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EXPO 2021
Reflecting CalArts’ experimental ethos, the Institute’s CalArts Expo returns on Friday, May 14 as a virtual event featuring creatively adventurous and imaginative projects by students, faculty, and alumnx representing every school at CalArts. Highlighting student projects created during the current academic year, the virtual CalArts Expo will present work by over 500 artists, curated and organized by our student-led team.
VIRTUAL GALLERY
VIRTUAL GALLERY
While the physical space of CalArts may be closed to the public the Virtual Gallery is open, allowing visitors to once again wander (via digital means) the halls of CalArts’ Main Gallery, L-Shape Gallery, Modular Theater, and more. Available for Windows, Mac, and select mobile platforms.
PLAYLISTS
PLAYLISTS
Audiences can experience music, film, and video through the Expo media playlists on Spotify, YouTube, and Vimeo.
ARTISTS
ARTISTS
Highlighting student projects created during the current academic year, the virtual CalArts Expo will present work by over 500 artists, curated and organized by our student-led team.

TEAM
PRODUCTION TEAM
The 2021 Expo production team includes 20 members total: 15 current students, 3 alumnx artists, and two faculty facilitators. Our student team includes representatives of every school at CalArts including Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music, Theater, and The Center for Integrated Media.
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EXPO ARCHIVE
Currently in its ninth year, the CalArts Expo has evolved from a small renegade music and art show to a campus-wide event that presents work by students, alumni, faculty, and staff in over 20 venues at CalArts. Check out some of our past events here!
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ABOUT

Reflecting CalArts’ experimental ethos, the Institute’s CalArts Expo returns on Friday, May 14 as a virtual event featuring creatively adventurous and imaginative projects by students, faculty, and alumnx representing every school at CalArts. Highlighting student projects created during the current academic year, the virtual CalArts Expo will present work by over 500 artists, curated and organized by our student-led team. Audiences can experience Expo in three ways—access though the Virtual Gallery; social media; and media playlists on Spotify, YouTube, and Vimeo. This year’s Expo precedes CalArts’ Virtual Graduation Ceremony, which begins at 6 pm PDT at calarts.edu/graduation.

The CalArts Expo goes live at 1pm PDT on May 14, 2021.

The Expo Welcome Event, free and open to the public, will take place from 1–2pm PDT on May 14, featuring a virtual meet-and-greet with the Expo team and guided tour through our exhibition spaces. RSVP here to receive the Zoom link.

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VIRTUAL GALLERY
While the physical space of CalArts may be closed to the public the Virtual Gallery is open, allowing visitors to once again wander (via digital means) the halls of CalArts’ Main Gallery, L-Shape Gallery, Modular Theater, and more. Available for Windows, Mac, and select mobile platforms.
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PLAYLISTS
Audiences can experience music, film, and video through the Expo media playlists on Spotify, YouTube, and Vimeo.
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ARTISTS
Highlighting student projects created during the current academic year, the virtual CalArts Expo will present work by over 500 artists, curated and organized by our student-led team.

Artists will also be featured on Expo social media through highlighted profiles of the student creative team, and posts presenting student, alumni, faculty, staff, and guest artists and their work. For more information, follow CalArts Expo on Facebook (@CalArtsExpo), Instagram (@calarts_expo), and Twitter (@CalArtsExpo).
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PRODUCTION TEAM
The 2021 Expo production team includes 20 members total: 15 current students, 3 alumnx artists, and two faculty facilitators. Our student team includes representatives of every school at CalArts including Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music, Theater, and The Center for Integrated Media.
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EXPO ARCHIVE
Currently in its ninth year, the CalArts Expo has evolved from a small renegade music and art show to a campus-wide event that presents work by students, alumni, faculty, and staff in over 20 venues at CalArts. Check out some of our past events here!

Nancy Pilkington

  Nancy Pilkington School of Art, Art, BFA 3 An Oracle of Ruin Recently I have been focusing on my painting practice and engaging with an approach that focuses on the creation of a symbolic language, a means through which I might encode messages of alternative realities or critical histories via peculiar object relations. I […]

Sky-David

Sky-David School of Film/Video, Alumnx FIELD OF GREEN: A SOLDIER’S SKETCHBOOK DIARY This is a hand drawn animated film produced between 200-2007 that is based on a diary drawings made during combat in Vietnam, 1967-1970 where I functioned as a LRRP (Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol) for the 82nd Airborne Division of the Army based out […]

Mehregan Pezeshki

Mehregan Pezeshki School of Art, Photo/Media, MFA 1 The Shadow On The Wall In the past year, going through the pandemic and isolation I started a journey of self discovery. Being forced to be alone, I started learning how to be comfortable with myself and enjoy my alone time. This poem is from the book […]

Jerry Beck

Jerry Beck School of Film/Video, BFA 1 Crazy Concertos: “Magic Key” “Magic Key” it is a musical video of the Magic Tree from Disney’s the Sword in the Stone , song by the Sherman Brothers www.ethanpartington.net

Fallon Williams

Fallon Williams School of Theater, Scenic and Lighting Design, MFA3 Fallon Williams Portfolio Fallon Williams is a Multidisciplinary Artist and Designer who works with space, light, projection, and technology for live performance, architecture and immersive environment, film, and visual art. Grounded in narrative-driven work, she builds unique atmospheres that are impactful and innovative. Fallon’s recent […]

Elliot Yokum

Elliot Yokum School of Theater, Sound Design, MFA3 Sound Design Portfolio elliotyokum.com

Zimo Zhao

Zimo Zhao School of Art, Photo/Media, MFA 1 UNTITLED Since it is generally believed that the COVID-19 virus originated in China, the pandemic has evolved into a political and racist virus through government instigation, this instigation has increased the crime rates of assault and discrimination against Asian and Asian American people.As a Chinese international student […]

Joel Orozco

Joel Orozco School of Art, Alumnx UNTITLED It is enigmatic for me to define my job as a photographer however, I can say how I want to synthesize, the moment to create an intense and poetic work from daily life.

Gisella G

Gisella G School of Music, VoiceArts, MFA2 Resonance A pre-recorded performance by Resonance performing 4 original songs of social justice and self-love to name a few of the causes we champion for. Collaborators: Carlos Rodrigues; Lorenzo Palma; Christian Preciado; Barney Aparicio; Michael Wise; Mario Martinez; Nick Ortiz, Aidan Mcbride

Talent Show: The Film

Talent Show: The Film Talent Show: The Film features students and special guests from the CalArts 2021 course, Talent Show. We love amateurism and we love virtuosity! Since we can’t be together in the theater, please enjoy our wacky film! CREDITS FOR TALENT SHOW: THE FILM TAUGHT BY Ariel Osterweis Sharon Lockhart MC Tara Jepsen […]

Maiko Okajima

Maiko Okajima School of Dance, Dance Film, BFA 2 The 目 eye This piece was influenced by people. There are many perceptions existing in this world but people often do not acknowledge others’ opinion or perspective. Look at the world a different way.

Onyou Oh

Onyou Oh School of Film/Video, Film and Video, MFA 3 Alchemical Botany A small garden, which comprises particles of stars and petals sent from outer space, expands itself through an alchemical process in a moment. Alchemical Botany is an experimental audio-visual interpretation of Emily Dickinson’s poem “The Name — of it — is ‘Autumn.'” Shot […]

Ni Shan

Ni Shan Interschool Schools of Art and Music, Experimental Sound Practices & Art and Tech, MFA2 Memory Box Memory box is a virtual space for the visitors to explore freely, I see it as a home for the peculiar fragments of my memory, This multi-dimensional record space will continue growing in time, But eventually, silent. […]

Rion Nebreja

Rion Nebreja School of Theater, Acting, MFA 1 Jettison Jettison is a movement piece of one’s human journey.

Michaella Moon

Michaella Moon School of Music, Music Technology, MFA1 Words Trigger This project connects RunwayML, Processing, MaxMsp and TouchDesigner to create an audio and visual rich performance. The audio and visuals are all triggered by the text typed into the program. Depending on the number of words typed in, Processing will grab the same amount of […]

Christian V. Mejia

Christian V. Mejia School of Theater, Lighting Design, MFA3 Portfolio Christian V. Mejia is a California-based lighting and digital media designer who spent his pre-graduate school years working in design and Production Management with theatres in and around San Francisco. His artistic practice focuses on creating dynamic, engaging, immersive, and emotionally-driven environments using light as […]