Made in California celebrates a new generation of artists graduating from the renowned studio art programs at University of California, Los Angeles, University of California, Berkeley, and University of California, Davis. These recent graduates carry forward the spirit of experimentation that has long defined the University of California’s art department.

While the UC system is know for innovations in research, it has also been a home for aristic freedom and opportunity. This exhibition highlights the strenght and diversity of creative practice thriving within these public reseach universities. Through paint, sculpture, installation, and difial media, the featured artists explore the personal and politcal, that material and the conceptual.

At a time when funding for the arts is compromised, Made in California promotes the essential role UC art programs play within the broader landscape of higher educatio. Theses artists remind us that the creative process is a form of research - one that asks questions, challenges assumptions, and expands knowledge.