Senior Show & URECA Art Exhibition 2026

SENIOR SHOW | open April 29 - May 22
URECA ART EXHIBITION | open April 29 - May 13

Open Monday-Friday 12-4pm and Saturday, May 9, 12-4pm

SENIOR SHOW & URECA Art Exhibition 2026

Stony Brook University presents its annual exhibition of works by senior art majors and minors and digital art minors. The Senior Show includes paintings, sculpture, ceramics, prints, photographs, digital media, mixed-media installations and works on paper by this year's graduating class.

The URECA Art Exhibition celebrates outstanding artwork created by Stony Brook University undergraduate students, selected by Art Department studio art faculty. Sponsored by the   Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (URECA), this exhibition has juried awards and distinctions presented by the Division of Student Affairs and Gallery North. 

Student Art Awards 2026 (Senior Show & URECA)

URECA Awards

URECA Prizes, awarded by Student Affairs

• First Place: Yan Lin, Drown, 2025, Lithograph
• Second Place: Gabriella Markarian, Still Rising, 2025, Ceramic
• Third Place: Clare Martinez, Perception and Translation, 2026, Digital art and photographs on glass

Virginia Fuller Prizes, awarded by Gallery North

• First Place: Benson Ma, Self Portraits, 2026, Oil on paper
• Second Place: Keira Chin, In The Eye Of Technology, 2025, Digital video
• Third Place: Christie Jones, Shoreline Remnants, 2026, Ceramic and found driftwood
  
  
• Provost’s Purchase Award: Clare Martinez, Perception and Translation, 2026, Digital art and photographs on glass (pg 4)
• Chair’s Award for Excellence in Research:Isaac Mendoza Pineda, In collaboration with BME students Danny De Carlo, Jivan Ramgoolam, and Jamiul Jim, Rhythm of Life, 2025, Mixed media (feathers, fabric, diamonds, wearable technology)
• Chemistry in Art Award: Gabriella Markarian, Still Rising, 2025, Ceramic

SENIOR SHOW AWARDS

President’s Purchase Awards: 

• Victoria Forrest, Intertwining Strength, 2025, Osage orange wood and bronze
• Raegan Keffel, Perceptions (1-16), 2026, Oil on 16 canvases
  
  

Provost’s Purchase Award:

• Wei Ye, Me, Myself and I, Ceramics

Provost’s Honorable Mentions:

• Victoria Forrest, Merging, Elm wood and steel
• Jungwon Park, A Boy, Digital photograph
• Luke Cichowiaz, Narcissus, Ceramic, acrylic point, oil paint
  
  

Vice President for Student Affairs Purchase Awards:

• Inky Bertoni, Breaking Out of Its Shell, Gouache and acrylic pen on paper
• Lina Guerriero, 8:37 PM, Digital photograph
  
  

Student Affairs Honorable Mentions: 

• Andrianna Gasparis, Eirini (Peace), Oil and print transfer on canvas
• Rita Luu, I can only read in English, Effective Communication, [EMPTY, CLUTTERED] STUMBLING!, Collograph, linocut, gelli print
• Silvana Beshara, Quiet Hours, Graphite on paper

Dean of Arts and Sciences Awards: 

• Raegan Keffel, Perceptions (1-16), Oil on 16 canvases
• Luke Cichowiaz, Untitled, Oil on canvas
• Eleni Tsevis, Self Portrait X, Oil on canvas

Pollock-Krasner House Award:

• Rita Luu, I can only read in English, Effective Communication, [EMPTY, CLUTTERED] STUMBLING!, Collograph, linocut, gelli print

Staller Center Awards for Excellence 

• Rita Luu, Languages, Intaglio on plexiglass and collagraph with chine collé
• Naiya Mckenzie, FIGHT!, FIGHT!, Graphite, acrylic paint, relief print, alcohol markers, acrylic paint markers, colored pencil on paper
• Tetiana Nika, Doomscroll, Oil on canvas
• Alexander Noll, Fireworks, Charcoal and pencil animation
• Diana Peleaz, Tending to Me, Shea butter soap
• Adrian Thompson, Woven, Micron on paper

Presidential Student Art Awards for the Sunwood Estate:

• Inky Bertoni, Breaking Out of Its Shell,, Gouache and acrylic pen on paper
• Silvana Beshara, Quiet Hours, Graphite on paper
• Alexa Brucculeri, Searching, Bronze
• Luke Cichowlaz, Untitled, Oil on canvas
• Victoria Forrest, Merging, Elm and steel
• Victoria Forrest, Intertwining Strength, Osage orange wood and bronze
• Miranda Galanaugh, Perceptions of a Past Epilepsy Patient: The Beauty in Danger, Photograph (URECA)
• Danielle Henneborn (MFA’27), Dog Pile, Stone lithograph (mezzotint) with custom frame (miniature sculptures)
• Kyla Hutter, Speckles, Wood, wire, yarn, acrylic paint, spray paint
• Mei Lin Jin, Hamphish TaCo, Bronze (URECA)
• Raegan Keffel, Perceptions (1-16), Oil on canvas
• Rita Luu, Didn't think I'd run out of space so quickly, I love you, Lithograph
• Rabeya Shahid, fih., Oil on canvas
• Kevin Wong, Wolfie's Farewell, Photography
• Wei Ye, Me myself and I, Lithograph

Presidential Student Art Awards for the Southampton Campus:

• Soleil Arthur-Charles, 11:59, Alcohol markers, scrap paper, perco tags, pen and ink
• Inky Bertoni, In A Pinch, Ceramic
• Alexa Brucculeri, Manta Ray, Ceramic
• Caroline Hammons, Perfume, Acrylic on canvas (URECA)
• Kyla Hutter, Pandastic, Acrylic on canvas
• Rita Luu, I can only read in English, Effective Communication, [EMPTY, CLUTTERED] STUMBLING!, Collagraph, linocut, gelli print triptych
• Diana Pelaez, GERMIX, Ceramic
• Jessica Struzinski,Distance, Lithograph triptych
• Juno Stuelke, Resurrect. Linocut
• Ava Tapang, Crystals Spun in Steamed Buns, Digital illustration

The 2025-26 Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery schedule is made possible by a generous grant from the Paul W. Zuccaire Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Friends of Staller Center. URECA is presented by the Art Department and the Division of Student Affairs’ Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities and supported in part by Gallery North.

Art Department Website:  https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/art/