Recent News
Art and Design Alumni Show
Feb 20, 2020
The Art and Design Department and the University Art Gallery welcome back 12 of our alumni from a range of graduating classes. The concentrations of graphic design, studio art and photo/video are all represented in the first Alumni Show to be presented by the University Art Gallery in 10 years.
Beyond the Surface: The Photograph as Object
Jan 9, 2020
Cal Poly’s University Art Gallery will present "Beyond the Surface: The Photograph as Object", an exhibition curated by Aline Smithson from January 9 - January 31, 2020.
Jessica Bellamy: Movement Science/Creative Impact
Nov 7, 2019
Cal Poly’s University Art Gallery will present “Movement Science/Creative Impact" an exhibition by design justice advocate Jessica Bellamy to run Nov. 7 - Dec. 6.
Undertones: Biomorphic Art in Los Angeles
Oct 3, 2019
Cal Poly’s University Art Gallery will present “Undertones: Biomorphic Art in Los Angeles” a curated show by Preston Zappos to run Oct. 3 through Nov. 11.
BFA Senior Thesis Show
May 31, 2019
Every year, the University Art Gallery finishes off its show lineup with the BFA show. Graduating Seniors from the concentrations of Studio Art, Photography and Video, and Graphic Design will be displaying their most accomplished and current work.
Juried Student Show
Apr 11, 2019
Experience the very best of the Art and Design Department, featuring juried selections from the concentrations of Studio Art, Photography and Video, and Graphic Design.
Draw-a-thon 2019
Feb 26, 2019
Experience a drawing ARTravaganza at Draw-a-thon 2019!
Harrell Fletcher - Canceled
Feb 22, 2019
The Feb. 22-March 15 show with Harrell Fletcher has been canceled. The good news is that we are instead having a number of smaller, more intimate events in the gallery that encourage and welcome community participation!
Victoria Fu
Jan 17, 2019
Jan. 17-Feb. 8
The video art and photography of Victoria Fu examines and plays with artistic conventions and the dispersal of technical images in the contemporary era.
Mark Tribe
Nov 15, 2018
Nov. 15- Dec. 7
Wilderness is vanishing before our eyes. New Nature is an ongoing project that combines the visual language of landscape photography and the formal legacy of structural film in the creation of archival audiovisual recordings of wild landscapes.