Recent Exhibitions
MEOW WOLF PRESENTS GLITTEROPOLIS
An interactive, immersive environment by a Santa Fe-based artists collective.
30 November 2011 - 18 February 2012
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LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD 1977-2011
2 September - 15 October 2011
A retrospective of the career of NMSU ceramics professor Amamda Jaffe, who retired in 2011 after 26 years in the Art Department.
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MILFORD ZORNES: CALIFORNIA WATERCOLORIST
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2011 MFA Show
April 15 – May 6, 2011
March 11 – March 31, 2011
86 works were included in the 2011 NMSU Juried Student Show; all current students were eligible to enter.
January 21 – February 23, 2011
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October 15 – December 17, 2010Modern Design/Folk Art
This exhibition brought together folk art objects collected by designer Alexander Girard (1907-1993) and examples of his Modern furniture, textiles, and films for the Herman Miller Company to explore the intersections of handcraft and machine production, mid-century modernist esthetics and folk art. Funding was provided by the NEA and NM Arts. The Gallery was presented an award for Outstanding Exhibition and Catalogue for this exhibition at the annual meeting of the Southeastern College Art Conference in November, 2011.
August 20 – October 1, 2010
Unmute: Text and Image in American Art 1970 - 2000
Drawing on the NMSU Permanent Collection's strength in modern works on paper, this exhibition addresses the ways in which images and texts operated in post-Minimalist late twentieth century art. Some of the works reinforce the distinction between image and text, some work to elide it; some of the works are hybrids, and we can read them as texts or as images as they contest their shared ground. Echoes of the paragone of poetry and painting are evident, as is the artists' use of text to regain conceptual control from critics and the art market.
Connecting with the Divine: Devotional Art in New Mexico
From the Mary and J. Paul Taylor Collection
June 4 – August 6, 2010
MFA Show
April 16 – May 7, 2010
The NMSU MFA exhibition showcases the best young artists in New Mexico.
Juried Student Show
March 12 – March 31, 2010
Our annual celebration of the creativity of NMSU students from across campus. The juror was Ray Parish who is a professor at the University of Texas at El Paso.
LUIS ROLDAN Permutados y Testimonios
January 22, 2010 – February 26, 2010
This installation will take the shape of the NMSU Art Gallery -- and the visitors' experience of it -- as the jumping-off point for a series of textile-based designs. Roldan, who represents his native Colombia at this year's Venice Biennale, uses minimal means to create lively screens and tapestries of torn cloth strips that produce effects ranging from graffiti and hieroglyphic texts, to metal shavings responding to the pull of a magnet.
11/6/09 - 1/8/10 JOANNA WEZYK - CONSTRUCTION ZONE
This exhibition focuses on paintings of Catholic church interiors in Poland and France, in which the traditional imagery of faith is contrasted to modernity, and timeless values are placed in dialogue with contemporary politics.
9/11 - 10/24/2009 MEDITATIONS ON THE RIO GRANDE
What shall we do when the river runs dry? asks Joyce Cutler-Shaw.
5/22 - 8/28/2009 SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
Our summer show presents recent acquisitions and old favorites from the University's art collection, including an in-depth look at Santos and Ex-Votos from our Retablo collection.
4/17 - 5/8/2009 2009 MASTER OF FINE ARTS EXHIBITION
Last stop on the road to an MFA, or first step as professional artists? The MFA exhibition showcases the best young artists in New Mexico.
3/13 - 4/10/2009 2009 JURIED STUDENT SHOW
Our annual celebration of the creativity of NMSU students from across campus. Joy Miller, Curator at the Las Cruces Museum of Art, was juror.
11/14-12/23/2008 ANDY WARHOL'S 15 MINUTES
Polaroid photographs taken by Warhol as preliminary studies for celebrity portraits.