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MIDPOINT: Second Year MFA Exhibition

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MIDPOINT: Second Year MFA Exhibition

Art | College of Arts and Humanities Thursday, March 15 - Saturday, April 21, 2012 Adele H. Stamp Student Union, Stamp Gallery

The Stamp Gallery at the will be presenting their new exhibit MIDPOINT, which features the work of second year MFA candidates at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Opening reception: Thursday, March 15, 2012 from 5-7pm.

 

 

Bahar Jalehmahmoudi is an Iranian artist who works as a photographer and installation artist. She received her B.A in Graphic Design in 2009, and is now a second year MFA candidate in studio art at University of Maryland. As an artist who grew up in an oppressed society in which human rights were violated every day, her artworks reexamine freedom, femininity, identity, and humanity. Her mixed media works transform recycled and found materials often associated with femininity into constructed assemblages. While the materials utilized are quite familiar and commonplace, the densely layered forms she creates blur the boundaries of body and space, seduction and revulsion.

 

 


Mark Earnhart is a second year MFA Candidate at the University of Maryland. He received his BFA in 2007 from Ohio University. Earnhart grew up in the small town of Lebanon, Ohio where he was a lifeguard, UPS driver, stock boy, dishwasher and airplane refueler among other things. He was adjunct faculty and sculpture studio technician at Marshall University from 2007 to 2010. Earnhart lives in a small apartment with his cat Gus near College Park, Maryland. Earnhart’s work is like eavesdropping on a muffled conversation. There is a shared language but the structure has been reinterpreted and dubbed for the audience. He uses objects like sponges, doorstops, upholstery, nickels and furniture to create narratives. The commonality of the objects is often relatable with a sense of humor and nostalgic folklore.
 

Pat McGowan is a sculptor originally from Northeastern Pennsylvania. He received his BA in visual arts from Keystone College and is an MFA candidate at the University of Maryland. McGowan currently works with materials like found objects and cast metals. Influenced by his blue-collar background McGowan investigates residual elements that are typically employed during the construction of buildings and roadways. Objects and elements like asphalt, I-Beams, and road cones often become the building materials for his work. McGowan’s studio process consists of fabricating highly crafted objects, which investigate issues of permanence, physical boundaries and authority in our contemporary urban landscape. McGowan currently resides in Baltimore Md.

 

Add to Calendar 03/15/12 5:00 PM 04/21/12 6:00 PM America/New_York MIDPOINT: Second Year MFA Exhibition

The Stamp Gallery at the will be presenting their new exhibit MIDPOINT, which features the work of second year MFA candidates at the University of Maryland, College Park.
Opening reception: Thursday, March 15, 2012 from 5-7pm.

 

 

Bahar Jalehmahmoudi is an Iranian artist who works as a photographer and installation artist. She received her B.A in Graphic Design in 2009, and is now a second year MFA candidate in studio art at University of Maryland. As an artist who grew up in an oppressed society in which human rights were violated every day, her artworks reexamine freedom, femininity, identity, and humanity. Her mixed media works transform recycled and found materials often associated with femininity into constructed assemblages. While the materials utilized are quite familiar and commonplace, the densely layered forms she creates blur the boundaries of body and space, seduction and revulsion.

 

 


Mark Earnhart is a second year MFA Candidate at the University of Maryland. He received his BFA in 2007 from Ohio University. Earnhart grew up in the small town of Lebanon, Ohio where he was a lifeguard, UPS driver, stock boy, dishwasher and airplane refueler among other things. He was adjunct faculty and sculpture studio technician at Marshall University from 2007 to 2010. Earnhart lives in a small apartment with his cat Gus near College Park, Maryland. Earnhart’s work is like eavesdropping on a muffled conversation. There is a shared language but the structure has been reinterpreted and dubbed for the audience. He uses objects like sponges, doorstops, upholstery, nickels and furniture to create narratives. The commonality of the objects is often relatable with a sense of humor and nostalgic folklore.
 

Pat McGowan is a sculptor originally from Northeastern Pennsylvania. He received his BA in visual arts from Keystone College and is an MFA candidate at the University of Maryland. McGowan currently works with materials like found objects and cast metals. Influenced by his blue-collar background McGowan investigates residual elements that are typically employed during the construction of buildings and roadways. Objects and elements like asphalt, I-Beams, and road cones often become the building materials for his work. McGowan’s studio process consists of fabricating highly crafted objects, which investigate issues of permanence, physical boundaries and authority in our contemporary urban landscape. McGowan currently resides in Baltimore Md.

 

Adele H. Stamp Student Union