Pratt’s 2026 Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibitions, on View This Spring

Announcement

Pratt Fine Arts is delighted to invite visitors to a two-part show curated by Alessandra Gómez at Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Curated by Alessandra Gómez, this two-part exhibition at Pratt Fine Arts’ MFA facilities at Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard features the work of graduating MFA artists across disciplines, including painting and drawing, sculpture, printmaking, and integrated practices. 

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part 1: Double Take Two
(March 30–April 10)

Opening: Monday, March 30, 6–8pm (EDT)
Gallery Hours: Monday–Saturday, 12–6pm
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Exhibiting Artists: Q Ayodele, Jack Catlett, Phoebe Kalm Choi, Shuyi Chen, Lisa Giordano, Joris van Helmond, Sammi Levine, Jiyoon Koo, Nawon Kim, Farrell Mason-Brown, Ben Miller, Tiffany Marie Miller, Lo Smith, Shonobi (Samson Shofoluwe), Wei Yuan Wang, Ryan Zogheb, and Leon Zhan

Double Take Two brings together seventeen visual artists whose practices consider the material conditions that shape visibility. The exhibition title folds together two idioms: a “double take,” refers to looking at a subject or object again to gather more information, and “take two,” refers to the repetition of an action or scene. These two phrases, nested discreetly in the title, emphasize slow looking and re-vision, as well as invite a return, to what deeper revelations exist in looking once again. Throughout the exhibit, many artists probe how identity is shaped by social interactions, teasing out inherent power dynamics between observer and observed. Others linger in the space between private and public, hidden and visible, or lean entirely into outright spectacle, exposing concealed systems and tactics — ranging from surveillance infrastructure to corporate manipulation. Many paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, and hybrid forms shift our attention to quotidian or overlooked subjects or emphasize abstraction to interrupt and slow our gaze. Together, the works prompt viewers to return for a second glance and to take notice of what might otherwise go unseen.

– Alessandra Gómez 

MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part 2: Ghost Light
(April 27–May 8)

Opening: Monday, April 27, 6–8pm (EDT) 
Gallery Hours: Monday–Saturday, 12–6pm
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Exhibiting Artists: Julie Jewon Huh, Jay Guo, malu laet, Yongxi (Vivian) Lin, Minjee, Marie Moeller, Jessi Olarsch, Caroline O’Grady, Morgan O’Connell, Sefa Ozdogan, Hannah Law, Tanvi Shaha, Ry Watkins, Rainy Yuchen Wei, Nessa Yang, and Zheming (Jennings) Yang

The exhibition Ghost Light takes its name from the long-standing tradition of leaving a single glowing lightbulb on a portable stand when a theater is unoccupied at night. Beyond their practical role in preventing accidents in an otherwise dark theater, ghost lights serve a secondary purpose. According to theater superstition, they are believed to either appease or ward off mischievous spirits that dwell and haunt theatrical spaces. In these dual associations, a ghost light functions as a symbolic, protective presence. 

Within this metaphorical framework, the exhibition considers artistic practices that trace the ways in which memories and histories dwell and haunt architectural spaces and landscapes, alongside artists interested in fantasy and world-building. Among the 16 artists, some draw from archives or historical events to engage with architecture, tracing how walls, floors, façades, and domestic spaces hold meaning. Others turn to ecological sites to trace the aftermath of destruction or reflect on personal memories and feelings of displacement. This exhibition invites visitors to sense their own ghost lights as a metaphorical thread to understand what remains, persists, and haunts the resonant spaces we inhabit. 

– Alessandra Gómez 

Pratt Institute’s interdisciplinary MFA program in Fine Arts provides advanced education for artists supported by a distinguished faculty, exceptional facilities, and a supportive community of peers. Faculty and students build close relationships through structured studio visits, seminars, and informal conversations. The rigorous and flexible curriculum offers wide latitude for exploration while fostering critical perspectives and a deeper understanding of the histories, issues, cultural, and transdisciplinary contexts that inform art practices today.

The exhibition is part of Pratt Shows 2026. Representing years of research, exploration, critical thinking, creative inquiry, problem-solving, growth, production, practice, and accomplishment, the shows celebrate student work leading up to Commencement. Pratt Shows also feature work in architecture, design, information, and liberal arts and sciences.

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