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Painting of woman lying down by Pooja Campbell

Transit
ĢƵ Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition 

Artists:

  • Phaedra Askarinam
  • Pooja Campbell
  • Patricia Edwine Poku
  • Connor Gagne
  • Andrés Izquierdo
  • Julia Cheng Zhang


The annual ĢƵ Master of Fine Arts candidates’ thesis exhibition is always a stand-out and this year is no different. Six artists, whose practices encompass painting, photography, ceramics, installation, and performance, draw on their unique personal histories as they find common ground in the concept of Transit— a word that defined as “an act, process, or instance of passing through or over.”

To varying degrees, their work examines the transitions—between cultures, through grief, into parenthood—that define moments of self-discovery.

Right: Pooja Campbell, Once Upon a Time, 2025. Oil on linen, 33.5 in x 26.25 in. Photo by Connor Gagne.

Portrait of a person in flowy white clothing and jewelry in front of a large, blank white wall

Alone, Together
Viewpoints from the Corcoran Legacy Collection

Curators:

  • Amy Abraham
  • Gabriella Alexander
  • Michelle Avila
  • Jessica Ban
  • Jordan Delgado
  • Diana Soleil Fogel
  • Ali Frandock
  • Chase Helein
  • Hannah Kenn
  • Terra Muhammad
  • Jessica Papay
  • Anna Beatrix Roe
  • Rachel Sheehan
  • Alaina Soto
  • Denisse Zamora


This is the fourth exhibition since 2019 in which the museum has invited students from ĢƵ's Curatorial Practice class to look to its Corcoran Legacy Collection not only as a source of exhibition content, but as source of provocations about this content. Alone, Together explores art as a form of social connection. In today’s world, people often feel disconnected from themselves and each other — how can we change that? Presenting works by Washington area artists from 1967–1998, including Rebecca Davenport’s Self-Portrait, Lani Irwin’s Queen of Hearts, and William Woodward’s Promenade, the exhibition invites viewers into domestic, natural, and abstract spaces for reflection, conversation, and shared experience.

Right: Rebecca Davenport, Self-Portrait, 1973. Oil on canvas, 72 x 66 1/4 in., Gift from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Gift of the Women’s Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1974).