The UVU Museum of Art is proud to present the 2022 Student Art Exhibition. This year's collection of student work includes 115 pieces from 60 artists. One piece was selected for the Dean's Choice award, and two pieces were selected for awards from each area within the School of Art & Design: Photography, Painting & Drawing, Sculpture & Ceramics, Illustration, and Graphic Design.
Meet the Juror
Marek Ranis (PL/USA) an Associate Professor of Art at the College of Art and Architecture, UNC Charlotte; a multi-media environmental artist.
Through film, installation, sculpture, photography, paintings and social practice projects Ranis has been exploring a dramatically changing polar environment, climate migration and the experiences of Arctic Indigenous communities, as well as growing cultural diversity in the Northern regions. He is a recipient of numerous grants, fellowships and residencies, including UNESCO Aschberg Fellowship, American-Scandinavian Foundation Grant and NC Artist Fellowship Award. Ranis presented his work in more than hundred individual and group shows nationally and internationally. His work was recently recognized by the United States State Department: his essay about his Arctic experience was included in the book publication Our Arctic Nation as a voice representing North Carolina. Marek is continuing his work in Alaska and Arctic Norway as an artist and a researcher, and for the last 3 years worked as a Curator at Large at the Anchorage Museum, Alaska.