University Gallery

The University Gallery is a contemporary art gallery that serves the Art & Design Department, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, as well as the city of Lowell and the greater Merrimack Valley Region. The gallery hosts 4-6 major exhibitions each year, including the biannual B.F.A. show featuring the senior projects from the Art & Design studios. From emerging artists to seasoned practitioners with national and international reputations, the University Gallery's exhibition program showcases a broad variety of artistic approaches, media and content reflecting the curricula of the Art & Design program and enhancing the cultural environment of the community and surrounding area.

The University Gallery is located on the first floor of Mahoney Hall at 870 Broadway Street, Lowell, Mass.

Gallery Exhibitions: Admission is free and opening receptions usually include a lecture by the curator or exhibiting artist.

—GRAPHIES

by Radius Collective

January 21 – March 8, 2025
Artist’s Talk: Thursday, January 30, 2025, 3:30 - 5 p.m.
Reception: Thursday, January 30, 2025, 5 - 6:30 p.m

—graphies: a suffix denoting the processes or forms of drawing, writing, representing, recording, or describing, or an art or science concerned with such processes.

The UMass Lowell Department of Art & Design is thrilled to present —GRAPHIES, which will be on view from January 21 – March 8, 2025. There will be artist talks on Thursday, January 30 from 3:30 - 5 p.m in the Smith Ballroom of Coburn Hall at 850 Broadway Street in Lowell. There is also a virtual option for the artist talks on Zoom. A reception will follow in the University Gallery from 5 - 6:30 p.m.

—GRAPHIES is a repository of nine studies in context and connection. Leveraging a range of media, each artist records and represents their personal —graphy, exposing a memory, observation, or daily experience that calls for a closer look.

Critical exploration of old monuments meets the analysis of a new mom’s wardrobe. A study of family names parallels unanswered questions about the meaning of home. Moon-like rock sculptures find new context alongside documentation of the fight to preserve a community garden, and abstracted landscapes contrast patterned knits.

Radius Collective:

Radius Collective is an international body of artists, designers, and educators, creating work that engages in critical discourse around identity, place, and connection.

James Barkley, Massimiliano Cerioni, Padmini Chandrasekaran, Joshua Duttweiler, Christopher Field, Sarah Cadigan-Fried, Vaishnavi Kumar, Molly Haig, Kristen Mallia

For more information:
Visit the Radius Collective website
Instagram: @radiuscollective

Together, the works in —GRAPHIES offer a map of intertwining questions and contexts.