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The Department of Art at the University of California, Irvine is pleased to present the solo exhibitions of MFA candidates: Gwyneth Bulawsky, David Ditman, Teresa Ho, Simon Klein, Jacob Lenc and Cecil Yuzhe Zhang.

April 18-23:
Gwyneth Bulawsky
Simon Klein
Jacob Lenc

May 9 - 23:
David Ditman
Teresa Ho
Cecil Yuzhe Zhang

We, the current graduate students of the Art Department at the University of California, Irvine, condemn the actions taken by the University against the peaceful protesters last week. In the same year that our Chancellor Howard Gillman is celebrating freedom of speech, over 40 members of our community, both faculty and students, were arrested while exercising their right to protest the genocide occurring in Palestine.
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With this statement, we uphold an ethical call for divestment of university assets from the investment firms and corporations that profit from weapons manufacturing. We emphasize the need for action to create an educational environment that is predicated on the value of human life and diversity, a call that has been ignored by the UC administration.

We urge students, faculty, and all members of the university, past and present, to fully engage in a conversation about our complicity and responsibility to dismantle structures of subjugation. We invite you to use your voices to speak out against genocidal policies and in the struggle for peace and justice.
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@sjp.uci @ucidivest @uaw_4811

We, the current graduate students of the Art Department at the University of California, Irvine, condemn the actions taken by the University against the peaceful protesters last week. In the same year that our Chancellor Howard Gillman is celebrating freedom of speech, over 40 members of our community, both faculty and students, were arrested while exercising their right to protest the genocide occurring in Palestine.
…
With this statement, we uphold an ethical call for divestment of university assets from the investment firms and corporations that profit from weapons manufacturing. We emphasize the need for action to create an educational environment that is predicated on the value of human life and diversity, a call that has been ignored by the UC administration.

We urge students, faculty, and all members of the university, past and present, to fully engage in a conversation about our complicity and responsibility to dismantle structures of subjugation. We invite you to use your voices to speak out against genocidal policies and in the struggle for peace and justice.
…
@sjp.uci @ucidivest @uaw_4811

We, the current graduate students of the Art Department at the University of California, Irvine, condemn the actions taken by the University against the peaceful protesters last week. In the same year that our Chancellor Howard Gillman is celebrating freedom of speech, over 40 members of our community, both faculty and students, were arrested while exercising their right to protest the genocide occurring in Palestine.
…
With this statement, we uphold an ethical call for divestment of university assets from the investment firms and corporations that profit from weapons manufacturing. We emphasize the need for action to create an educational environment that is predicated on the value of human life and diversity, a call that has been ignored by the UC administration.

We urge students, faculty, and all members of the university, past and present, to fully engage in a conversation about our complicity and responsibility to dismantle structures of subjugation. We invite you to use your voices to speak out against genocidal policies and in the struggle for peace and justice.
…
@sjp.uci @ucidivest @uaw_4811

We, the current graduate students of the Art Department at the University of California, Irvine, condemn the actions taken by the University against the peaceful protesters last week. In the same year that our Chancellor Howard Gillman is celebrating freedom of speech, over 40 members of our community, both faculty and students, were arrested while exercising their right to protest the genocide occurring in Palestine.
…
With this statement, we uphold an ethical call for divestment of university assets from the investment firms and corporations that profit from weapons manufacturing. We emphasize the need for action to create an educational environment that is predicated on the value of human life and diversity, a call that has been ignored by the UC administration.

We urge students, faculty, and all members of the university, past and present, to fully engage in a conversation about our complicity and responsibility to dismantle structures of subjugation. We invite you to use your voices to speak out against genocidal policies and in the struggle for peace and justice.
…
@sjp.uci @ucidivest @uaw_4811

We, the current graduate students of the Art Department at the University of California, Irvine, condemn the actions taken by the University against the peaceful protesters last week. In the same year that our Chancellor Howard Gillman is celebrating freedom of speech, over 40 members of our community, both faculty and students, were arrested while exercising their right to protest the genocide occurring in Palestine.
…
With this statement, we uphold an ethical call for divestment of university assets from the investment firms and corporations that profit from weapons manufacturing. We emphasize the need for action to create an educational environment that is predicated on the value of human life and diversity, a call that has been ignored by the UC administration.

We urge students, faculty, and all members of the university, past and present, to fully engage in a conversation about our complicity and responsibility to dismantle structures of subjugation. We invite you to use your voices to speak out against genocidal policies and in the struggle for peace and justice.
…
@sjp.uci @ucidivest @uaw_4811

We, the current graduate students of the Art Department at the University of California, Irvine, condemn the actions taken by the University against the peaceful protesters last week. In the same year that our Chancellor Howard Gillman is celebrating freedom of speech, over 40 members of our community, both faculty and students, were arrested while exercising their right to protest the genocide occurring in Palestine.
…
With this statement, we uphold an ethical call for divestment of university assets from the investment firms and corporations that profit from weapons manufacturing. We emphasize the need for action to create an educational environment that is predicated on the value of human life and diversity, a call that has been ignored by the UC administration.

We urge students, faculty, and all members of the university, past and present, to fully engage in a conversation about our complicity and responsibility to dismantle structures of subjugation. We invite you to use your voices to speak out against genocidal policies and in the struggle for peace and justice.
…
@sjp.uci @ucidivest @uaw_4811

We, the current graduate students of the Art Department at the University of California, Irvine, condemn the actions taken by the University against the peaceful protesters last week. In the same year that our Chancellor Howard Gillman is celebrating freedom of speech, over 40 members of our community, both faculty and students, were arrested while exercising their right to protest the genocide occurring in Palestine.
…
With this statement, we uphold an ethical call for divestment of university assets from the investment firms and corporations that profit from weapons manufacturing. We emphasize the need for action to create an educational environment that is predicated on the value of human life and diversity, a call that has been ignored by the UC administration.

We urge students, faculty, and all members of the university, past and present, to fully engage in a conversation about our complicity and responsibility to dismantle structures of subjugation. We invite you to use your voices to speak out against genocidal policies and in the struggle for peace and justice.
…
@sjp.uci @ucidivest @uaw_4811

We, the current graduate students of the Art Department at the University of California, Irvine, condemn the actions taken by the University against the peaceful protesters last week. In the same year that our Chancellor Howard Gillman is celebrating freedom of speech, over 40 members of our community, both faculty and students, were arrested while exercising their right to protest the genocide occurring in Palestine.
…
With this statement, we uphold an ethical call for divestment of university assets from the investment firms and corporations that profit from weapons manufacturing. We emphasize the need for action to create an educational environment that is predicated on the value of human life and diversity, a call that has been ignored by the UC administration.

We urge students, faculty, and all members of the university, past and present, to fully engage in a conversation about our complicity and responsibility to dismantle structures of subjugation. We invite you to use your voices to speak out against genocidal policies and in the struggle for peace and justice.
…
@sjp.uci @ucidivest @uaw_4811

We, the current graduate students of the Art Department at the University of California, Irvine, condemn the actions taken by the University against the peaceful protesters last week. In the same year that our Chancellor Howard Gillman is celebrating freedom of speech, over 40 members of our community, both faculty and students, were arrested while exercising their right to protest the genocide occurring in Palestine.
…
With this statement, we uphold an ethical call for divestment of university assets from the investment firms and corporations that profit from weapons manufacturing. We emphasize the need for action to create an educational environment that is predicated on the value of human life and diversity, a call that has been ignored by the UC administration.

We urge students, faculty, and all members of the university, past and present, to fully engage in a conversation about our complicity and responsibility to dismantle structures of subjugation. We invite you to use your voices to speak out against genocidal policies and in the struggle for peace and justice.
…
@sjp.uci @ucidivest @uaw_4811

MFA Thesis Exhibitions, Part II on view till this Saturday, May 23!

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1- SUTURE by David Ditman, Contemporary Arts Center Gallery

2- The Tone That Calls The Song by Teresa Ho, University Art Gallery

3- Resuscitating Relics by Cecil Yuzhe Zhang, Room Gallery

Photos by Yubo Dong / @ofphotostudio

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12 - 6 pm

MFA Thesis Exhibitions, Part II on view till this Saturday, May 23!

📸

1- SUTURE by David Ditman, Contemporary Arts Center Gallery

2- The Tone That Calls The Song by Teresa Ho, University Art Gallery

3- Resuscitating Relics by Cecil Yuzhe Zhang, Room Gallery

Photos by Yubo Dong / @ofphotostudio

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12 - 6 pm

MFA Thesis Exhibitions, Part II on view till this Saturday, May 23!

📸

1- SUTURE by David Ditman, Contemporary Arts Center Gallery

2- The Tone That Calls The Song by Teresa Ho, University Art Gallery

3- Resuscitating Relics by Cecil Yuzhe Zhang, Room Gallery

Photos by Yubo Dong / @ofphotostudio

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12 - 6 pm

We invite you to join us for Spring Open Studio on Saturday May 9th, 3-7pm

MFA thesis opening 2-5pm
Rooftop Karaoke at 5:30pm on the 4th floor of Contemporary Arts Center
Top Loader Group Show on the 2nd floor of Art, Culture, and Technology

On view through this Saturday, May 2: 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part I.

Visit the solo exhibitions by our third-year MFA candidates:

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1. Substrate —> Spasm by Simon Klein @psymonspine — Room Gallery
2. We Begin to Wilt Beneath the Son by Gwyneth Bulawsky @gwynethbulawsky — University Art Gallery
3. Catastrophe by Jacob Lenc @jacob_lenc — Contemporary Arts Center Gallery

And opening Saturday, May 9, 2–5 PM: Part II, featuring solo exhibitions by Teresa Ho, David Ditman, and Cecil Yuzhe Zhang.

Photos by Yubo Dong / @ofphotostudio

On view through this Saturday, May 2: 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part I.

Visit the solo exhibitions by our third-year MFA candidates:

📸
1. Substrate —> Spasm by Simon Klein @psymonspine — Room Gallery
2. We Begin to Wilt Beneath the Son by Gwyneth Bulawsky @gwynethbulawsky — University Art Gallery
3. Catastrophe by Jacob Lenc @jacob_lenc — Contemporary Arts Center Gallery

And opening Saturday, May 9, 2–5 PM: Part II, featuring solo exhibitions by Teresa Ho, David Ditman, and Cecil Yuzhe Zhang.

Photos by Yubo Dong / @ofphotostudio

On view through this Saturday, May 2: 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part I.

Visit the solo exhibitions by our third-year MFA candidates:

📸
1. Substrate —> Spasm by Simon Klein @psymonspine — Room Gallery
2. We Begin to Wilt Beneath the Son by Gwyneth Bulawsky @gwynethbulawsky — University Art Gallery
3. Catastrophe by Jacob Lenc @jacob_lenc — Contemporary Arts Center Gallery

And opening Saturday, May 9, 2–5 PM: Part II, featuring solo exhibitions by Teresa Ho, David Ditman, and Cecil Yuzhe Zhang.

Photos by Yubo Dong / @ofphotostudio

UCI VALS is excited to welcome Harry Dodge (@mysterious_fires) for our next installment in the lecture series. Please join us on Thursday, April 23rd at 12PM in the Contemporary Arts Center Building, Colloquium Room, 3rd Floor.

Harry Dodge (b.1966), an American writer and visual artist, has exhibited at venues nationally and internationally; his solo and collaborative work is held in collections at institutions including Museum of Modern Art, NY.  Dodge’s critically-acclaimed book of literary non-fiction, My Meteorite: or, Without the Random There Can Be No New Thing was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, and his writing has appeared in publications such as Art Forum, Paris Review, and Harper’s. In the early 90s, Dodge co-founded the now-legendary San Francisco performance space, The Bearded Lady, which served as a touchstone for a pioneering, queer, DIY literary and arts scene. By Hook or By Crook—the award-winning feature film Dodge co-wrote, directed, edited and starred in, which premiered at Sundance in 2002—is currently having a lively revival with new theatrical screenings around the world. He resides in Los Angeles with his partner writer Maggie Nelson.

Last chance ✨

Saturday, February 28 is the final day to see Limited Hang: M.F.A. 2nd Year Exhibition at the University Art Gallery and Room Gallery.

Featuring works by second-year M.F.A. students at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts, this exhibition marks an important milestone in their advancement to candidacy. The artists present a range of practices and perspectives, offering a glimpse into the next generation of contemporary art.

Artists:
Yadira Dockstader @yadiradockstader
Kayla Ephros @ephrodite_
Chella Foster-Flynn
SeeVa Kitslis @mini__bubble
Beatrice Schleyer @jujumechanics
Anya Zalevskaya @zalevsan

Organized by Coleman Collins

Photos by Yubo Dong @ofphotostudio 📸

Last chance ✨

Saturday, February 28 is the final day to see Limited Hang: M.F.A. 2nd Year Exhibition at the University Art Gallery and Room Gallery.

Featuring works by second-year M.F.A. students at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts, this exhibition marks an important milestone in their advancement to candidacy. The artists present a range of practices and perspectives, offering a glimpse into the next generation of contemporary art.

Artists:
Yadira Dockstader @yadiradockstader
Kayla Ephros @ephrodite_
Chella Foster-Flynn
SeeVa Kitslis @mini__bubble
Beatrice Schleyer @jujumechanics
Anya Zalevskaya @zalevsan

Organized by Coleman Collins

Photos by Yubo Dong @ofphotostudio 📸

Last chance ✨

Saturday, February 28 is the final day to see Limited Hang: M.F.A. 2nd Year Exhibition at the University Art Gallery and Room Gallery.

Featuring works by second-year M.F.A. students at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts, this exhibition marks an important milestone in their advancement to candidacy. The artists present a range of practices and perspectives, offering a glimpse into the next generation of contemporary art.

Artists:
Yadira Dockstader @yadiradockstader
Kayla Ephros @ephrodite_
Chella Foster-Flynn
SeeVa Kitslis @mini__bubble
Beatrice Schleyer @jujumechanics
Anya Zalevskaya @zalevsan

Organized by Coleman Collins

Photos by Yubo Dong @ofphotostudio 📸

Last chance ✨

Saturday, February 28 is the final day to see Limited Hang: M.F.A. 2nd Year Exhibition at the University Art Gallery and Room Gallery.

Featuring works by second-year M.F.A. students at UC Irvine’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts, this exhibition marks an important milestone in their advancement to candidacy. The artists present a range of practices and perspectives, offering a glimpse into the next generation of contemporary art.

Artists:
Yadira Dockstader @yadiradockstader
Kayla Ephros @ephrodite_
Chella Foster-Flynn
SeeVa Kitslis @mini__bubble
Beatrice Schleyer @jujumechanics
Anya Zalevskaya @zalevsan

Organized by Coleman Collins

Photos by Yubo Dong @ofphotostudio 📸

UCI VALS is excited to welcome Analia Saban ( @analiasabanstudio ) for our next installment in the lecture series. Please join us on Wednesday, March 11 at 12PM in the Contemporary Arts Center Building, Colloquium Room, 3rd Floor.

Analia Saban dissects and reconfigures traditional notions of painting, often using the medium of paint as the subject itself. Blurring the lines between painting and sculpture, imagery and objecthood, her work frequently includes plays on art historical references and traditions. Her works are represented in the collections of the Hammer Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Getty Research Institute, in Los Angeles; MoMA, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; among many others. She is represented by Tanya Bonakdar Gallery where she recently had a solo exhibition in 2025 titled, "Flowchart". Saban currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

We are cordially inviting you to the first Visiting Artist Lecture Series event of this academic year—a public talk by artist Panteha Abareshi ( @pantehart ). Please join us January 21 at 2PM!

Join us for the opening of Limited Hang on February 7th, 2 to 5 pm at the University Art Gallery and Room Gallery. 

This exhibition of six second-year M.F.A. students presents works for their advancement to candidacy at the Claire Trevor School of the Arts at University of California, Irvine. 

Yadira Dockstader @yadiradockstader
Kayla Ephros @ephrodite_
Chella Foster-Flynn 
SeeVa Dawne Kitslis @mini__bubble
Beatrice Schleyer @jujumechanics
Anya Zalevskaya @zalevsan

Organized by Coleman Collins.

The exhibition will be on view until February 28th. UAG and Room Gallery are open Tues - Sat from 12 to 5 pm.

We invite you to join us for the rescheduled Fall Open Studios event: Saturday, December 6, 2 pm – 5 pm!
More info in our story highlight.

We are cordially inviting you to the final Visiting Artist Lecture Series event of this academic year—a public talk by Hailey Loman of Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (@lacaarchive). Please join us on June 4 at 6:30 pm!