Category: artist

Brendan is an MFA 1 in Jazz Studies, playing both guitar and piano. He loves connecting all musical styles together and creating music that connects with others in all situations, whether that’s getting people engaged on a dance floor or listening to art music with complex rhythms and harmonies.

Kim Ye (all pronouns, b, 1984 Beijing, China) is a Chinese American multi-disciplinary artist whose research based practice encompasses performance, sculpture, video, installation, text, and social engagement. Her work interrogates gendered constructions around power, labor, and taboo by creating moments of authenticity, intimacy and exchange between artist and viewer. Remixing…

Yanying Zhu is a second-year MFA student in Photo and Media at the California Institute of the Arts. Her work explores the relationship between personal identity and the external world through abstract and body photography.

Yichen Wang (2001-) Exposure to different cultures and societies during a crucial phase of my life. In this environment, I believe that maintaining ourself is very precious.

Cheng Hsuan Hsieh (1999) born and raised in Taiwan, is a filmmaker focused on history, identity, and relationship. She received her Psychology degree from National Taiwan University in Taiwan. Currently, she is pursuing an MFA in film directing at Calarts.

Angharad Fitzgerald is a 24-year-old photographer currently based inCalifornia. Originally hailing from Northern Ireland, her work is deeply rooted inher passion for capturing the essence of human expression through black andwhite photography. Angharad explores themes of identity, memory, and the humancondition. Her images, often imbued with a sense of nostalgia…

Sammy Mainzer is a MFA 1 costume design major. Forever a New Yorker! For more information. Please visit my website sammymainzer.com

Richard Francisco Howard is a Colombian American artist, working primarily in photography. By focusing his practice on the creation of works in series, he is able to explore subjectivity and experimentation in the conceptual, technical, and aesthetic aspects of image making. There are elements connected with surrealism, dreams, abstracted narrative,…

I am a photographer who photographs sunsets and nature. In my free time, I like to go on walks and take photos of anything interesting in my surroundings. I am a second-year BFA majoring in photography and media and like to explore new places to see what they are. I…

Yuqian Wang is an artist whose works include photography and video. Born in China and based in Los Angeles, she holds a BFA from UCSD and is pursuing an MFA at CalArts. Her work, often digitally manipulated with Photoshop, explores themes of the human body and emotions, delving into darker,…

Noel Waldron (b. 1998) is an artist working in photography and performance. She received her Advertising BA from Rowan University in New Jersey, and is currently at the California Institute of the Arts for her Photography & Media MFA. Noel’s work has been featured in MATTE Magazine’s Exciting Photography Now…