Exhibition Images

California College of the Arts is pleased to present the 2019 MFA Fine Arts All-College Honors and Scholarship Awards Exhibition, celebrating the excellence of our community’s talented young artists. The exhibition features work by Hannah Waiters (award recipient), Margot Becker (honorable mention), and Narges Poursadeqi (honorable mention).

Hannah Waiters scavenges sculptural memorabilia that speak to her identity: a first-generation African American female fighting the curse of temporality. By creating assemblages from the objects she collects, Waiters preserves and reframes her family histories, and examines the performativity of heirlooms. She is a Master of Fine Arts and MA in Visual and Critical Studies candidate at California College of the Arts.

Margot Becker is an artist and educator based in Hudson, NY. Her work explores sense of place, the natural environment, and the connection between the individual and the communal subconscious. Through tactile processes, she questions our understanding of sustainability, the value of labor, and the role of handcraft in late capitalism. Becker received her BA from Bard College in 2009 and is now pursuing an MFA with California College of the Arts. 

Narges Poursadeqi was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. She studied photography and video production at the Iranian Youth Cinema Society before earning her Bachelor of Art Practice from the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently working towards an MFA from California College of the Arts, where she is investigating culture, memory, and narrative, and how the three oftentimes intersect.