Worth Ryder Art Gallery

Worth Ryder Art Gallery Art gallery at UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice

“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Simon Villaroman“maybe” is a scary word, 2026Poster Print and 2D Animation24” x 36”, 2:31...
05/19/2026

“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Simon Villaroman

“maybe” is a scary word, 2026
Poster Print and 2D Animation
24” x 36”, 2:31 minutes

“Maybe is a Scary Word” is an animated video that explores anticipatory anxiety through music and liminal spaces.

Water Marks: Spring 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition
Exhibition dates: April 30 - May 19, 2026

Location:
Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Anthropology and Art Practice Building (AAPB Rm 116)
Near the intersection of College Avenue and Bancroft Way
Hours: Tues/Thur 12-6, W 1-6, F 12-5

Graduation weekend hours:
Saturday, May 16: 12pm-4pm
Tuesday, May 19: 5pm-6pm
Please note that gallery hours on Tuesday May 19 will only be during the closing reception.





“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Ashley SoteloMi familia, 2026Charcoal and gouache on bristol paper72” x 72”This piece by ...
05/19/2026

“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Ashley Sotelo

Mi familia, 2026
Charcoal and gouache on bristol paper
72” x 72”

This piece by Ashley Sotelo explores her cultural identity, personal relationships, and heritage. “Mi familia” works to make space for immigrant stories within the gallery and communicate the artist's appreciation for her culture and her family's sacrifices for her.

Water Marks: Spring 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition
Exhibition dates: April 30 - May 19, 2026

Location:
Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Anthropology and Art Practice Building (AAPB Rm 116)
Near the intersection of College Avenue and Bancroft Way
Hours: Tues/Thur 12-6, W 1-6, F 12-5

Graduation weekend hours:
Saturday, May 16: 12pm-4pm
Tuesday, May 19: 5pm-6pm
Please note that gallery hours on Tuesday May 19 will only be during the closing reception.





The final public day to visit the Spring 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition, “Water Marks”, will be this Saturday, May 16 fro...
05/19/2026

The final public day to visit the Spring 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition, “Water Marks”, will be this Saturday, May 16 from 12-4pm. So make sure to check out our thirty wonderful artists and their work before it’s gone! There will also be a closing reception on May 19th at 5pm for the Art Practice student community, following the Art Practice graduation ceremony.

This semester’s graduating students use sculpture, painting, interactive installations, animation, drawing, and textiles to make visible the invisible imprints of memory, time, survival, and flourishing. Each piece invites viewers to reflect on their own journeys and take a glimpse at newfound perspectives, whether that be in grief, friendship, migration, family, or faith.

The exhibition features the work of: AceGarantine Ling (凌英卫), Adriana Caroline Casillas Bravo, Ahyeon Cho, Amye Louise Elbert, Angeliza Talampas, Ashley Michelle Spence, Ashley Sotelo, Blu McCormick, Catherine Vojta, Erin Tang, Graham Watson, Hannah Eastman, Harrison Huang, Irene Martinez, Isaac Jordan Neri, Isabella Damberger-Sheldon, Jacky Urbina Hernandez, Julie Kaliuga, Kenneth Gaerlan, Kristy Lê, Maddie Emmons, Madeleine Lorraine Surh, Mychael Imi K**a Loa Vittoria Mann, Nathaly Garcia Perez, Nora Rose Slaughter, Paris Ma, Rebecca Wei, Rossana Delrow, Simon Villaroman, and Tim Holt

Exhibition dates: April 30 – May 19, 2026
Location: Worth Ryder Art Gallery (Room 116), Anthropology and Art Practice Building, UC Berkeley
Gallery Hours: Tue/Thu: 12–6 pm, Wed: 1–6 pm, Fri: 1–5 pm

Graduation weekend hours:
Saturday, May 16: 12pm-4pm
Tuesday, May 19: 5pm-6pm
Please note that gallery hours on Tuesday May 19 will only be during the closing reception.





“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Nora Rose SlaughterHeld in Tension I, 2026Redwood, ¼” steel rod, glazed ceramic stoneware...
05/18/2026

“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Nora Rose Slaughter

Held in Tension I, 2026
Redwood, ¼” steel rod, glazed ceramic stoneware, and crushed copper pipe
Variable heights

Held in Tension II, 2026
Redwood, ¼” steel rod, glazed ceramic stoneware, and crushed copper pipe
Variable heights

These sculptures, crafted by artist Nora Rose Slaughter, visualize trauma as a process of weathering, simultaneously and contradictorily destructive and generative. They consider what is removed, what remains, and what can still be held.

The wood, taken from the same tree and rebalanced, holds the memory of forceful separation while remaining structurally supportive. Copper tubing carries the body’s pressure while also showing its former function as a conduit; its use persists after its function has shifted. The ceramic objects mimic natural forms, brought into existence through growth and erosion. Steel interrupts and stabilizes at once, holding the system in tension.

These materials have continuously changed in terms of function, location, and over time. They have been repaired and given new meaning through their journey of transformation

Water Marks: Spring 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition
Exhibition dates: April 30 - May 19, 2026

Location:
Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Anthropology and Art Practice Building (AAPB Rm 116)
Near the intersection of College Avenue and Bancroft Way
Hours: Tues/Thur 12-6, W 1-6, F 12-5

Graduation weekend hours:
Saturday, May 16: 12pm-4pm
Tuesday, May 19: 5pm-6pm
Please note that gallery hours on Tuesday May 19 will only be during the closing reception.





“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Graham WatsonVictory Highway, 2026Digital video 2048 x 1080, 3:34 minutesGraham Watson’s ...
05/18/2026

“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Graham Watson

Victory Highway, 2026
Digital video
2048 x 1080, 3:34 minutes

Graham Watson’s work focuses on what keeps Nevada running. Not the Las Vegas strip, slot machines, roulette wheels, and card tables, but operations outside of the glitz and glamor. His digital video shows the gas stations, rest stops, liquor stores, and hotels dotted along Interstate 80.

Water Marks: Spring 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition
Exhibition dates: April 30 - May 19, 2026

Location:
Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Anthropology and Art Practice Building (AAPB Rm 116)
Near the intersection of College Avenue and Bancroft Way
Hours: Tues/Thur 12-6, W 1-6, F 12-5
Please note that gallery hours on Tuesday May 19 will be during the graduation reception only, approximately 5-6:30pm.

Graduation weekend hours:
Saturday, May 16: 12pm-4pm
Tuesday, May 19: 5pm-6pm
Please note that gallery hours on Tuesday May 19 will only be during the closing reception.




“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Amye Louise ElbertWhere is the Justice, Where is the Liberty, 2026 Mixed media on canvas ...
05/17/2026

“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Amye Louise Elbert

Where is the Justice, Where is the Liberty, 2026
Mixed media on canvas (acrylic paint and ink, printed canvas images, transfer images) with upcycled fabric patchwork quilt border and back
48” x 56”

Amye Louise Elbert’s work is suspended in space and time, challenging viewers to look honestly at what liberty and justice have meant, and for whom they were ever truly meant.

Ravens tear frantically through this scene, unsettling flowers, tipping a carafe of ICE water, knocking everything in their path. Around them, the Statue of Liberty and Lady Justice stand absent and unfinished, presiding over stolen land, extracted resources, and a damaged earth. The ancestral quilt border bears witness to it all, honoring those who were stolen and brought to these shores, those who were already here, and those who came seeking the American dream, all whose hands and lives built this country.

Water Marks: Spring 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition
Exhibition dates: April 30 - May 19, 2026

Location:
Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Anthropology and Art Practice Building (AAPB Rm 116)
Near the intersection of College Avenue and Bancroft Way
Hours: Tues/Thur 12-6, W 1-6, F 12-5

Graduation weekend hours:
Saturday, May 16: 12pm-4pm
Tuesday, May 19: 5pm-6pm
Please note that gallery hours on Tuesday May 19 will only be during the closing reception.





“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Maddie EmmonsIn Memoriam: The Spanish Civil War, 2026Three oil paintings on unstretched c...
05/17/2026

“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Maddie Emmons

In Memoriam: The Spanish Civil War, 2026
Three oil paintings on unstretched canvas with wall mural
30” x 48” each

Maddie Emmons’ paintings on three canvases and directly onto the wall discusses the shifting memory of the Spanish Civil War as it was originally understood, recontextualized and currently related to. In June 1936 a military coup broke out against the Spanish Second Republic. In 1939, Francisco Franco became the dictator of Spain until his death in 1975.

This piece seeks to address the same question as the artist’s thesis: art’s capacity to function as a physical form of memory and how that conflicts with the Amnesty Law and the Pact of Forgetting issued by the Spanish government after the Spanish Civil War and Franco’s dictatorship.

Water Marks: Spring 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition
Exhibition dates: April 30 - May 19, 2026

Location:
Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Anthropology and Art Practice Building (AAPB Rm 116)
Near the intersection of College Avenue and Bancroft Way
Hours: Tues/Thur 12-6, W 1-6, F 12-5

Graduation weekend hours:
Saturday, May 16: 12pm-4pm
Tuesday, May 19: 5pm-6pm
Please note that gallery hours on Tuesday May 19 will only be during the closing reception.





“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Isaac Jordan Neri Love Does, 2026Mixed Media on canvas(Sumi Ink, Ethyl Alcohol, Acrylic, ...
05/16/2026

“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Isaac Jordan Neri

Love Does, 2026
Mixed Media on canvas
(Sumi Ink, Ethyl Alcohol, Acrylic, Tempera)
108” x 47.5”

Love Does is a mixed media piece by Isaac Jordan Neri , featured in the Spring 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition, “Water Marks”.

Neri’s work explores the tension between conviction and lived experience. By placing the artist’s overwhelmed, conflicted state beside a silent, veiled Christ, the work reflects on the psychological weight of the “hidden God” and the struggle to seek a presence that feels certain yet remains quiet. It functions as both a visual prayer and a confrontation with spiritual silence.

Water Marks: Spring 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition
Exhibition dates: April 30 - May 19, 2026

Location:
Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Anthropology and Art Practice Building (AAPB Rm 116)
Near the intersection of College Avenue and Bancroft Way
Hours: Tues/Thur 12-6, W 1-6, F 12-5

Graduation weekend hours:
Saturday, May 16: 12pm-4pm
Tuesday, May 19: 5pm-6pm
Please note that gallery hours on Tuesday May 19 will only be during the closing reception.





“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Madeleine SurhEverything Is Fuzzy, 2026Cast concrete, screenprint on paper, metal, embroi...
05/16/2026

“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Madeleine Surh

Everything Is Fuzzy, 2026
Cast concrete, screenprint on paper, metal, embroidery thread, aida cloth, found objects
Variable dimensions

Madeleine Surh’s work explores how memory becomes distorted, colored, and negotiated in the aftermath of crises. Memorabilia that bring someone comfort, like a piggy bank or a quilt, are decontextualized in this installation through their reconstruction with nonstandard materials, making the objects unable to fulfil their original purpose. Impenetrable piggy banks are stacked on the floor; a paper quilt fills the wall; and an embroidered picture frame encloses no image.

Water Marks: Spring 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition
Exhibition dates: April 30 - May 19, 2026

Location:
Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Anthropology and Art Practice Building (AAPB Rm 116)
Near the intersection of College Avenue and Bancroft Way
Hours: Tues/Thur 12-6, W 1-6, F 12-5

Graduation weekend hours:
Saturday, May 16: 12pm-4pm
Tuesday, May 19: 5pm-6pm
Please note that gallery hours on Tuesday May 19 will only be during the closing reception.





“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Mychael Imi K**a Loa Vittoria MannQuesto bimbo a chi lo do?, 2026Colored pencil on bristo...
05/15/2026

“Water Marks” Artist Feature - Mychael Imi K**a Loa Vittoria Mann

Questo bimbo a chi lo do?, 2026
Colored pencil on bristol board
55” x 36”

"Questo bimbo a chi lo do?", a phrase found in the opening of a popular Italian lullaby, translates to “Who will I give this child to?”. This work, created by artist Mychael Imi K**a Loa Vittoria Mann, navigates complex family relationships using a litany of personal symbols and mythologies.

Water Marks: Spring 2026 Senior Thesis Exhibition
Exhibition dates: April 30 - May 19, 2026

Location:
Worth Ryder Art Gallery
Anthropology and Art Practice Building (AAPB Rm 116)
Near the intersection of College Avenue and Bancroft Way
Hours: Tues/Thur 12-6, W 1-6, F 12-5

Graduation weekend hours:
Saturday, May 16: 12pm-4pm
Tuesday, May 19: 5pm-6pm
Please note that gallery hours on Tuesday May 19 will only be during the closing reception.





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Berkeley, CA
94720

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Wednesday 1pm - 6pm
Thursday 12pm - 6pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm

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