2014 CCA MFA Thesis Exhibition

California College of the Arts (San Francisco campus)

1111 8th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107

May 15 – 24, 2014

The annual CCA MFA Thesis Exhibition opens Thursday, May 15, with a public reception from 6 – 10pm. This year’s exhibition is curated by Glen Helfand, who notes,  “many of the featured works center on the transforming landscapes of social and technological interaction. In diverse mediums, they are reflections on living with various aspects of overstimulation, social media/mediation, and rapid economic fluctuations.”

This year’s exhibition features work from the following artists: Alex Maldonado, Alexis Alicette Bolter, Amanda N. Simons, Beatrice Hunt, Benjy Blanco, Brittany Nichole Watkins, Calen Russell Barca-Hall, Clare Rickman, Daniel Bouthot, Diedrick Brackens, Edward Setina, Francesca Cozzone, Irina Contreras, John Kildahl, Kristine Eudey, Laura Arminda Kingsley, Leah Thomason Bromberg, Lex Kosieradzki, Lisa Jonas Taylor, Manuel Angeja, Maral Hashemi, Matthew Kotzin, Megan Atherton, Melissa Miller, Micah Benons, Omar Mismar, Sofia V. Gonzalez, Susannah Dotson, and Victoria Jang.

Included below are some recent works by artists represented in the exhibition.

Brittany Nichole Watkins, A Hooked History, Salvaged fire place stand and screen, found yarn, discarded latex paint, 32 x 38 x 5, 2014.

Benjy Blanco, still from Number Three of Five, Digital video, 1:22, 2014.

Daniel Bouthot, I_SF, custom embroidered found Polo shirts, dimensions variable, 2012.