2016 smfa medal award program

Photo by Jim Rakete

SMFA Trustees and Governors, President Christopher Bratton,

Honorary Co-Chairs Ann + Graham Gund Director

Matthew Teitelbaum and Tufts President Anthony Monaco,

and Event Chair Abigail Ross Goodman

welcome you to an evening honoring MONA HATOUM.

THANK YOU

Dear Friends,

We are so glad that you are here to celebrate the SMFA and to

honor world-renowned contemporary artist Mona Hatoum.

Tonight we toast the long legacy of the School and its bold future.

The SMFA has been educating artists for 140 years. Soon the School

will formalize its historic bond with Tufts University, enabling

a new, dynamic relationship between these two great institutions.

The true beneficiaries of this union will be our students.

All net proceeds from this event directly support scholarships and

educational opportunities for students at the SMFA—our future artists

and creative leaders. We encourage you to bid with enthusiasm!

Once again, many thanks for your ongoing generosity.

With great gratitude,

Abigail Ross Goodman

SCHEDULE

6.30 PM

Cocktails and Silent Auction

7.30 PM

Dinner and Award Presentation

9 PM

Dessert and Silent Auction

MENU

FIRST COURSE

Marinated Jumbo Asparagus

served with Porcini Pesto,

Pickled Artichokes,

Heirloom Cherry Tomatoes

and Crisp Radishes, paired

with Macon Lugny Les

Charmes Chardonnay

ENTRÉE

Herb Brined Salmon served

in a Roasted Tomato, Fennel

and White Bean Stew, Spicy

Broccolini and Black Olive

Relish, paired with A by

Acacia Pinot Noir

DESSERT

Mini Vegan Carrot Cupcakes

with Coconut Whipped

Cream, Blueberry Key

Lime Bar, Homemade Oreo

Cookies, Mixed Berries

2016 SMFA MEDAL AWARD GALA

Monday May 23, 2016

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro

Family Courtyard

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SILENT AUCTION

The Medal Award Silent Auction

features artwork by Mona Hatoum and

22 current SMFA students. Student

artists receive 50% of the proceeds from

their work and 50% supports SMFA

student scholarships. We are very

grateful to Mona Hatoum for generously

offering her work as a 100% donation.

Bidding closes promptly at 9:45 PM.

Payment and pick-up are located at

the Huntington Avenue Entrance after

the close of the auction. Cash, credit

card and check accepted.

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Mona Hatoum

Hatoum alters the context of

familiar objects, actions and

bodies to evoke multi-layered

associations around personhood,

place and belonging. Her work

evokes a visceral response, and

speaks to the power of art to

communicate complex truths in a

way that language alone cannot.

ITEM #1 Starting Bid: $9,000Over My Dead Body 2005 Heliogravure 27 x 39 1/4 inches Photo: Bill Orcutt

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Ola Aksan

My work relates ideas of

perception to the systemic

nature of physics and the

constant flux of the universal

flow. New Relations is an

artifact of the encounter of

two origins, adapting to one

another in their expansion.

ITEM 2 Starting Bid: $750New Relations 2016 Latex paint on canvas 40 x 45 inches

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Hannah Bates

By printing photographs into

life size murals, and placing

subjects and objects in front of

the murals to be photographed

in a perspective, works in this

series explore the optical illusion

of three dimensional space.

ITEM 3 Starting Bid: $750The Dock 2016 Archival inkjet print 36 x 50 inches

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Furen Dai

This work is a silent conversation

between two generations about

their different opinions of the

rules presented in a book called

Commandments for Women

written in China around 100 A.D.

ITEM #4 Starting Bid: $400Message Through Generation 2015 HD Video 4 minutes

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Jane Dietrich

Unlike Poe, my works discuss

morals and the role of religion

in daily life. Be Still exemplifies

the need to just breathe when

all feels in commotion.

ITEM #5 Starting Bid: $100Be Still 2015 Found book of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe 8 x 12 inches

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Ethan Domke

This piece marks the beginning

of my work with traditional

portraiture and the exploration

of old master techniques on

alternative substrates.

ITEM #6 Starting Bid: $700Untitled (side portrait #01) 2015 Oil on aluminum dibond panel 13 x 13 inches

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Ryan Folan

I focus heavily on the trauma

(both physical and mental)

that people subject themselves

to. Whether it be a soldier in

combat, or a boxer in the ring

both are faced with violence, to

administer and receive.

ITEM #7 Starting Bid: $700Sgt Bigos, OEF-A, 2008 2015 Collage, duffel bag and acrylic 30 x 24 inches

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Gabrielle Gibson

I consider ceramics my primary

medium. Through my ongoing

series Growth, I combine

functional pottery with elements

of the sea. Each barnacle, coral,

and urchin is meticulously hand

sculpted and carved, leaving each

body of work personal and unique.

ITEM #8 Starting Bid: $300Barnacle Tea Set (Growth) 2015 Ceramic Dimensions variable

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Rina Ito

My work originates in

printmaking, and the illusionary

effects of repeated geometric

forms. I pull from my interest in

Japanese aesthetics, as well as

my background in science and

finance, to create interactive

experiences, from artist books

to large-scale sculpture.

ITEM #9 Starting Bid: $700Kite I 2016 Basewood, screenprint, steel pipes Dimensions variable

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Sawool Kim

The ideas for my work come

from hypnagogic imagery,

which inspires a structure for

an unconscious dimension.

This work acts as visualization

for meditation and also

alludes to the possibility of

the unconscious space.

ITEM #10 Starting Bid: $300Event Horizon Series #4 2015 Acrylic on panel 12 x 12 inches

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Catrina Morbidelli

“Call Me” deals with learning how

to create a new space for oneself,

when feeling weighted down by

generational tradition.

ITEM #11 Starting Bid: $700Call Me 2015 Enamel and acrylic on canvas 40 x 30 inches

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Sara Oliver Gómez de la Vega

My work explores connections

between perception and

embodiment. This tridimensional

painting captures the structure of

light and color in a typical cloudy

day in the Spanish northern

region of Galicia.

ITEM #12 Starting Bid: $400Colors of the North, Quiet Storm 2015 Oil on panel and plexiglass 19 x 22 inches

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Nicolas Papa

This piece embodies my desire

to stay observant, both of the

world around me and of myself,

a theme that is a consistent part

of my practice; through art I learn

more about the way I see things.

ITEM #13 Starting Bid: $600Façade 2016 Acrylic on panel 20 x 16 inches

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Kate Rasche

My current body of work

addresses the fabrication and

accessibility of the contemporary

American wilderness.

ITEM #14 Starting Bid: $350A Myth of Our Own Creation (Tidal River) 2016 Oil on mylar, pins 13 x 19 inches

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Emily Reinauer

Influenced by the years I’ve

spent in New Bedford, MA, my

work addresses how obsolete

and declining industries directly

affect society, the landscape,

and the environment

ITEM #15 Starting Bid: $250Exhaust III 2016 Etching, chine-collé 15 x 12 inches

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Alicia Rodriguez Alvisa

In this series human hair creates

a bridge that represents how

thoughts, ideas and experiences

are interconnected. A long braid

goes away from the subject but

metaphorically comes back,

connecting the same head that

is always changing its content.

ITEM #16 Starting Bid: $700Rope Bridge 2015 Archival inkjet print 16 x 20 inches each

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Shweta Maria Sengupta

India offers creative inspiration

at every turn. From the grandeur

of palace living to the utter

poverty in its many slums there

is a story to be told. My work

explores notions of belonging

and home as I seek to find and

define my own identity.

ITEM #17 Starting Bid: $1,200Interwoven with memories 2016 Oil on canvas 32 x 60 inches

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Katherine P. Sloss

This MFA Buddha is a recent

painting subject for me.

Combining it with a cascade

of weeping cherry blossoms

somehow addresses a notion

of beauty and sadness, a link

suggested to me by my

Japanese calligraphy teacher.

ITEM #18 Starting Bid: $300Weeping Cherry Buddah (Triptych) 2016 Paint on semi-transparent pellon 9 x 8 inches each

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Gabriel Sosa

Incorporating both contemporary

and archival images of Cuba, my

work draws on my own family

history to question the resilience

of memory and reconnect the

Cuban diaspora with those on

the island.

ITEM #19 Starting Bid: $400What they said about Guanabacoa 2016 Graphite, colored pencil, and acetone transfer on paper 21 x 26 inches

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Damaris Swass

This work is the embodiment

of my personal meditation on

stillness through repetition.

ITEM #20 Starting Bid: $350No Title (Vessels) 2016 Porcelain with gold finish 5 x 22 inches

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William Van Beckum

By inserting artificial light into

landscape images, I explore

the complexity of the modern

human’s relationship to the

natural world.

ITEM #21 Starting Bid: $800Stand of Trees in Blue Hills Reservation (Edition 1 of 3) 2015 Archival inkjet print 32 x 40 inches

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Susan White Brown

This piece is part of a series

depicting an uncanny presence

of native or invasive species

of flora and fauna within the

human-built and human-

occupied spaces which

displaced them.

ITEM #22 Starting Bid: $1,200Portland, August 2015 Oil on canvas 60 x 36 inches

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Anthony Peyton Young

Through drawing, painting,

printmaking and paper-

making, my work explores the

history of the black image in

the West. Here, I use a police

report’s vague description of

a young, black man to create

a forensic portrait.

ITEM #23 Starting Bid: $775Unidentified Black Male2016 Gun powder on handmade paper 22 x 30 inches

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2016 MEDAL AWARD DONORS

GREAT BENEFACTOR

Joyce Linde

Ann D. Macomber

Sandra Moose + Eric Birch

Judi + Tim Ritchie

Lisbeth Tarlow

BENEFACTOR

Todd + Marci Abbrecht

Barbara + Theodore Alfond

Stéphane + Brenda Bancel

Lorraine Bressler + Karen Bressler

Julie + Kevin Callaghan

Alexi + Steven Conine

Fotene Demoulas + Tom Coté

Lorie + Richard Hamermesh

Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan

Family Foundation

Phyllis Anina Moriarty

Robert Nagle

Susan W. Paine

Ropes & Gray LLP

Jill + Niraj Shah

CONTRIBUTOR

Alchemy Foundation

Lucy Aptekar

Catherine + Peter Creighton

Carol + Richard Daynard

Lee + Walter Doyle

Peter + Ellen Fallon

Todd + Andrea Finard

Thomas + Kate Gilbane

Kate Gilbert + Chris Colbert

Cathryn Griffith

Joy + Douglas Kant

Kathy Kirk + Malcolm Gefter

Barbara Krakow Gallery

Jonathan + Barbara Lee

Peik + Judith Larsen

Virginia Litle + Tony Godfrey

Jane Moss

Davis + Carol Noble

Linda + Alessandro Pagani

Tina Petra

Mr. + Mrs. Nicholas Philopoulos

Robert + Ruth Remis

Chris Rifkin

Mr. + Mrs. Marvin G. Schorr

Leslee Shupe

Alan + Ann Strassman

Pamela + Peter Voss

PATRON


+ Mark Goodman

Lynne + Joe Goodman

Martin + Deborah Hale

Jennifer + Mark Herman

Jodi + Hal Hess

Melville + Elizabeth Hodder

Elizabeth + Woody Ives

Ted + Erica Gervais Pappendick

Jeannie Suk + Jacob Gersen

Judi Rotenberg Ross Zuker

+ Edward Zuker

SPONSOR

Annette L. Born

Margaret Burnham

+ Max Stern

John F. Cogan, Jr.

+ Mary L. Cornille

Bridgitt + Bruce Evans

Audrey + James Foster

Garth Greenan

Marjorie + Nick Greville

Richard + Nancy Lubin

Anthony Lucas

Katie + Brooks Porter

Lori + Matthew Sidman

Deme + Reza Taleghani

Rosamond Vaule

The SMFA Medal is

generously endowed by

Carol + Arnold Haynes.28

PAST RECIPIENTS*Alumni

2015 John Baldessari

2014 Sarah Sze

2013 John Wilson*

2013 Glenn Ligon

2012 Lalla Essaydi*

2011 Susan W. Paine

2011 Will Barnet*

2010 Deborah H. Dluhy

2010 Omer Fast*

2009 Alex Katz

2008 Julian Schnabel

2007 Brice Marden

2006 Kiki Smith

2005 Jim Dine*

2004 Claes Oldenburg

+ Coosje van Bruggen

2003 Jeff Koons

2002 Robert Rauschenberg

2001 Ellen Gallagher*

2000 Mike + Doug Starn*

1999 Arnold + Milly Glimcher

1998 Esther Anderson*

1997 Nan Golden*

1996 Ellsworth Kelly*

PLANNING COMMITTEE


Event Chair

Matthew Teitelbaum

Honorary Co-Chair

Ann + Graham Gund

Director, MFA

Anthony Monaco

Honorary Co-Chair

President, Tufts University

Marci Abbrecht

Barbara Alfond

Brenda Bancel

Lorraine D. Bressler

Julie Callaghan

Catherine Creighton

Carol Daynard

Fotene Demoulas

Lynne + Joe Goodman

Martin + Deborah Hale

Lorie Hamermesh

Jodi Hess

Susan B. Kaplan

Barbara Krakow

Joyce Linde

Ann D. Macomber

Sandra Moose

Carol Noble

Allison O’Neil Fischoeder

Linda Pagani

Susan W. Paine

Katie Porter

Judi + Tim Ritchie

Lori Sidman

Jeannie Suk

Deme Taleghani

Lisbeth Tarlow

Judi Rotenberg Ross Zuker

SELECTION COMMITTEE

Christopher Bratton


Susan B. Kaplan

Joyce Linde

Carol Noble

Edward Saywell

Matthew Teitelbaum

SPECIAL THANKS

Alexander and Bonin Gallery

Stanhope Framers

Peterson Party Center

Reserve Modern Event Rental

Port Lighting Systems

Restaurant Associates

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