EXHIBITION
Ea Mai Ke Kai Mai: 2025 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition
April 22 – May 11, 2025
The Art Gallery, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM), Art Building
Commons Gallery, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM), Art Building
Programing:
Awards Ceremony
Date: April 27, 2025, Sunday, 1:00–2:00 PM
Location: Art Auditorium
Opening Reception
Date: April 27, 2024, Sunday, 2:00–4:00 PM
Location: In front of the Art Gallery
All events are free and open to the public.
Featuring works by:
Studio Art: Spencer Beckley, Minami Cheever, K. Cevi Rocha Cevidanes, Juel Contemprato, Joanne Eng, Hazel Grace Felipe, Solomon Firth, Avery Holshouser, Cecilia Navin, Rick “Tonk” Oania-Elam, Alexandra Marget O’Connor, Malia Osorio, Jordan Paguirigan, Naomi Santoki, Marcel “Zeus” Saragena, Yuhuan Zhang
Graphic Design: Hazelle Baptista, Valerie Eng, Kawaiola Frost, Jiho Han, Alyssa Diane Jimenez, Chloe Lavigne, Alise Matsumura, Micah Tablit, Aveline Wang, Rachel Wong
The Department of Art and Art History is thrilled to present the 2025 Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition. Our annual BFA Exhibition closes out each academic year with new works by the forthcoming graduates from the BFA program. This exhibition features works by 2025 graduating BFA students in graphic design and studio arts.
Ea Mai Ke Kai Mai translates as “rising from within the ocean.” This title points metaphorically at one’s change in perception while earning the degree. Experientially there have been 26 transformative journeys. The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Degree represents the highest level of achievement in undergraduate visual arts education. These individuals put forth energy and commitment stretching each of them to their limits. The ways in which they navigated this experience are unique to each. This individuality reveals itself in the work presented here. The years preceding this exhibition have been filled with challenge and growth. Those experiences are contained within the works exhibited in these two galleries.
Our students, their families, and friends should be proud of the accomplishments embodied in these works. The entire Faculty and Staff in the Department of Art and Art History are immensely proud of this outstanding group of artists and designers. We feel honored to be part of the transformation each of these students has undergone.
Congratulations to these twenty-six new 2025 BFA’s!
Brad Taylor, Chair of the Department of Art and Art History
Organization
Thank you to the BFA Capstone instructors, Chae Ho Lee, Professor of Graphic Design, and Debra Drexler, Professor of Drawing and Painting and Interim Director of the Galleries and Museum. Thanks to the staff of the University Galleries and the John Young Museum of Art, Sheika Alghezawi, Assistant Director, Kainoa Gruspe, Gallery Exhibition Coordinator, Mia Zheng, Curatorial Graduate Assistant, Dylan Gomez, Installation Graduate Assistant, and the staff at the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Sponsors
This exhibition is made possible by the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Department of Art + Art History and College of Arts, Languages & Letters.
THE ART GALLERY and COMMONS GALLERY are located at 2535 McCarthy Mall, Rm 141, Honolulu, HI 96822.
Gallery hours and admission
Tuesday–Friday, & Sunday, 12–4 p.m.
Closed Saturdays, Mondays, spring break (March 17-22), and state holidays.
Free admission. Donations are appreciated.
Parking fees may apply during weekdays. Parking is free on Sundays
For more information please contact 808.956.8364 and gallery@hawaii.edu