2023 Low-Residency MFA Thesis Exhibitions

PNCA’s 2023 Low-Res Visual Studies MFA Thesis Exhibitions
July 14 - August 4, 2023

LOCATION: PNCA - 511 NW Broadway
PUBLIC RECEPTION: Thursday, August 4th – 5-8pm
GALLERY HOURS: Monday - Saturday, 10a-4pm

EXHIBITING ARTISTS
Kurt Armstrong
Adelaide Blair
Kaye Blankenship
Joe Bun Keo
Vin Hill
Travis Johnson
dale mcdonald
Debra Perry-Guetti
Ketzia Schoneberg

Exhibition Statement:
The Center for Contemporary Art & Culture is thrilled to once again host the Low-Residency MFA Visual Studies Thesis Exhibitions for the 2023 graduating class. These eight individual exhibitions spread throughout the first three floors of PNCA’s 511 Building represent the culmination of critical inquiries and creative development of the past three years from these talented and thoughtful artists. 

The central lines of expression from each artist’s works speak profoundly to their unique practices of wayfinding and storytelling. Each exhibition stands on its own, exploring varied themes which range from Black diasporic bodies, joy, and grief to speculative, satirical spaces where “spectral tissue cultures run amok in hyperplastic fancies.” Experienced as a whole, this series of exhibitions begins to form a collective map of sorts, a diverse array of modes of wayfinding and establishing one’s self while moving through the complicated, intersecting, and colliding realities of the current cultural, political, and ecological landscape.

The thesis exhibitions for PNCA’s MFA Graduates are a yearly invitation to celebrate the ingenuity, dedication, and creative maturation they have all exhibited during their time with us at our institution. It has been a personal honor to work with these talented students intimately over the course of their three years here and to witness first hand their pervasive fortitude in challenging themselves in concepts, material, and voice while always remaining true to what nurtures their creative spirits. 

Congratulations to all of these exemplary graduate candidates as they embark on lasting creative careers beyond our doors. Thank you for sharing your visions and prowess with us all. 

Gratitude and praise to all who have made this exhibition possible – Simone Fischer, Erin Dengerink, Patrick Cruzan, Kara Hall, Justin Moore, Megan McKissack, Tiara Johnson, Danny Broderick, Chris Freeman, John Hastings, Hali Wilmunnson, Ryan Pierce, Randy Meza, Shawna Lipton, Meghann Gilligan Koehn, Eugenia Chow, James Tucker, Shaun Crabb, Christina Martin, Linden How, Chris Kim, Jay Ponteri, and all of the thesis mentors: Mikko Kuorinki, Tabitha Nikolai, Heather Hart, Agi Haines, Jessica Hutchins, Anna Gray, Malcolm Peacock and Abney Wallace. 

Hannah Bakken Morris - Assistant Director, Center for Contemporary Art & Culture