Department of Art

Department of Art

Department of Art
UVA Art
Make Art. Study Art. Think Critically

Through creative practice and the historical study of visual and material arts, our students learn to make, analyze, and communicate about art with clarity and purpose.

El Humo que Desplaza tu Piel (the smoke that displaces your skin), 2025, 2-channel video installation

Federico Cuatlacuatl: Skin of Stars, Sacredness of Disobedience

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1708 Gallery, Richmond
Motion-blurred boy running beside cars while operating a small remote-control car.

Jolinna Li + Reese E. Robers: en route

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Second Street Gallery
Ornately painted ceiling with colorful beams, floral and cloud motifs, and robed figures playing wind instruments.

Staging the Buddha Land: Celestial Youth Musicians and Vernacular Performance in Late Chosŏn Temple Interiors

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Campbell Hall 160
Gallery installation of branching wooden poles, dried plants, glowing linear lights, and two screens showing a person in a textured costume.

Building Sanctuaries and Resistance

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1708 Gallery, Richmond
Event poster for “Martha Graham, Greek Myth, & Modern Performance,” featuring a photograph of Martha Graham beside an ancient Greek vase.

Martha Graham, Greek Myth, and Modern Performance: 100 Years of Graham & the Greeks

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Cotsen Hall, American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Exhibition poster reading “Ecologies Practices Communities,” with colorful abstract sculptural forms behind the text and opening reception and exhibition dates listed above and below.

Ecologies, Practices, Communities

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Ruffin Gallery