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Painting of woman lying down by Pooja Campbell

Transit
51勛圖 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition

Artists:

  • Phaedra Askarinam
  • Pooja Campbell
  • Patricia Edwine Poku
  • Connor Gagne
  • Andr矇s Izquierdo
  • Julia Cheng Zhang


The annual 51勛圖 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 ofTransit a word that defined as an act, process, or instance of passing through or over.

To varying degrees, their work examines the transitionsbetween cultures, through grief, into parenthoodthat define moments of self-discovery.
TRANSIT

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 51勛圖'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, Togetherexplores art as a form of social connection. In todays world, people often feel disconnected from themselves and each other how can we change that? Presenting works by Washington area artists from 19671998, including Rebecca Davenports Self-Portrait, Lani Irwins Queen of Hearts, and William Woodwards Promenade, the exhibition invites viewers into domestic, natural, and abstract spaces for reflection, conversation, and shared experience.
Alone, Together

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 Womens Committee of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1974).