2026 MFA Thesis Exhibitions: More Than Enough

The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibitions: More Than Enough April 7th-16, 2026 Tuesday April 7th Thesis Presentations: 5 pm, Room 103 Opening Reception: 6 pm F.J. Taylor Visual Arts Center (TVAC) The 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibitions feature works by Master of Fine Arts candidates Daija Essien and Daisy Bright. Candidates will present their thesis research at 5 pm on Tuesday, April 7th, including their creative practice, influences, and research results, followed by a Q&A session with the audience. The exhibition in the School of Design Galleries will then open at 6 pm. Daija Essien's exhibit Split to Fit examines how identity is shaped by the tension between self-understanding and the external gaze, where authenticity remains layered, conditional, and in flux. Daisy Bright’s, Anon & Onward examines her identity as a disabled woman through a constructed, immersive world that blends memory, imagination, and mixed media to challenge societal frameworks that reduce disability to limitation. Bright’s artwork responds by emphasizing emotional complexity, embodied experience, and human value beyond productivity. For more information on these artists, see: @imdeeliberate & Daiscomics.com