Senior Show & URECA Art Exhibition 2025
SENIOR SHOW | open April 24 - May 23
URECA ART EXHIBITION | open April 24 - May 8
SENIOR SHOW & URECA Art Exhibition 2025
Stony Brook University presents its annual exhibition of works by senior art majors
and minors and digital art minors. The Senior Show includes paintings, sculpture, ceramics, prints, photographs, digital media, mixed-media
installations and works on paper by this year's graduating class.
The URECA Art Exhibition celebrates outstanding artwork created by Stony Brook University undergraduate students, selected by Art Department studio art faculty. Sponsored by the Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (URECA) and featured as a part of the Shirley Strum Kenny Student Arts Festival, this exhibition has juried awards and distinctions presented by the Division of Student Affairs and Gallery North.
URECA Awards
URECA Prizes, awarded by Student Affairs
First Place: Trinity Hausch, Analecta, 2024, Acrylic on canvas
Second Place: Nethmi Withanage, Distorted Reflections: Beauty, Perception, and the Self, 2024, Ceramic
Third Place: Prapti Patel, Whispers of Blue, 2024, Cyanotype on paper
Honorable Mention: Katherine Keeble, Remember, 2024, Forged and welded metal
Honorable Mention: Aiyi Liao, Galaxy I, 2024, Bronze
Honorable Mention: Benson Ma, Dwagon Fwoot, 2025, Oil on canvas
Honorable Mention: Taha Ahmad, A Bitter Largesse, 2024, Sculptural lithograph
Honorable Mention: Janette Hassan, Freedom, 2024, Plexiglass intaglio on paper with ribbon
Honorable Mention: Nicholas Miller, Veiled Ribbon-Wyrm, 2025, Oil on canvas
Honorable Mention: Yan Lin, Confession (Love, 4/7), 2024, Oil on canvas
Virginia Fuller Prizes, awarded by Gallery North
First Place: Aiyi Liao, Galaxy I, 2024, Bronze
Second Place: Trinity Hausch, Analecta, 2024, Acrylic on canvas
Third Place: Andrianna Gasparis, Λουλουδάτα (Flowery), 2024, Oil and fabric on canvas
Honorable Mention: Prapti Patel, Whispers of Blue, 2024, Cyanotype on paper
Honorable Mention: Liam Yehudai, 3D Moment Interface, 2025, Desktop Art
Honorable Mention: Jess Struzinski, Deer of the Sea, 2024, Aquatint Print
Honorable Mention: Benson Ma, Dwagon Fwoot, 2025, Oil on canvas
Provost's URECA Awards
Provost's Purchase Award: Jess Struzinski, Deer of the Sea, 2024, Aquatint print
Provost's Honorable Distinction: Aiyi Liao, Galaxy I, 2024, Bronze
Senior Show Awards
President's Purchase Award: Kohei Kurihara, Studio Life, 2024, oil on canvas
Provost's Purchase Award: Jiexuan Li, Stable, 2024, wood and aluminum
Provost's Purchase Award: Rebekah Zhao, Papa eating with Mama, 2025, linocut print on colored paper
Advancement Purchase Award: Yue Zhu, Cradle of Will, 2024, oil on wood
Student Affairs Purchase Award: Jade Ignacio, Green Signal and Over Yonder, 2025, digital photograph
Student Affairs Purchase Award: Sannah Mahboob, Sunset at Bay, 2024, oil on canvas
Dean of Arts and Sciences Purchase Award: Kohei Kurihara, Staller Kites, 2024, oil on canvas
Staller Center Awards for Excellence
Alexandria Azar, Life and Death, 2024, bronze, wood, soil and live plants
Nicholas G. Castellano, I don't remember, 2024, stop-motion video loop
Kohei Kurihara, Shinjuku Crossing, 2024, oil on canvas
Nicholas Simms, The Taper's Section, 2024, ceramic and mixed media installation
Nia Wallace, The Weight of Flying, 2024, acrylic on canvas
Wenny Zheng, Night of Omens, 2024, lithography; mezzotint on stone
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Presidential Student Art Award
Awarded by the Office of the President (formerly Sunwood Award; artwork from URECA and Senior Show)
Brittney Felician, Untitled (Natural Disaster), 2025, Ceramic
Katherine Keeble, Remember, 2024, Forged and welded metal
Belinda Leung, Waterfall, 2025, Ink wash on paper
Belinda Leung, Gray Colored World, 2024, Watercolor with ink and colored pencils
Benson Ma, Dwagon Fwoot, 2025, Oil on canvas
Prapti Patel, Whispers of Blue, 2024, Cyanotype on paper
Linda Southard, The Raven, 2025, Bronze
Jade Ignacio, Green Signal, 2025, Digital photograph
Jade Ignacio, Over Yonder, 2025, Digital photograph
Kohei Kurihara, Shinjuku Crossing, 2024, Oil on canvas
Kohei Kurihara, Staller Steps, 2024, oil on canvas
Kaitlyn Lau, Bai Suzhen's Drunken Night, 2024, Plaster and wood
Hayley Levine, Let The Dog Sleep, 2025, Oil on canvas
Olivia Nissen, Ant Hill, 2024, Digital Inkjet Print
Prapti Patel, Grain and Gear, 2024, Wood and metal
Kerri Smith, Beauty Industry, 2025, Bronze, Wood, Barbed Wire, Copper
Nia Wallace, The Weight of Flying, 2024, Acrylic on Canvas
Nethmi Withanage, Out of Place, 2024, Acrylic on Canvas
Rebekah Zhao, Luna & I, 2025, Etching and Aquatint in colors
Wenny Zheng, Night of Omens, 2024, Lithography; Mezzotint on Stone
EVENTS:
Reception for Senior Show and URECA Art Exhibition: Thursday, April 24, 4:30-6pm
Join us to celebrate Stony Brook University's talented undergraduate studio art students. Light refreshments will be served. Awards for URECA will be presented. Open to the public.
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday 12-4pm
Evening and weekend hours:
Saturday, April 26, 6-8pm
Sunday, April 27, 2-4pm
Saturday, May 3, 7-8pm
Sunday, May 4, 12-4pm
The 2024-25 Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery schedule is made possible by a generous grant from the Paul W. Zuccaire Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Friends of Staller Center. URECA is presented by the Art Department and the Division of Student Affairs' Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities and supported in part by Gallery North.
Art Department Website: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/art/
