The Department of Art at the University of California, Irvine is pleased to present the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, featuring the solo exhibitions of MFA candidates Gwyneth Bulawsky, Jacob Lenc, and Simon Klein in Part I, and Teresa Ho, David Ditman, and Cecil Yuzhe Zhang in Part II. Please join us for the opening receptions on Saturday, April 18 and Saturday, May 9, from 2–5 PM.
A Research Workshop with Jonathan Alexander, Juli Carson, Ashley Hunt, and Mark Minch-de Leon. Organized and facilitated by Annika Haas.
“If this world is as shitty as we think it is, then why repair it!”1 demands Jack Halberstam, pointing to the layers of brokenness that render life across this planet increasingly precarious—or nearly impossible. In response, The Unworld to Come takes up climate change as a poly-crisis with ideological dimensions, featuring artists who attempt to “imagine an otherwise” within the entangled struggles for climate, economic and social justice, & beyond.
The Department of Art at the University of California, Irvine is pleased to present the solo exhibitions of MFA candidates Misha Davydov, Anastasia Denos, Anthony Martinez, and Elizabeth VR.
This is the second round of 2025 MFA thesis exhibitions. Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, May 10 from 2–5pm.
Misha Davydov
Space for Two
The room is the stage to perform (in the dark).
The Department of Art at the University of California, Irvine is pleased to present the solo exhibitions of MFA candidates Minoo Emadi, Norma Her Pena, Laura Li, Andy Montiel-Phillips, and Alystair Rogers.
This is the first round of 2025 MFA thesis exhibitions. Please join us for the opening reception on Saturday, April 19 from 2–5pm.
6PM: Panel
1PM: Walkthrough of the exhibition with Kylie Ching, Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher
1:30PM: Panel
12–2PM: Memorial
2–5PM: Reception
3PM and 4PM: Walkthrough of the exhibition with Kylie Ching, Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher