Alumni: Studio Art
Graduates from the studio art program have gone on to do great things in fine art, commercial art, education, business, and more. Below are a few profiles of former students.
Honor Bowman Hall, Class of 2006
website: honorbowmanhall.com
Honor Bowman Hall is an artist and educator living and working in Savannah, GA. Hall is from Roanoke, Virginia and holds a BA in Studio Art and English from the University of Mary Washington (class of 2006) and an MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design (2014). After moving to New York in 2007, where she worked in the music industry and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hall relocated to Savannah to study painting at SCAD. Following her graduate studies, she lived in Anchorage, Alaska from 2013-2017 and was the manager of the International Gallery of Contemporary Art (IGCA), the only not-for-profit exhibition space in Anchorage solely dedicated to contemporary art. In addition to her work promoting and programming experimental art and facilitating exhibitions and events at IGCA, Hall also created two large murals in Alaska, including one at the Anchorage Museum, and taught Painting and Design courses at the University of Alaska Anchorage. Now based in Savannah for a second time, Hall is the Dean of the School of Fine Arts, Dean of the School of Visual Communication, and Chair of Fine Arts at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD).
Taylor Anton White, Class of 2017
website: taylorwhiteart.com
Taylor Anton White is an American contemporary artist based in Virginia. His large-scale abstract assemblages combine traditional mediums with found materials to explore the sculptural possibilities of painting in the digital age. He states, “Play is critical to my art-making. … I usually start without any plan, although I often give myself some kind of restriction, like it’s Monday and I want to have a new painting by Friday. … I try to intuitively put things together and then delete things until it’s there.” White’s practice recalls elements of formalism, abstract expressionism, modernism, contemporary abstraction, Internet art, and the anti-aesthetic.
Sydney Mullis
Class of 2014
Website: www.sidneymullis.com
Sidney Mullis is a sculptor who makes work about puberty, the intimacy of forgetting, and the performance of gender. She is currently an artist-in-residence at Bunker Projects in Pittsburgh, PA and is thinking about childhood selves. Through building a fanciful ceremonial landscape, she is trying to find where they go in adulthood and if it is possible to bring them back.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally including Berlin, Tokyo, England, and Croatia. Solo shows include the Leslie-Lohman Museum (NYC), Neon Heater Gallery (OH), Bucknell University (PA), Rowan University (NJ), Galleri Urbane (TX), University of Mary Washington (VA), and more. She has been an artist-in-residence at The Wassaic Project, Women’s Studio Workshop, MASS MoCA, Ox-Bow School of Art, among others. Her work has been featured in publications, such as Hyperallergic, Young Space, and Sculpture Magazine. Mullis currently teaches 3D Foundations, Sculpture, and Critical Studies at Penn State University. She is the program coordinator of Penn State’s John M. Anderson Endowed Lecture Series and was awarded a Creative Achievement Award by the University in 2016.
Tenee’ Hart
Class of 2011
Website: teneehart.com
After attending UMW Tenee’ went on to pursue an MFA in Studio Art from Florida State University. Tenee’ graduated in 2015 and has since worked at FSU in the Art Department. She is also currently the Department of Art Graduate Advisor & Coordinator as well as the Graduate Studio Facilities Manager. Most importantly to Tenee’ she is an active and exhibiting artist. In regards to her work Tenee’ says, ” I consider myself to be a non-traditional fiber sculpture artist, as I am not a purist to the fiber medium. The artwork I make pursues themes of feminism that delve into topics of beauty, anatomy, and roles of women.”
Travis Head
Travis Head (Studio Art, 2002) went on to complete an MA and an MFA (Painting and Drawing) from the University of Iowa. He’s currently Assistant Professor of Art at Virginia Tech University. He has had numerous solo and group exhibitions nationwide. You can see more of his work on his website at www.travishead.com.
Have A Story To Share?
Are you a graduate with a story to share? We’d love to hear about the places studio art has taken you, and we’d be excited to share it with others. Send an email to the department’s Chair, Jason Robinson at jrobins8@umw.edu.