Achero Neal
”Hello, Perseus” (2021), Acrylic on Canvas, 11" x 14"
Adisa Sefic
“Untitled”(2022) Watercolor
Alicia Arrizon
”Espejo” (2021), Gouache on Bristol Paper
Alyssa Suba
”Filipiniana Girl” (2022), 3D Model
*Winner of the San Leandro Art Association Scholarship
Alyssa Suba
”Bubble Super Girl” (2022), 3D Model
Alyssa Suba
”Bubble Super Girl” (2022), 3D Model
Angelica Yumol
”A Comforting Evening” (2022), Digital Artwork
Yumol: The first pixel art that I have created all due to feeling inspired after a good night's sleep.
Ashwini Manmode
”Drowning in feelings” (2020), Oil on Canvas, 24" x 36"
Manmode: Bold, vivid, and carefully detailed, a young lady can be seen drowning in her own feelings.
Ashwini Manmode
”Twilight Water” (2021), Mix-Media on Canvas, 24" x 40"
Manmode: A quintessential landscape and nature painting. The combination of various colors shows the leading both in clear detail alongside its sail and couple as well as its reflection in the water which is represented with blue and golden colors.
Berenice Martinez
”Let's go back” (2022), Photograph
*Winner of the Leta Ramos Foundation Award
Martinez: A photograph that mixes the past and present fashion choices.
Berenice Martinez
”In time” (2022), Photograph
*Winner of the Leta Ramos Foundation Award
Brittany Cairo
”Danny Devito Portrait” (2021), Pencil
Cairo: Who wouldn't want to draw a picture of Danny Devito?
Caleb Riemer
”Authority” (2022), Oil on Canvas
Riemer: A blue monochromatic painting of a figure with multiple arms holding multiple objects associated with authority.
Caleb Riemer
”Entrance” (2022), Oil on Canvas
Riemer: A painting of a bird on a stump with greenery surrounding them.
Chloe Cai
”Cycle” / “Air” (2021), Digital Artwork
Chloe Cai
”Cycle” / “Fire” (2021), Digital Artwork
Chloe Cai
”Cycle” / “Water” (2021), Digital Artwork
Chloe Cai
”Cycle” / “Yin Yang” (2021), Digital Artwork
Cai: In Cycle, four works: “Air”, “Water”, “Fire”, and “Yin Yang” are representing four different elements, and they are composed of the “universe” that exists in my inner world. When you look at them with eyes, objects are static. If you “see” them with your heart, they are dynamic. A strong contrast between background and objects provides more visual effect in dimension. The color of skin tone and expressing the states of solid, liquid, gas, and plasma is the biggest challenge in the process. Asian art elements are permeating in details such as lotus, koi fish, and lucky clouds. Audiences could be more surprised when they are digging more details on the work. That is one of the important factors that make the Cycle to be a complete work because the interaction would not be activated without participation. The whole process of this series is an incredible experience that guides me to find out the answers on the path to the truth of the meaning of my life.
Colton Thomas
”Ceros” (2021), Acrylic on Canvas, 48" x 60"
*Winner of the Mel Ramos Foundation Award
Thomas: Ceros is an intuitive extraction of baneful, egoic energies that — when translated and encapsulated as paint on the canvas — depict sensations of blunt force trauma. A collective of emotions are sealed in malignant growths that spread and entangle in a surrounding black mass with spire-like defenses. In contrast, paint drippings symbolize attempts at surrendering these egoic attachments into the healing nature of light.
Colton Thomas
”ENTER: RED” (2021), Ceramic, B-Mix, Low fired, Amaco cone 05 glaze (Peacock A-29), 13.5" x 11.5" x 4.5"
Dalynn Wilcox
”Cat Caravan” (2021), Digital Artwork
Derek Stoekle
”Wildlife in Australia Map” (2021), Graphic Artwork
*Winner of the Hayward Arts Council Award
Darya Ferrer
”Untitled” (2022), Charcoal and Pastels
Darya Ferrer
”Untitled” and “Untitled” (2022), Acrylic
Dominic Tai
”Feeling Blue” (2022), Watercolor
Don Padlan
KŌEN Restaurant Menu (2022), Graphic Artwork
Padlan: This is a bi-fold double-sided menu depicting and representing Asian culture through food and design. KŌEN is a fictional restaurant which revolves around Asian unity, inspired by societal unrest during the early pandemic. Food is arguably the number one means of connecting and appreciating other cultural groups, which makes this menu project the perfect medium to link Asian cultures. “Koen” is a Japanese term which can roughly translate to “park” in English, where I believe public parks to be places of gathering, peace, and rest which welcomes everyone. When thinking of a Japanese-style park, I visualize flowers, a zen garden, water, benches, and bridges. My logo is a vague representation of a bridge in the style of older Asian artworks of artists’ signature stamps. Bridges are representational of both the park, hence the restaurant’s name, and as a cultural connection not just between Asians, but with everyone who wants to enjoy comforting soul food. Scattered around the menu are flowers of which are the national flowers for the seven Asian countries whose foods are represented. The flowers and overall theme of my graphic elements revolve around a very contemporary Japanese woodblock ukiyo-e style, further deepening Asian interconnectedness.
Emily Lucas
”Faces” (2020), Oil on Canvas Board
*Winner of the Honorable Mention Award
Gio Flores
”1010” (2021), Photograph
Gio Flores
”Surreal Landscape” (2021), Digitally-Altered Photograph
Haiyeng Tan
”Ginger” (2022), 3D Modeling
Ian Woodworth
”The Children Lament the Missing” (2021), Hard wood (pine), rebar, metal (hinges, screws, finishing nails)
*Winner of the San Leandro Art Association Scholarship
Jacqueline Avila Rodriguez
”Eternity With You” (2021), AUDIO/VIDEO ARTWORK
Rodriguez: Eternity With You is a music video that follows a girl in love. She journeys to accept her feelings and confess to her crush. This is the longest piece of animation that I have finished successfully. The music video took me a month to make and has tested my ability to have continuous motivation.
*Winner of the Media Award
James Phun
”Miyu Live2D Showcase” (2022), INTERACTIVE MEDIA/VIDEO GAME DESIGN
Phun: This is a short showcase of the "Miyu" Live2D model I created from 2021-2022. It is my experimental model in which I test new techniques in Live2D. The model is made specifically for facial tracking via webcam, iPhone, or Android device and can be used in virtual webcams, for streaming, or any type of personal use. This showcase shows off the range of movement of the Miyu model, the hotkey expressions, and the accuracy of mouth tracking via. Apple ARKit.
*Winner of the Honorable Mention Award
Jessica Poon
”The Reptile Style” (2021), Graphic Artwork
Jesus Garcia
”Friday the 13th” (2020), Oil, Acrylic, and Cardboard
Jesus Garcia
”Batman: Arkham Knight” (2020), Oils
Josefina Guzman Vigil
”Day of the Dead - Skeleton Girl” (2022), Digital Artwork
*Winner of the Honorable Mention Award
Kassidy Edeal
”you and ai” (2020), Audio/Video Artwork
*Winner of the Honorable Mention Award
Kayleen Mojica
”Beautiful and Broken” (2021), Pen and Ink
Lupe Tijerina
”Hungry for More” (2022), Photograph
Lupe Tijerina
”Badder Up” (2022), Photograph
Mikhail Campbell
”Nature with all its Glory” (2021), Photograph
Campbell: Nature is the part of earth's ecosystem and we must preserve it.
Owen Carlson
”Shocks and Surprises” (2020), AUDIO/VIDEO ARTWORK
Priscilla Flores
”The Artist and The Muse” (2022), Watercolor, Colored Pencil, and Ink
Flores: The Artist and The Muse is a drawing narrative of my belief that ideas do not appear out of thin air. The Muses inspire artists to create their work so long as the artist wants to create work. It's a little embarrassing to talk about, but I think artists can tap or channel something deeper or unseen in this world. I can see it with my classmates and professors. It’s like we all create beautiful things and something higher is helping us do it.
*Winner of the Hayward Arts Council Award
Priscilla Flores
“Born Again” (2022), Alcohol Marker, Colored Pencil and Pen on Paper
Robert Camozzi
”Mario's Unexpected Journey” (2021), Stop Motion Animation
*Winner of the Howard Slatoff Trust Award
Rose Ernst
”Her Turn” (2022), Oil on Canvas, 11" x 14"
Ernst: Her Turn is an oil painting on an 11" x 14" canvas inspired by a scene from Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit. A woman with vibrant red-orange hair bathes in light cascading down from windows on a green wall. She leans over a tub to make her move in a game of chess. This work eludes towards the female experience. The light from the windows and the shadows on her face reflect the dual realities of womanhood that are both beautiful and terrifying. Despite these conflicting experiences, our leading lady takes her turn.
Rose Ernst
”Eye Candy” (2022), Acrylic, Glass Bead Acrylic Medium, Oil
Sahara Gomez
”Innocence” (2022), Digital Artwork
Gomez: This is a digital painting inspired by a book called "Daddy's Day" by Sophina Jones. The book is still in the making, but I love that it shows the relationship of three daughters and their dad. I love that I can show her personality in the painting. If we could just look past the color of our skin and dive deeper into what makes us who we are. Are we artistic? Do we love food? Do we love mermaids? That is what I want people to see when they look at this little girl.
*Winner of the Media Award
Sarah Bravo
“My mother in La Piedad, Michoacán” (2021), Charcoal and Graphite on Paper
*Winner of the Howard Slatoff Trust Scholarship
Sarah Bravo
”Unknown Creature in the Forest” (2021), Digital Artwork
Steven Bales
”F-35 Goddess of Excess” (2020), Graphite Pencils
Susana Veiga Neuhaus Denchasy
”Remember to Play” (2022), Oil on Canvas
Denchasy: The painting piece "Remember to play" is inspired by my daughter's swimming practice. I painted mostly from imagination to explore abstraction. In this piece I used color, movement, and texture to bring a feeling of joy. That's how I want children to be: feel loved, supported, and happy. We live during challenging times with climate change, pandemic, war — you name it. Children are exposed to all, it's so much stress in our current times. I want to encourage people to allow them to be children, so they can be psychologically and emotionally stable in order to become strong adults.
*Winner of the Friends of the Arts Award
Susana Veiga Neuhaus Denchasy
”Being a Child” (2022), Oil on Canvas
Denchasy: "Being a child" is a close up of a child from the painting "Remember to play". After finishing that painting, I felt like going closer to a child's face by painting them closer. I used color, movement, and texture throughout the painting; paying closer attention to the child's expression of curiosity with attentive, astute eyes, calmness, yet energetic and joyful body language. Some of the best moments for children are when they are on the water, playing free, diving, exploring, using their whole body to interact with the water, and doing what children do best when they are encouraged to just be themselves, that's learning by playing.
*Winner of the Friends of the Arts Award
Tee Estrellado
”Insurgence” (2022), Mix-Media
Estrellado: Insurgence is an acrylic, clay, and spray paint on wood. This was a process I had started with as a response to personal nightmares. This personal response had a direction in which it did not go. Instead, it steered me into the direction of being above the nightmares and allowed the piece to be more comforting; which led me to feel as though nightmares were a representation of my internal struggles and fears. The fingers placement of holding or opening up to the colors were reminders of overcoming the dark thoughts I had carried or boxed away to the back of my mind. Doing this allowed me to reflect and unpack the memories I struggle and fear to face. As a result, this piece has brought a path of healing and discovery of my suppressed memories in a more positive and constructive process .
*Winner of the Leslie Toki and Muriel Savin Award
T.E.A.R.
”Garnet & Gloss Summer 2022 Cover” (2022), Digital Artwork
*Winner of the Undergrad Art Department Award
Uriel Marquez
”Elf Women base on Lineage red knight concept art” (2022), 3D Modeling
Veronique Fleming
”the thread of language” (2022),
Fleming: 80 individual pages of an old french history book painted with letters and symbols, then sewn together with thread and linen tape. Additionally, pages threaded and hung from ceiling, attached to artwork, wall and floor.
Veronique Fleming
”dog series” (2021), Mixed media: acrylic, gold leaf, collage, masking fluid, paper
Victor Palma Porras
”Sweet Dreams” (2021), Photograph
Yasser Binbisher
”Untitled” (2022), Sculpture
Zoe Colombo
”Don't Forget What You Are” (2022), Mixed Media on Canvas