) was featured in “Cruella: Mark Strong and Director Craig Gillespie Talk the Movie’s Epic Soundtrack,” Comicbook, 5/22/21; “Craig Gillespie Interview: Cruella,” ScreenRant, 5/27/21; “Filmmaker Craig Gillespie on Cruella and Why ‘We’re Culpable’ in the Pam & Tommy Story,” The Hollywood Reporter, 5/28/21; and “This Cruella Combines ’70s London Punk and Alexander McQueen in Bold Fashion,” The Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, 5/28/21.

1990

Gina Minichino (BFA Cartooning) had work in the group exhibition “Group Show,” George Billis Gallery, Westport, CT, 5/14-6/13/21, and illustrated Two Blow Pops in the Winter, Granta, 12/13/20.

1991

Tad Beck (BFA Photography) had a solo exhibition, “Eyes of,” Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, ME, 3/12-6/12/21.

Luca Buvoli (MFA Fine Arts) was featured in “How to Responsibly Collect Work by MFA Students,” Artsy, 4/12/21.

Lisa Deloria Weinblatt (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) had a solo exhibition, “School Lunch Series,” The Judy Black Memorial Park and Gardens, Washington Depot, CT, 11/1612/30/20.

David Bleich (BFA Illustration) was lead color and lighting designer for The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021).

Renée Cox (MFA Photography and Related Media) had a solo exhibition, “The Signing,” Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, 10/29/20-9/5/21, and had work featured in “The Case for Reparations, in Pictures,” CNN, 5/3/21.

Christine Romanell (BFA Graphic Design) had work in the group exhibition “Grayscale Wonderland 4,” bG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2/20-3/13/21.

Michelle Tommasi (BFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “N/A,” The Green Kill, Kingston, NY, 3/6-2/7/21.

1993

Scott Bakal (BFA Illustration) was interviewed in 3x3, Issue 25, 2/1/21.

Anne Checler (BFA Film and Video) was featured in “Filmmakers Making A Social Impact: Why & How Filmmaker Anne Checler Is Helping To Change Our World,” Authority, 3/22/21.

Miles Ladin (MFA Photography and Related Media) had a solo exhibition, “And The Revel Went Whirlingly On,” Nieuwe Gaanderijen, Oostende, Belgium, 2/3-3/14/21.

1994

Steve Ellis (BFA Illustration), hand-painted the front panel of the Coney Island Cyclone, Luna Park, Coney Island, NY.

Inka Essenhigh (MFA Fine Arts) was featured in “A Rooftop Artists’ Salon Figure Drawing Alfresco,” Vulture (New York), 4/12/21.

Nona Faustine (BFA Photography) had a solo exhibition, “Mitochondria,” Higher Pictures Generation, NYC, 5/15-7/3/21, and was featured in “16 Black Artists to Know,” New York Foundation for the Arts, 1/25/21, and “Fantasy America,” Carnegie, Spring 2021.

John Ferry (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) had work in the group exhibition “Tapped,” Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, 12/11/201/8/21.

Leemour Pelli (BFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibitions “The Heart,” Art Therapy Institute of NC, Carrboro, NC, 2/12/21, and “2021 Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art Biennial,” The Museum of Wild and Newfangled Art, NYC, 4/30-9/22/21, and was featured in “Leemour Pelli: Painter,” ARTDEX.

Chris Prynoski (BFA Animation) was featured in “MTV’s Downtown Is a Hyperspecific Time Capsule,” Vulture (New York), 5/7/21.

1995

David Levy (BFA Animation) published the second edition of Your Career in Animation: How to Survive and Thrive, Allworth Press.

1996

George Dante (BFA Illustration) was featured in “Meet Woodland Park’s World-Renowned Taxidermist,” New Jersey Monthly, 2/10/21.

KAWS, a.k.a. Brian Donnelly (BFA Illustration) was featured in “The Surprising Ascent of KAWS,” The New York Times Magazine, 2/9/21, “A Private Viewing of the New KAWS Exhibition with the Artist Himself,” Vogue, 2/16/21, “A Coming-Out Party for KAWS at the Brooklyn

DOZIE KANU (BFA 2016 Film), Headboard Trial, 2021, sculpture. From the solo exhibition “value order [gentrify.pt],” Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2/5-3/20/21. Image courtesy Dozie Kanu.

Museum,” The New York Times, 2/24/21, and “The Art Angle Podcast: KAWS Is the World’s Most Popular Artist. Why?,” Artnet, 4/9/21.

Justine Kurland (BFA Photography) had a solo exhibition, “SCUMB Manifesto,” Higher Pictures Generation, NYC, 3/13-5/1/21.

Stephen Savage (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) was featured in “Children’s Starred Reviews 2020,” Publisher’s Weekly, 12/2/20, and “If You Think Kid’s Books Are Child’s Play, You’re Missing Out,” Lemonade, 2/24/21.

Chiun-Kai Shih (BFA Photography) was featured in “26th Annual OUT 100,” Out, 12/1/20.

1997

Dino Alberto (BFA Illustration) illustrated the beer can “Amplified Voices,” Collective Arts Brewing, spring 2021.

John Carlucci (BFA Film and Video) co-directed Drunk Bus (2020).

HH German (BFA Advertising) was featured in “Interview with HH German of Sigma Comics,” Zia Comics’ YouTube channel, 12/30/20.

Cordy Ryman (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Constellations,” Freight and Volume, NYC, 2/25-4/4/21.

Sarah Sze (MFA Fine Arts) was featured in “Sarah Sze’s Immersive Exhibition ‘Night Into Day’ Questions Time and Space,” Stir World, 3/6/21; “Sarah Sze and Her Thoughtful Installations,” Fahrenheit, 5/3/21; and “At Storm King, 2 New Works Faced a Challenging Birth,” The New York Times, 5/20/21.

1998

Nanette Fluhr (BFA Illustration) had work in the group exhibition and won the Distinguished Portrait and Figure Award, “Lifting the Sky: Elevating the Works of American Women Artists,” American Women Artists, Lodi, CA, 5/20-8/21/21, and had work in the group exhibition “Women Painting,” Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, Barcelona, 3/8-5/2/21.

Jeff Gilligan (BFA Graphic Design) was the recipient of a 2020 American Graphic Design Award, 1/8/21.

Dice Tsutsumi (BFA Illustration) was the recipient of the June Foray Award, Annie Awards, 4/16/21.

1999

Janelle Lynch (MFA Photography and Related Media) had work in the group exhibitions “Collecting New York’s Stories: Stuyvesant to Sid Vicious,” The Museum of the City of New York, 1/1-12/31/20, and “Other Nature,” Foley Gallery, NYC, 1/27-2/27/21.

Artem Mirolevich (BFA Illustration) had a solo exhibition, “Mothership,” Denis Leon Gallery, Boca Raton, FL, 2/10-2/4/21.

Anna Zaderman (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Winter Art Show 2021 Virtual Galleries,” Bayside Historical Society, Bayside, NY, 2/1-2/8/21.

2000

Katherine Bernhardt (MFA Fine Arts) was featured in “Art for Change Releases Prints to Benefit 400 Year-Old Afro-Puerto Rican Community,” Art for Change, 1/28/21, and “National Artist Katherine Bernhardt’s Midtown Studio Was Once an Auto Shop,” St. Louis Magazine, 5/6/21.

Todd Kelly (MFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Settings,” Asya Geisberg Gallery, NYC, 1/9-2/13/21.

Lauren Redniss (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) gave a talk, “Lauren Redniss + Nicole Krauss: Oak Flat,” The Strand Book Store, NYC 1/19/21. Eric Rhein (MFA Fine Arts; BFA 1985 Fine Arts) was featured in “Intimate Photographs Capturing One Artist’s Journey With HIV,” AnOther Magazine, 1/29/21.

2001

Zoe Crowhurst (BFA Film and Video) was featured in “‘Love Is Coming to You’: Outdoor Learning with Zoe,” Point Reyes Light, Point Reyes, CA, 3/3/21.

Daina Higgins (BFA Fine Arts) was featured in “Artist Daina Higgins Captures a Revolt in Progress,” If It’s Hip, It’s Here, 3/1/21.

James Jean (BFA Illustration) had a solo exhibition, “Seven Phases,” HYBE Insight Museum, Seoul, Korea, 5/14-11/14/21.

Noah Landfield (BFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Why Are You Painting?,” Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, 11/13-12/17/20.

Mika Rottenberg (BFA Fine Arts) was featured in “Mika Rottenberg Is Everywhere, Even Though She Is Just Working From Home,” Artnews, 12/2/20.

Danielle Scott-Jusma (BFA Fine Arts) was named 2021 Artist of the Year, Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation, Jersey City, NJ, 3/12/21.

Maayan Zilberman (BFA Fine Arts) was featured in “How This Confectioner Gets Her Skin So Good,” The Cut (New York), 3/9/21.

2002

Michael Alan (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Survival Things: Works of a Native New Yorker,” Galerie Bruno Massa, Paris, 2/12-4/30/21.

TM Davy (BFA Illustration) had a solo exhibition, “Fire Island,” Galerie Thomas Fuchs, Stuttgart, Germany, 5/28-6/26/21.

Joe Fig (MFA Fine Arts; BFA 1991 Fine Arts) was featured in “Oops! A New Documentary About the Knoedler Fakes Scandal Accidentally Included an Artist’s Trick Image as Real,” Artnet, 3/5/21.

Alois Kronschlaeger (MFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Kind of Blue,” Cristin Tierney Gallery, NYC, 5/21-6/30/21.

Crystal Moselle (BFA Film and Video) was featured in “First They Fought Sexist Trolls. Now They’re Behind HBO’s Skateboarding Masterpiece,” The Los Angeles Times, 5/27/21.

Diana Shpungin (MFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Twenty Twenty,” The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT, 10/12/20-3/14/21.

Shareif Ziyadat (BFA Graphic Design) was featured in “Hip Hop Photography Has Told the Culture’s History Decades Before Instagram— Just Ask These Lens Legends,” Hip Hop DX, 2/27/21, and “DMX’s Photographer, Shareif Ziyadat, Says DMX Was ‘Passionate About Everything He Did,’” The Source, 5/17/21.

2003

Ron Amato (BFA Photography) was featured in “Gays Gone Wild: The Photography of Ron Amato,” Metrosource, 4/22/21; “With Nude Males Photographer Ron Amato Explores Gay Sexuality & Nature,” Out Traveler, 3/1/21; and “Winter in a Summer Town (Provincetown, That Is),” Advocate, 4/12/21.

Bobby C. Martin, Jr. (MFA Design) was featured in “The Daily Heller: Black Words Matter (Illustrated),” Print, 2/18/21.

Timur York (BFA Advertising) had work in the group exhibitions “What Happened This Summer: ART2HEART,” National Arts Club, NYC, 3/3-3/31/21, and “2021 Ad Art Show,” MvVO Art, NYC, 5/1-5/30/21, and was featured in “Street Artists Around the World Captured a Turbulent Year in Real Time—See the Beautiful and Unforgettable Works of 2020 Here,” Artnet, 12/31/20, and “Plywood and Positivity: National Arts Club Features Soho Storefront Murals from Summer of Tumult,” The Village Sun, 3/4/21.

2004

WonJung Choi (MFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Where Are You From?,” The Anderson at VCUarts, Richmond, VA, 1/26-2/13/21.

Beth Giacummo (BFA Fine Arts) was featured in “Patchogue’s Artistic Leader and PAC Executive Director, Beth Giacummo,” The Long Island Advance, Long Island, NY, 3/11/21.

Vashtie Kola (BFA Film and Video) was featured in “Entrepreneur And Designer Vashtie Kola Teams Up With Pine-Sol For Limited-Edition Shoe,” Cheddar News, 5/10/21.

Minos Papas (BFA Film and Video) shot and edited the music video for Matea Leko’s “The Moonlight.”

Ruel Smith (BFA Computer Art) was featured in “Ruel Smith Joins Stept Studios as Head of Visual Effects & Animation,” Shots, 2/17/21, and “Jamaican Film-Maker of Clint Eastwood and Black Panther Fame Continues to Soar,” Jamaican Observer, 5/21/21.

2005

Ali Banisadr (BFA Illustration) had a solo exhibition, “These Specks of Dust,” Kasmin Gallery, NYC, 5/6-6/26/21.

Andrea Burgay (BFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibitions “International Collage Art Exhibition 2020,” Retroavangarda Gallery, Warsaw, Poland, 9/29-12/31/20, and “Neuroanatomy: A Collage Show,” Stone Valley Arts at Fox Hill, Poultney, VT, 5/14-6/27/21, and was featured in “Episode 8: Andrea Burgay: Time, Decay, and Hope,” The Weird Show Broadcast, 4/11/21. Zackary Drucker (BFA Photography) co-directed The Lady and the Dale, HBO, and was featured in “‘Trans Lives Are Erased in Our Culture’: The Strange Untold Story of The Lady and the Dale,” The Guardian, 1/29/21, and “Director Zackary Drucker on Telling Liz Carmichael’s Story in The Lady and The Dale,” GLAAD, 2/7/21.

Paul Gabrielli (BFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Funny Games,” New Discretions, NYC, 3/14-4/18/21.

Karen Gibbons (MPS Art Therapy) had work in the group exhibition “Present Tense,” 440 Gallery, NYC, 2/10-3/14/21.

Mary O’Malley (MFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “FLORA,” Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA, 5/20-6/19/21.

Gillian Robespierre (BFA Film and Video) was featured in “Claire Foy Has a New Movie, and It Sounds Like The Shape of Water Meets The Lighthouse,” Collider, 1/26/21.

2006

Ian Jones-Quartey (BFA Animation) was featured in “Black Animators and Voice Actors Weigh in on How the Animation Industry Needs to Change,” The Takeaway, WNYC, 12/30/20, and “OK K.O. Creator Ian Jones-Quartey Blames the Show’s Cancellation on Trump’s Beef With CNN,” Gizmodo, 3/19/21.

Christine Sun Kim (MFA Fine Arts) had work featured in an AAPI solidarity billboard campaign, For Freedoms, 4/14/21, and was featured in “‘I Want to Be Able to Maintain My Clear Voice’: Artist Christine Sun Kim on Translating Her 2020 Into Trenchant New Drawings,” Artnet, 12/15/20; “American Sign Language Finds Its Spotlight,” T: The New York Times Style Magazine, 3/25/21; and “The Language of Friends,” The New York Times, 4/12/21.

ALOIS KRONSCHLAEGER (MFA 2002 Fine Arts), Kind of Blue, 2021, site-specific installation, 575 yards of ultra-suede fabric, dimensions variable. From the solo exhibition “Kind of Blue,” Cristin Tierney Gallery, NYC, 5/21-6/30/21. Image courtesy Alois Kronschlaeger. Sarah Schorr (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) had a solo exhibition, “The Color of Water,” Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark, 3/12-5/2/21.

Shen Wei (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) was featured in “The Physical & Metaphysical,” NeoCha: Culture & Creativity in Asia, 3/24/21, and “Shen Wei Almost Naked,” Harlem International Film Festival, NYC, 5/7-5/9/21.

2007

Timothy Goodman (BFA Graphic Design) was featured in “Timothy Goodman Paints an Entire Basketball Court for Children at a Brooklyn School,” Creative Boom, 3/10/21, and “What Matters: Timothy Goodman,” Print, 4/18/21.

Alyssa Grella (BFA Interior Design) was featured in “Brand Steward,” Design Quarterly, Spring 2021.

Lindsay Lederman (MPS Art Therapy) was featured in “Lindsay Lederman of the Art Therapy Project,” Thrive Global, 3/10/21.

Mu Pan (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay; BFA 2001 Illustration) was featured in “I Hate Everything Equally: Mu Pan’s Ironic Art,” Los Angeles Review of Books, 2/19/21.

Ryan Pfluger (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) had work featured in “How Honest Can Demi Lovato Be?,” The New York Times, 3/16/21.

2008

Ashley Garrett (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Meadow: Paintings by Ashley Garrett,” Gold/Scopophilia, Montclair, NJ, 4/24-6/5/21, and had work in the group exhibition “The Vision of Care,” Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY, 4/9-5/23/21.

Hsiang Chin Moe (MFA Computer Art) was featured in “Pandemic Academics: Animation Programs Pivot to a New Normal,” Animation Magazine, 3/14/21, and “Women in Animation Helps Young Female Artists Find Place in the Biz,” Variety, 4/15/21.

Jenny Morgan (MFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “To Bathe the World in a Strange Light,” Mother Gallery, Beacon, NY, 4/17-5/23/21.

Martin Wittfooth (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) was nominated for Album Artwork of the Year for Protest the Hero’s Palimpsest, Juno Awards, 2/9/21, and had work in the group exhibition “New World Disorder,” Gallery Poulsen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 4/10-5/8/21.

2009

Raul Aguila (BFA Graphic Design) was featured in “How I Got Here: Raul Aguila,” Creative Review, 1/18/21.

Jen Bartel (BFA Illustration) created a set of eight variant covers for Marvel to celebrate Women’s History Month, and was featured in “DC and Marvel Comics to Celebrate Pride Month with LGBTQ Anthologies,” NBC News, 3/15/21.

María Berrío (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) had a solo exhibition, “Esperando mientras la noche florece (Waiting for the Night to Bloom),” Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, 1/2-5/9/21, had work in the group exhibition

“Born in Flames: Feminist Futures,” Bronx Museum of Art, NYC, 4/18-9/12/21, and was featured in “Painting the World As They See It,” W, 3/5/21.

Rebecca Goyette (MFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “My Snake is Bigger Than Your Snake,” Freight & Volume, NYC, 3/15-4/16/21.

Alex Merto (BFA Graphic Design) was featured in “Alex Merto on His Less-Is-More Approach to Book Cover Design,” Creative Review, 3/11/21.

Habby Osk (MFA Fine Arts) had the solo exhibitions “Connectivity,” Undercurrent, NYC, 1/29-3/7/21, and “The Absence of Movement,” Mutton Dressed as Lamb, NYC, 5/28-6/16/21, and had work in the group exhibitions “Proximity and Distance,” Kunstraum LLC, NYC, 2/28-3/28/21, and “Hush,” NARS Foundation, NYC, 4/23-5/21/21.

Rich Tu (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) was featured in “How One of New York’s Top Design Minds, Rich Tu, Is Raising Awareness for Diversity and Inclusion in the Creative Industry as a Rare AAPI Executive,” LA Weekly, 5/1/21.

Paul Vogeler (BFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Part III: Some Greater Sum,” Hunter College MFA Thesis Exhibition, NYC, 3/18-3/28/21.

2010

Ross Bollinger (BFA Animation) was featured in “Pencilmation Creator Ross Bollinger Sharpens His Next Big Toon Gil Next Door,” Animation Magazine, 3/12/21.

Natan Dvir (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) had a solo exhibition, “PlatBibi Flores (MFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Dissolving Borders,” JVS Project Space, NYC, 4/18-5/9/21.

Dina Litovsky (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) had work featured in “Getting the Shot,” The New Yorker, 4/23/21, and was featured in “Amish Girls on Holiday at the Beach: Dina Litovsky’s Best Photograph,” The Guardian, 5/26/21.

Kenny Rivero (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Kenny Rivero: Palm Oil, Rum, Honey, Yellow Flowers,” Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT, 3/18-6/13/21, and was featured in “The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week,” T: The New York Times Style Magazine, 4/30/21.

Wade Schaming (MFA Fine Arts) was featured in “OtherPeoplesPixels Interviews Wade Schaming,” OtherPeoplesPixels, 4/14/21.

Devin Oktar Yalkin (BFA Photography) had work featured in “Andrew Cuomo’s White-Knuckle Ride,” The New York Times Magazine, 4/13/21.

Jason Bard Yarmosky (BFA Illustration) was featured in “How a Strangely Shaped Summer House Revived One Artist’s Practice,” T: The New York Times Style Magazine, 2/18/21.

2011

Bobby Doherty (BFA Photography) had work featured in “Thank You, Dr. Zizmor: This Rise of Wearable New York Pride,” New York, 3/1/21. Monique Henry-Hudson (BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects) was featured on a podcast, “Monique Henry-Hudson on the Magic of Working in Animation and the Power of Connections,” Creative Boom, 5/24/21.

David Osit (MFA Social Documentary) was featured in “Documentary on the Mayor of Ramallah,” WNYC, 12/2/20.

Fitgi Saint-Louis (BFA Graphic Design) was the recipient of Coolest Retrofit Winner, Coolest Offices 2020, Crain’s New York, 1/12/21.

2012

Rafa Alvarez (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) had work featured in “According to the Algorithm,” The New Yorker, 2/5/21.

Peter Ash Lee (MPS Fashion Photography; BFA 2009 Photography) had work featured in “On Coming to Terms with Grief and Chasing Joy: An Exclusive Interview with Japanese Breakfast,” The Jakarta Post, 5/20/21.

Dario Calmese (MPS Fashion Photography) was featured in “How Will We Remember the Protests?,” The Atlantic, 12/31/20; “The Year in Vanity Fair Photography,” Variety, 12/17/20; and “Photographer Dario Calmese Talks His Most Recent Project, the Institute of Black Imagination Podcast,” Yahoo! Finance, 3/10/21.

Victoria Fry (BFA Fine Arts) founded Visionary Art Collective, 12/5/20.

Ina Jang (MPS Fashion Photography; BFA 2010 Photography) was awarded Best of 2019, British Journal of Photography, 12/15/20, and had work Laura Murray (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Laura Murray: Art of the Anthropocene,” North Museum of Nature and Science, Lancaster, PA, 1/15-4/30/21.

Pacifico Silano (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) was included in the 2021 Silver List, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, 2/13/21; had a solo exhibition, “Cowboys Don’t Shoot Straight (Like They Used to),” Houston Center for Photography, Houston, 3/12-5/9/21; and was featured in “How I Made This: Pacifico Silano’s Obliquely Erotic Vintage Magazine Collages,” Artnews, 5/19/21, and “5 Emerging Artists to Discover at the One x Artsy Exhibition,” Artsy, 5/27/21.

Dasha Tolstikova (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) illustrated “What Makes You Feel Alive?,” Comfort Soup, Issue No. 22, 12/16/20.

Amani Willett (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) was featured in “Overlapse: Amani Willett: A Parallel Road,” The Eye of Photography, 1/8/21, and “A Parallel Road: A Multi-Layered Exploration into the Black Experience of the American Road Trip,” 1854, 2/24/21.

An Rong Xu (BFA Photography) had work featured in “Film or Real Life?,” The New York Times, 5/28/21.

2013

Star Montana (BFA Photography) had a solo exhibition, “By the rivers, I stood and stared into the Sun,” Shulamit Nazarian, Los Angeles, 5/15-6/26/21.

Montaque Ruffin (BFA Computer Art, Computer Animation and Visual Effects) was featured in “MontaQue Ruffin Grew Up in Levittown and Is Now an Animator for Pixar’s Groundbreaking Soul,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, 12/23/20, and gave a talk, “Inside Pixar: Foundations,” Disney+, 3/26/21.

Matt Shaw (MFA Design Criticism) wrote “Louis Kahn–Designed Dorms in India May Be Razed,” The New York Times, 12/31/20; “Artist Genevieve Goffman Makes Fantasy Architectural Models To Explore History’s Complexities,” Pin-Up, Fall 2020/Winter 2021; and “Billionaire Capitalists Are Designing Humanity’s Future. Don’t Let Them,” The Guardian, 2/5/21.

2014

Ja’Tovia Gary (MFA Social Documentary) screened The Giverny Document (2019), “Risks and the Senses: Black Women in Experimental Film,” 4/21-4/23/21.

Will Henry (BFA Film and Video) co-wrote, co-produced and screened The High Frontier: The Untold Story of Gerard K. O’Neill (2021), spacechannel.com, 3/17/21.

2015

Michael Bailey-Gates (BFA Photography) photographed a campaign for Valentino Collezione Milano; the work was featured in “Valentino Defends Photographer’s Nude From Homophobic Trolls,” Out, 4/12/21.

ROSEMARY MAYER (1969 Fine Arts), installation view, “Pleasures and Possible Celebrations: Rosemary Mayer’s Temporary Monuments, 1977-1981,” Gordon Robichaux, NYC, 5/2-6/20/21. Photograph by Gregory Carideo, courtesy Gordon Robichaux, NYC.

Ilona Szwarc (BFA Photography) was shortlisted for the First Photo Book Award 2020, ICP/GOST.

Dana Terrace (BFA Animation) was featured in “Disney Channel Conjures S3 of The Owl House Ahead of S2 Premiere in June,” Animation Magazine, 5/17/21.

Brian Whiteley (MFA Fine Arts) was featured in “Who Should Create Trump’s Doomed Presidential Portrait?” Hyperallergic, 2/5/21.

Zipeng Zhu (BFA Design) was featured in “Here’s How Three Professionals Leverage Their Talent to Fuse Passion With Purpose,” Forbes, 2/12/2021; “Casetify’s Stop Asian Hate Collection Is Fully Designed by Asian Artists and 100% of the Profits Go to a Noble Cause,” Yahoo! Life, 3/23/21; “What Matters: Zipeng Zhu on Building Anew With LEGOs,” 4/9/21; “Zipeng Zhu Has a PSA for Us All: Hate Has No Place Here,” 4/20/21, Print; and “Zipeng Zhu Designed Harry’s Limited-Edition Pride Shave Set,” Dieline, 5/24/21.

Andrea McGinty (MFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Sunny Side Up,” Sunny NY, NYC, 2/27-3/27/21.

Dia Muñoz (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Noetic,” NASAL, Lima, Peru, 2/11-3/7/21.

Molly Ostertag (BFA Cartooning) was featured in “Interview with Molly Ostertag,” Geek Out, 3/3/21.

Fernando Palafox (BFA Photography) had work featured in “Love in Confined Spaces,” Metal Magazine, Spring/Summer 2021.

Vivzie Pop (BFA Animation) was featured in “A Cartoon Demon Musical Drew in 53 Million YouTube Viewers. The Creator of Hazbin Hotel Anne Quito (MFA Design Criticism) wrote “Decoding the Flags and Banners Seen at the Capitol Hill Insurrection,” 1/7/21, and “The Covid-19 Vaccine Passports in Development for 2021,” 1/31/21, Quartz.

Caroline Tompkins (BFA Photography) was featured in “The 30: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch in 2020,” The 30, 12/4/20.

Alexandra Beguez (MFA Visual Narrative; BFA 2006 Computer Art) was featured in “The Best Graphic Novels of 2020,” The New York Times, 12/9/20.

Meaghan Cleary (BFA Film and Video) was featured in “East Rockaway Native Returns to Director’s Role for Latchkey Kids,” Long Island Herald, 1/28/21.

Elizabeth Fennelly (BFA Photography) was featured in “Photography Show Captures ‘Oregon in Extraordinary Times,’” Oregon Public Broadcasting, 3/26/21.

Carlos Jaramillo (BFA Photography) was featured in “15 Questions with Carlos Jaramillo,” Paper Journal, 2/24/21. Zach Krall (BFA Photography) was featured in “Kiswe Named the 10 Most Innovative Live Events Companies of 2021,” Fast Company, 3/9/21.

Ellie Lee (BFA Illustration) had a solo exhibition, “Room 2021 at Dreamy Hotel,” Art Space Unique, Seoul, 4/8-14/21.

Melissa Malzkuhn (MFA Visual Narrative) was nominated for a Webby Award in Education & Reference Apps and Software, Webby Awards, 4/20/21, and featured in “The Right to Sign: Deaf Culture and Language Access,” Changemakers, 4/30/21.

Tali Margolin (BFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibitions “RE:INVENT – In Motion,” Art Gallery 118, 1/28-2/28/21, and “Struggle,” New Rochelle Council on the Arts Rotunda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY, 2/15-4/16/21.

Tiffany Smith (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) co-curated “Becoming Buoyant,” Ortega y Gasset Projects, NYC, 3/20-4/25/21.

2016

Trey Abdella (BFA Illustration) had a solo exhibition, “In the Neighborhood,” T293 Gallery, Rome, 5/8-6/11/21, and was featured in “Trey Abdella: Still in Detention,” Juxtapoz, 1/6/21.

Maya Cozier (BFA Film) was featured in “Watch: TT Filmmaker Maya Cozier Talks Road to She Paradise,” Loop, Trinidad and Tobago, 12/29/20.

Sean Donovan (MFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “4,” M23, NYC, 4/24-6/20/21.

Delano Dunn (MFA Fine Arts) was featured in “Lobby Art Sucks, But These NYC Buildings Are Redrawing the Rules,” New York Post, 3/25/21.

Ruth Freeman (MFA Fine Arts) had work in the group exhibition “Throwing Shapes,” Art Austerlitz, Austerlitz, NY, 5/1-5/23/21.

Jenna Guidi (BFA Illustration) illustrated The Fin-Tastic Cleanup, Mascot Books.

Dozie Kanu (BFA Film) had a solo exhibition, “value order [gentrify.pt],” Galeria Madragoa, Lisbon, Portugal, 2/5-3/20/21, and was featured in “Nigerian-American Artist Dozie Kanu on Disrupting the Norm,” Wallpaper, 3/5/21.

Katelyn Kopenhaver (BFA Photography and Video) had work featured in “Beige Ambition,” The Cut (New York), 3/2/21.

Georgia Lale (MFA Fine Arts) was featured in Performance Art: The Basics (2020), University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, Greece, and presented her performance A Public Cleaning, Art in Odd Places, NYC, 5/16/21.

Seungkyung Oh (BFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Mimesis of Utopia,” CYART Document, Seoul, 3/30-4/4/21.

Jessica Pettway (BFA Photography and Video) had work featured in “Million-Dollar Slice,” New York, 1/21/21.

Bat-Ami Rivlin (BFA Fine Arts) was the recipient of “The A.I.R. Fellowship Program,” A.I.R. Gallery, NYC, 1/1/20-12/31/21, had a solo exhibition, “No Can Do,” M 2 3, NYC, 2/12-3/21/21, and was featured in “Bat-Ami Rivlin: No Can Do,” The Brooklyn Rail, April 2021, and “Jeffrey Kastner on Bat-Ami Rivlin,” Artforum, May 2021.

Strength,” Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 1/21-3/13/21, and was featured in “People: Dáreece Walker,” The Floating Magazine, 1/14/21.

2017

Theresa Chiechi (BFA Cartooning) was featured in “Review: Theresa Chiechi’s Drawn to Key West Finds Beauty in Performance and Local History,” The Beat, 1/29/21.

Linjie Deng (MFA Design for Social Innovation) had the solo exhibitions “Lost Museum,” 2/163/18/21, and “Asian Art SPA,” 3/29-5/24/21, Carlton Fine Art, NYC, and was featured in “Linjie Deng: Put Your Work First,” Thrive Global, 3/23/21.

Adebunmi Gbadebo (BFA Fine Arts) was featured in “This Nigerian-American Artist Uses Black Human Hair to Create Amazing Art Pieces,” How Africa, 3/30/21.

Joe Haddad (BFA Design) had work featured in “The Euphoria of Touching Mars,” Supercluster, 2/22/21.

Andrew Jilka (MFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Terra Firma,” Galeria Tiro Al Blanco, Guadalajara, Mexico, 4/17-9/25/21.

Jake Kaplan (BFA Animation) was featured in “Longtime Ewing Resident Kaplan Worked on Pixar’s Latest Film Soul,” Community News, 1/30/21.

Ninaad Kulkarni (MFA Computer Art) was featured in “Smart Art? NFTs from an Artist’s Perspective,” Little Black Book, 4/14/21.

Aya Rodriguez-Izumi (MFA Fine Arts) hosted a series of online lectures, workshops and panels, “Activating the Archive: Rewriting History through a Feminist Lens,” A.I.R. Gallery + BATURU, NYC, 5/17, 5/24, 5/31, 6/7, 6/14/21.

Harrison Weinstein (BFA Photography and Video) had work in the group exhibition “#ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis,” International Center of Photography, NYC, 10/1-12/31/20.

Agusta Yr (BFA Photography and Video) was featured in “NEW WAVE: CREATIVES 2020,” Fashion Awards, 12/4/20.

2018

Mengfan Bai (MFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Landing,” space776, Seoul, 4/13-4/30/21.

Ken Castaneda (BFA Photography and Video) curated “De Por Vida,” Company Gallery, NYC, 1/22-2/27/21.

Lizzy Itzkowitz (BFA Cartooning) was the recipient of the Emerging Designer Residency, NYCxDESIGN & Arts Thread at Hudson Yards, NYC, 4/1-7/15/21, and featured in “NYCxDESIGN’s Emerging Designer Residency Brings Craft to Commercial Retail,” Metropolis, 5/17/21.

Cindy Kang (BFA Illustration) was featured in “25 Exciting Female Graphic Designers and Illustrators to Follow this International Women’s Day,” Creative Boom, 3/8/21.

Pedro Mesa (MFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Instruments for Partial Proximity,” La Cometa, Bogota, Columbia, 12/4/20, and had work in the group exhibition “To Stay Alive/ You Must Be Alive,” Yellow Fish Festival VI, NYC, May 2021. Sandy Ng (MFA Design for Social Innovation; BFA 2016 Fine Arts) created the animated timeline “New York Responds: The First Six Months,” Museum of the City of New York, NYC, 12/18/20-5/9/21.

AMINA GINGOLD (BFA 2020 Photography and Video), Woman in a Sparkly Dress, 2019, archival pigment print. Gingold was featured in “Photographer Spotlight: Amina Gingold,” Booooooom, 3/8/21. Image courtesy Amina Gingold.

2019

Ferguson Amo (MFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “I Am From...,” Kente Royal Gallery, NYC, 1/21-2/6/21.

Nan Cao (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) was featured in “Fresh: Nan Cao,” Communication Arts, 4/20/21.

Michelle Girardello (MFA Fine Arts) was featured in “Visual Diary,” Unafraid, 4/12/21.

John Kazior (MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism) published “Fishbowl Fetish,” The Baffler, 12/2/20.

Tooraj Khamenehzadeh (MFA Photography, Video and Related Media) had work in the group exhibition “It’s NEGATIVE,” MiM, Los Angeles, 4/10-5/29/21. Hsiang Hsi Lu (MPS Fashion Photography) was featured in “He Meets Them on Grindr. Then What? Well, It’s Not Quite What You’d Expect,” Pride Source, 4/19/21.

Emily Rae Pellerin (MA Design Research, Writing and Criticism) wrote “Self v. System,” Oculus, Winter 2021, and “Low Life: Revisiting Robert Moses’s Exclusionary Design Scheme at Jones Beach,” Pin-Up, Fall 2020/Winter 2021.

Dana Robinson (MFA Fine Arts) had the solo exhibitions “In Celebration of Excellence and the Ordinary,” Selenas Mountain, Ridgewood, NY, 3/11-4/16/21, and “Scenes from the Middle Class,” Specialist, Seattle, 5/8-6/19/21.

2020

Tiffany Alfonseca (BFA Fine Arts) was featured in “A Not So Subtle Rebellion,” Juxtapoz, Spring 2021.

Amina Gingold (BFA Photography and Video) was featured in “Photographer Spotlight: Amina Gingold,” Booooooom, 3/8/21. Ishita Jain (MFA Illustration as Visual Essay) was featured in “Art in Progress: An Interview with Artist Ishita Jain,” Egeedee, 2/18/21.

Luyao Yan (BFA Cartooning) was a winner of the Inclusive Growth and Prosperity Competition, NASDAQ, NYC.

2021

Regena Paloma Reyes (MFA Products of Design) was featured in “Product and Student Winners Honored in Part II of the Sixth Annual NYCxDESIGN Awards,” Interior Design, 5/18/21.

Alexander Si (MFA Fine Arts) had a solo exhibition, “Atlas,” Tutu Gallery, NYC, 5/14-6/18/21. Membership Exhibition,” Salmagundi Club, NYC, 5/3-5/20/21.

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Soledad Maria Arias

(MFA 2002 Fine Arts; BFA 2000 Fine Arts), better known as Sol (Spanish for “sun”), died on July 27, 2020. Born in 1959 in Buenos Aires, Arias was an artist and visual wordsmith whose work encompassed prints, drawing, neon and installation. Her art has been exhibited at such institutions as MoMA PS1, Socrates Sculpture Park, Bronx Museum and El Museo del Barrio, New York; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Jersey City Museum, New Jersey; Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC; and galleries in Brooklyn, Houston, Miami and Montreal. Her work was supported by fellowships and residencies at the Virginia Centre for Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia; Fountainhead Residency, Miami; Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada; MacDowell, Peterborough, New Hampshire; and Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, New York. Arias was also a certified Spanish–English medical interpreter at several New York City hospitals and social-service agencies and taught Spanish classes at local community colleges, including a course for health care workers. She is survived by her sister, Malena De Achaval, and her brother, Antonio Arias.

Martina Beth Batan

(BFA 1981 Photography) died on March 26, 2021. Born in Connecticut in 1958, Batan grew up in Middle Village, Queens. Her life was upended after the 1978 murder of her brother Jeffrey, which remains unsolved. She moved to Manhattan and dove into the punk scene, working for Punk magazine and inspiring an underground comic, Martini Baton!, by Peter Bagge (1977 Cartooning). Batan worked for the influential SoHo gallery Ronald Feldman Fine Arts for 35 years, eventually becoming its director, representing artists like Joseph Beuys and Chris Burden and selling work by Andy Warhol and William Wegman. Throughout, she continued to look for answers about her brother’s murder, eventually hiring a private detective to look into the case. The events that transpired are covered in the documentary Missing People (2015). In 2012, Batan suffered the first of multiple debilitating strokes that deteriorated her health and affected control of her body. She is survived by her sister, Christi Saporito; her brother Timothy; and her stepfather, Kevin Brennan.

SOLEDAD MARIA ARIAS (MFA 2002 Fine Arts; BFA 2000 Fine Arts), clockwise from above: You Are Here, 2002, white neon light with timed fader on a five-second interval; Phonetic Neon (aha), 2012, white neon light; (lullaby), 2008, white neon lights. Courtesy Gallery Sonja Roesch.

John Paul Leon

(BFA 1994 Illustration), also known as JP, died on May 2, 2021, after a 14-year battle with cancer. Leon’s comics career started in his teens, when he landed work on titles like RoboCop. While still at SVA, he was hired to draw for Milestone Comics’ Static series, a job that comics artist and writer Walt Simonson, who then taught at the College, allowed Leon to count for course credit. Leon would go on to work on such noted projects as DC’s limited series Batman: Creature of the Night (2017-19), Marvel’s Earth X (1999), Wildstorm Comics’ miniseries The Winter Men (2005) and the Eisner Award–nominated Vertigo short story “Black Death in America” (2016). He also contributed to film productions like Batman Begins (2005) and Superman Returns (2006), and was a guest artist on books like Animal Man, Ex Machina, Grendel and Scalped. He is survived by his wife, brother and daughter.

Trevor Moore

(BFA 2003 Film and Video), a comedian, actor, filmmaker and writer, died on August 6. Born in New Jersey, Moore grew up in Charlottesville, Virginia, where he worked locally in sketch comedy and cartooning before enrolling at SVA. With two fellow comedians, he co-created the topical-but-absurdist sketch comedy show The Whitest Kids U’ Know (2007 – 2012), which aired on IFC. He also recorded Drunk Texts to Myself (2013), a comedy album; starred in and co-created the movies Miss March (2009) and The Civil War on Drugs (2011); hosted The Trevor Moore Show (2019 – 2021), a Comedy Central YouTube series; and wrote for and appeared in numerous other series and specials. He is survived by his wife, Aimee; son, August; sister, Lila Haile; and parents, Mickey and Becki.

Julie Ross

(BFA 1987 Media Arts) died in June 2021. Born in Tampa, Ross grew up in Sarasota alongside her three siblings. She attended a specialized arts program in high school before enrolling at Ringling School of Art and Design and later transferring to SVA. Ross traveled widely and remained a dedicated artist throughout her life, creating work in a variety of mediums. Ross is survived by her parents, Linda and Ronnie Meeks; brother Jeffrey; sister, Jana Hoefling, and brother-in-law, John; brother John and sister-in-law, Donna; niece Olivia Hoefling; nephews Tyler Cox and Sean and Spencer Ross; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

Romulo A. Yanes

(BFA 1981 Photography) died on June 16, 2021, of peritoneal cancer. Born in Cuba in 1959, Yanes’ family emigrated to the U.S. when he was a child, moving to New Jersey. At SVA, he studied under food photographer Irene Stern, through whose connections he met Irving Glusker, then the art director of Gourmet. Yanes worked as the Conde Nast title’s staff photographer for 26 years, where he modernized the publication’s studio and helped revolutionize its aesthetic, playing a leading role in the industry-wide move from stagy, fussed-over constructions to a heightened, messier true-to-lifeness. During his tenure, the magazine won two National Magazine Awards for photography. “No one romanced food the way he did,” former Gourmet editor Ruth Reichl told The New York Times. After Gourmet folded in 2009, Yanes continued to work as a sought-after photographer for books, catalogs and such publications as Bon Appetit, Martha Stewart Living and The New York Times. He is survived by his husband, Robert Schaublin-Yanes; sisters Cira and Ana; and nephew, Michael Cozzino.

JOHN PAUL LEON (BFA 1994 Illustration), from top: art for the Batman: Creature of the Night omnibus (2020); Batman: Creature of the Night #2 (2017); Superman Red & Blue #3 (2021); Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool #1 (2001). Courtesy DC.