UMass Boston

The University Hall Gallery is closed during the summer break from June through August. 

We will reopen on September 21st with artist crystal bi's solo-exhibition thousands of horizons, endlessly returning.

Read more about this project and bi's Triennial Public Art Accelerator project perfect memory at our most recent press release here. 

crystal bi, photo by Tarik Bartel

crystal bi 

perfect memory 

a public art installation floating in Dorchester Bay 

thousands of horizons,  endlessly returning

a solo-exhibition in the University Hall Gallery

Dates and Locations:

8.11.26 – 9.11.26

perfect memory 

crystal bi’s Triennial Public Art Accelerator project

a floating installation on the ocean in Dorchester Bay 

off of UMass Boston’s Fox Point Pavillion and Boat Dock 

visible from the Boston Harborwalk 

GPS pin for sculpture’s location

9.21.26 – 12.12.26

thousands of horizons, endlessly returning

a solo-exhibition by crystal bi featuring perfect memory

at the University Hall Gallery, curated by Sam Toabe

GPS pin for the gallery

Public Programs:

Thursday 8.13.26 from 6-8pm                         

public reception of perfect memory installed at Fox Point 

in collaboration with the Triennial’s Public Art Accelerator 

sunset picnic with optional kayaking tours of the sculpture

free and open to the public

location: UMass Boston's Fox Point Pavilion

register here: Eventbrite link

Friday 9.25.26 from 5-8pm

opening reception for thousands of horizons, endlessly returning 

free and open to the public

location: UMass Boston’s University Hall Gallery

About the two projects:

perfect memory is a public art installation on the ocean of Dorchester Bay by Boston-based artist crystal bi, produced during their participation in the Triennial’s Public Art Accelerator program, and complimented by a wide ranging set of public programs and an extended solo-exhibition at the University Hall Gallery. Inspired by Toni Morrison’s resonant quote, that “all water has perfect memory,” bi has created a sculpture and series of public engagements that invite viewers to, in their words, “give gratitude to those that have dreamed us here and explore our own dreams for the future.” 

The artwork takes form as a sculpture, a floating raft made of metal, plastic floats, marine flag fabric, rope, and bamboo. A combination of contemporary and ancient building materials, the structure engages with the Taiwanese traditions of building and floating lanterns and bamboo rafts to honor ancestors during the Ghost Festival. bi will be traveling to Taiwan this August to experience first-hand this ritual that has inspired her work. perfect memory offers our audiences chances to honor our ancestors and passed loved ones, to connect with diasporic traditions and rituals, and engage with memory as an emotive and creative act.

perfect memory will be launched at Carson Beach on August 10th as part of the Department of Public Imagination’s 4th annual Dream and Rest Activation, which bi leads with their collaborator Dzidzor Azaglo. It will then be towed across the waters of our campus to Fox Point and anchored off the shore of UMass Boston’s south-west shore, visible from the Harborwalk at the gps link here, where it will rest and float until September 11th. The sculpture will then be taken out of the water and installed in the University Hall Gallery, suspended from the ceiling, to be featured as the anchor point of a solo-exhibition by bi curated by our Gallery Director Sam Toabe. The exhibition, entitled thousands of horizons, endlessly returning, will document and celebrate the sculpture, its creation, launching, floating, and activation of the project, on view from 9.21.26 – 12.12.26. Alongside the sculpture will be interactive elements, ephemera, photography, video, and public programs.

The public reception for the exhibition will be Friday 9.25.26 from 5-8 pm. More programs will be announced this fall. If you would like to request a tour or propose a classroom visit to the exhibition, please email us at UHGallery@umb.edu

For more information about the exhibition exchange, or to schedule a visit, please email us at UHGallery@umb.edu

On view now:

Lan Tuazon's Matters of Consequence is now on view in the University Hall Atrium at UMass Boston as part of Arts on the Point in collaboration with the Boston Public Art Triennial

On View: March 2026 - March 2027

Current students and alumni are encouraged to submit proposals for free public programs at the link here. 

About Matters of Consequence:

Arts on the Point and University Hall Gallery are proud to share that we are partnering again with the Boston Public Art Triennial. Through this partnership, we will be welcoming internationally renowned artist Lan Tuazon to develop and install her artwork Matters of Consequence in the atrium of University Hall, with participation and programming produced by UMass Boston students.

Matters of Consequence was inspired by a 15th-century painting of a “studiolo,” a private space for study and reflection. This artwork becomes a platform for conversation, workshops, and exchanging materials and ideas, a public place for practicing climate-conscious behavior. It also serves as a pedestal to honor the work of student groups at UMass Boston who are creating their own social systems through art practices, sustainability, mutual aid, food access, health, and fitness. The installation supports reflection on the impact of individual consumption and invites visitors into shared storytelling, “deep hanging out,” and survival strategies drawn from lived experience.

For more information, please email us at UHGallery@umb.edu