April 12 - 30, 2025
From 500X:
“500X Gallery is thrilled to announce the selected artists for College Expo 2025 with jurors Melanie Clemmons and Zak Loyd!
The reception will be held Saturday, April 12 from 6-10pm.
500X is located at 711 N. Britain Rd, Irving Tx 75061.
The Participating artists are:
Hadi Asgharpour,
kate benavidez,
Justin Burns,
Kim Craig,
David Galvan Cruz,
Pablo Alonso Cruz,
Victoria Garcia,
Christina Bridges Glover,
Kaylyn Grace,
Marbella Hernández,
Sayde Kazanova,
Ella Salerno,
Jalen Colton Sanchez,
sophie saumier,
Jason Thing,
Tina Vahed,
Allison Wentworth,
Carolina Yáñez
ABOUT THE JURORS:
Melanie Clemmons and Zak Loyd have partnered since 2009, creating immersive video, laser, and XR installations, crafting internet-based art, and delivering visual experiences for live music in both physical and virtual venues.
Zak Loyd (he/him) is a media artist and educator interested in the mystical implications of video art histories, machine learning technologies, internet culture, and post-truth politics. His intermodal work includes video, installation, performance, crypto-art, and prose. He has shown at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver; Rhizome; The Dallas Museum of Art; Remote Control Gallery, Prague; and Mock Jungle; Bologna, among others. He received his MFA in
Interdisciplinary Media Art Practices from the University of Colorado. He is currently a Visual Art Technician and Adjunct Faculty in New Media Art at the University of North Texas.
Melanie Clemmons (she/her) is a new media artist working in video and installation, net art, and live visual performances. She critically explores internet culture, speculative futures, and digital ethics. Melanie collaborated with renowned activist-artists Pussy Riot on music videos and live
performance visuals, and her work has been showcased nationally and internationally in
exhibitions, tours, and artist residencies. She is an Associate Professor at SMU in Dallas, TX.”
711 North Britain Road
Irving, 75061 TX
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