Katherine Hair, We All Live Downstream, 2021. Concrete, glass, water. Courtesy of the artist.
Nathan Grimes, people pleaser, 2021. Mixed media painting on found substrate with armature. Courtesy of the artist.
Glucose Monitor by Yalin Li, MFA candidate who focuses on service-integrated industrial design and household products.
Salem H. Turchan, Museum of Gender Divination, Oracle Objects and Non-Discursive Knowing, installation at East Wall Gallery, Champaign, IL, 2022. Courtesy of the artist.
Faithful Oladeji, Virtual Reality Prototype. Courtesy of the designer.
Sydney Vize, about-face, 2021. Woven glass beads and silicone box. Courtesy of the artist.
Shuning Zheng, Anti-Mosquito jewelry design. Courtesy of the designer.
Zhaofu Zhang, Project 又: The privacy enhancement solution for open office, 2022. Courtesy of the designer.
Katherine Hair, Shifting Terrain, 2022. Wax, soil. Courtesy of the artist.
Nathan Grimes, DECODECODECODECODECODECODECODECODE, 2022. Mixed media painting on found object with armature and book. Courtesy of the artist.
Product design by Yalin Li, MFA candidate focusing on service-integrated industrial design and household products.
Salem H. Turchan, Becoming Baseboards and Window Trim, 2021. Mixed media, necklace. Courtesy of the artist.
Faithful Oladeji, Evaluating the User Experience. Courtesy of the designer
Sydney Vize, alone in the elevator option two (detail), 2021. Clay, foam, and silicone. Courtesy of the artist.
Shuning Zheng, Fasion Hearing Aid. Courtesy of the Designer
Zhaofu Zhang, X detector: The household bacteria detector, 2022. Courtesy of the designer.
Salem H. Turchan, Discrete Condom Removal Gave me Syphilis, 2021. Mixed media, brooch. Courtesy of the artist.
Exhibition
On View
Apr 2, 2022–Apr 23, 2022
Main Level, East Gallery

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This annual exhibition represents the culmination of artistic development for graduate students in the School of Art + Design at Illinois, which is committed to elevating and sustaining the arts as a distinct and necessary approach to human understanding.

Exhibiting Artists and Designers

Emmaly Crimmel

Liushuai Fan

Lijiang Fu

Nathan Grimes, MFA in Studio Art - Painting | Portfolio | Instagram

Katherine Hair, MFA in Studio Art | Portfolio | Instagram

Yalin Li, MFA in Industrial Design | Portfolio

Faithful Oladeji, MFA in Design for Responsible Innovation | Portfolio

Zhihao Tang

Salem Turchan, MFA in Studio Art - Sculpture | Portfolio

Sydney Vize, MFA in Studio Art - Sculpture | Portfolio | Instagram

Zhaofu Zhang, MFA in Industrial Design | Portfolio

Shuning Zheng, MFA in Industrial Design | Portfolio

Hanyu Zhu