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March 11-24, 2026
Sobia Ahmad (MFA ’24) is highlighted in the 7th annual “Featured Artist Exhibition” by Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, running through May 29.
Mel Bochner (BFA ’62) and Ryan McGinness (BFA ’94) are featured in “Soft Architectures: Paper As Structure, Idea & Translation” at Bridgette Mayer Gallery in Philadelphia, through August 1.
Mia Brownell (BFA ’93) and Deborah Kass (BFA ’74), along with Professor Sharmistha Ray, are part of the 2026 edition of Every Woman Biennial, the world’s largest female and non-binary art biennial.
Andrew Cook (BFA ’86) was the Chief Lighting Technician for “The Plastic Detox,” a documentary now streaming on Netflix.
Katie Grinnan (BFA ’92) is exhibiting in “Into the Time Horizon” at the Nevada Museum of Art, on view through January 3, 2027.
Claire McConaughy (BFA ’81) is completing the run for “Uncultivated,” a solo exhibition of oil paintings at The Painting Center in New York on March 28.
Ryan Murray (BFA ’14) opened “I Got U,” a collection of work created collaboratively with Sharona Color, at Northampton Center For The Arts.
Lindsey Nicholson (BFA ’98) is exhibiting in “Community” by Queens Third Space, showcasing artists based in Queens, through March 29.
Sophia Qin (BFA ’20) and Joshua Kery (BFA ’20), as well as Tyler Stoner (Music ’21) are exhibiting a collaborative artwork titled “Life counter” at the TIAT Gallery (The Intersection of Art and Technology) in San Francisco Union Square. The artwork mixes animation, glass, design, and soundscape and is for the theme of “Time.”
Susan Schwalb (BFA ‘65) is showing at several art fairs and exhibitions this spring, including TEFAF Maastricht 2026 and Drawing Now Paris 2026, both with Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, and “Envisioning the Sacred: Modern Art from the Collection” at Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection through June 21.
Stephanie Serpick (BFA ’93) will open a solo exhibition of new paintings at Billis Williams Gallery in Los Angeles on March 28.
Peter Stanick (BFA ’75) passed away on February 9, in Sarasota, Florida. He was 72.
Andres Tapia-Urzua (MFA ’94) and singer Lilly Abreu will stage “Borealis: A Constellation of Classical and New Music in Concert” at the Frick Pittsburgh on April 12, blending live performance with projected visual elements and featuring a world premiere by Chilean composer Boris Alvarado.
Lillian van Veen (BHA ’25) screened at the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam and Slachtstraat Cinema in Utrecht as part of the Kaboom Animation Festival, and is showing a piece in “a/mending, at/tending” at Coil & Cord Studio in Brooklyn from April 16-May 23 part of the first-ever Trans Art Fest.
Image: Stephanie Serpick