MCAD MFA Visual Studies

This week, we're posting about all @mcadmfa MFA graduating students' Thesis work! Pictured is the work of: Shuyi Wu (She/Her) @crybaby.shushu “A poetic picture book about distance, longing, and the space between us.” This year's MFA exhibition takes place in the MFA Gallery - 2201 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Public Visiting Hours: May 9–10, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. May 16–17, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. Public Reception - the big party! Friday, May 15, 6:00–9:00 p.m. #MCADmfa #MakeMCAD #MFAexhibition #ThesisExhibition #Poetry #DigitalIllustration #ColoredPencilArt #VisualPoetry #PoeticIllustration #MinneapolisArt #MPLSart #MFAthesis #ArtGallery #EmergingArtist #Storytelling #BookArts #MixedMediaArt #Printmaking #ArtistBook #PublishingDesign #GraphicArts #FineArtIllustration #TextAndImage #GalleryOpening #StudioPractice #CreativeProcess #ArtExhibition #ContemporaryArt

This week, we're posting about all @mcadmfa MFA graduating students' Thesis work! Pictured is the work of: Shimeng Wei (She/Her) @swei1019 Where We Meet is a poetic illustration project following a lost bird’s journey from a desolate world to a luminous realm, exploring memory, wonder, and self-discovery. This year's MFA exhibition takes place in the MFA Gallery - 2201 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Public Visiting Hours: May 9–10, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. May 16–17, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. Public Reception - the big party! Friday, May 15, 6:00–9:00 p.m. #MCADmfa #MakeMCAD #MFAexhibition #ThesisExhibition #Poetry #DigitalIllustration #ColoredPencilArt #VisualPoetry #PoeticIllustration #MinneapolisArt #MPLSart #MFAthesis #ArtGallery #EmergingArtist #Storytelling #BookArts #MixedMediaArt #Printmaking #ArtistBook #PublishingDesign #GraphicArts #FineArtIllustration #TextAndImage #GalleryOpening #StudioPractice #CreativeProcess #ArtExhibition #ContemporaryArt

This week, we're posting about all @mcadmfa MFA graduating students' Thesis work! Pictured is the work of: Riv Shapiro (They/Them) @kohenet.riv Part fluid dynamics investigation, part ritual performance, Dreams of Melting Ice is an invitation to give way to the healing wisdom of our individual and collective water-bodies. This year's MFA exhibition takes place in the MFA Gallery - 2201 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Public Visiting Hours: May 9–10, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. May 16–17, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. Public Reception - the big party! Friday, May 15, 6:00–9:00 p.m. #MCADmfa #MakeMCAD #MFAexhibition #ThesisExhibition #VideoArt #SoundArt #InstallationArt #ArtInstallation #PerformanceArt #RitualPerformance #FluidDynamics #VideoInstallation #Printmaking #SiteSpecificArt #ContemporaryArt #FineArt #ModernArt #ArtGallery #Artexhibition #ArtShow #ExperimentalArt #EmergingArtist #MinneapolisArt #MPLSart #MFAthesis #VisualArt #Soundscape #WaterBodies

This week, we're posting about all @mcadmfa MFA graduating students' Thesis work! Pictured is the work of: Becky Mutrux (She/Her) @becky_mutrux “My thesis is an installation of fluorescent, screen-printed signs that address the experience of the gradual acclimation to a new place and culture, which I first experienced when I moved to Korea in 2004.” This year's MFA exhibition takes place in the MFA Gallery - 2201 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Public Visiting Hours: May 9–10, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. May 16–17, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. Public Reception - the big party! Friday, May 15, 6:00–9:00 p.m. #MCADmfa #MakeMCAD #MFAexhibition #ThesisExhibition #ScreenPrinting #Printmaking #Serigraphy #InstallationArt #ArtInstallation #SiteSpecificArt #ContemporaryArt #FineArt #ModernArt #ArtGallery #Artexhibition #ArtShow #SpatialDesign #ContemporaryArtist #EmergingArtist #MinneapolisArt #MPLSart #MFAthesis #VisualArt #GraphicArt #TypographyArt #FluorescentArt #NeonColors #CulturalIdentity #WayfindingArt #SenseOfPlace

This week, we're posting about all @mcadmfa MFA graduating students' Thesis work! Pictured is the work of: Cath Molina (She/Her) @cathstar7 “Sosteniendo” is an attempt at a first-time animation that follows a traveler who carries others’ burdens as backpacks, until her own load becomes unbearable, toggling between the fragile balance between care for others and care for self. This year's MFA exhibition takes place in the MFA Gallery - 2201 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Public Visiting Hours: May 9–10, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. May 16–17, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. Public Reception - the big party! Friday, May 15, 6:00–9:00 p.m. #MCADmfa #MakeMCAD #MFAexhibition #ThesisExhibition #AnimationArt #ShortFilm #VisualStorytelling #Animation #CharacterDesign #InstallationArt #ArtInstallation #ImmersiveArt #SiteSpecificArt #ContemporaryArt #FineArt #ModernArt #ArtGallery #Artexhibition #ArtShow #SculptureArt #SpatialDesign #ContemporaryArtist #EmergingArtist #MinneapolisArt #MPLSart #MFAthesis #ArtObject #VisualArt

This week, we're posting about all @mcadmfa MFA graduating students' Thesis work! Pictured is the work of: Ranran Hu (She/Her) @ranran_hu_art “My work explores how individuals, shaped by caregiving environments characterized by insecure attachment and by conditions of continual mobility, construct a sense of security through their perception and imagination of the spaces they inhabit, and how they define the meaning of their existence by situating themselves within the larger spatial framework of the cosmos.” This year's MFA exhibition takes place in the MFA Gallery - 2201 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Public Visiting Hours: May 9–10, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. May 16–17, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. Public Reception - the big party! Friday, May 15, 6:00–9:00 p.m. #MCADmfa #MakeMCAD #MFAexhibition #ThesisExhibition #InstallationArt #ArtInstallation #ImmersiveArt #SiteSpecificArt #ContemporaryArt #FineArt #ModernArt #ArtGallery #Artexhibition #ArtShow #FineArtPhotography #SculptureArt #SpatialDesign #Painting #ContemporaryArtist #ArtOfTheDay #EmergingArtist #MinneapolisArt #MPLSart #MFAthesis #ArtObject #VisualArt

This week, we're posting about all @mcadmfa MFA graduating students' Thesis work! Pictured is the work of: Courtney Hammer (She/They) @court_ta_torte “Nurture is a garden-themed installation representing my journey through polycystic ovarian syndrome; opening with my coping mechanism of sugar, to learning what my body needs to thrive, then finally blossoming into an understanding of myself through consistent care.” This year's MFA exhibition takes place in the MFA Gallery - 2201 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Public Visiting Hours: May 9–10, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. May 16–17, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. Public Reception - the big party! Friday, May 15, 6:00–9:00 p.m. #MCADmfa #MakeMCAD #MFAexhibition #ThesisExhibition #InstallationArt #ArtInstallation #ImmersiveArt #SiteSpecificArt #ContemporaryArt #FineArt #ModernArt #ArtGallery #Artexhibition #ArtShow #BotanicalArt #FloralInstallation #NatureInspiredArt #PCOSAwareness #ArtAndHealing #SculptureArt #MinneapolisArt #MPLSart #MFAthesis #ArtStudioLife #ArtOfTheDay #VisualArt

This week, we're posting about all @mcadmfa MFA graduating students' Thesis work! Pictured is the work of: Graciela DeAnda (She/Her) @gracieladeanda23 An immersive installation that bears witness to migration by transforming personal objects, sound, and space into memory-centered environments reflecting what is carried, endured, and remembered. This year's MFA exhibition takes place in the MFA Gallery - 2201 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Public Visiting Hours: May 9–10, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. May 16–17, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. Public Reception - the big party! Friday, May 15, 6:00–9:00 p.m. #MCADmfa #MakeMCAD #MFAexhibition #ThesisExhibition #InstallationArt #ArtInstallation #ImmersiveArt #SiteSpecificArt #ContemporaryArt #FineArt #ModernArt #ArtGallery #Artexhibition #ArtShow #FineArtPhotography #SculptureArt #SpatialDesign #ArtStudioLife #ContemporaryArtist #ArtOfTheDay #EmergingArtist #MinneapolisArt #MPLSart #MFAthesis #ArtObject #VisualArt

This week, we're posting about all @mcadmfa MFA graduating students' Thesis work! Pictured is the work of: Montana Becker (She/Her) @montana_marie_art “My current body of work is an alchemy of painting and performance, which articulates my personal experience of moving through landscape. This exhibition centers on my relationship to the landscape of Co. Clare, Ireland, which I have come to know through multiple residencies and study-abroad trips to the Burren College of Art.” This year's MFA exhibition takes place in the MFA Gallery - 2201 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Public Visiting Hours: May 9–10, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. May 16–17, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. Public Reception - the big party! Friday, May 15, 6:00–9:00 p.m. #mcadmfa #makemcad #thesis #mfaexhibition #painting #exhibition #artstudio #artgallery #artists #artshow #contemporaryart #modernart #artexhibition #gallery #fineart #photography

This week, we're posting about all @mcadmfa MFA graduating students' Thesis work! Pictured is the work of: Mubarak Al-Thani (He/Him) @mubarak_althani Through sculpting and painting, Mubarak's artwork investigates the correlation between time and space by deconstructing urban landscapes. This year's MFA exhibition takes place in the MFA Gallery - 2201 1st Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404 Public Visiting Hours: May 9–10, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. May 16–17, Saturday & Sunday, noon–4:00 p.m. Public Reception - the big party! Friday, May 15, 6:00–9:00 p.m. #mcadmfa #makemcad #thesis #mfaexhibition #painting #sculpture #artstudio #artgallery #artists #artshow #contemporaryart #modernart #artexhibition #gallery #fineart

✨SAVE THE DATE[s]✨ and ✨DO NOT MISS✨ this year's MFA Thesis Exhibition!!! Experience the tremendous interdisciplinary accomplishments of our ten 2026 MFA candidates in this group exhibition. ✨RECEPTION✨ - free and open to the public!: Friday, May 15, 6:00–9:00 p.m. and Public visiting hours: Saturday & Sunday, May 9–10, noon–4:00 p.m. Saturday & Sunday, May 16–17, noon–4:00 p.m. 💐Congratulations to our ten 2026 soon-to-be MFA's: @mbarak_althani @montana_marie_art @gracieladeanda23 @court_ta_torte @ranran_hu_art @cathstar7 @becky_mutrux @kohenet.riv @swei1019 @crybaby.shushu ...and more info - link in bio!!

The MCAD MFA program is happy to collaborate with many arts organizations on "Launch" programming that gives our students and recent alumni the chance to produce new work. This past summer, several of our MFA students and alumni had the opportunity to participate in a 2-week residency @artinmotion.mn . You can read about the amazing experiences that @gracieladeanda23 and @swei1019 had in the article linked in our bio!