UB Art Gallery to Present the Work of Nine MFA Students

BUFFALO, NY – "Indications," an exhibition of work by nine first-year master of fine arts students from the Department of Art at the University at Buffalo will open on Feb. 24 with a reception from 5-7 pm in the UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, North (Amherst) Campus.

The exhibition, which is free and open to the public, will be on view in the second floor gallery through March 5.

"Indications" features the artwork of Kristin Desiderio, Hans Gindlesberger, Steve Heil, Andrew Hershey, Kirstin Krogh, John Park, Leah Rico, NicEllis Withey and Zhang Li. The dynamic exhibition will include a variety of mediums and styles, including sculpture, printmaking, interactive installation, painting, drawing, audio installation and photography.

Desiderio received her BFA and BAE from Ohio State University in 2003. Her focus is in informed ambivalent sculpture.

Gindlesberger, a graduate of Bowling Green University, received a BFA in two-dimensional studies in 2004. His current photographic works focus on self-analysis, informed by the experience of growing up in a small Midwestern town.

Heil comes to UB from Wyoming, although he is a native of Western New York. His recent paintings, "Psychoscapes," function as investigations of the complex internal, as well as the external, landscape.

Hershey is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he studied printmaking. His current work investigates consumer culture in America.

Krogh, a painter, received her BFA from Washington State University. Her work focuses on the effect of light on the mundane.

Park, a native of Oregon, is a digital artist with a background in photography and experimental animation whose current work utilizes emergent media, including robotics, Web interactivity and electronic installations.

Rico, a Buffalo native, is a multidisciplinary artist whose work examines the aural functions of speech and the power of structures inherent in language.

Withey, who received his undergraduate degree from Cortland State University, concentrates primarily on painting. He draws on the traditions of the mannerist and baroque styles engaging the figure as a motif, to explore the interaction between history's lasting effects and the language of the contemporary.

Zhang was born and raised in Xi'an China and has lived in Buffalo since 2004. Her work deals with the concept of acculturation and her experiences in China and Buffalo.

The UB Art Gallery is funded by The Visual Arts Building Fund, The Seymour H. Knox Foundation Fine Arts Fund and The Fine Arts Center Endowment.

The UB Art Gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, call 645-6912.