25–26 BLAFFER ART MUSEUM EXHIBITION

Soledad Salamé: Camouflage 
October 18, 2025 – March 15, 2026 

Acts of environmental violence, from the casual to the catastrophic, seem to grow more commonplace and inconspicuous by the day. At the same time that consumer branding touting taglines of “natural, green, and eco-friendly” gain increasing currency in the marketplace, big business and industry continue to churn through natural resources with little consequence or regard. Global summits and regulation continually fail to gain traction or compliance in response, and eco-activists hurling paint upon art history feels daftly counterproductive. In this fraught context, Chilean-American artist Soledad Salame proposes a poetic form of intervention marrying art, research, and re-invention. Locating moments when nature’s resilience meets human resourcefulness, she works with an evolving team of scientific and ecological collaborators to create works as repositories of labor, resistance and reflection.

Image credit: Soledad Salamé, Antenna, 2014, Silkscreen & relief printing on 600gm Fabriano paper. Courtesy of the artist. 

An Uncanny In-Between | Curated by Sso-Rha Kang 
January 10 – March 14, 2026 

The Uncanny In-Between is an exhibition and archival project that explores a diverse range of works from five Korean ceramic artists that negotiate the complexities of bicultural identities and perspectives. Despite the commonality of Korean heritage, these artists navigate the nuances of cross-cultural influences culling from personal, familial, and cultural histories. This exhibition will showcase subversive forms that playfully weave mythology, traditional techniques, and technological interventions.

Image credit: Lorena Molina, How Blue from the series How Blue, 2018, Chromogenic print. Courtesy of the artist. 

Mud + Corn + Stone + Blue  
January 10 2026 - March 14, 2026

Told through a constellation of places and temporal back-and-forths, Mud + Corn + Stone + Blue traces stories of the entangled lands of the United States and Central America. The traveling exhibition hinges on major conflicts that have scarred the region since the 1960s and how their histories are entwined with that of U.S. agriculture through the corn industry. Mud + Corn + Stone + Blue is a traveling exhibition curated by Laura Augusta, PhD. It is produced by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York in collaboration with the Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for Visual Arts at The University of Texas at El Paso. Mud + Corn + Stone + Blue is made possible with the generous support of ICI’s Board of Trustees and International Forum. It is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Image credit: Hayun Surl, Along the Way,2024, ceramics, metal. Courtesy of the Artist

Spring 2026 at the Blaffer Art Museum

UH School of Art 48th Annual MFA Thesis Exhibition | Opening March 26th
March 27 - April 18, 2026

2026 UH School of Art Annual Student Exhibition | Opening April 30th
May 1 - 16, 2026