Brandon Buckner is in his third year of the MFA program in painting at the University of Iowa. His current paintings focus on building narratives from his own personal history and background.
Born in 1970 in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, Larassa would go on to earn a B.F.A. with honors from Iowa State University in 1992. Larassa's work has been seen all over Iowa and Michigan. Larassa is currently an instructor at the Des Moines Art Center and…
Ingrid Lilligren, named after a family friend who was an artist, was born in Springfield, Ohio. She earned a B.F.A. at the University of Wisconsin in River Falls in 1980. She received her M.F.A. in 1986 from Claremont Graduate School in Claremont,…
River Branch received her B.A. in Psychology in 1990 from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. She is currently working on her M.F.A. in Film and Video Production at the University of Iowa. River has created seven films including Conditioned Love, from…
Laura Young is a landscape and still life painter and currently lives in Iowa City, Iowa where she is an Associate Adjunct Professor in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa. She has won numerous fellowships and awards and has…
Julia Ciaccio was born outside of Chicago to her mother the painter, and her father the pianist. With art flowing through her veins, she began painting at an early age. Challenging her love of the Windy City, she chose to study at the University…
Nadija Mustapic is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Iowa Printmaking Department. After finishing her BFA at the University of Rijeka, in her native Croatia, she lived in Venice, Italy. She has exhibited in group shows in Croatia,…
Missy Fauser received her BA in Art and Psychology at Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in May of 2002, and her MA in Art Therapy from Southwestern College in November of 2004.
Diana Behl receieved a BFA from Bowling Green State University in December 2001. She is presently an MFA candidate in Printmaking at the University of Iowa.
