Art & Art History

The National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C, is currently featuring photography by Subhankar Banerjee, professor of art and founder and director of The University of New Mexico’s Center for Environmental Arts & Humanities, in the Beneath the Surface:...

Four UNM alumni earn prestigious NMDIG grants for film projects  Four University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts alumni have been selected as 2026 grant recipients for the New Mexico Documentary Incubator Grant, placing them amongst a cohort of very...

University of New Mexico art professor Jessamyn Lovell has been selected for a summer residency at the MacDowell in Peterborough, N.H., one of the nation’s most competitive artist residency programs.

Jessamyn Lovell, a principal lecturer in UNM’s art department, is a gender-fluid artist and licensed private investigator based in Albuquerque.  Their recent photography project, How to Become Invisible, was recognized and featured in LENSCRATCH, a...

Ray Hernández-Durán, an art history professor in UNM’s Art Department in the College of Fine Arts, was recently named Regents' Professor. 

Kaitlin Bryson, a lecturer in UNM’s art department, was selected recently to take part in the 2026 cohort of Monument Lab Re:Generation. She received a $100,000 grant for her ongoing project, Bellow Forth. 

Assistant Professor Stephanie J. Woods is an interdisciplinary art professor in The University of New Mexico’s art department, teaching in the sculpture and expanded practice area. She spent the summer of 2025 at the prestigious Bemis Center for the...

After graduating from The University of New Mexico with MFA from the College of Fine Arts in 2022, Kerry Cottle relocated to Sacramento, Calif. where she has continued to expand her studio practice while teaching and engaging with local arts...

The UNM Department of Art has recognized undergraduate student Chelsea Snow as the recipient of the Reggie Behl Award. The award includes a $1,000 cash prize and is presented annually to a student whose drawing portfolio demonstrates exceptional skill,...

Polynesian seafarers could navigate the vast Pacific Ocean and find their way home or to other islands by reading water, currents, stars and environmental clues. From these signs, they knew approximately where they were, how to get home and where they...