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Exploring Art: Marisa Demarco, Szu-Han Ho, and Raven Chacon’s “Tiguex”

Alumni Spotlight, Art, Faculty Spotlight

Marisa Demarco is an installation and performance artist, musician, and composer based in Albuquerque, N.M. Demarco received her MFA in Experimental Art & Technology from the University of New Mexico in 2022. She is also a journalist and works as a national editor...

Experimental Art & Technology Faculty Shine in “Signal and Trace” Exhibition

Art, Faculty Spotlight

This summer, faculty from Experimental Art & Technology are making waves in the Albuquerque Journal, written by Logan Royce Beitman. “Signal & Trace” highlights artworks at the intersection of human experience and technological mediation, engaging...

MFA Student Luc Biscan-White and alum Miguel Lastra at SOMA Summer 2025

Art, Student Spotlight

This summer, we’re excited to share that two of our talented students had the incredible opportunity to attend SOMA Summer 2025 in Mexico City! Luc Biscan-White, a current MFA student, and Miguel Lastra, an alum, both participated in this immersive program. Luc...

MFA Photography Alumni, Anna Rotty and Brianna Tadeo, Selected for “FORECAST 2025” at SF Camerawork

Alumni Spotlight, Art

“Sun Bent Sediment,” double-sided pigment print photograph, acrylic mirror, dry mud flake collected from Rio Grande, Albuquerque, NM, 85”x42”x9”, 2024 The Department of Art is thrilled to congratulate MFA Photography alumni Anna Rotty and Brianna Tadeo on the...

What the land knows: the Radical Art ▽ Ecology Lab (RAVEL) in and around Los Alamos

Art, Faculty Spotlight, Student Spotlight

The UNM Department of Art’s RAVEL Lab was featured in a recent e-flux journal article by Brian Karl. Published on June 13, 2025, as part of e-flux Education’s mid-June focus on U.S. institutions across the South and Southwest, the feature spotlights the RAVEL Lab...