The 2016 PEM, Mount Royal, Hoffberger, and Rinehart MFA Thesis Exhibits
By Alex Ebstein
The campus exhibitions of MICA’s 2016 PEM, Mount Royal, Hoffberger and Rinehart MFA candidates filled the galleries in both the Fred Lazarus IV Center and Fox Buildings.
Students worked with the conventional and stranger spaces, creatively tucking work under stairs, along wheelchair ramps and along movable, temporary walls. Large-scale works and involved installations most commonly unified the shows overall, and standouts included a maximal installation of paintings by Aschely Vaughn Cone, a pair of installations by Francisca Carvalho and Doohyun Yoon, and a room of video works by Lydia Lee.
Photos below:
Large, abstract paintings by Alfsonso Fernandez – Hoffberger
Installation by Alice Gadzinski – Rinehart
Marybeth Chew – Hoffberger
Minimal, quirky installation by Francisca Carvalho – Mount Royal
Alana Cooksey – Mount Royal
Josh Sender – Mount Royal
Alex Schechter – Rinehart
Another successful Sarah Sze-esque installation by Mount Royal MFA Candidate Doohyun Yoon (above and below)
Mary Molony’s beaded, elaborate animals (above and two below) – Rinehart
Alex Grabiec above and below
An exceptionally great installation of large and small paintings propped on platforms and shelves by Aschely Vaughn Cone (above and below) – Hoffberger
Heather Braxton – PEM
Amber Eve Anderson’s installation above and virtual reality below – Mount Royal
Daniel Stratis sculptures above and below
Interactive installation by Sutton Demlong above and below – Rinehart
Danni Tsuboi tent/video installation – Mount Royal
Lydia Lee’s kissing videos
Rea Martin above and below – Mount Royal
Eric Elmasian Borja, above and below
Sarah Al Haddad – Rinehart
Yi Li – PEM
Jie Zhang – PEM
MICA MFA exhibition recaps are written with support from the MICA Graduate Studies Office.
