2021 Commencement Exhibition

Sara Bahat

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2021 Commencement Exhibition
A young girl sits on her mother’s shoulders. The girl wears a light blue dress and the mother wears a white button down shirt. The mother holds up the daughters arms. The background is flat with red on the right quarter, and the left a combination of red + Enlarge
Sara Bahat
Throw Me Something Mister 2021 Conte crayon, oil paint, and pen on canvas board 6x4 in
A tabby cat lays across the center of the painting, on top of a girl’s chest; they are on a vibrant green couch. Her arms and legs hold the cat, framing the right side of the painting. + Enlarge
Sara Bahat
My Girl, My Tulip 2021 Oil paint, acrylic, and oil pen on canvas 36x24 in
A tabby cat lays across the center of the painting, on top of a girl’s chest; they are on a vibrant green couch. Her arms and legs hold the cat, framing the right side of the painting. + Enlarge
Sara Bahat
My Girl, My Tulip detail 01 2021 Oil paint, acrylic, and oil pen on canvas
A tabby cat lays across the center of the painting, on top of a girl’s chest; they are on a vibrant green couch. Her arms and legs hold the cat, framing the right side of the painting. + Enlarge
Sara Bahat
My Girl, My Tulip detail 02 2021 Oil paint, acrylic, and oil pen on canvas
A young girl sits on her mother’s shoulders towards the right side in front of a flat orange and grey/green background. They are surrounded partially by the American flag on the right. A father figure on the left is looking down, his face covered by a bas + Enlarge
Sara Bahat
We Were Raised To Believe Everyday Is Like Disneyland, But The Streets Are Not Actually Paved With Cheese 2020 Oil paint on canvas 54x42in
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Sara Bahat
We Were Raised To Believe Everyday Is Like Disneyland, But The Streets Are Not Actually Paved With Cheese detail 01 2020 Oil paint on canvas
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Sara Bahat
We Were Raised To Believe Everyday Is Like Disneyland, But The Streets Are Not Actually Paved With Cheese detail 02 2020 Oil paint on canvas
A father figure is in the foreground holding a bottle of unidentified rosé, wearing a grey t-shirt and light blue shorts. To the left of him are grocery store shelves, and to the right is a freezer and a mirror where a younger girl, the daughter, takes an + Enlarge
Sara Bahat
Bane and Saki Peruse 2021 Acrylic, oil paint, and oil pen on canvas 24x18 in
Two toddlers drawn with bright red oil pen stand blowing bubbles on a flat abstracted patio. The boy in the foreground stands under a starred flag while wearing a striped shirt. His hands are explorative in the air, though the girl with the bubble’s is no + Enlarge
Sara Bahat
Where Are The Bubbles? 2020 Clear gesso, acrylic, oil paint, and oil pen on canvas 48x36 in
Two toddlers drawn with bright red oil pen stand blowing bubbles on a flat abstracted patio. The boy in the foreground stands under a starred flag while wearing a striped shirt. His hands are explorative in the air, though the girl with the bubble’s is no + Enlarge
Sara Bahat
Where Are The Bubbles? detail 01 2020 Clear gesso, acrylic, oil paint, and oil pen on canvas
Two toddlers drawn with bright red oil pen stand blowing bubbles on a flat abstracted patio. The boy in the foreground stands under a starred flag while wearing a striped shirt. His hands are explorative in the air, though the girl with the bubble’s is no + Enlarge
Sara Bahat
Where Are The Bubbles? detail 02 2020 Clear gesso, acrylic, oil paint, and oil pen on canvas
Statement

This body of work is an exploration of how we as individuals are constantly in search for a home. Through personal investigation I use a variety of painting and drawing mediums throughout the pieces in order to build up and recreate a home through my own history and personal relationships. We hold a strong relationship with our primary residence as the marker of home, but there are many more complexities to be considered.

These images are procured from personal instances which continue to impact my life today; they include family, friends, and places. The paintings hold a wide array of stylistic decisions, bouncing back and forth from a painterly approach to a more graphic one in an attempt to describe the intricacy of what goes into building a home. The conglomerate of image references plays into my own search to find where I belong, bringing together bright colors and a variety of textures in order to transport myself back to a child-like place in order to reconnect by instinct to a region after leaving it. Each subject is a component of the larger, abstracted paintings in a mash-up of sentimentality and yearning to belong.

Painting (BFA) Students
Abbie Rugg
Alex Lecce
Alexa Barboza Joseph
Catherine Camargo
Eli Ruhala
Flynn Walkinshaw
Freyja Golbach
Irish Carpo
Isabel Pardo
Jill Tebay
Jun Hee Huh
Katherine Sepulveda
Lucy Doyle
Marisa Evangelista
Marisol Ruiz
Matthew Napoli
Nina Vitale
Omar Harris
Qingxin Meng - not exhibiting
Sara Bahat
Sarah Heerey
Shirley Ng - not exhibiting
Sophia Wilson - not exhibiting
Vicky Shao - not exhibiting
Zhenrui Yang - not exhibiting

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