MFA thesis exhibitions 2019

Yale School of Art hosts its annual MFA thesis exhibitions featuring work from all 2019 MFA degree candidates across the school’s four departments: painting/printmaking, sculpture, photography, and graphic design. The culmination of two years of intensive artistic development, the six exhibitions showcase the results of a studio-based education integrated within a broad pedagogical framework that stresses the significance of critical practice. All thesis exhibitions and receptions are open to the public and located in the school’s Green Hall Gallery at 1156 Chapel Street, New Haven.

MFA thesis exhibition dates

Painting/Printmaking Group One: February 2–8
Reception: Saturday, February 2, 6–8pm

Painting/Printmaking Group Two: February 15–22
Reception: Saturday, February 16, 6–8pm

Sculpture Group One: March 8–15
Reception: Saturday, March 9, 6–8pm

Sculpture Group Two: March 29–April 6
Reception: Saturday, April 6, 6–8pm

Photography: April 25–May 5
Reception: Saturday, May 4, 6–8pm

Graphic Design: May 10–22
Reception: Saturday, May 18, 6–8pm

Participating artists

Painting/Printmaking Group One:
Kim Altomare, Braeden Bailey, Gabrielle D’Angelo, Phoebe Helander, Lyndsey Marko, Emile Mausner, Amaryllis Moleski, Esteban Ramon Perez, Dominic Phillips, Tajh-Jamal Rust

Painting/Printmaking Group Two:
Ana Benaroya, Jacob Todd Broussard, Edi Dai, Alexander Gibson, Ian Goldsborough, Rebecca Ness, Lauren Quin, Leila Seyedzadeh, Michael Shultis, Blair Whiteford

Sculpture Group One:
Emilie Gossiaux, Nicki Cherry, Coral Saucedo, Diego Palacios, Petra Hjartardottir

Sculpture Group Two:
Kristoffer Ala-Ketola, Azza El Siddique, Kerri Conlon, Alfredo Diaz, Catalina Ouyang, Suzanna Zak

Photography: 
Sara Abbaspour, Genesis Baez, Molly Berman, Felix Davey, Brian Galderisi, Rodrigo Lopez, Kaitlin Maxwell, Chase Middleton, Angel Pedro, Kanthy Peng

Graphic Design: 
Tania Alvarez, Micah Barrett, Severin Bunse, Evan Chang, Hyungseuk Cho, DhoYee Chung, Simone Cutri, Emma Gregoline, Willis Kingery, David Knowles, Zhongkai Li, Rosa McElheny, Zack Robbins, Haeok Shin, Soomin Shon, Hua Shu, Liyan Zhao

About Yale School of Art
Yale School of Art provides students with intellectually informed, hands-on instruction in the practice of an array of visual arts media within the context of a liberal arts university. As a part of the first institution of higher learning to successfully integrate a studio-based education into such a broad pedagogical framework, the Yale School of Art has a long and distinguished history of training artists of the highest caliber. A full-time faculty of working artists in conjunction with a diverse cross-section of accomplished visiting artists collaborate to design a program and foster an environment where the unique talents and perspectives of individual students can emerge and flourish.

The school currently offers graduate degrees and undergraduate majors in the areas of graphic design, painting/printmaking, photography, and sculpture.