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Maria Rendón

2014 MFA UCSB

I make paintings, sculptures and installations that tap into how absence, fractured forms and distorted forms transform the way we perceive the world. I remove – through unplanned gestures or through thoughtful manipulation – recognizable elements within a form, and graft other forms equally ambiguous. I also give materials an alternate use in order to explore notions of distorted perception and to shift the material’s expected confines. With this work I hope to make connections that haven’t been made before.

www.mariarendon.net

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Matthew Usinowicz UCSB MFA

My current works examine my experiences with American capitalist ideologies, specifically the relationship between human and commodity. Rooted in the American working class, I grew up as a paperboy, butcher, and US Navy sailor. My work reflects the political and conceptual outlook of these experiences.

As serious as this sounds I like to keep it humorous. My process involves chaotic processes of graffiti, tattooing, painting & drawing, three dimensional studies, lots of cooking, and everyday city living – somehow these all twirl around in my brain and art is the result.