Graduate Critique Week October 28-31, 2024
The four-day event brings a different critic each night to discuss CSULB MFA student work in a public forum. Each visiting critic partners with a CSULB faculty member to lead discussions on selected graduate students' work across various mediums, including sculpture, fibers, photography, painting, and ceramics. Students are paired with critics to foster meaningful conversations, and invitees are chosen based on student and faculty recommendations.
Date: Monday 10/28 to Thursday, 10/31
Time: 4:00 to 8:00 PM
Location: School of Art Galleries
Fall 2024 Visiting Artists
Bari Ziperstein
Monday, 10/28
Bari Ziperstein is a Los Angeles artist who focuses on ceramics and mixed media. Her work, including large installations and her BZIPPY line, explores consumerism and capitalist critique. She holds an MFA from CalArts and has exhibited widely. Ziperstein received the 2024 COLA Master Artist Grant from LA's Department of Cultural Affairs.
Rema Ghuloum
Tuesday, 10/29
Rema, based in Los Angeles, holds a BFA from CSU Long Beach and an MFA from California College of the Arts. She has exhibited globally and earned grants, including the Pollock-Krasner and Joan Mitchell Foundation Grants. Her work, reviewed in major publications, is represented by the Philip Martin Gallery, in Los Angeles.
Brian Bress
Wednesday, 10/30
Brian Bress, a Los Angeles-based artist, creates video works that blend painting, photography, and sculpture. His HD videos feature characters who interact with the screen as a two-dimensional canvas, exploring themes of form, color, and space. Bress has exhibited internationally, with works in major collections like the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Ravi Jackson
Thursday, 10/31
Ravi Jackson, a Los Angeles artist, blends collage, sculpture, and painting. He has exhibited at the David Lewis Gallery, Matthew Marks, and PAGE(NYC) at Petzel. Jackson has taught painting at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles and Emily Carr University in Vancouver.
