Annually, the Columbia University School of the Arts Visual Arts Program presents thesis and first-year exhibitions at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. These exhibitions encompass work by artists who have completed their first and final year of the Visual Arts MFA Program.
Due to COVID-19, both in-person exhibitions, which were scheduled to be held spring 2020, have been postponed until it is safe to do so. New dates will be announced on our website.
The students, faculty, and staff of the Visual Arts Program are excited to share artworks from the MFA classes of 2020 and 2021 with you. Please join us in celebrating a new generation of artists during this challenging but also hopeful time.
MFA Thesis Exhibition / MFA First-Year Exhibition
Matthew Buckingham
Chair, Visual Arts Program
Participating Artists
Class of 2020
Sound Art: Rosana Cabán, Lauren Covey, Julian Day, and Joan Hacker
Visual Arts: Aika Akhmetova, Henry Anker, Catalina Antonio Granados, Roni Aviv, Patrick Bayly, Eric Brittain, Fontaine Capel, Susan Chen, Joanna Cortez, Mónica Félix, Baris Gokturk, Jenn Hassin, Yifan Jiang, Clare Koury, Wai Lau, Yushan Liu, Paula Lycan, Cara Lynch, Erica Mao, James J.A. Mercer, Kathryn Ann Miller, Bradley Pitts, Stipan Tadić, Kiyomi Quinn Taylor, Meredith Pence Wilson, Mark Yang, and Yi Sa-Ra
Class of 2021
Sound Art: Avishag Cohen Rodrigues, Timothy Kwasny, and Yixuan Shao
Visual Arts: Rasel Ahmed, Lindsey Brittain, Ivana Carman, Kaela Mei-Chee Chambers, Kevin Claiborne, Noga Cohen, Ian Decker, Danielle Gottesman, Juan Hernández, Erin Holland, Priscilla Jeong, Bicheng Liang, Joseph Liatela, Keli Safia Maksud, Raphaela Melsohn, Sergio Miguel, Farah Mohammad, Keika Okamoto, Diana Palermo, Júlia Pontés, Ava Ravich, Denisse Griselda Reyes, John Rivas, Christen Shea, Khari Turner, Raelis Vasquez, and Yuri Yuan
