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RISING STARS ALUMNI
Since the 2013 publication of our very first MFA graduate feature—formerly titled “Invest in Art”—many of the featured artists have gone on to achieve significant acclaim. Discover these talented artists by revisiting past editions of the guide.
This Year’s Selection Committee
MEET OUR CURATORS
Monty Preston is an Associate Curator at Saatchi Art. She graduated summa cum laude with a B.A.Sc in Linguistics and Spanish Language Studies from the University of Toronto, Canada. Monty has previously worked at such industry disrupting startups as The RealReal in San Francisco, and BeautyPie in London.
Aurora Garrison is an Assistant Curator at Saatchi Art. She has a B.A. in Art History and International Affairs from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon and an M.A. in Cultural Heritage Studies from the University of Turin, Italy. Aurora has previously worked at Christie’s in San Francisco and Paddle8 in Los Angeles.
Through revealing and concealing different planes of images, pop culture symbols, and text, Ziping Yang’s paintings question the legitimacy of digitally manufactured identities and the corresponding anxiety surrounding public personas on social media. Born in Shenyang, China, Ziping now resides in New York City and received her BFA from Rhode Island School of Design in Providence and recently obtained her MFA from the Pratt Institute in New York City in 2020. Ziping has exhibited her work at Archway Gallery in Houston, Antraniq Gallery and Collective 131 in New York City, and has been featured in publications such as Hyperallergic and Artnet.