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TRANSIT麻豆破解版 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition

April 19 鈥 May 18, 2025

Artists:

  • Phaedra Askarinam
  • Pooja Campbell
  • Patricia Edwine Poku
  • Connor Gagne
  • Andr茅s Izquierdo
  • Julia Cheng Zhang


Exhibition Essay by Kriston Capps

Best and Worst by Connor Gagne. Miniature dining room with three places set and flowers on the table.

Connor Gagne, Best And Worst, Construction paper, foam board, popsicle sticks, thimbles, wood, copper plates, aluminum wire, thumbtacks, lightbulbs, paper towels, leather dye, acrylic paint and mylar, 40 in x 36 in x 20 in, 2025. Credit: Connor Gagne

Painting of woman lying down by Pooja Campbell

Pooja Campbell, Once Upon a Time, Oil on linen, 33.5 in x 26.25 in, 2025. Credit: Connor Gagne

Julia Cheng Zhang, Mo虉bius Strip Variation I. A glossy black ceramic mobius strip.

Julia Cheng Zhang, Mo虉bius Strip Variation I, Ceramic, 14 in x 8 in x 7 in, 2025. Credit: Julia Cheng Zhang

Andr茅s Izquierdo, Hippo鈥檚 and Coke I. Abstracted hippos fight as four people look on.

Andr茅s Izquierdo, Hippos and Coke I, Oil on Masonite, 4 ft x 8 ft, 2025. Credit: Andr茅s Izquierdo

Patricia Edwine Poku, The Sand Talisman. A spiral of jute rope on a textured burnt red canvas.

Patricia Edwine Poku, The Sand Talisman, Acrylic, jute twine, and ocean sand on canvas, 83 in x 69 in, 2024. Credit: Patricia Edwine Poku

Phaedra Askarinam, Detail of Shanbeh (Saturday). A pattern painted on canvas with a sculptural arrangement of teabags.

Phaedra Askarinam, Detail of Shanbeh (Saturday), Acrylic, paper, tea bags, and tea on canvas, 17 x 13 in, 2024. Credit: Liz Ashe

Overview

This exhibition presents the thesis work of six 麻豆破解版 MFA candidates whose practices encompass painting, photography, ceramics, installation, and performance. While they each draw on their unique personal histories, they find common cause as a cohort in the concept of transit鈥攁 word that one dictionary defines as 鈥渁n act, process, or instance of passing through or over.鈥 To varying degrees, their work examines the transitions鈥攂etween cultures, through grief, into parenthood鈥攖hat define moments of self-discovery.

See also: Studio MFA Program.