Two UT Austin graduate students are currently displaying artwork in the Graduate School office, located in the Main building.
One of the students Selina Wagner is currently earning a Master of Fine Arts in studio art (painting and drawing). Her piece Untitled (Legs), an 8x10” graphite on clayboard design, is one of the five pieces featured in the lobby. Untitled (Legs) is an abstract of a 12-foot-tall drawing that took Wagner months to complete. Wagner’s art contemplates disorienting bodily experiences, both real and imagined, through the process of drawing.
Born in Naples, Fl., Wagner earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing from the University of Florida. She has been featured in numerous exhibitions including a solo show “Process of Becoming” at the College of the Sequoias as well as “What do we do with the body?” at The Pack Gallery in Chelsea, NY. After graduating, Wagner hopes to teach undergraduate drawing courses and participate in residencies.
Graduate student Laurent Le Bel-Roux also has pieces displayed. Le Bel-Roux, originally from Quebec, Canada, holds a bachelor’s in visual and media arts from the University of Quebec in Montreal and a college diploma in sound technology. He is currently earning a Master of Fine Arts in studio art (painting and drawing).
Le Bel-Roux’s four pieces displayed are Untitled (Spring), Untitled (Vessel), Untitled (Floater) and Untitled (Figure). These works are divided into two bodies of work that question the sensitive and embodied experiences of our perceptions and explore alternative ways of representing them. Le Bel-Roux’s work, including these four pieces, aim to propose new visions about cognition and expression, questioning the nature of communication and language.
After graduation, Le Bel-Roux plans to return to Montreal and present his first solo gallery exhibition.
The artwork can be viewed in the lobby of Main 101. The Graduate School plans to rotate pieces on an ongoing basis, to continue to feature graduate students.