Past Exhibitions

Noise Has No Translation

Time Spaces - Prologue (part III)

BFA Thesis Exhibitions - Sylvia Officer

BFA Thesis Exhibitions - Molly O'Neill

Is Seeing Knowing?

Days That Got Away

Days That Got Away

After Solitary Silence

Spring 2022 - Department of Art - Award Ceremony and Senior Exhibit

BFA Thesis Exhibitions

Sideshow: Nicole Eisenman’s Modernist Inspirations

Art Jones: Disidentifications

Sideshow: Nicole Eisenman’s Modernist Inspirations

tender land

Patrick Summers - BFA 2021

Saturday, May 8, 2021 (All day)

BFA Studio Art - Intermedia, BS Neuroscience

Inspired by my neuroscience background, I have created a body of works that represents my journey through science as an artist, a student, and a woman. I use the beautiful, strange world of microbiology to create worlds of funky, surreal art rendered in vibrant colors. My goal was to foster interest in science as an experience. My notebooks and diagrams have become the foundation that my thesis has grown from; all of my art pieces have stemmed from my notes and my involvement in the scientific world.

Saturday, May 8, 2021 (All day)

BFA Studio Art - Intermedia, Minors in Art History and Anthropology

Sophia DeStefano, born in 1998, grew up in a sleepy costal town just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Whether working in photography, digital art, printmaking, or paper-making, DeStefano uses monochrome color palettes to emphasize forms of memory and how the human condition is altered in the digital age. Often, drawing from personal experiences, her work is centered around disability culture or beckoning to places where she has traveled. Graduating from UMass with a degree in Studio Arts and minors in Art History and Anthropology, she aims to evolve her ideas and apply them to the ever changing social scene.

Saturday, May 8, 2021 (All day)

BFA Studio Art - Ceramics, Minors in Psychology and Art History

Jessica Dougherty (West Boylston, MA) is a Studio Arts major with a ceramics concentration, and minors in Psychology and Art History. In addition to ceramic sculpture, she also enjoys printmaking, her favorite method being silkscreen. Other preferred mediums include mixed media sculpture, digital illustration, and watercolor. Using her own experiences as inspiration, her work often considers the role of mental health in daily situations. Her primary goal as an artist is to invoke a sense of comfort and/or happiness for those viewing her work.

Saturday, May 8, 2021 (All day)

BFA Studio Art - Painting, Minor in Art History

Robin Gencarelle is a painting major who finds joy in creating intricate pieces with the goal eliciting a strong emotional response while simultaneously rewarding viewers for attention to detail. Additionally, she is pursuing an Art History minor with the goal of continuing her growth through academia. Her work spans a variety of mediums with a preference for oil painting and relief to form a group of cohesive series’. Robin’s artwork will guide spectators through a journey of self-discovery from her own unique lens with the intent of culturing curiosity and open-mindedness.

Saturday, May 8, 2021 (All day)

BFA Studio Art - Painting, Minor in Art History

Jessica Jiao was born in Saipan, Northern Mariana Island, in 1999. She spent her childhood in China, then moved to Gainesville, Florida. Because of the influence of her high school teacher, Jiao has the encouragement to follow her passion. Jiao is majoring in Studio Art with a concentration in Painting and a Minor in Art History. She works primarily with oil and acrylic paints but also does works in ceramics and other mediums.

Saturday, May 8, 2021 (All day)

BFA Studio Art - Painting, Minor in Art History

"My goal as an artist is always to evoke an emotional reaction within my viewer. My work is intimate by design, invoking the individual to allow themselves to take a break from the clutter of everyday life and feel. Success is when my viewer cannot describe their emotions easily, when I have evoked something beyond words. Color, movement, and my own emotions are my three greatest tools in this aim, regardless of media." - Sayde Mayes

Saturday, May 8, 2021 (All day)

BFA Studio Art - Sculpture, Minor in Art History

Daley Miller (Grafton, MA) is a Studio Art Major with a concentration in Sculpture. She explores sustainability and waste-free art through her use of natural and recycled materials. Her works are process-based and are guided by the pasts and futures of the materials she uses. In her art and in her life, Miller intertwines farming and outdoor living with crafting and creative work.

Saturday, May 8, 2021 (All day)

BFA Studio Art - Painting

Conner Lajoie is a Studio Arts Major originating from Feeding Hills, MA. The world of fantasy has been an integral part of his life, making itself present incredibly early on. Conner had begun making art late in his high school career, when he created his first original character. From this character he would go on to build a world where a story could be told, a story filled with mighty heroes and shadowy villains. This fascination has led him to write his own book, one that he will be accompanied by pieces of art depicting specific scenes from this story. When he is not invested in this imagined world, Conner spends his time outside, wandering through nature or tossing a frisbee with friends.

Patrick Summers - BFA 2021

Saturday, May 8, 2021 (All day)

BFA Studio Art - Intermedia, BS Neuroscience

Inspired by my neuroscience background, I have created a body of works that represents my journey through science as an artist, a student, and a woman. I use the beautiful, strange world of microbiology to create worlds of funky, surreal art rendered in vibrant colors. My goal was to foster interest in science as an experience. My notebooks and diagrams have become the foundation that my thesis has grown from; all of my art pieces have stemmed from my notes and my involvement in the scientific world.

Saturday, May 8, 2021 (All day)

BFA Studio Art - Painting, Commonwealth Honors College

Lydia Giangregorio grew up in Gloucester, MA. Her deep experiences growing up by the ocean continue to influence her artwork, which explores social connections and ecology. Lydia’s goal is to make art that serves a meaningful role in our everyday lives; her BFA Thesis project involved gathering fabric from friends, family, and community and making quilts that are lent out for people to enjoy and use in their everyday lives. Some experiences with the quilts are recorded through a living digital archive while the majority of experiences happen in the moment and are woven into the fabric of the everyday. 

Saturday, May 8, 2021 (All day)

BFA Studio Art - Painting, Minor in Art History

Dani Hebert grew up in eastern Massachusetts surrounded by art and music. She has been painting since age eleven and has made art her career. She is interested in abstract and nonrepresentational works and relies heavily on color and color theory in her practice. Hebert aims to be both a working abstract artist and to work in art museums where she can use both her practical art knowledge and her art history knowledge in tandem.

Friday, May 1, 2020 (All day)

BFA - Art Education, Minor Art History

Caroline Flynn was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1998. Growing up, Flynn enjoyed making art but did not realize her love or talent for it until she had her first great art teachers in high school. It was under the mentorship of these teachers, dedicated to and encouraging of their students’ creative success, that Flynn decided on a path in art education. She is graduating UMass Amherst this spring with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art Education and a Minor in Art History. With this degree she hopes to inspire students of her own to fulfill their creative potentials. Today, Flynn spends her time between Boston and Cape Cod.

Friday, May 1, 2020 (All day)

BFA Studio Arts - Painting & Multimedia, Minor in Art History

Grace Nu Vo is an inter-media artist based in eastern Massachusetts. Her research and work explore the intersection of personal experiences and Asian-American racial, cultural, and societal identities. Through museums and arts organizations, Vo is also pursuing a curatorial practice in traditional and non-traditional art spaces.

Friday, May 1, 2020 (All day)

BFA Studio Arts - Painting and BA in Arts Management and Marketing, Minor in Art History

Allison Gaines is a painter and intermedia-artist who grew up in a small town on the north shore of Long Island. Drawing from history, media, and pop culture, she reinterprets personal experience through a female lens. Set to graduate in Spring 2020, Gaines is a BFA candidate in Painting, a BA candidate in Arts Marketing and Management, and a minor in Art History.

Friday, May 1, 2020 (All day)

BFA Studio Art – Ceramics, Painting and BBA Management

Born in Shenyang, China, Ziyan Wang came to Lexington, Massachusetts, in 2012 for her secondary education. In fall 2020, she will be graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BFA in Ceramics and a BBA in Management. She intends to use her business and art degrees to pursue a career in arts management.

Friday, May 1, 2020 (All day)

BFA Studio Arts - Sculpture

Isidora Germain, born in 1996, is a Western Massachusetts based artist. They got their associates at Holyoke Community College in Liberal Arts and a BFA in Studio arts with a concentration in Sculpture at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Their work is influenced by speculative biology and the beauty of the natural world.

Friday, May 1, 2020 (All day)

BFA Studio Arts - Painting, BS Applied Mathematics, Minor in Art History, member of Commonwealth Honors College

Daria Bobrova was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, and emigrated to the United States with her parents at the age of five. She spent her childhood traveling between the American East Coast and her grandmother’s northern Russian hometown, Severodvinsk. Bobrova is set to graduate from the University of Massachusetts in the Spring of 2020 with bachelor's degrees in painting and applied mathematics.

Friday, May 1, 2020 (All day)

BFA Art Education

Betsy Mitchell is an Art Education major at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, currently living in Northampton, Massachusetts. As someone who loves making art in many different forms, her passion lies with painting. Betsy likes to paint with oil and gets satisfaction from painting the meticulous details of ordinary objects. Betsy aims to extend her knowledge and passion of the arts to younger generations.

Friday, May 1, 2020 (All day)

BFA Studio Arts - animation, IT minor

Born and raised in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Vivian Nguyen is an animation major and IT minor who is currently pursuing a BFA at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Vivian hopes to use this medium as a way to connect with people to share stories from her personal experiences.

Friday, May 1, 2020 (All day)

BFA Studio Arts - Animation

Born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Vy Nguyen immigrated to the United States at the tender age of three. She currently attends the University of Massachusetts - Amherst and can be found taming her flames with food and Photoshop.

Friday, May 1, 2020 (All day)

BFA Studio Arts - Ceramics, BA Anthropology

Amanda Baldi will be graduating from UMass with a Ceramics BFA, an Anthropology BA and an Art History minor in 2020. Amanda has received the College of Humanities and Fine Arts Achievement Award, studied for a semester at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in South Africa, and interned at A.P.E. Ltd. Gallery in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Friday, May 1, 2020 (All day)

BFA Studio Arts - Painting

From Cambridge, MA, Hannah Peck is a Bachelor of Fine Art Painting major at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Peck’s work explores femininity and the body through large scale exploration of media and form. She is primarily interested in the tactile and energetic experience of working with materials and testing their limits to reveal their unique qualities.

Friday, May 1, 2020 (All day)

BFA Studio Arts - Animation

Kam Sinopoli, born in 1998 in Boston, is an artist based in Massachusetts. With a concentration in animation, she is set to receive her BFA in Studio Arts in the Spring of 2020 from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her work explores representations of the human form, sexuality, and emotions. While her art is frequently heavy, cathartic, and dark, she also enjoys making occasional fan-art, drawings of her friends, and studies of canonical art.