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MFA THESIS SHOW (2024)<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Painting \u2022 Graphic Design \u2022 Sculpture \u2022 Print Media and Photography \u2022 Visual Narrative<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

April 2 – 20, 2024<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

808 Gallery<\/strong> \u2022 Stone Gallery \u2022 Commonwealth Gallery \u2022 1270 Commonwealth Avenue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts<\/strong><\/a> (SVA) presented the Class of 2024 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Thesis Exhibitions, from April 2-20, 2024. The MFA thesis exhibitions<\/a> featured works of graduating students in BU\u2019s MFA programs in Graphic Design<\/a>, Painting<\/a>, Sculpture<\/a>, Print Media & Photography<\/a>, and Visual Narrative<\/a>. This is the first thesis exhibition for the Print Media & Photography and Visual Narrative programs since their launch in 2022. With 61 participating students, the MFA Class of 2024 represents the largest cohort of graduating MFA students in the BU School of Visual Arts.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Julianne Dao,\u00a0Walking Shadows. Collagraph, Chin\u00e9-colle archival inkjet print.<\/em><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sofia Barroso,\u00a0Exploration of Possibilities. Cyanotype on fabric.<\/em><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ella Scheurell,\u00a0Heavy Shoes, Colored pencil, watercolor sharpie on paper.<\/em><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Arjun Lakshmanan,\u00a0The Grand Tour-50 Iterations.\u00a0Digital media.<\/em><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Also new for this year, SVA\u2019s thesis exhibitions have expanded beyond BU and the traditional gallery space. The MFA Painting Thesis Exhibition will be on view at Boston University Art Galleries\u2019<\/a> Faye G., Jo, and James Stone Gallery; BU Art Galleries\u2019 808 Gallery hosts the MFA Print Media & Photography and MFA Graphic Design (Side B<\/em>) Thesis Exhibitions; and the MFA Visual Narrative Thesis Exhibition is taking place at the College of Fine Arts\u2019 Commonwealth Gallery. The MFA Sculpture Thesis Exhibition will be a satellite show off-campus, on view in Allston at 1270 Commonwealth Avenue, an empty space that was once a drugstore and pharmacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mae-Chu Lin O\u2019Connell, Boxmaker (How to build a 36-drawer Wunderkabinett in a week). Plywood, brass knobs, casters, wood screws, wood glue, epoxy, screws, nails, wood putty, and various objects.<\/em><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Liam Coughlin,\u00a0r\/decks. OSB, dimensional lumber, towels, salvaged floor boards, adhesives and fasteners, plastic bags, garbage bags, Gatorade bottle full of spit, PEZ dispenser, sawhorses, sawdust.<\/em><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThese MFA graduate students reveal highly individualized practices informed by culture, locale, historical research, texts, the property of materials, and the body\u2019s relationship to the physical world. The studio is a site of transformation where the expansion of learning and the compression of making meet, as Painting MFA candidate James Gold aptly describes it in his catalog statement,\u201d says Dana Clancy<\/a>, BU School of Visual Arts Director and Associate Professor of Art, \u201cOur graduate Class of 2024 are artists and designers who have weathered much recent cultural change and flux. A sense of experimentation and attention to community are both fostered through intense studio work, dialogue, and shared social time in and across programs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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James Gold,\u00a0Mosaic Excavation with Carpets. Egg tempera, India ink, acrylic gouache, and pigmented gesso on panel.<\/em><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Abbi Kenny,\u00a0Atlantic Cranberry Sauce (courtesy of Weight Watchers). Acrylic, molding paste, acrylic gouache, black pepper, glitter, glass beads, muscovite mica, glass flakes, and yupo collage on canvas.<\/em><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Exhibiting Students by Program<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

MFA Painting<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Cody Robert Hook Bluett \u2022 Sarai Bustos \u2022 Tea Chai Beer \u2022 Huakai Chen \u2022 Natalie Conway \u2022 James Gold \u2022 Abbi Kenny \u2022 Yingxue Daisy Li \u2022 Julia McGehean \u2022 Sayak Mitra \u2022 Linda Obobaifo \u2022 Stephanie Petet \u2022 Jacob Salzer \u2022 Sidharth Shah \u2022 Sophie Thervil \u2022 Ellen Weitkamp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MFA Sculpture<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Helena Abdelnasser \u2022 Liam Coughlin \u2022 Alyssa Grey \u2022 Mae-Chu Lin O\u2019Connell \u2022 Yolanda He Yang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MFA Visual Narrative<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Sandeep Badal \u2022 Lafleche Giasson \u2022 Camila Kerwin \u2022 Ariel Cheng Kohane \u2022 Isabelle Rousseau \u2022 Sadie Saunders \u2022 Ella Scheuerell \u2022 Avanji Vaze \u2022 Xinhui Wang \u2022 Dajia Zhou<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MFA Print Media & Photography<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Sofia Barroso \u2022 Delaney C. Burns \u2022 Julianne Dao \u2022 Emily Taylor Rice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MFA Graphic Design<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Charles Castro \u2022 Yidie Chen (Tica) \u2022 Qianyue Chen (Rachel) \u2022 Kristen Davis \u2022 Alexina Federhen \u2022 Dhwani Gopal Garg \u2022 Ren Lanzi \u2022 Liang Yi Lee (Gloria) \u2022 Chi Wei Lin (Eric) \u2022 Veridiana Monteiro Victorelli \u2022 Carolina Izsak \u2022 Arjun Lakshmanan \u2022 Christine Seungmin Roh \u2022 Raquel Rabines \u2022 Kristina Shumilina \u2022 Weimiao Sun (Davis) \u2022 Arfindo Briyan Santoso \u2022 Mengqi Tuo (Bella) \u2022 Dharshanya Venkataramanan \u2022 Lindsay Towle \u2022 Mengdi Wang (Cornelia) \u2022 Ash Wei \u2022 Xin Yue (Cecilia) \u2022 Yinxue Zou (Lucy) \u2022 Yingchen Zhou (Molly)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Advisors, Chairs, and Collaborators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Lynne Allen<\/a>, Professor of Art, Printmaking, Chair of MFA Print Media & Photography \u2022 Kristen Coogan<\/a>, Associate Professor of Art, Chair of MFA Graphic Design \u2022 Deborah Cornell<\/a>, Professor of Art, Chair of BFA Printmaking \u2022 Joel Christian Gill<\/a>, Associate Professor of Art, Chair of MFA Visual Narrative \u2022 Josephine Halvorson<\/a>, Professor of Art, Chair of MFA Painting \u2022 Toni Pepe<\/a>, Assistant Professor of Art, Chair of Photography \u2022 Christopher Sleboda<\/a>, Associate Professor of Art, Chair of BFA Graphic Design \u2022 David Snyder<\/a>, Assistant Professor of Art, Chair of MFA Sculpture \u2022 Lissa Cramer<\/a>, Director, Boston University Art Galleries \u2022 Dana Clancy<\/a>, Director, School of Visual Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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School of Visual Arts MFA Thesis Exhibitions Feature Work by 61 Artists<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Read More in BU Today<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Meet some of artists from the inaugural class of BU’s MFA program in Visual Narrative<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This week, WBUR speaks with two Boston University students who are presenting their work to become the school’s first Masters of Fine Arts graduates in visual narrative, as well as the chair of the MFA program in visual narrative Joel Christian Gill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen in WBUR<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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BU MFA Exhibition \u201cSculpturecore\u201d Takes to an Abandoned CVS to Probe at What Lies Beneath the Surface<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the off-campus show in Allston, Boston University sculpture students have created a haven that is both nostalgic and surreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read More in BOSTON ART REVIEW<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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