A wide shot of a ceramics studio, featuring students working with pottery wheels and other tools.
Monochromatic artwork of Chinese dragons by Sabrina Zhao

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Sabrina Zhao

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Sabrina Zhao (they/them) is a Chinese American Painter based in Chicago. They graduated with their MFA from SAIC in 2024. Exhibitions: Color Club, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Izora Contemporary, Zhou B Art Center.

Personal Statement

As a painter, I lean on words like uncovering, restoration, archaeology, etc. I look towards actions like becoming and revealing. I carry this obsession towards events carried by the progression of time, making things that are in conversation with the predecessor, the interpretation of pattern and shape. I would fall back on lofty terms like introspection and reflection, thinking it a bit esoteric, a bit spiritual. But, in the end, I'm just painting.

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Description

This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image.

Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis.

Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.

Class Number

1884

Credits

3

Description

This drawing studio serves as a broad introduction to historical and contemporary drawing practices. This course presents drawing as an organizer of thought, experience, and image.

Students will investigate a full range of drawing materials and supports. Lectures and exercises introduce various concepts of drawing, possibly including illusionistic form and space, gesture and expressive mark-making, or collage and found imagery, depending on the instructor?s emphasis.

Designed to accommodate many skill levels, students can explore various creative strategies through technical drawing exercises, material explorations, and individual projects. Structured classroom critiques will bring drawing concepts into personal student work.

Class Number

1598

Credits

3