April 25 - May 17, 2024
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.
March 9 - April 13, 2024
Poor Housekeeping: MFA Thesis Exhibition 2024 presents work by Stony Brook University's graduating Master of Fine Arts students: Sarah Allam, Emma Fiona Jones, Sehee Kim, Katie X (Xiaohui Wang), Josie Williams, Emily Yen and Diana Mulan Zhu. The exhibition features new painting, sculpture, video, digital and installation art.
Faculty Exhibition 2023
November 4, 2023 - February 22, 2024
The Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery is proud to present the 2023 Faculty Exhibition. Featuring new work by Stony Brook University's acclaimed Art Department studio art faculty, the Faculty Exhibition includes painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, photography, video installation, computer and digital art. The artists engage a broad range of media, crossing boundaries in creative, challenging and engaging ways.
Faculty Exhibition Catalog Flipbook
Shimon Attie: The View from Below
July 20 - October 21, 2023
Featuring six of Shimon Attie’s major pieces from the last twenty-five years, The View from Below presents Attie’s ongoing exploration of migration, displacement and the search for home. Created in places where cultures, ethnicities, and identities converge, Attie’s site-specific monumental media installations merge geography, history and memory.
Senior Show & URECA 2023
April 22-May 19, 2023
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.
Revisiting 5+1
November 10, 2022 - March 31, 2023
Revisiting 5+1 is a reflection on the historic 1969 Stony Brook University exhibition entitled 5+1. Revisiting 5+1 features work by the original six artists, all of whom were Black men, with an addition of six Black women artists, all trailblazers at a time when their work in abstraction was challenged by both the mainstream art world and Black art institutions. Photographs and archival materials exhibited alongside the work provide additional contextual history from this era of student protests and racial justice on campus.
Connecting the Drops: The Power of Water
July 21 - October 29, 2022
Connecting the Drops: The Power of Water is a group exhibition focused on environmental justice and the vital importance of water. The exhibition presents seven women artists whose work addresses topics such as the Shinnecocks' historical ties to water and oyster farming, community access to clean water, carbon absorption by the oceans, glacial melting, and the social impact of climate change.
Senior Show & URECA 2022
April 30-May 20, 2022
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.
Detachment: MFA Thesis Exhibition 2022
March 19- April 14, 2022
The MFA Thesis Exhibition 2022 presents new work by Stony Brook University's graduating Master of Fine Arts students, Dilge Dilsiz, Daniel Donato, and Heather Weston. All three artists are degree candidates in the Department of Art’s MFA program. The exhibition presents painting, sculpture, prints, photographs, and installation art.
Mis/Communication: Language and Power in Contemporary Art
November 11, 2021- March 12, 2022
Mis/Communication: Language and Power in Contemporary Art features video, sculpture, drawing, and interactive media artworks by contemporary artists who explore the power of language in a cultural context. Artwork by mostly young and emerging artists examines issues such as the global predominance of English and the societal tendency to censure other languages, dialects and linguistic practices.
Martine Syms, Notes on Gesture (video still), 2014
Printing Solidarity: Tricontinental Graphics from Cuba
December 1, 2021- March 12, 2022
Printing Solidarity: Tricontinental Graphics from Cuba is an exhibition of global printed matter published in the 1960s-80s by the Organization of Solidarity with the Peoples of Africa, Asia, and Latin America (OSPAAAL), a cultural organization of artists and designers founded in 1966 in Havana. Presenting over 50 archival posters and magazines with strikingly colorful and geometric designs, Printing Solidarity offers a glimpse into the revolutionary aesthetics and agenda of this print collective.
Faculty Artist Spotlight: Howardena Pindell
October 4 - 30, 2021
Distinguished Professor of Art Howardena Pindell's powerful work is featured in the Zuccaire Gallery's first Faculty Artist Spotlight, part of Stony Brook University's Presidential Inauguration celebration.
Howardena Pindell, Mother: Umbra Penumbra (detail), 1997, courtesy of the artist and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York
June 21 - October 30, 2021
DOS MUNDOS features 12 artists that center stories at the fringe of public attention: hidden sanctuaries, subcultures, painful identities, far-away homes, spirituality, transcendence, broken promises, and all too easily ignored social ecologies. A SUNY-traveling exhibition organized by En Foco | Curated by Juanita Lanzo & Stephanie Lindquist
April 29- May 19, 2021
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) and featured as a part of the Shirley Strum Kenny Student Arts Festival, this exhibition has juried awards and distinctions presented by the Office of the Dean of Students and Gallery North.
Online Exhibition: you.stonybrook.edu/seniorshow2021
March 22- April 16, 2021
The MFA Thesis Exhibition 2021presents new work by Stony Brook University's graduating Master of Fine Arts students, Stuart Balius, Yifei Cheng, Marta Baumiller and Annemarie Waugh. All four artists are degree candidates in the Department of Art’s MFA program. The exhibition features painting, sculpture, prints, photographs, video and installation art. The online exhibition also offers artist statements and bios, and opportunities to connect virtually with the artists.
RECKONING STUDENT MURAL
The Zuccaire Gallery presents RECKONING: Student Mural featuring artwork by Stony Brook University students. Over 60 artworks from students across campus and around the world were submitted to the Gallery’s online student digital muralfall 2020 on the theme of Reckoning, in response to the challenges and issues of the day.
RECKONING STUDENT DIGITAL MURAL 2020: you.stonybrook.edu/reckoningmural
RECKONING: Faculty Exhibition 2020
Online Exhibition, October 2020
you.stonybrook.edu/reckoning2020
The Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery is proud to present an online Faculty Exhibition featuring the work of Stony Brook University's world-renowned faculty artists. RECKONING presents artwork created in 2020 that expresses a range of individual and collective experiences we are living through and the underlying conditions that have brought us to this crossroads.
Howardena Pindell, Black Lives Matter, 2020
SENIOR SHOW and URECA Art Exhibition 2020
The Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery presents two annual exhibitions of artwork by undergraduate students at Stony Brook University. This year’s online presentation includes painting, sculpture, ceramics, prints, photographs, video and digital media by Stony Brook’s talented studio art students.
Virtual Senior Show & URECA Exhibition 2020: you.stonybrook.edu/seniorshow2020
PRESENCE | ABSENCE: MFA THESIS EXHIBITION 2020
August 19-November 20, 2020
Presents new work by Stony Brook University's graduating Master of Fine Arts students. The exhibition includes painting, drawing, prints, sculpture, installation and video works by Julia Miller and Joseph Santarpia. Both artists are degree candidates in Stony Brook University Department of Art's Master of Fine Arts program.
ARTISTS AS INNOVATORS: Celebrating Three Decades of NYSCA/NYFA Fellowships
October 26, 2019 – February 22, 2020
ARTISTS AS INNOVATORS featured works by 22 NYFA/NYSCA Artist Fellows including Elia Alba, Dawoud Bey, Sanford Biggers, Ross Bleckner, Chitra Ganesh, Faith Ringgold, Dread Scott, Shinique Smith and Fred Wilson. The works on display showed how the fellows addressed pressing and often controversial issues through their art, including racism, gender equality, sexual orientation, immigration, and globalization.
THE VIEW FROM HERE: Contemporary Perspectives From Senegal
July 18-27, August 26-October 12, 2019
Featuring work created since 2010, THE VIEW FROM HERE offers a wide panorama of art practice from the perspective of artists—individuals who uncover aspects of their own identity as they reflect on contemporary life in Senegal. Collectively, their work acts as a portrait of how one African country can inspire creative minds, balancing universal questions with local characteristics.
SENIOR SHOW and URECA Art Exhibition 2019
May 2 – May 15, 2019
The SENIOR SHOW is presented concurrently in the Zuccaire Gallery with Stony Brook's URECA Art Exhibition. This exciting annual art exhibition is dedicated to celebrating outstanding artwork created on campus by Stony Brook University undergraduate students selected by Art Department studio art faculty.
MFA Thesis Exhibition 2019
March 23 – April 18, 2019
Lauren Ruiz, Maggie Avolio, Katherine Kaiser
MFA Thesis Exhibition 2019 presents new work by Stony Brook University's graduating Master of Fine Arts students. The exhibition includes painting, drawing, installation and video works by Maggie Avolio, Katherine Kaiser and Lauren Ruiz. All three artists are degree candidates in Stony Brook University Department of Art's Master of Fine Arts program.
ICONICITY
January 26-February 23, 2019
ICONICITY brings together contemporary artworks that examine the concept, construction, and mythology of the icon. The artists in the exhibition explore ideas ranging from the connection between Medieval devotional iconography and emojis to the religious fervor of technology. Guest curated by Munich-based artist and curator Gretta Louw, the exhibition includes video, software and net art, textile art, and digital prints by nine international artists and artist groups.
Artists: American Artist, Carla Gannis, Jan Robert Leegte, Gretta Louw, Keiichi Matsuda, Owen Mundy, Tabita Rezaire, Alicia Ross, and the Warnayaka Art Centre.