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'90s alumni (continued)

Ellen Over with Tinkerbelle at Disneyland

Ellen Hee-Jung Jin Over ’96 Communication Arts
Designer: Giant tea pot at “Pixie Hallow Meet and Greet” area between the Matterhorn and Tomorrowland.

Seoyoung Kim ’96 Surface Design
Teaching position: Department of Management, SookMyung Women's University, Seoul, South Korea

Sandeep Mukherjee, Untitled, 2007, acrylic ink on duralene, 5' x 8'

Sandeep Mukherjee ’96 Fine Arts
Exhibitions: “Sandeep Mukherjee,” Sister and Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA, May 10 - June 21; “Reclaiming: Intergeneration,” curated by Renée A. Fox (’02), 627 S. Carondolet (former Otis administrative building), MacArthur Park, October 3-5. www.sisterla.com www.cottagehomela.com

Mike Rogers ’96 MFA Fine Arts
Exhibition: “In the Round,” Andrew Shire Gallery, L.A., October 3-25. Included: Curator, Ed Gomez (’03), Andrew Armstrong (’02), Steven Bankhead (’01), Jesse Benson (’03), Annie Buckley (’03), Juan Capistran (’99), Ginny Cook (’01), Carla Danes (’01), Shelly George (’05), Luis Hernandez (’03) Matt MacFarland (’03), Ruben Ochoa (’97) and Mike Rogers (’96).

Gajin Fujita ’97 Fine Arts
Exhibitions: “Pacific Tsunami,” Haunch of Venison, London, UK, April 25 – May; “Prospect.1 Biennial,” curated by Dan Cameron, New Orleans, LA, November 1 – January 18; “In the Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapoz Factor,” Laguna Art Museum, June 22 – October 5, 2008. Also includes: Richard Evans ’45, Anthony Ausgang ’83, Sandow Birk ’89, Tim Biskup ’88 , Andrew Brandou ‘90, Camille Rose Garcia ’92, Bari Kumar ’88, Masami Teraoka ’68, Jeffrey Vallance ’81, Mark Dean Veca ’85 and Peter Zokosky ’81. “Reclaiming: Intergeneration,” curated by Renée A. Fox (’02), 627 S. Carondolet (former Otis administrative building), MacArthur Park, October 3-5. www.prospectneworleans.org

Regina O'Brien, Tent Series, Commonwealth, color photograph

Regina O’Brien ’97 Environmental Design
Exhibition: “Los Angeles Juried Exhibition 2008,” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Hollywood, July 31-September 7. Also includes: Jennifer Lanski ’06, Trine Wejp-Olsen ’94 and Kristin DuCharme ’89 BFA/’05 MFA. Production Designer: Night of the White Pants, fall 2008. Set Decorator: American Dreams television show.

Ruben Ochoa ’97 Fine Arts
Exhibitions: “In the Round,” Andrew Shire Gallery, L.A., October 3-25. Included: Curator, Ed Gomez (’03), Andrew Armstrong (’02), Steven Bankhead (’01), Jesse Benson (’03), Annie Buckley (’03), Juan Capistran (’99), Ginny Cook (’01), Carla Danes (’01), Shelly George (’05), Luis Hernandez (’03) Matt MacFarland (’03), and Mike Rogers (’96). “Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement,” LACMA, summer 2008. Also included: Eduardo Sarabia (’99), Pattsi Valdez with ASCO (’85), Juan Capistran (’99), Marco Rios (’97) and Mario Ybarra Jr. (’99). Press: “Interview with Ruben Ochoa,” ArtSlant, May.

Marco Rios ’97 Fine Arts
Exhibitions: “LA25 Half-Life,” LACE, Hollywood, October 8-November 23. Also includes: Marya Alford ’03, Carly Steward ’03, Whitney Stolich ’04 MFA, and Greg Wilkin ’04. “The Whole World is Watching,” Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale, CA, including Ed Gomez (’03), November 2008. “In the Round,” curated by Ed Gomez, Andrew Shire Gallery, L.A., October 3-25. “Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement,” LACMA, summer 2008. Also included: Eduardo Sarabia (’99), Pattsi Valdez with ASCO (’85), Ruben Ochoa (’97), Juan Capistran (’99) and Mario Ybarra Jr. (’99). www.skadden.com/la25/LACEexhibit.cfm

Kim Fisher ’98 MFA Fine Arts
Solo Exhibition: “Kim Fisher,” Jim Connelly Presents, New York, NY, May 15 – June 24. www.artcal.net/event/view/1/7187

Terrance Zdunich ’98 Communication Arts
Co-Creator/Screenwriter and Actor: “Repo! The Genetic Opera,” a cult live show recently made into a film, screened in LA and New York, November 2008. www.Repo-Opera.com

Juan Capistran, The Breaks, 2000, giclée print 40" x 40"

Juan Capistran ’99 Fine Arts
Exhibition: “Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement,” LACMA, summer 2008. Also included: Eduardo Sarabia (’99), Pattsi Valdez with ASCO (’85), Ruben Ochoa (’97), Marco Rios (’97) and Mario Ybarra Jr. (’99).

April Eckfeld ’99 Fine Arts
Actor: “Soulmates,” by Maz Siam and Pat Sierchio, Ventura Court Theatre, Studio City, CA, September 2008.

Andre Gonzalo

Andrae Gonzalo ’99 Fashion Design
Performance: “Go Metro,” Highways Performance Space, Santa Monica, CA, May 23 – 24.
Illustrator: “Forgotten Fashion: An Illustrated Faux History of Outrageous Trends and Their Untimely Demise,” by author Kate Hahn, TOW Books, September. www.towbooks.com/Books.aspx

Marco Menendez '99 Fine Arts
Print and Pattern Designer: Men’s Department, Coach, New York.
Exhibition: "Bike Art III," Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, June 5 – 28. www.alteredesthetics.org/bikeartIII


Eduardo Sarabia with Otis President, Samuel Hoi		Eduardo Sarabia in conversation with LACMA curator Rita Gonzalez
Eduardo Sarabia ’99 Fine Arts Exhibition: “History of the World,” LA Louver, Venice, CA, July 17 - August 23; “Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement,” LACMA, summer 2008. Also included: Juan Capistran (’99), Pattsi Valdez with ASCO (’85), Ruben Ochoa (’97), Marco Rios (’97) and Mario Ybarra Jr. (’99). www.lalouver.com

Tamasha Williamson '99 MFA
Group Exhibition: “Disinhibition: Black Art and Blue Humor,” curated by Blake Bradford, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, April 13 - June 22. www.hydeparkart.org

Mario Ybarra Jr. ’99 Fine Arts
Exhibitions: Desertshore,” Luckman Gallery, California State L.A., August 23-October 13. “Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement,” LACMA, summer 2008. Also included: Juan Capistran (’99), Pattsi Valdez with ASCO (’85), Ruben Ochoa (’97), Marco Rios (’97) and Eduardo Sarabia (’99). www.luckmanarts.org

'00s alumni

Andrew Armstrong ’00 BFA, '02 MFA Fine Arts
Exhibitions: "Just How Does a Patriot Act," Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, October 2-25; Exhibition: “In the Round,” Andrew Shire Gallery, L.A., October 3-25. Included: Curator Ed Gomez (’03), Steven Bankhead (’01), Jesse Benson (’03), Annie Buckley (’03), Juan Capistran (’99), Ginny Cook (’01), Carla Danes (’01), Shelly George (’05), Luis Hernandez (’03) Matt MacFarland (’03), Ruben Ochoa (’97) and Mike Rogers (’96). “Outside the Big Box,” curated by Robert Apodaca (’03), Fifth Floor Gallery, Chinatown, L.A., October 4-November 2.

Otino Corsano ’00 MFA Fine Arts
Exhibition: “4 Grids,” p/m Gallery, Toronto, Canada, September 13-October 25

Henry “Niller” Garcia ‘00 Communication Arts
Exhibition: “Anomalies,” New Puppy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, May 3 – 11

Alex Maloutas ‘00 Communication Arts
Owner: New Puppy Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, opening exhibition featuring Henry “Niller” Garcia (’00), May 10. www.newpuppyla.com/

Christine Nishimuta ’00 Fine Arts
Accepted to graduate Art Therapy program, Phillips Graduate Institute, Encino, CA

Jesus Chuy c/s Rangel ‘00 Fine Arts
Interview: "Cinco de Mayo," Fox 11 News, Los Angeles, CA, May 2, 10:30 – 11pm.
Saturday, May 3 book signing by Culture Clash and/or Cheech Marin.

Mark Roeder ’00 Fine Arts
Exhibitions: “Delusionarium 4: Zero Coupon,” curated by Jesse Benson (’03) and including alumni: Steven Bankhead (’01) and Molly Corey (’01). Circus Gallery, L.A. December 13 - January 17, 2009. www.circus-gallery.com

Chris Rowland ’00 MFA, ’93 BFA Fine Arts
Exhibition: Paulina Miller Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, November-December 2008.

Akiko Yasuda

Akiko Yasuda ’00 Fashion Design
Press: “Akiko: Luxe Look,” California Apparel News, May 2 – 8.

Steven Bankhead ’01 MFA
Exhibitions: “Delusionarium 4: Zero Coupon,” curated by Jesse Benson (’03) and including alumni: Molly Corey (’01) and Mark Roeder (’00). Circus Gallery, L.A. December 13 - January 17, 2009; “Artist as Publisher,” curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, July 9 – September 30. Also includes: Lauren Lavitt (’02). “Luna Luna in the Sky. Will You Make Me Laugh or Cry?,” Arena 1, 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, October 18-November 22. Also includes Tami Demaree (’03), Colin Roberts (’01), and Thaddeus Strode (’83). “In the Round,” curated by Ed Gomez, Andrew Shire Gallery, L.A., October 3-25. “Reclaiming: Intergeneration,” curated by Renée A. Fox (’02), 627 S. Carondolet (former Otis administrative building), MacArthur Park, October 3-5. www.circus-gallery.com www.centerforbookarts.org www.santamonicaartstudios.com

Sonia Boyajian ’01 Fashion Design
Owner: Sonia Boyajian Jewelry, Los Angeles, CA. www.soniabstyle.com Work featured at Comme des Garcons Guerrilla store, Los Angeles, CA. www.guerrilla-store.com Press: Fortune smiles on costume jeweler Sonia Boyajian,” by Booth Moore Fashion Critic, L.A. Times, December 14.

B&T (Brooke Saurer and Tyler Ingle) ’02 Fine Arts
Exhibition: “Reclaiming: Intergeneration,” curated by Renée A. Fox (’02), 627 S. Carondolet (former Otis administrative building), MacArthur Park, October 3-5.

Ginny Cook ’01 Fine Arts
“In the Round,” Andrew Shire Gallery, L.A., October 3-25. Included: Andrew Armstrong (’02), Steven Bankhead (’01), Jesse Benson (’03), Ed Gomez (’03), Juan Capistran (’99), Annie Buckley (’03), Carla Danes (’01), Shelly George (’05), Luis Hernandez (’03) Matt MacFarland (’03), Ruben Ochoa (’97) and Mike Rogers (’96). Exhibition: "Complicity: Contemporary Photography and the Matter of Sculpture", Rena Bransten Gallery, January 15 - February 21, Reception on January 15, 5:30 - 7:30 pm. www.renabranstengallery.com

Molly Corey ’01 MFA
Exhibitions: “Delusionarium 4: Zero Coupon,” curated by Jesse Benson (’03) and including alumni: Steven Bankhead (’01) and Mark Roeder (’00). Circus Gallery, L.A. December 13 - January 17, 2009. www.circus-gallery.com

Carla Danes ’01 MFA Fine Arts
Exhibition: “In the Round,” Andrew Shire Gallery, L.A., October 3-25. Included: Andrew Armstrong (’02), Steven Bankhead (’01), Jesse Benson (’03), Ed Gomez (’03), Juan Capistran (’99), Annie Buckley (’03), Ginny Cook (’01), Shelly George (’05), Luis Hernandez (’03) Matt MacFarland (’03), Ruben Ochoa (’97) and Mike Rogers (’96).

Bob Dob, Missing

Robert Dobbie, Bob Dob ’01 Communication Arts
Exhibition: “A Prodigal Reality,” Meltdown Comics Gallery, L.A., September 28-October 25. Included: Andrew Brandou (’90), Hazel Mandujano (’03), Mia Araujo (’07), Gideon Boomer (’06), Anthomy Ausgang (’83), David Magdaleno (’03), and Mark Dean Veca (’85). Exhibition: "Blue Skies: New Paintings by Bob Dob", Billy Shire Gallery, February 14 - March 7, 2009. Reception Saturday, February 14, 7:00 p.m. Details on facebook.

Renee Fox at Gallery 825, photo by Ginger Van Hook ('04 MFA Writing)

Reneé A. Fox ’01 Fine Arts
Organizer and Participant: Ingelwood Open Studios with Otis alumni Kavin Buck ’87, Ulysses Jenkins ‘79, May Sun ’79, and Kenneth Ober ’01, November 8, 2008. “Otis at 825,” Gallery 825/L.A. Art Association, alumni show curated by Eleana Del Rio (’89), October 4-10; “Reclaiming: Intergeneration,” co-curator and artist, 627 S. Carondolet (former Otis administrative building), MacArthur Park, October 3-5. Includes: Bas Jan Ader (’65), B&T (’02), Steven Bankhead (’01), Gajin Fujita (’97), Bob Glover (’60), Phillip Guston (attended ’30), Kate Harding (’03), Samantha Harrison (’88), Sara Hunsucker (’02), Flora Kao (/08), Jessica Minckley (’05), Joe Mugnaini (’42), Sandeep Mukherjee (’96), Kenneth Ober (’01), Tracy Powell (’02), Steve Roden (’86), Timothy Tompkins (’03), Jeffrey Vallance (’81), and Holly Williams (’03).

Sabine Dehnel '01 MFA
Exhibition: “Die Insel des zweitens Gesichts / L'illa de les Dues Cares (exchange program from artists in Germany and Spain),” Deichtorcenter, Hamburg, Germany, April 11 - May 16, 2008; Espai Ramón Llull, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, June 19 – August 17; “Ailleurs / Elsewhere,” Galerie Esther Woedehoff, Paris, France, February 8 – March 29. www.sabinedehnel.de/

Kenneth H. Ober Throne

Kenneth H. Ober ’01 Fine Arts
Exhibitions: “2008 Juried All-Media Exhibition,” juried by Barry Krammes, Beckstand and Norris Galleries, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, July 25 – September 6. Reception: July 25, 5 – 8pm. Participant: Ingelwood Open Studios with Otis alumni Kavin Buck ’87, Reneé A. Fox (organizer) ’01, May Sun ’79, and Ulysses Jenkins ’79, November 8, 2008. “Reclaiming: Intergeneration,” curated by Renée A. Fox (’02), 627 S. Carondolet (former Otis administrative building), MacArthur Park, October 3-5. pvartcenter.org/index.html

Sarah Premo ‘01 Fashion Design
Designer: James Perse Los Angeles, Vernon, CA. www.JamesPerse.com

Colin Roberts ’01 Fine Arts
Exhibition: “Luna Luna in the Sky. Will You Make Me Laugh or Cry?,”Arena 1, 3026 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, October 18-November 22. Also includes Steven Bankhead (’01), Tami Demaree (’03), and Thaddeus Strode (’83).

Ronald Santos ’01 MFA Fine Arts
Exhibition: “Looky See,” Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, curated by Meg Linton, July 26-September 13. Also includes: Sandow Birk ’89, Coleen Sterritt ’79, Chris Oatey ’06 MFA, and Tucker Neel ’07 MFA.

Cristy Thom ’01 Fine Arts
Exhibition: “Tacky Hawaiian Tourist Items,” Flazh!Alley Studio, 1113 South Pacific Ave. Suite B., San Pedro, December 4th and January 1, 7-11 pm..

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