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2022 – 23 Undergraduate Award Winners

The image depicts two figures identifying as male and female with their faces smooshed together surrounded by marigolds and roses. They both have lipstick smeared across their lips. Allison Crawford: Modern Day Lovers Undergraduate Allison Crawford: Modern Day Lovers
Two block art print in black & pink that shows a feminine figure braiding their hair. Brianna Fox: tedious Undergraduate Brianna Fox: tedious
'LoBack Meat Co.' is a 18” x 24” 6-layer reduction woodblock print on paper based on a photograph of a neon sign at Seattle's Pike Place Market. The sign's typography reads "LoBACK MEAT CO. QUALITY ALWAYS," but it has been cropped to "BACK MEA QUALITY ALW." The neon sign itself is a bright ocean blue in the upper foreground of the image, with the letters themselves contrasting in a rich yellow-orange. The outside of each letter is outlined in a bright purple, making the letters appear three-dimensional against the sign's blue background. A hallway leading back into space is depicted in the background, with a line of circular lights fading into the background on the faded purple ceiling. While the sign and typography stand out in a graphic way, the scene feels nostalgic and faded. Within the image's background is a faded gray rectangular sign with letters that look like words but are too illegible to read. The nostalgic feel of the words and the faded color palette are representative of a memory for me. I began to experience chronic memory loss after being diagnosed with mold poisoning shortly after graduating from high school. I was able to take a road trip across the Pacific Northwest with my stepfather in the summer of 2021. This was the first trip I was able to take since becoming well enough after my diagnosis, and I took hundreds of photos out of fear of forgetting the memories we were making. Each edition of this print explored the feeling of nostalgia, much like the flash of a memory we get of a time and place we can't quite pinpoint that's buried deep in our subconscious. Looking closer at the image, each cut is quite expressive as I explored my spirit and self through the cuts of the woodblock. As each subsequent print is printed, the previous one is carved away, leaving a fully carved block at the end. Paige Gilstad: LoBack Meat Co. Undergraduate Paige Gilstad: LoBack Meat Co.
A multimedia sculpture of a decomposing deer surrounded by moss. The deer lies on its side in a fetal position with its legs curled in front of it and its ribcage exposed, showing the dark red flesh and ribs inside. Its skull is angular and off-white, with rows of uneven teeth and empty eye sockets. A small yellow bird is perched on one of the antlers. The deer lies on a bed of green moss, which crawls up into the interior of the ribcage, the floor of which is covered by thick vegetation and grasses, some of which is painted with glitter and soft pastels of pink, blue, and purple. This mossy world inside the ribcage is scattered with sparkling iridescent stones and small fairy lights that are hidden among the vegetation. Small shiny beads hang from the “ceiling” of the ribcage on clear strings, and are lit by the lights inside. Catherine Ramsey: ...And God taketh away Undergraduate Catherine Ramsey: ...And God taketh away
Ceramic vessel painting with underglaze incorporating Arabesque patterns Yasmine Safadi: Mazhariyah Undergraduate Yasmine Safadi: Mazhariyah
This image features the main character, Elle, sitting on a couch as psychedelic imagery fills the entire room. Elle Schwiderson: Scraping the Edge Undergraduate Elle Schwiderson: Scraping the Edge
This a portrait of a girl surrounded by the undulating waves. The girl is looking at the red sun in the distance, the koi print on her face leap towards the light. The work is mainly covered in the green and blue color pallet of the waves, yet the sun and koi print are in visually striking red. Siyu Zhong: Koi Undergraduate Siyu Zhong: Koi
Nicole Kim: Numbers Against Bottles Nicole Kim: Numbers Against Bottles Undergraduate Nicole Kim: Numbers Against Bottles
image of an 8ft by 8ft room with two full length shelves stretching across the back wall. these shelves hold a combined six large containers each full of kombucha in varying shades of earth tones. against the right wall there is a desk and chair that looks like someone has been using it as a work space. on the far left wall there are sunglasses, a beret, and a 1/4 scale outfit made of kombucha leather, all on their own shelves. Grace Klein: Fluid Atelier Undergraduate Grace Klein: Fluid Atelier
Photograph showing porcelain light sculptures motion-activated by visitor walking past Shannon Yeung: In The Dark Undergraduate Shannon Yeung: In The Dark
The image shows a cubical shopping area, illuminated by neon red lighting. White flooring and walls serve as a backdrop for display cases made out of wood, glass and acrylic. The floating shelving units, paired with transparent containers and circular windows, give the space a more contemporary finish. With the exception of the display pedastal placed in the center, wide walkways divide the mounted displays and create an open layout. The vision for this space is rooted in a desire to downplay the grotesque–the reality that what‘s being displayed are organs and tissues extracted from living people. Their fleshy textures appear in stark contrast to the uncluttereddisplays. Bright, red letters accomany each product. The signages are reminiscent of those found in common retain chains, though what they relay is something completely out of the ordinary. Penny Lam: Commodified Bodies Undergraduate Penny Lam: Commodified Bodies
A cartoonish creature dressed in pink, jester-like clothes is in the middle of the screen. She has a child-friendly appearance that popular mascot characters would have such as Mickey Mouse. She is smiling as she looks slightly to the left, listening to a person that is not shown within this particular scene.Her arm is bent slightly, as if she was in the middle of reaching something with her white, mittened hand above her head and out of frame towards the top right of the screen. The background of the image is a yellow, monochromatic painting that shows the top left half of a fridge on the right side of the frame. There is a blurry filter over the image that makes it appear as if is it was recorded on an old VHS tape. Abigail Zotter: Learning Life Skills with Mitzy the Clown Undergraduate Abigail Zotter: Learning Life Skills with Mitzy the Clown
Danielle Tutak: Artifact [Human] c. 2021 Danielle Tutak: Artifact [Human] c. 2021 Undergraduate Danielle Tutak: Artifact [Human] c. 2021
Image shows the exhibition set up for Erotic Ecologies. The studio exhibition walls are painted all black, the light is dimmed, and the set up is backlit with a LED light fixture. On the left wall, there is a shelf installed with zines on top. The set up is a plaster sculpture of a hole suspended on clear acrylic rods. It is surrounded by 4 monitors on the top of poles. The monitors are angled looking into the hole. The sculpture and monitors are all held in place with an elevated black wooden platform Jenna John: Erotic Ecologies Undergraduate Jenna John: Erotic Ecologies
Painting that depicts an image of two wrestlers grasping hands overlayed with a transparent image of the two men's wrestling bodies entangled on the ground. Kate Donoghue: Boys' Life Undergraduate Kate Donoghue: Boys' Life
This is an image of a pair of pants hanging next to a quilt on a white wall. The pants are a light striped gray, with holes in them that have been patched with gray, blue, purple, and tan fabric. More holes have been cut from the patched pants, and you can see the wall through the holes in the pant legs. The quilt is made of the same gray, blue, purple and tan fabrics that were used to patch the pants. Patches are visible in some of the quilt squares, where pieces were taken from the pants. The pattern of the quilt falls apart as it moves away from the center, until it reaches the edge and the pattern is no longer recognizable. Maggie Wiebe: Mended Martyrdom Undergraduate Maggie Wiebe: Mended Martyrdom
Deena Beydoun: Inner Child Deena Beydoun: Inner Child Undergraduate Deena Beydoun: Inner Child
Iris (Sue-Min) Jung: A Strong Pillar Iris (Sue-Min) Jung: A Strong Pillar Undergraduate Iris (Sue-Min) Jung: A Strong Pillar
There are three characters total, each created on my body with prosthetics, heavy makeup, and costuming. I created each of their physical attributes with scar wax and prosthetics that I bought online. Brenda has a blonde updo, and has large cheekbones from plastic surgery that have aged and wrinkled over time. She has large, injected lips. She wears a blue velour tracksuit and tennis shoes. Each of Brenda's photographs are framed in ornate, gold frames. Mia is a bad-ass brunette woman based on Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction. She is wearing ripped, boot-cut jeans, and a black zip-up. She has very chiseled cheekbones, luscious lips, and high eyebrows. All of her photographs are framed in dark wooden frames. Amber has very, very large injected lips, and long blonde hair extensions. She is wearing a pink matching set. She vapes. Josie Burck: What If? Undergraduate Josie Burck: What If?
Close up of the rectangular units of the quilt. The zigzagged stitch threads the unique piece of the multicolored quilt together. Each individual rectangular has a few words embroidered across the surface. Taylor Jenkins: Mom & Me & Mom Undergraduate Taylor Jenkins: Mom & Me & Mom
Studio cubicle, three larger canvas's at 36"x 36", 36"x 48", and 48"x 4*". Three smaller canvas's at 7.5" x11". Kendra Eaton: Casual Crevice Undergraduate Kendra Eaton: Casual Crevice
The image featured above shows the piece titled: The Frustration of the Growing Girl. The large soft sculpture is quilted and constructed into a cone shaped monument about four feet tall and created entirely out of deep blue cyanotypes. The images on the cyanotypes are old family pictures with the figures partaking in jewish ceremonies. The cyanotypes stretch past the base of the cone and climb up the wall. Around the base of the cone there are a series of collaged Polaroid images. The Polaroids show signs of physically deconstructing the images and working back into them using materials such as thread, printed images, cutout and human hair. Jessie Rice: Cracks on Both Sides Now Undergraduate Jessie Rice: Cracks on Both Sides Now
Printed copies of final graphic novel. Lauren Trail: What Flows Through Us Undergraduate Lauren Trail: What Flows Through Us
Zia Zhao: Cat Town Zia Zhao: Cat Town Undergraduate Zia Zhao: Cat Town
John Cooper: The Oval John Cooper: The Oval Undergraduate John Cooper: The Oval
This image contains a series of brightly colored ceramic pieces that are sculptural furniture. Rachel Heibel: Sunshine Mountain Undergraduate Rachel Heibel: Sunshine Mountain
Grace Klein: Vignette in Motion Grace Klein: Vignette in Motion Undergraduate Grace Klein: Vignette in Motion
Mellisa Lee: Flora of Indigenous Cultures Mellisa Lee: Flora of Indigenous Cultures Undergraduate Mellisa Lee: Flora of Indigenous Cultures
Emery Swirbalus: The Mediator Emery Swirbalus: The Mediator Undergraduate Emery Swirbalus: The Mediator

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