2025 MFA thesis exhibitions

Yale School of Art hosts its annual MFA thesis exhibitions featuring work from all 2025 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.

All thesis exhibitions and receptions are held in the school’s Green Hall Gallery at 1156 Chapel Street, New Haven. 

Members of the public are invited into the galleries for our public receptions taking place on January 24, February 14, March 7, March 28, April 18, and May 16, all from 6–8pm. During regular operating hours the gallery is open only to the Yale Community and their invited accompanied guests. 

Please visit here for the most up-to-date information on our thesis exhibitions. Information and images will be added throughout the semester to this website, and you can learn more about the individual artists and designers that make up the class of 2025.

MFA thesis exhibition + reception dates
Painting/Printmaking MFA Thesis Exhibition Group I: January 20–29, 2025
Public reception: Friday, January 24 from 6–8pm

Painting/Printmaking MFA Thesis Exhibition Group II: February 8–17, 2025
Public reception: Friday, February 14 from 6–8pm

Sculpture MFA Thesis Exhibition Group I: March 1–9, 2025
Public reception: Friday, March 7 from 6–8pm

Sculpture MFA Thesis Exhibition Group II: March 25–April 2, 2025
Public reception: Friday, March 28 from 6–8pm

Photography MFA Thesis Exhibition: April 12–19, 2025
Public reception: Friday, April 18 from 6–8pm

Graphic Design MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 15–20, 2025
Public reception: Friday, May 16 from 6–8pm

Participating artists
Painting/Printmaking: Ana Cláudia Almeida, Bix Archer, Rosa Bozhkov, Claire (Won Jeong) Chey, Taína Cruz, Anietié Ekanem, Lauren Flaaen Flores, Stephanie Rose Guerrero, Erol Scott Harris, Diego León, Rayer Ma, Rose McBurney, Paulina Moncada, Z.T. Nguyen, Hafsa Nouman, Haejin Park, Purvai Rai, Jam Yoo, Nadia Younes.

Sculpture: Nic[o] Brierre Aziz, Brenda Barrios, Helen Liene Dreifelds, Sam Frésquez, Alice Gong Xiaowen, Jesús Hilario-Reyes, Andrew Luk, Gozié Ojini, Alix Vernet, Omer Wasim.

Photography: Vani Bhushan, David Billet, Bella Convertino, Olivia Crumm, Christopher Desanges, Luis Manuel Díaz, Jeremy Grier, Leor Miller, Aliaksandra Tucha, Yumeng Zhu.

Graphic Design: Fatima Al-Kuwari, Aylin Alakbarli, Jaamal Benjamin, Chuye Chen (JUICE), Jiaqian Dai, Shiyun Deng, Theo France-Haggins, Saskia Seraphima Globig, Tomáš Hlava, Katie Johnson, Jeewon Kim, Wendy Li, Youngjin Park, Yi Song, Tom Tang, Allison Yoon, Chaewon You, Coco Shiya Yuan.

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.