Jude Williams, class of 2026

*This exhibition is displayed in the Magale Library lobby.

Thoughtfully reflecting on chaos and uncontrollable events, without succumbing to it and letting it overtake you, allows you to appreciate the joy inside it and give it meaning in retrospect.

This work is focused on the paradox of contradictory emotions throughout a lived experience. Grief and pain exist side by side with joy and beauty, often in a reflective nature. Curiosity, loss, and love fluctuate through a person’s life like the seasons. This exhibition explores these concepts through painting, drawing, collaging, assemblage sculpture, and poetry.

Throughout this exhibition, the red that borders each piece represents the chaos that attempts to confine you to the physical world. These borders also mimic the framing of the artist’s glasses, a nod to their constant perspective and lens on life. The four seasons represent joy, the passage of time, and inevitable cycles of life, leading to reflection and meditative self-examination of these universal human experiences that we face in our own time.

Spring, 2026, mixed media