MFA Research & Creative Work

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MFA Work

Graduate Shane Darwent: The Garden (detail)

Graduate Ruth Burke: Gopi

Graduate Carolyn Clayton: DeCORE Sample (video still)

Graduate Emily Schiffer: untitled

Graduate Jon Verney: thermophile

Graduate Nate Morgan: Mouth at All Ends

Graduate Alisa Yang: Please Come Again

Graduate Carolyn Clayton: Chain of Contagion

Graduate Molly Dierks: Untitled

Graduate Mia Cinelli: Untitled

Graduate Katie St. Clair: Untitled

Graduate Molly Dierks: home/Body

Graduate Parisa Ghaderi: Only an Inch Away

Graduate Ann Bartges: Holding Still

Graduate John Gutoskey: Shaman Johnny’s Pop-Up Shop and Gallery

Graduate Juliet Hinely: Per Mr. Handy

Graduate Siyang Chen: Untitled

Graduate Alisha Wessler: Untitled

Graduate Emilia Javanica: Red Blob Massacre

Graduate Collin McRae: Untitled

Graduate Jessica Joy London: Phenomena

Graduate Amanda Lilleston: Animal

Graduate Meghan Reynard: One Year Daylight: Ann Arbor

Graduate Charles Fairbanks: Untitled

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Shane Darwent: The Garden (detail)
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Shane Darwent: The Garden (detail)
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Ruth Burke: Gopi
Photo by Emily Schiffer.
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Ruth Burke: Gopi
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Shania, the barren heifer, refuses to be a symbol and bucks the object off her. Documentation of ...
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Carolyn Clayton: DeCORE Sample (video still)
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Carolyn Clayton: DeCORE Sample (video still)
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Emily Schiffer: untitled
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Emily Schiffer: untitled
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My great-grandparents left Guardiagrele, Italy for the United States in 1909, and a powerful long...
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Jon Verney: thermophile
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Jon Verney: thermophile
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Nate Morgan: Mouth at All Ends
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Nate Morgan: Mouth at All Ends
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Alisa Yang: Please Come Again
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Alisa Yang: Please Come Again
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Carolyn Clayton: Chain of Contagion
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Carolyn Clayton: Chain of Contagion
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Molly Dierks: Untitled
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Molly Dierks: Untitled
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Mia Cinelli: Untitled
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Mia Cinelli: Untitled
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Katie St. Clair: Untitled
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Katie St. Clair: Untitled
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Molly Dierks: home/Body
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Molly Dierks: home/Body
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The sculptures in home/Body deal with the mother-daughter bond, gendered role-play, and self and ...
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Parisa Ghaderi: Only an Inch Away
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Parisa Ghaderi: Only an Inch Away
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Using research in American Culture, Social Work and Public Health, Parisa uses video and audio in...
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Ann Bartges: Holding Still
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Ann Bartges: Holding Still
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Working with the School of Music, Theater and Dance, Holding Still uses video projection and live...
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John Gutoskey: Shaman Johnny’s Pop-Up Shop and Gallery
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John Gutoskey: Shaman Johnny’s Pop-Up Shop and Gallery
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LGBTQ studies, women’s studies and art history inform this project, featuring artist and healer "...
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Juliet Hinely: Per Mr. Handy
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Juliet Hinely: Per Mr. Handy
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Per Mr. Handy is a site-specific audio-walk and performance installation in the Jam Handy Buildin...
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Siyang Chen: Untitled
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Siyang Chen: Untitled
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Alisha Wessler: Untitled
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Alisha Wessler: Untitled
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Often working with hundreds of individual objects in display cases, Alisha Wessler’s work explore...
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Emilia Javanica: Red Blob Massacre
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Emilia Javanica: Red Blob Massacre
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Maddy Blitz is a young woman with horrendous-looking teeth. Maddy’s nightmares about not fitting ...
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Collin McRae: Untitled
Photo by Brad Smith.
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Collin McRae: Untitled
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Jessica Joy London: Phenomena
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Jessica Joy London: Phenomena
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Each painting is an artifact of chance, conscious decision-making, fixed laws of natural phenomen...
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Amanda Lilleston: Animal
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Amanda Lilleston: Animal
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Meghan Reynard: One Year Daylight: Ann Arbor
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Meghan Reynard: One Year Daylight: Ann Arbor
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Investigating the experiences of daylight, latitude and time, and how the daylight phenomenon can...
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Charles Fairbanks: Untitled
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Charles Fairbanks: Untitled
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Charles is a filmmaker and wrestler whose work focuses on Lucha Libre in Mexico. He fights as the...
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MFA Video Profiles

Oksana Briukhovetska: MFA 2023 Thesis Exhibition

Graduate Oksana Briukhovetska: Profile

Emerson Granillo: MFA 2023 Thesis Exhibition

Graduate Emerson Granillo: Profile

Michelle Hinojosa: MFA 2023 Thesis Exhibition

Graduate Michelle Hinojosa: Profile

Nicholas Lamarca: MFA 2023 Thesis Exhibition

Graduate Nicholas Lamarca: Profile

Sebastian Llovera: MFA 2023 Thesis Exhibition

Graduate Sebastian Llovera: Profile

Graduate Peter Stack: Profile

Graduate Razi Jafri: Profile

Graduate Nick Azzaro: Profile

Graduate Ellie Schmidt: Profile

Graduate Georgia b. Smith: Profile

Natalia Rocafuerte: MFA Thesis Exhibition

Graduate Natalia Rocafuerte: Profile

Kristina Sheufelt: MFA Thesis Exhibition

Graduate Kristina Sheufelt: Profile

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Oksana Briukhovetska: Profile
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Oksana Briukhovetska: Profile
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Emerson Granillo: Profile
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Emerson Granillo: Profile
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Michelle Hinojosa: Profile
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Michelle Hinojosa: Profile
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Nicholas Lamarca: Profile
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Nicholas Lamarca: Profile
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Sebastian Llovera: Profile
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Sebastian Llovera: Profile
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Peter Stack: Profile
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Peter Stack: Profile
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Razi Jafri: Profile
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Razi Jafri: Profile
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Nick Azzaro: Profile
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Nick Azzaro: Profile
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Ellie Schmidt: Profile
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Ellie Schmidt: Profile
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Georgia b. Smith: Profile
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Georgia b. Smith: Profile
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Natalia Rocafuerte: Profile
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Natalia Rocafuerte: Profile
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Kristina Sheufelt: Profile
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Kristina Sheufelt: Profile
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Thesis Work & Exhibitions

Poster for Seven for a Secret Never to be Told: the 2023 MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition

2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Seven for a Secret Never to be Told, the 2023 MFA Thesis exhibition, presents culminating projects by Oksana Briukhovetska, Emerson Granillo, Michelle Inez Hinojosa, Nicholas La Marca, Sebastian Llovera, Barbara Pearsall, and Peter Matthew Stack.

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2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Close but Not Touching: The 2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition brings together culminating projects by second-year graduate students Nick Azzaro, Martha Daghlian, Razi Jafri, Natalia Rocafuerte, Ellie Schmidt, Kristina Sheufelt, and Georgia b. Smith.

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2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition

Heartened Surfaces: The 2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition brings together culminating projects by second-year graduate students Christine Bruening, Nathan Byrne, Rey Jeong, and Benjamin Winans.

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News: MFA Research & Creative Work

Learn more about recent graduate research and creative work in these feature stories.

GRADUATE Michelle Inez Hinojosa selected as 2023 Creative Careers Resident Michelle Inez Hinojosa, a 2023 Master of Fine Arts graduate, is one of three master’s…

GRADUATE Okyoung Noh and Caroline Yoo: Interactive performance and artist talk The interactive theater piece and performance, “aZn luv luv t0ur,” directed and performed by…

MFA thesis work installed at Stamps Gallery

GRADUATE 2023 MFA Thesis Projects Learn more about culminating thesis work from the 2023 graduating cohort of the Stamps School of…

CHUNMAN ART for Yound: text over gray and blue abstract background image

GRADUATE Okyoung Noh: 2023 Chunman Art Award First-year Stamps MFA in Art student Okyoung Noh has won second prize in the prestigious Chunman…

Krista Sheneman poses with her Glucose Landscapes project

GRADUATE Krista Sheneman: Turning Diabetes Into Art First-year MFA student and type 2 diabetic Krista Sheneman creates a wooden sculpture that…

Simranpreet Anand, wearing a bright orange sari and holding a bouquet of flowers, stands with Philip B. Lind

GRADUATE Simranpreet Anand: 2022 Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize Stamps graduate student Simranpreet Anand (MFA ’24) was recently awarded the 2022 Philip B. Lind…

Photo collage of MFA student selfies and artwork from exhibitions visited.

GRADUATE MFA Professional Practice Seminar 2022 Report by MFA students and Professor Rebekah Modrak to reflect on the experiences, speakers, and…

all ten artist for the gilda ward 2022 with a green swirl pattern in the back ground

ALUMNI Razi Jafri Receives Kresge Gilda Fellowship Award Razi Jafri (MFA ‘22) a documentary filmmaker, has been selected to be part of this year’s Kresge…

tall stalks of reed grass in a wood and steel frame blur as they sway back and forth, creating a visual translation of physiological data

ALUMNI Kristina Sheufelt: International Sculpture Center Award Kristina Sheufelt (MFA ’22) was recently recognized by the International Sculpture Center for…

ALUMNI IFFY 2022 to Feature Stamps Students & Alums Stamps students and alumni will be featured during the third season of Independent Film Festival…

Stamps Gallery visitors interact with Ellie Schmidt's installation at the exhibition opening

GRADUATE "Close But not Touching" Reviewed in Michigan Daily Close But Not Touching: the 2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition, was reviewed by Kaya Ginsky in the April…

GRADUATE Close But Not Touching: The 2022 MFA Thesis Exhibition Featuring thesis work from the 2022 graduating cohort of the Stamps School of Art & Design’s…

Images of Abhishek Narula and Lorelai d'Andriole Jones

ALUMNI Abhishek Narula: Wave Farm Artist-in-Residence 2022 Abhishek Narula (MFA ’20) has been accepted into the Wave Farm summer residency program. Narula…

Nathan Byrne, standing within his exhibition NEW POINT OF BEGINNING at Roy G Biv Gallery in Columbus, Ohio.

ALUMNI Nathan Byrne: NEW POINT OF BEGINNING Nathan Byrne (MFA ’21) was recently featured in an exhibition at Roy G Biv in Columbus, Ohio. NEW…

GRADUATE TEDxUofM Conference Features Stamps Connections The annual TEDxUofM conference features a student and Dean’s Council Advisory member from the…

A 3D exhibition showing work on a virtual gallery wall.

UNDERGRADUATE Breaking Down Silos, Making Change: 2021 Stamps DEI Team Grants Designed to support projects developed in reaction to a relevant social issue or proactively…

Digital rendering of a garden with glowing orbs.

ALUMNI Stamps Shines Bright at DLECTRICITY Inspired by Nuit Blanche arts festivals from around the world, DLECTRICITY is a spectacular…

Community Conversation: Arts In Education flyer

GRADUATE Nick Azzaro on Arts in Education Panel Nick Azzaro (MFA ’22), will be speaking on a panel regarding arts in education at Mount Clemens…

GRADUATE Razi Jafri selected as Sundance Producing Lab Fellow Sundance Institute recently announced participants for its weeklong Producers Lab, taking place…

Installation view of Rowan Renee’s That Day, We Looked Happy (2021), which includes images of the artist’s family and father’s grave.

ALUMNI Rowan Renee: "That Day, We Looked Happy" Reviewed in New York Times Rowan Renee’s (MFA ’19) solo exhibition, That Day, We Looked Happy, was reviewed by Holland…