Digital Pop-Up Exhibition featuring Art & Art History Alums

Presented by the Department of Art & Art History, this digital pop-up exhibition includes works by five art practice alums—Leslie Albert, Ryan Jae, Caroline Marks, Miguel Novelo, and Anja Ulfeldt.

Thursday, October 24 | 11am-5pm

Friday, October 25 | 11am-4pm

Leslie Albert, BA '81

Leslie D. Albert is a Studio Art graduate from Stanford University who has built a diverse career in design and interior architecture, completing significant projects across South Florida and the Caribbean. After returning to earn her MFA from Florida Atlantic University, she continues to explore themes of universal emotion through her figurative and multimedia art, which incorporates printmaking, drawing, and painting. Currently, she teaches Visual Art at FAU while exhibiting her work locally and nationally.

Ryan Jae, BA '20

Ryan Jae, born in Gwangju, Republic of Korea and raised in Sacramento, CA, earned a dual degree in Art Practice and Computer Science from Stanford University in 2020. His interdisciplinary art practice blends photography with printmaking, collage, programming, and bookmaking. In addition to his artistic pursuits, he is an avid horse rider and bull rider, recently becoming a cardholding photographer with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and competing in the California Cowboys Professional Rodeo Association. He currently lives and works in Northern California with his constant companion, Asher, a Siberian Husky.

Caroline Marks, BA '12

Caroline Marks (b. 1990) is a graduate of Stanford University and ArtCenter College of Design, where she studied for a BFA in Motion Graphics in 2017. She is a Los Angeles based multimedia artist and animator known for her hypnotic animations using 3D and projection mapping to describe an emotional output with interwoven patterns and colors. In 2022, she created Caroline Marks Studio, a multidisciplinary studio providing serotonin boosts in all forms of motion and design.

Miguel Novelo, MFA '22

Miguel Novelo is an artist, researcher, and storyteller with a focus on emerging media and community impact. Novelo uses novel media, narrative, and expanded reality to create immersive experiences that generate participatory storytelling platforms. His current research and practice focuses on stories of geopolitical and cybernetic space, culture paradigms, and playful semiotics. Novelo is a Lecturer at Stanford University's Department of Art and Art History and the Design Department at California College of the Arts.

Anja Ulfeldt, MFA '14

Anja Ulfeldt is an artist, educator, and curator with a hybrid practice that floats between installation, performance, and unconventional art facilitation. A Berkeley native, she earned her BFA from California College of the Arts and her MFA from Stanford University. Anja is a founding member of two artist-run spaces in California and has received multiple awards, including the VBC Artist Award and Residency at Headlands Center for the Arts. She is currently a Lecturer at Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz in the areas of Sculpture and Emerging Technology and has exhibited widely in the Bay Area.

This pop-up exhibition is being held in conjunction with our alum open house event and Stanford Reunion Homecoming.

VISITOR INFORMATION: Gunn Foyer is located in the McMurtry Building on Stanford campus at 355 Roth Way. Visitor parking is available in designated areas and payment is managed through ParkMobile (free after 4pm, except by the Oval). Alternatively, take the Caltrain to Palo Alto Transit Center and hop on the free Stanford Marguerite Shuttle. If you need a disability-related accommodation or wheelchair access information, please contact Julianne Garcia at juggarci [at] stanford.edu (juggarci[at]stanford[dot]edu). This exhibition is open to Stanford affiliates, alums, and the general public. Admission is free.

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