We would like to see your best, finished, fully realized work, please. We do not ask for sketchbooks or process work.

The UCLA Art faculty strongly prefer a “less is more” approach here. Here is an FAQ of how to approach presentation formats and showing off different angles of work.

If you go to this link and scroll all the way down to the bottom, there are videos that the department has prepared. They cover:

What are you looking for in applicant portfolios and supplemental statements?

Is it better to include work all in one medium, or do you want to see a range of work?

I want to be an Art major, but I haven’t taken many, or any, classes in Art. How do you suggest I build my portfolio?

Are there any tips you can offer for choosing pieces for my portfolio? Any common mistakes I should avoid in putting together my portfolio?

It’s absolutely fine if your portfolio shows one medium. It’s absolutely fine if you don’t have drawings or paintings. If your portfolio is all photography, all sculpture, all new genres work, etc., this works for the faculty because they are looking for your skills, investment, concepts, and creativity relative to your fine arts medium.