Viewpoint Gallery

In keeping with the spirit of Chancellor Gillman’s Illuminations program, an enduring commitment to making “the arts a deeper and more pervasive part of the student experience,” the Crystal Cove Auditorium lobby has undergone a transformation into a gallery for traveling art exhibits.
Exhibit Your Art
Exhibitors interested in displaying artwork in the Viewpoint Gallery may fill out this form. Email the form to reserver@uci.edu or submit the printed form to the Student Center & Event Services administrative office during business hours.
Email a reservationist for more information.
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January 28 – February 17, 2020 |
Saved: Objects of the DeadArtists: Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-UllmanIn a combination of art and prose, Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman explore the conversation of death and remembrance and how everyday objects can hold both old and new life. |
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November 19 – December 12, 2019 |
Auditory MemoriesArtist: Arnold Starr, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the UCI Department of NeurologyEstablished by founding chair of the UCI Department of Neurology, Arnold Starr, M.D., the 9th Annual Arnold Starr Lecture and Exhibition features over 30 pieces of artwork exploring the history of auditory neuropathy, as well as the latest research in the field. |
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November 7 – November 17, 2019 |
Experimental EngagementsVariety of photographs and art pieces that show the various works of a “world out of balance.” 33rd annual meeting and event for the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts (SLSA) in partnership with UCI Illuminations. |
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October 5 – November 6, 2019 |
Focus Iran 3: Contemporary Photography and VideoJuried exhibition featuring international photography and video works from emerging and mid-career artists. This year’s theme positions a lens on Iranian youth culture with works selected for their multi-faceted and intriguing views into young Iranians and how they navigate their lives. |
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September 20 – October 3, 2019 |
Undergraduate Photography Exhibit 2019UCI undergraduate students were challenged to capture photographic images of the plants and animals of the California landscape. |
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June 10 – June 16, 2019 |
City of Lights and ViolenceArtist: Cheyenne ReadPhotography exhibit about the “Paris Massacre,” the October 17, 1961 Algerian protest in Paris during the Algerian War of decolonization. |
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May 28 – June 2, 2019 |
Visualizing Toxic SubjectsThe Center for Ethnography 2018-2019 annual program, Visualization in Ethnography includes a collaborative design project, Visualizing Toxic Subjects in which participants will collect, annotate, and share ethnographic visualizations, working to update ways of thinking about and using a variety of visual materials in the conduct and expression of ethnography. |
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May 6 – May 23, 2019 |
Burning TimeArtists: Jonathan Alexander, Ph.D. and Antoinette LaFarge, M.F.A.Burning Time is a graphic book collaboration between Professors Jonathan Alexander (English Department) and Antoinette LaFarge (Art Department) that explores the intimacies of imagined memory and sexuality. The book consists of a cycle of eight poems and associated panoramic paintings to tell the story of a young gay man arriving in New Orleans in the late 1950’s to start a new life. The project began with a trove of photographs that Jonathan Alexander was unexpectedly given at a family retreat, forgotten images that gave him a poignant glimpse into the life of a long-dead gay uncle. He began to imagine what his uncle’s life must have been like, arriving in New Orleans from rural Louisiana as a very young man in the middle of the 20th century. In conjuring his imagined version of this man’s life, Jonathan soon realized that his words needed equally evocative images to create an emotional correlative of the uncle’s experiences, and he invited Antoinette LaFarge into the project. Text and image interweave to evoke a particular time and place while also summoning the timelessness of self-exploration and desire—experience reimagined as mythic adventure. |
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April 29 – May 5, 2019 |
Masks of Sri Lanka: Face to Face CommunicationThis exhibit features photographs of traditional ritual masks of Sri Lanka. While some masks belong to folk entertainment, others fulfill a more important social function of curing illness. The origins and myths related to traditional masks goes as far back as 2,500 years. These ritual masks were part of traditional beliefs in the community that provided stability for natives during pre-colonial period. The curator, Danushi De Silva, is an International Student from Sri Lanka. She is a double major in International Studies and Sociology graduating in Spring 2019. Danushi is an honors student in Sociology in the 2018 – 2019 cohort and her research topic focuses on the rehabilitated child soldiers of LTTE in post war Sri Lanka. Danushi’s exhibit Face to Face Communication includes photographs of traditional ritual masks of Sri Lanka. |
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April 22 – April 26, 2019 |
ThresholdsUCI’s Art History Undergraduate Association hosts their annual art exhibit. The show highlights a selection of works by various members of the UC Irvine community. Paintings, sculptures, photographs, digital, and multimedia pieces reflect the way life changes all around us, what it means to be in a liminal space, and the personal transformations we undergo throughout our lives. |
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April 5 – April 11, 2019 |
Opposite EndsArtist: Joseph LaraJoseph Lara’s first art gallery titled Opposite Ends serves to showcase the various ways in which he is currently establishing his brand. You can expect artwork that not only ignites conversation but ideas, as well. Lastly, he hopes to create a memorable enough experience to inspire viewers with the same vision that inspires him. Joseph Lara is a 20-year old designer from Los Angeles, California. While on summer vacation before his third year at the University of California, Irvine he decided to pursue his passion of designing clothes. Through his own clothing label coined Opposite Ends he hopes to inspire those around him to pursue their own passion, whatever that may be. Lastly, through art, passion and creativity, he hopes to ignite a lively dialogue concerning the theme of Opposite Ends. |
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January 29 – February 8, 2019 |
88 CoresArtist: Peggy WeilThe 88 Cores exhibit features images from a four-and-a-half hour descent, two miles deep through the Greenland Ice Sheet. The ice sheet dates back more than 110,000 years and was drilled between 1989 and 1993 as part of the Greenland Ice Sheet Project 2 sponsored by The National Science Foundation. The fourth in a series of underground landscapes by Weil, 88 Cores is a photographic narrative of climate history and the gravity of climate change. |
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November 28 – December 10, 2018 |
Art, Science and the Space BetweenArtist: James Hubbell and Arnold Starr, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the UCI Department of NeurologyThe annual Arnold Starr Lecture was established in 2010 to honor the founding chair of the UCI Department of Neurology and the founder of the field of auditory neuropathy. This year’s theme “Art, Science and the Space Between” focuses on the exploration of and parallels between sculptural work and watercolor art. This weeklong art exhibition ended with a reception and lecture featuring both artists James Hubbell and Arnold Starr at the Crystal Cove Auditorium. |
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November 9 – November 16, 2018 |
Poverty Awareness Art GalleryArtists: David Freeman, Brian Peterson and Jamie LudoviseInSight Magazine, a student-run publication focusing on poverty and homelessness, curated a photo gallery exhibiting the faces of the people experiencing homelessness and hunger. Promoting the nationwide initiative for Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in collaboration with multiple student groups and community organizations, the photo gallery challenged the public’s perception of a “day in the life” of a homeless person. |
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May 30 – May 31, 2018 |
UCI Libraries 3rd Annual ZineFestThe event highlights zine making, button making, mingling with local Zinesters and more! |
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May 7 – May 11, 2018 |
Lumen de TerraUCI’s Art History Undergraduate Association hosts their sixth annual art exhibit. This year’s theme revolves around earth, nature, and the environment. |
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April 20 – April 27, 2018 |
InSight Magazine Launch WeekA week long gallery that showcased the artwork and photography of the magazine’s collaborators. |
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January 16 – January 22, 2018 |
Refugee Awareness Week – Art & Photography ExhibitArtists: David Verberckt and Sun MuExhibit of photographs of Rohingya refugees by David Verberckt and artwork by North Korean defector and political pop artist Sun Mu. In today’s polarized society, the word “refugee” has become increasingly politicized. Through Refugee Awareness Week at UCI, we hope to address misconceptions about refugees by understanding the processes of war, persecution, and other mechanisms of displacement that have forced an unprecedented 65.6 million people from their homes. We also hope to humanize the word “refugee” by sharing and understanding refugee stories, and by celebrating and enhancing their contributions to their host communities. |
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October 16 – November 1, 2017 |
NeuralscapesArtist: Arnold Starr, M.D., Ph.D., Chair of the UCI Department of NeurologyI am a neurologist/neuroscientist (Professor of Neurology/Neurobiology at University of California Irvine) and an artist. I began painting while in medical school to help understand the structures being studied. As a neurologist I became especially interested in individuals with disordered sensation and cognition and their consequences for “perception”. The act of “seeing” requires complex interactions between sensory inputs and our expectations. I use watercolors favoring vivid hues to reflect scenes of nature, water, and nerve cells. I want the viewer to think while looking and the process of “seeing” may often be accompanied by an unconscious smile. |
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September 16 – October 13, 2017 |
Focus Iran 2The second biennial juried exhibition of contemporary photography and video works relating to Iranian culture or heritage. The exhibition features an international selection of emerging and mid-career artists from around the world who offer diverse perspectives of contemporary Iranian life. The group exhibition features thirty-six photographs and eight video works. |
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May 8 – 12, 2017 |
Through Refugee EyesWhat are the underlying causes of the refugee crises? What are the challenges refugees face in camps, and what are their long-term aspirations? More importantly, what steps can we take in our local community to address these crises? Explore these questions and more as we seek to gain perspective and understanding “Through Refugee Eyes.” |
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April 11 – 14, 2017 |
Art History Undergraduate Association (AHUA) 5th Annual Art Show
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January 12 – February 13, 2017 |
Plastic Ocean Art ExhibitThe project is bringing awareness about the growing pandemic of marine plastics across the country by turning it into art and leaving it on display at public venues. |
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November 9 – 29, 2016 |
War DiariesWhen the invasion began in 2003, Lt. Tim McLaughlin commanded a Marine Corps tank into Iraq. Writer Peter Maass and photographer Gary Knight drove rental cars. This project is the result of their paths crossing in the Iraqi desert-turned-warzone. Diaries and Memories of War in Iraq features McLaughlin’s remarkable war diaries along with photographs by Knight and texts by Maass. The exhibit also features a video installation using news footage from 2003 to enhance the atmosphere of the invasion era. |
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October 12 – 20, 2016 |
Music in MotionA public art installation developed in collaboration with Pacific Symphony, and featuring contributions from faculty and students in the Dance, Music and Drama departments, Music in Motion is a live online “video booth” designed for community locations. |
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May 11 – 28, 2016 |
Views of Crystal CoveStudent photography exhibit of Crystal Cove State Park, which encompasses 3.2 miles of Pacific coastline, inland canyons and the Crystal Cove Historic District with its colony of beach houses and ties to the early days of the California film industry. Whether their recollections are of mountain biking on the park’s inland trails, scuba diving offshore, or a romantic stroll at sundown, the park has become a favorite retreat for many UCI students. |
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May 2 – 5, 2016 |
Transcending LimitationsWorks by artists from the UCI community. By encouraging the expression of individual limitations through art, the Art History Undergraduate Association hopes to explore the way that students, faculty, and alumni choose to express, conceal, and identify aspects of limitations in their lives. |
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April 18 – 25, 2016 |
California Modern, Irvine StyleExamines the history of UCI’s master plan and the city of Irvine in relation to American modernism and higher education and early 1960s Utopianism. The aim is to define Pereira’s legacy and influence on contemporary developments in campus architecture and urbanism. Curated by Kevin Staniec, City of Irvine. |
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April 1 – 14, 2016 |
Microscopy Photo ExhibitBiological research involves sophisticated microscopy of biological specimens. The resulting images are beautiful and often illuminating as they reveal the typically unseen structure of the natural world. Featured photographs of biological specimens captured by UCI undergraduate students. |
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March 7 – 30, 2016 |
Vietnamese Focus: Generations of StoriesShowcases the diversity of the Vietnamese community in Orange County, the largest outside of Vietnam. Includes interactive features, photographs, documents, artifacts, ephemera, artwork, and oral histories from private collections, the Vietnamese American Oral History Project, and the Orange County and Southeast Asian Archive Center (OC&SEAA) at the UCI Libraries. The showing is informed by a new book, Vietnamese in Orange County by Thuy Vo Dang, Linda Trinh Vo, and Tram Le. Featured in the exhibition are original artwork by Trinh Mai. UCI Illuminations Vietnamese American Oral History Project Orange County and Southeast Asian Archive Center Trinh Mai |
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October 19 – November 6, 2015 |
Mission Viejo Bears About TownCommemorating the magnificent brown bears that once roamed the area, and the unique culture heritage of Mission Viejo. Designed to celebrate the bond between the original and various ethnic groups comprising our community, the nine-bear collection represents a family knitting together the unique and rich cultural heritage and legacy upon which the City of Mission Viejo was founded. |
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September 18 – October 9, 2015 |
Blood in the Water: Remembering KatrinaExhibit of photographs taken shortly after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Mississippi and Louisiana Gulf Coasts and the city of New Orleans. |
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May 11 – 14, 2015 |
Music in MotionInteractive dance project by UCI dance and media arts professor John Crawford. |
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May 1 – 6, 2015 |
Light: Beyond the BulbAn open-source international exhibition program that showcases the incredible variety of light-based science being researched today across the electromagnetic spectrum, across scientific disciplines, and across technological platforms. |
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April 16 – 17, 2015 |
Altered PerceptionsArt meets science in this 3rd annual exhibit organized by UCI’s Art History Undergraduate Association. The diversity of academic interests across the UC Irvine campus and the synergy of art and science inspired this year’s theme. |