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UWM Union Art Gallery
Virtual Exhibitions
Niki Ahlgrim
18″ x 24″
Drawing I
The artist’s name is Niki Ahlgrim and she is currently an art major in the drawing and painting department. Their favorite medium to work with is oil paint, however, they enjoyed getting the opportunity to work in other mediums that they otherwise wouldn’t use as often.
Meghan Bain
18 x 24
Drawing I
Meghan Bain is a first year Art and Design major with a focus on photography. She has been interested in art ever since she was little, and enjoyed developing her drawing skills during her second semester. She is excited to explore different mediums and practices within the Art and Design program as she continues her education at UWM.
vsco.co/bainmegh
Joshua Bausch
18″ x 24″
Drawing I
Joshua Bausch is a transfer Design and Visual Communications major interested in the creative process and his relationship to his work. Aside from art, Joshua loves the outdoors, reading, and spending time with friends.
Christopher Bravata
18″ x 18″ x 28″
3-D Concepts
Christopher Bravata is a First Year Design and Visual Communications major who has an eclectic design taste and medium preferences. He is exploring the boundaries and elements that constitute one’s self identity through his work. Outside of his practice, Chris enjoys exploring urban and natural environments and giving back to his hometown as an annual participant of the charity event, DesignMil.
Instagram: @chris.bravata
Twitter: @itsbravata
Web: www.chrisbravata.me
Jovanny Hernandez Caballero
8″x10″
200 Level Intro Studio
Intro to Photo
Jovanny Hernandez Caballero is a First-Year Photography major who explores the themes of culture and identity through his work. He uses photography as a method to express his voice on social issues and create a dialogue.
@jovanny.11 ~instagram
Keira Collin
18in. x 24 in.
Drawing I
Keira Collin is a First Year Art and Design Major, specifically interested in Painting and Drawing. She looks to interpret nature, people, and emotions in her work. When not working as a barista she spends her time outside.
Instagram: @keiraishere
Kiley Dufek
12 in. by 21 in.
Digital Arts: Culture, Theory and Practice
Kiley is an Art Education major, and although she tends to paint and draw traditionally, she really enjoyed learning digital skills in her Art 118 lab and lecture.
@uglifruit.art on Instagram
Olivia Fallahee
18”x24”
Drawing I
Olivia Fallahee is a first-year biology major and art minor who is interested in drawing, especially animals, and developing a range of studio art skills that will advance her approach to naturalistic representation. She is also interested in working with animals in a face-to-face environment, and currently serves as an adoption counselor and animal care technician at the Wisconsin Humane Society.
Instagram: @OFallahee
Kimani Hendrix
14 x 11
2-D Concepts
Kimani Hendrix is a First-Year Art and Design Major with an interest in drawing and painting. Kimani tends to explore different mediums and styles to bring forth unique ideas.
Instagram: @Regu1.0
Twitter: @ReguHendrix
Mady Hurst
8” x 8”
2-D Concepts
Mady Hurst is an Art and Design major who is interested in fibers, but enjoys incorporating paint into her work. Mady is also interested in sustainability and conservation efforts and strives to work within the sustainable design business.
Instagram: @madyhurst
Ida Lucchesi
9″x3″x3″
3-D Concepts
Ida Lucchesi (she/they) is a movement-based artist who focuses on creating space for LGBTQ+ identified individuals. She focuses mainly on dance but likes to find parallels between the themes of her dance and other artistic mediums.
website: idalucchesi.com
instagram: ida_lucchesi
Pearl Nemecek
1503×1498
Digital Arts: Culture, Theory and Practice
Pearl Nemecek is an artist who is deeply invested in the diverse world of art including photography, digital painting, graphic design, drawing, painting, modeling, and videography. She is working to obtain her Bachelor degree in Fine Arts with an emphasis of digital commercial art and the dreams of becoming an art director for a large magazine or advertising company.
Instagram: @pearlnemecek
https://pearlnemecek.wixsite.com/modelingportfolio
Jessica Orozco
22″ x 30″
200 Level Intro Studio
Drawing II
Jessica is a Peck School of the Arts student who is currently undecided on her focus. She’s interested in the meditative state experienced while creating art and how that can influence the outcome of a piece from different people.
instagram//jesseacaorozco
Quinn Stephens
15 x 11 in
200 Level Intro Studio
Art 243 Introduction to Painting
Quinn Stephens is a First Year Art and Design major, specifically Design and Visual Communications, who is very interested in drawing and painting. Quinn is excited to develop her skills, explore new creative techniques, and continue her artistic career at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Instagram: @qcs_art
Kaley Waters
6 x 6 Feet
3-D Concepts
Kaley Waters is a First Year Design and Visual Communications major. She has enjoyed exploring a wide range of media this year. In her 3-D Concepts class this past semester she focused on building her awareness of elements that create meaning and solving visual problems effectively.
Instagram: @kwatersart
Etsy: KaleysDesignStudio
Laura Becker
Traditional Drawing
42 x 53
2-D Concepts
Laura Becker is a first year art and design major with interests in graphic design, photography, and digital media. In addition to aesthetics, she also loves her pet rats. She pays tribute to her pet rats in her self-portrait “Rat’s Nest”.
https://www.instagram.com/originalfunkgod/?hl=en, https://funkgoddesign.tumblr.com/
Emily Brokmeier
18 x 24 in
Drawing I
Emily Brokmeier is an Art History major and Studio Arts minor with an interest in drawing and painting as well as print making. In her free time she enjoys rock climbing as well as playing guitar.
@emili.xcx on instagram
Ben Commer
14″ x 12.5″
Digital Arts: Culture, Theory and Practice
Ben Commer is a first year Art and Design student, who is interested in packaging design, typography, and design with music. Ben is also passionate about photography and often finds himself using a camera to capture any image that sets his creative mind to work.
Karissa Demotto
31.1 inches (H) x 22.5 inches (W) x 22 inches (D)
3-D Concepts
Karissa Demotto is a First-Year Art and Design major who is interested in sculpture and printmaking.
https://www.instagram.com/karissademotto.art/
Alex DuPont
5 9*12 inch sheets
3-D Concepts
Alex is a first year Art and Design major interested in drawing, collage and sculpture, and they have been exploring anger as a secondary emotion and identity in her work. Among other things, Alex is passionate about community gardens, homemade bread, and funky earrings.
Monserrat Garcia
10X12
2-D Concepts
Unity is a closed composition I completed for my 2D concepts class. I chose to title my work as unity because it is one of my personal transformations as an artist. I have finally found the major that suits me. I wanted to create something that showed my soft and sweet side. I still have a lot to learn and I will gain new experiences with my art. This is just a little taste of my funky art. The tiny dots on my eyes were created using a 0.005 micron pen. I decided to incorporate rhythm by repeating the same stippling texture on me and on the flower. The swirls around my face are supposed to be vines/veins from the flower. Showing that we are connected and it’s supposed to be a fun play on hair.
Instagram: @Monsee_987
Taylor Grossman
12″ x 6″ x 3″
3-D Concepts
Taylor Grossman is a first-year Art and Design major who is interested in graphic design. Although Taylor is a DVC major, she has really enjoyed exploring numerous different art classes this year. She feels that throughout her first year as an art student, she has learned a lot and has really started to develop her own personal style along the way.
Instagram: @_Art.by.Tay_
Jose Hernandez
24×19
Drawing I
Jose Hernandez is a second year student who became an art major during the second semester of his second year. He enjoys drawing the most with pencils, utilizing micron pens or color pencils to enhance the piece, and explores his own works of fiction, inspired by what he likes, or pieces that are of his interest, like movies, comic books and video games.
Instagram- hose__art
Josie Hutter
14” x 11”
2-D Concepts
Josie Hutter is a First Year Art and Design Minor who is interested in painting and drawing and has been exploring themes of mental health in her work. She is a Psychology Major and hopes to one day practice as an art therapist.
Instagram: @colorful.catharsis
Alison Jones
18″ x 24″
Drawing I
Alison Jones is a First Year Architecture major who is minoring in Graphic Design. Alison recently changed her area of study in health to something that allowed her to utilize her creativity. While it was a difficult decision it was the right one and her passion has followed suit.
Giselle Montes
10×8
Digital Arts: Culture, Theory and Practice
As of now I’m rather undecided of what I want to do in the future. Although I love art I still need a lot to learn to make a career out of it. Right now my biggest concern is finding what I find passion in.
Grace Noe
18″ x 24″
Drawing I
Grace Noe is a First Year Art and Design major with an emphasis in Photography. In addition to photography she really enjoys learning about, and experimenting with, drawing and painting. Her favorite memory from this year is when she developed her first roll of 35mm film.
Instagram: grace_delilah
Iliana Reyes
30×40
Drawing I
Iliana Reyes is a first year student, pursuing a major in art education, interested in drawing, collage and is exploring realistic imagery. Iliana’s interests include street art murals and sports.
Kira Straub
5 ft x 3ft
3-D Concepts
Kira Straub is First Year Art and Design Major who is interested in Community Arts. She is interested in sculpture because of the effects it can have on the people and spaces that surround it. In her free time, she loves to do origami and explore the meditative and repetitive qualities of the art form.
Instagram: @kira.straub.art
Facebook: Kira Straub
Website: www.kirastraubart.com
Sophia Van Horne
1821 x 3122px
Digital Arts: Culture, Theory and Practice
Sophia Van Horne is a First Year Art and Design major with a focus in Print and Narrative Form. Sophia is interested in creating fantastical scenes and narratives in her artwork.
Instagram: @fifi_v8
Rachel Weidenbach
1×1 inch
200 Level Intro Studio
ART 271 Intro to Jewelry and Metalsmith
Rachel Weidenbach was just recently accepted into UW-Milwaukee’s Design and Visual Communication program.
While Rachel is passionate about graphic design; she loves exploring different art mediums and seeing how she can apply what she learns from them to her design ideas and strategies.
Instagram: rachelweidenbach.art
Redbubble Shop: redbubble.com/people/rachweid
Morgan Anderberg
1 foot
3-D Concepts
Morgan predominately works with acrylic paints, but has a love for abstract art. She wanted to make a project that had more to it than what the eye can see. She is hoping to become an Art major.
Instagram: @m0_creations
Marina Baumann
19 in tall x 10 in wide
3-D Concepts
Marina is a returning UWM student who just completed her first year enrolled in the Peck School of the Arts. Her intended major area of interest is Jewelry and Metalsmithing. Marina has enjoyed searching for who she is as an artist and is excited to see how she evolves over time exploring the use of different mediums.
Email: bauman45@uwm.edu
Candice Booker
14” x 14”
200 Level Intro Studio
Sculpture
Candice is a First Year Art and Design major, with a focus on Sculpture. She is interested in exploring as many mediums as possible while attending UWM Peck School of the Arts. She is an adult student who is following her dreams by starting college at age 48. She has an 18 year old daughter who will be headed off to college herself in the fall. She one day hopes to open a collaborative studio/retail space that merges art, music, culinary arts, along with yoga and healing practices.
Instagram: @candicelbooker
Jack Dalton Brandt
Video: 9min, Multi-channel SD Video, Digital 2 x 4 x 14
3-D Concepts
Jack Dalton Brandt is a multimedia artist based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Jack’s work, through his usage of various mediums of film, photography, sculpture, and textile, seeks a careful examination of the world around us. Within his art, a heavy focus on research presents itself to the audience, always asking them to question the world to the same standard as he does.
http://jackdaltonbrandt.com
All God's People
Claire Bruder
Claire Bruder
6×4 inches
2-D Concepts
Claire Bruder is a journalism student who is also minoring in photography. She loves capturing life and light around her on 35 mm or 120 film, and can usually be seen carrying a camera or three.
@c1vire (instagram)
Taylor Congdon
8×10
200 Level Intro Studio
253 Intro to Photography
Taylor Congdon is a photography major at UWM who enjoys all forms of art especially photography and collage. These images were based around the upbeat party anthem, Iconic by Ayesha Erotica.
Instagram: apricotphotography
Website: https://www.apricotphotographs.com/home
Emma Erickson
22″x30″
200 Level Intro Studio
Drawing 201
Emma Erickson is a First Year Drawing and Painting Major who explores depicting realistic things in a unique way. Being a big fan of music, her most recent art has focused on different artists she enjoys, presenting them in her own style.
Instagram: @emma.ericksonart @emmaerckson
TikTok: @emmaerckson
Alyssa Hackbarth-Weber
2758 × 2811 cm
Digital Arts: Culture, Theory and Practice
Alyssa Hackbarth-Weber has always been interested in the creative arts and wants to major in Design and Visual Communication. Alyssa also plans to travel outside of the United States to explore the different cultures around the world.
Thomas Hendricks
10 inches tall
3-D Concepts
Thomas Hendricks is interested in a variety of different media including digital arts, photography, sculpture and painting. He is undecided but considering a painting and drawing or sculpture BFA.
@thomas_hendricks
@thendricks_photography
Michael Janssen
22 x 30 in
200 Level Intro Studio
Drawing 201
Michael Janssen is a First-Year Design and Visual Communications major who is interested in Drawing and has been exploring representation of the human form in his work. Michael also enjoys playing basketball in his spare time.
Instagram: mjanssenart
Facebook: MJanssenArt
Alone
Tanya Khazin
Tanya Khazin
200 Level Intro Studio
Intro to Digital Studio Practice
Tanya Khazin is a Design & Visual Communications major, hoping to pursue a career in UI/UX design. Outside of design, she enjoys drawing, painting, and writing, and draws inspiration from the people and places around her.
www.tkhazin.weebly.com
Luma Lubbad
11″ x 14″
2-D Concepts
Luma is highly interested in drawing and painting and loves to make art that deals with mental health issues and other personal subjects. She is majoring in Drawing and Painting with a minor in Criminal Psychology.
instagram: @lubbadart.
Etsy shop name: Lubbadillustration
Seoyoung Moon
9″ x 12″
2-D Concepts
Seoyoung Moon is a First-Year Art and Design major who has a big interest in illustration and digital arts. Seoyoung, also known as her last name Moon, is an international student from South Korea and hopes to have various experiences in different fields of arts.
https://www.instagram.com/mo_onsuh/
Glow
![Laura Olson - Glow](https://sites.uwm.edu/uag-virtual-exhibitions/files/2020/06/olson428@uwm.edu_5_5_2020-8_51_04-PM_2741C918-7A07-4AA8-A6E8-9051C26B7A13_Laura-Olson-230x300.jpeg)
Laura Olson
Laura Olson
Oil Paint
18×24
Intro to Painting
Laura Olson is an art education major, taking the time to enjoy each and every piece she creates. This self portrait was created primarily using three different sized metal palette knives. Creating a portrait that portrays a likeness of the model can be a difficult task. Laura spent approximately sixty hours completing this piece.
Instagram: laura_olson1130
Ellee Spalding
20×28 inches
Drawing I
Ellee is a painting and drawing major at Peck. Additionally, she is working towards a minor in Psychology in pursuit of Art Therapy. Painting and drawing is her preferred medium, but she also enjoys ceramics. art
Instagram: @ellee.spal
Website: elleespaldingart.com
Sophia Teubert
12in x 6in
200 Level Intro Studio
253 – Introduction to Photography
Sophia is a First Year Art and Design major who is interested in photography and design and visual communications and has been exploring conceptual art and telling stories through her work. She is also a general officer in the Focus Photography Club at UWM.
https://sopherly.myportfolio.com/
Addie Wade
11″x7″x7″
3-D Concepts
Addie Wade is a First Year Sculpture major at UWM. She is originally from Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Her first year has been exploratory, she has learned about 2-D design and taken a special interest in the 3-D arts. She hopes to strengthen her skills as an artist in her coming years.
Instagram- addie.wade
Lauren N Zidek
11″ x 14″
2-D Concepts
Lauren is a theatre production major and is minoring in art as well. Lauren hopes to pursue a career in costume design, specializing in film and television. In her spare time, Lauren enjoys painting, drawing fashion designing, and sewing.
https://www.instagram.com/lnz__art/?hl=en
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