Art

SF State Art Gator Great Alex Anderson

Alex Anderson

Quilter/teacher/author

The host of HGTV's "Simply Quilts" for more than a decade, she discovered her passion at SF State, when she completed a quilt as part of her work toward a degree in art. Today her award-winning quilts are displayed across the country.

SF State Art Gator Great Judy Dater

Judy Dater

Photographer

One of contemporary art's leading photographers, this Guggenheim-winning artist was part of the Visual Dialogue Foundation, the SF State-based school that grew out of the ferment of the 1960s.

SF State Art Gator Great Roy De Forest

Roy De Forest

Artist

Known for their rich, colorful palette, this art major's paintings hang in major museums worldwide. His "Country Dog Gentlemen" is a popular work at the San Francisco MOMA.

SF State Art Gator Great Rupert Garcia

Rupert Garcia

Artist

He first gained notice for his political posters dealing with race, politics and the Vietnam War. Since then, his silkscreen posters, etchings and paintings have been featured in hundreds of exhibitions.

SF State Art Gator Great Carmen Lomas Garza

Carmen Lomas Garza

Painter

Her paintings, shown at the Hirshhorn, Whitney and elsewhere, depict a Chicana's memories of small-town life in Texas.

SF State Art Gator Great Lyle Gomes

Lyle Gomes

Photographer

A Fulbright Scholar and artist, his 16-year photographic project, "Imagining Eden: Connecting Landscapes," took him to countless locations in the U.S. and Europe. When finished, he thanked former faculty members Don Worth, Jack Welpott and Neal White in the acknowledgments.

SF State Art Gator Great Lynn Hershman Leeson

Lynn Hershman Leeson

Artist

Her interactive and Internet-based media art projects include a four-year private performance as a simulated person, Roberta Breitmore, who had her own apartment, handwriting, gestures, moods, and friends who became part of her fiction.

SF State Art Gator Great Kristin Oppenheim

Kristin Oppenheim

Conceptual artist

She experimented with audio-visual art as an undergraduate in the 1980s before going on to show it at such prestigious venues as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

SF State Art Gator Great Wes Wilson

Wes Wilson

Poster artist

A pioneer of the psychedelic rock poster, this philosophy major's posters for the Fillmore and Avalon concert halls are noted for their experimental, freehand lettering.

    

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