By TENA COOK, CSC MARKETING COORDINATOR
CHADRON – The Spring 2025 Chadron State College Senior Art Show features work by Angelyse Liliana Perez and Hannah Wohl. The show opens in Memorial Hall’s Main Gallery Monday, March 24 and will close April 11. The public is invited to a reception April 10 from 4 to 6 p.m. in Memorial Hall. Hours for the gallery are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Perez is a Studio Arts major. She works with two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and some digital media. She was born in Salem, Oregon, raised in the Newcastle, Wyoming, area, and graduated from Newcastle High School in 2022.
“In this show, I put in many different mediums I have experimented with through my time as a student. I work from oil paint to acrylic, charcoal to pencil, digital to sculptural. Each one showcases a different window into myself, a reflection into multiple facets of my identity,” Perez said.
She said self-discovery and healing were her inspiration for the show.
“I’m using art as a way to cope with and react to the outside world and my own inside world. I have many self-portraits, many which are obvious visually, but others are more abstract. In order to heal, I have to confront my mind and break apart the fabrics of a distorted reality to find my true self,” Perez said.
She said she sees art as a unique framework for conversations.
“It’s a translator for anyone and everyone. It’s a tool others can utilize to express themselves in new and unconventional ways. So many topics can be covered and brought attention to from one stroke, one line, one pixel that we make. And that’s why I love it,” Perez said.
Her future plans are to work in a gallery or a studio under another artist or on a team with others.
“I would love to find a place where people appreciate and challenge each other’s perspectives and experiences but still help one another grow,” she said.
Wohl, a Hay Spring native, is exhibiting photography and computer illustrations plus a few other media types.
She said her art explores mental health themes not usually discussed in public or explored in art such as the struggles related to depression and anxiety.
“You can see these themes in various ways throughout my art. In some pieces, it’s right-in-your-face and in others, it is much more subtly mentioned,” Wohl said.
Wohl said her grandfather was inspiration to enter the field of art.
“He was a photographer for the last 30-40 years of his life and inspired me to become a photographer, as well. He pushed me in ways that nobody else has ever done before and encouraged me to pursue any art that was calling for me,” Wohl said.
She said everyday scenes also inspire her.
“I am inspired by my cats sleeping in the window, the wind blowing leaves down the road, my mental health and whatever existential crisis I’m going through at the moment,” Wohl said. “Sometimes it’s only fleeting things so my art shows that with quick paces, lots of colors and thick lines. Other times, it stays much longer with more controlled strokes, colors that make sense with the theme, some identifiable subject. Or it’s a mixture of everything all at once.”
Wohl said her art has both a surface level and an analyzation level.
“You are able to enjoy it for what it is, without having to look any deeper but if you do look deeper, you’ll find little hints of something more. It’s meant to confuse the viewer a bit. That is what I want; people left questioning my art. The world doesn’t make sense in so many ways and so many people have questions about topics. This includes everything from conspiracy theories to a child trying to figure out how their fingers and toes work,” Wohl said.
Her major is graphic design with a minor in business. She expects to graduate in May 2026, and then seek a position as a social media manager.