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MFA Thesis Defense: Kamran Samimi

February 12, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Mānoa Campus, Art Building, The Art Gallery at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

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2016 MFA THESIS EXHIBITIONS

January 17 – February 12, 2016

The Art Gallery at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

The graduate program at the Department of Art + Art History, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is a comprehensive and diverse center for the graduate study of the visual arts and Asian and Pacific art history. The exciting thesis exhibitions are part of a demanding course of study, production, and review. MFA candidates concurrently present new and engaging works that demonstrate each artist’s caliber of ideas, skills, awareness of the global context within which art is created and circulated, and critically engaged artistic practice. The artists, the titles of their exhibitions, and their areas of specialization are:

Jake Boggs, Re/Collecting, (ceramics)

Thesis defense: Friday, January 22, 2016 1:30 p.m.

Kalani Largusa, I too am here, (painting)

Thesis defense: Friday, February 5, 2016 1:00 p.m.

Kamran Samimi, Passage, (print media and sculpture)

Thesis defense: Friday, February 12, 2016 12:00 p.m.

ARTIST STATEMENT:

Kamran Samimi presents Passage, an installation

Utilizing the visual language of geometric abstraction, I am referencing a transition frozen in time. This piece represents the transitory nature of life, encouraging the viewer to be aware of the present moment. Each plane suspended in space represents a transient instant existing between its past and future: a slice of time contributing to an overall sensation of growth and decay. This mimics nature’s rhythm, with all things existing in a constant state of flux. As an invitation to pause and experience this moment in time, Passage encourages mindfulness: to be here, now.

Ticket Information
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 - 4:00; Sunday 12:00 - 4:00. Closed Saturdays. Admission is free. Donations are appreciated. Parking fees may apply.

Event Sponsor
Art + Art History, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Sharon Tasaka, 956-8364, gallery@hawaii.edu,

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Friday, February 12
10:30am	Re-powering: Why Gender Equality is Key to Solving the Climate Crisis Mānoa Campus, Architecture Auditorium 205
11:00am	Pacific Biosciences Research Center-Teaching Seminar Mānoa Campus, Pacific Ocean Science and Technology (POST) 601
11:30am	Aloha Friday Lunch with SPAM! Mānoa Campus, Queen Lili'uokalani Center for Student Services, Room 208
12:00pm	College of Education Senate Meeting Mānoa Campus, Lab School Portable 4B
12:00pm	Food Security - a 12@12 Collaboration Works! Event Mānoa Campus, Location varies - see annoncement
12:00pm	MFA Thesis Defense: Kamran Samimi Mānoa Campus, Art Building, The Art Gallery at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
12:00pm	China Seminar Public Talk Mānoa Campus, Moore 319 (Tokioka Room)
3:00pm	H-1B Information Session Mānoa Campus, Queen Lili'uokalani Center for Student Services, Room 208
4:15pm	Historical Memory and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia Panel Mānoa Campus, Art Auditorium
6:30pm	CCBAC's Create a Bear Mānoa Campus, Campus Center