Master of Fine Arts Degrees Conferred, 2018
- Camille Alice Altay III, Painting/Printmaking
- Nilas Kaalund Andersen, Graphic Design
- Felipe De Jesús Baeza, Painting/Printmaking
- Natalie Marie Ball, Painting/Printmaking
- Sula Fay Bermudez-Silverman, Sculpture
- Guillaume Pierre Louis Edouard Boucher, Graphic Design
- Dannielle Nicole Bowman, Photography
- Ernest Arthur Bryant III, Painting/Printmaking
- Jennifer Helene Calivas, Photography
- Shikeith Cathey, Sculpture
- Penn Chan, Photography
- Ingrid Chuen-Neng Chen, Graphic Design
- Lauren Kyung-Mee Chun, Painting/Printmaking
- Brian Dario, Sculpture
- Kenturah Davis, Painting/Printmaking
- Hicham Samir Faraj, Graphic Design
- Jillian Germaine Freyer, Photography
- Nicholas Erik Gaby, Sculpture
- Muxi Gao, Graphic Design
- Daniel Joseph Ginsburg, Painting/Printmaking
- Kathryn Elizabeth Harrison, Photography
- Pianpian He, Graphic Design
- Adam Robert Higgins, Painting/Printmaking
- Clare Kambhu, Painting/Printmaking
- Kathryn Brett Kerr, Painting/Printmaking
- Byungjo Kim, Graphic Design
- Wyatt Lasky, Painting/Printmaking
- Lacey Lennon, Photography
- Leslie Martinez, Painting/Printmaking
- Justine Melford-Colegate, Sculpture
- Alexandria Lyn Mento, Painting/Printmaking
- Lucas Libera Moore, Photography
- Kent Isaac O’Connor, Painting/Printmaking
- Ian Page, Sculpture
- Johnathan Robert Payne, Painting/Printmaking
- Estefania Puerta Grisales, Painting/Printmaking
- Evelyn Louise Pustka, Photography
- Nathan Jeffrey Barros da Costa Pyper, Graphic Design
- Antonia Lu-yi Robins Kuo, Painting/Printmaking
- Raúl José Romero, Sculpture
- Julia Ann Frances Rooney, Painting/Printmaking
- Yo-E Ryou, Graphic Design
- Ilana Savdie, Painting/Printmaking
- Hrefna Sigurðardóttir, Graphic Design
- Youngeun Sohn, Graphic Design
- Vaughn Spann, Painting/Printmaking
- Katelyn Merry Spinelli, Graphic Design
- William Scott Stewart, Sculpture
- Maya Grace Strauss, Painting/Printmaking
- Daniel James Swindel, Photography
- Dustin Tong, Graphic Design
- Emma Beatrice Gambier Webster, Painting/Printmaking
- Bryce Sutton Wilner, Graphic Design
- Chase Alexander Wilson, Painting/Printmaking
- Matthew Taylor Wolff, Graphic Design
- John Drue Scott Worrell, Sculpture
- Valentina Maria Zamfirescu, Sculpture
- Christine Fae Zavesky, Graphic Design
- Ziwei Zhang, Graphic Design
Enrollment, 2018–2019
Graphic Design
- Tania Alvarez Zaldivar (B.F.A. Concordia Univ. [Canada] 2010), Mexico City, Mexico
- Herdimas Anggara (B.Sc. Inst. Teknologi Bandung 2012), Dki Jakarta, Indonesia
- Kyla Arsadjaja (B.A. La Salle Coll. of Arts [Singapore] 2015), Java, Indonesia
- Micah Barrett (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2012), Providence, R.I.
- Milo Bonacci (B.A. Syracuse Univ. 2006), Milwaukee, Wis.
- Severin Bunse (B.A. Gerrit Rietveld Acad. [The Netherlands] 2014), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Maria Candanoza Hurtado (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2013), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Evan Chang (B.F.A. Brigham Young Univ. 2016), San Francisco, Calif.
- Hyungseuk Cho (B.F.A. Seoul National Univ. [Republic of Korea] 2012, M.F.A. 2015), Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Dho Yee Chung (B.F.A. Fashion Inst. of Technology 2013), Changwon-Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea
- Simone Cutri (B.A. ISIA Urbino [Italy] 2015), Conselice, Italy
- Jessica Flemming (B.F.A. San Francisco Art Inst. 2012), Valencia, Calif.
- Emma Gregoline (B.A. Vassar Coll. 2015), Venice, Calif.
- Jinu Hong (B.Arch. Korea Univ. [Republic of Korea] 2017), Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Zhiyan Huang (B.F.A. Parsons School of Design 2017), New York, N.Y.
- Laura Huaranga (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2012), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Cindy Hwang (B.A. Yale Univ. 2015), Phoenix, Ariz.
- Dawoon Jeon (B.F.A. Ewha Womans Univ. [Republic of Korea] 2016), Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Harin Jung (B.A. Yeungnam Univ. 2014), Daegu, Republic of Korea
- Jeong Woo Kim (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2013), Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Minhwan Kim (B.S. Korea Inst. of Science and Technology 2015), Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Willis Kingery (B.A. Hastings Coll. 2011), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- David Knowles (B.A. Vassar Coll. 2008), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Zhongkai Li (B.F.A. Central Acad. of Fine Arts [China] 2016), Beijing, China
- Kang Ma (B.A. Hunan Univ. [China] 2015), Shenzhen City, China
- Rosa McElheny (B.A. Wesleyan Univ. 2011), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Tuan Quoc Pham (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2013), Chicago, Ill.
- Mengyi Qian (B.F.A. Suzhou Univ. 2017), Suzhou, China
- Zack Robbins (B.F.A. Brigham Young Univ. 2013), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Steven Rodriguez (B.A. California State Univ. [Fullerton] 2015), Los Angeles, Calif.
- Anna Sagström (B.A. Glasgow School of Art 2009), Fagersta, Sweden
- Julia Schäfer (B.A. Zurich Univ. of the Arts 2015), Liestal, Switzerland
- Haeok Shin (B.F.A. Dankook Univ. [Republic of Korea] 2010), Gwangju-si, Republic of Korea
- Soomin Shon (B.A. Cornell Univ. 2008), Fort Lee, N.J.
- Hua Shu (B.F.A. Univ. Maryland [Baltimore County] 2013), New York, N.Y.
- Betty Wang (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2014), Monmouth Junction, N.J.
- Yuanbo Wang (B.A. Central Acad. of Fine Arts [China] 2015), Quanzhou, China
- Bryant Wells (B.S. Univ. Cincinnati 2013), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Nicholas Weltyk (B.F.A. Pratt Inst. 2013), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Sam Wood (B.F.A. Brigham Young Univ. 2014), Orem, Utah
- Orysia Zabeida (B.A. Univ. Quebec [Montreal] 2016), Montreal, Canada
- Wenwen Zhang (B.S. Rutgers Univ. 2017), Qindao, China
- Liyan Zhao (A.B. Princeton Univ. 2013), Austin, Tex.
Painting/Printmaking
- Kimberly Altomare (B.F.A. Tyler School of Art 2013), Philadelphia, Pa.
- Hangama Atiqullo (B.F.A. Nova Scotia Coll. of Art & Design 2012), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Braeden Bailey (B.F.A. Southern Methodist Univ. 2016), Plano, Tex.
- James Bartolacci (B.A. Brandeis Univ. 2012), Ridgewood, N.Y.
- Ana Benaroya (B.F.A. Maryland Inst. Coll. of Art 2008), Jersey City, N.J.
- Tim Brawner (B.F.A. Nebraska Wesleyan Univ. 2014), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Kevin Brisco (B.A. Wesleyan Univ. 2013), Memphis, Tenn.
- Jacob Broussard (B.F.A. Univ. Louisiana 2010), Carencro, La.
- Mariel Capanna (B.F.A. Pennsylvania Acad. of Fine Arts 2012), Philadelphia, Pa.
- Jose Chavez-Verduzco (B.A. Univ. California [Davis] 2016), North Hollywood, Calif.
- Taylor Clough (B.F.A. Montserrat Coll. of Art 2013), Southbury, Conn.
- Gabrielle D’Angelo (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2011, M.Arch. 2012), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Edi Dai (B.A. Univ. California [Irvine] 2010), Los Angeles, Calif.
- Krystal DiFronzo (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2012), Highland Park, Ill.
- Sara Emsaki (B.A. Univ. California [Berkeley] 2016), San Jose, Calif.
- Alexander Gibson (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2013), Ridgewood, N.Y.
- Ian Goldsborough (B.F.A. Maine Coll. of Art 2014), Falmouth, Mass.
- Phoebe Helander (B.A. Hampshire Coll. 2011), Amherst, Mass.
- Trevon Latin (B.F.A. Univ. Houston 2015), Houston, Tex.
- Naomi Lisiki (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2018), Corona, N.Y.
- Lyndsey Marko (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2012), Seminole, Fla.
- Victoria Martinez (B.F.A. Minneapolis Coll. of Art & Design 2010), Chicago, Ill.
- Emile Mausner (B.F.A. Univ. Central Florida 2017), Winter Park, Fla.
- Aryana Minai (B.F.A. Art Center Coll. of Design 2016), Glendale, Calif.
- Amaryllis Moleski (B.F.A. California Coll. of the Arts 2014), Oakland, Calif.
- Rebecca Ness (B.F.A. Boston Univ. 2015), Boston, Mass.
- Africanus Okokon (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2013), Brown Deer, Wis.
- Esteban Ramon Perez (B.F.A. California. Inst. of the Arts 2017), Pasadena, Calif.
- Dominic Phillips (B.F.A. Milwaukee Inst. of Art & Design 2016), Milwaukee, Wis.
- Lauren Quin (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2015), Los Angeles, Calif.
- Edd Ravn (B.F.A. Glasgow School of Art 2015), Otley, U.K.
- Jose de Jesus Rodriguez (B.A. Univ. California [Santa Cruz] 2013), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Maria de los Angeles Rodriguez Jimenez (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2015), Miami, Fla.
- Tajh-Jamal Rust (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2011), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Kern Samuel (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2017), Vauxhall, N.J.
- Leila Seyedzadeh (B.F.A. Univ. of Science & Culture [Iran] 2014), Tehran, Iran
- Carly Sheehan (B.F.A. Massachusetts Coll. of Art 2014), Amesbury, Mass.
- Rebecca Shippee (B.F.A. State Univ. New York [Purchase] 2013), Kingston, N.Y.
- Michael Shultis (B.F.A. Pennsylvania Acad. of Fine Arts 2012), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Kathia St. Hilaire (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2017), West Palm Beach, Fla.
- Chanel Thomas (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2014), Chicago, Ill.
- Blair Whiteford (B.F.A. Ringling Coll. of Art & Design 2013), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Ye Qin Zhu (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2010), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Photography
- Sara Abbaspour (B.Sc. Ferdowsi Univ. Mashhad [Iran] 2013), Mashhad, Iran
- Genesis Baez (B.F.A. Massachusetts Coll. of Art 2012), Philadelphia, Pa.
- Molly Berman (B.A. Bard Coll. 2012), Sherman Oaks, Calif.
- Angela Chen (B.A. California State Univ. [Los Angeles] 2009), Temple City, Calif.
- Deangelo Christian (B.F.A. California. Inst. of the Arts 2017), Long Beach, Calif.
- Robert Andy Coombs (B.F.A. Kendall Coll. of Art & Design 2013), Norway, Mich.
- Felix Davey (B.A. Edinburgh Napier Univ. 2012), New York, N.Y.
- Brian Galderisi (B.F.A. Montserrat Coll. of Art 2012), Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
- Rory Hamovit (B.A. Bard Coll. 2013), Newbury, Mass.
- Elizabeth Hibbard (B.A. Univ. California [Santa Cruz] 2012), Morgan Hill, Calif.
- Dawn Kim (B.F.A. Art Center Coll. of Design 2011), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Morgan Levy (B.F.A. New York Univ. 2007), Denver, Colo.
- Rodrigo Lopez Gomez (B.S. Univ. Iberoamericana [Mexico] 2006), New York, N.Y.
- Jane Lowe (B.A. Sarah Lawrence Coll. 2015), New York, N.Y.
- Kaitlin Maxwell (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2016), Loxahatchee, Fla.
- Chase Middleton (B.F.A. RMIT Univ. [Australia] 2016), New South Wales, Australia
- Allison Minto (B.A. State Univ. New York [Buffalo] 2009), Kew Gardens, N.Y.
- Angel Pedro (B.A. DePaul Univ. 2014), Pueblo, Colo.
- Kanthy Peng (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2016), Beijing, China
- Jiajun Wang (B.F.A. California Coll. of the Arts 2016), Hangzhou, China
Sculpture
- Kristoffer Ala-Ketola (B.F.A. Univ. of the Arts [Helsinki] 2016), Helsinki, Finland
- Nicki Cherry (B.A. Univ. Chicago 2014), Chicago, Ill.
- Kerri Conlon (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2009), San Francisco, Calif.
- Alfredo Diaz (B.A. Univ. California [Los Angeles] 2016), Los Angeles, Calif.
- Azza El Siddique (B.F.A. Ontario Coll. of Art & Design 2014), Ontario, Canada
- Genevieve Goffman (B.A. Reed Coll. 2015), Washington, D.C.
- Emilie Gossiaux (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2014), New York, N.Y.
- Petra Hjartardottir (B.F.A. Hunter Coll. [CUNY] 2017), Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Lauren Lee (B.A. Univ. Maryland [College Park] 2015), Baltimore, Md.
- Efrat Lipkin (B.Ed.F.A. Hamidrasha School of Art 2014), Tel Aviv, Israel
- Randi Renate Mabry (B.A., B.F.A. Univ. Texas [Austin] 2014), Berlin, Germany
- Anna Miller (B.F.A. Univ. Arizona 2017), Tucson, Ariz.
- Catalina Ouyang (B.F.A. Washington Univ. 2015), Saint Louis, Mo.
- Diego Palacios (B.F.A. California State Univ. [Long Beach] 2017), San Gabriel, Calif.
- Peyton Sarah Peyton (B.F.A. Univ. Georgia 2016), Jacksonville, Fla.
- David Roy (B.F.A. Otis Coll. of Art & Design 2013), Inglewood, Calif.
- Coral Saucedo (B.F.A. Art Center Coll. of Design 2016), Pasadena, Calif.
- Sam Shoemaker (B.F.A. California Inst. of the Arts 2014), Altadena, Calif.
- Karinne Smith (B.A. Univ. California [Berkeley] 2013), Rancho Mirage, Calif.
- Anne Wu (B.F.A. Cornell Univ. 2013), Flushing, N.Y.
- Alex Zak (B.A., B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2012), New York, N.Y.
- Suzanna Zak (B.F.A. Maryland Inst. Coll. of Art 2012), Los Angeles, Calif.
Summary of Enrollment
General Summary
Admissions Information, Fall Term 2018
Applicants | 1,149 |
Applicants admitted | 64 |
Matriculants | 61 |
Student Profile
Graduate students | 128 |
Graphic Design |
43 |
Painting/Printmaking |
43 |
Photography |
20 |
Sculpture |
22 |
Preliminary-year students | 8 |
First-year students | 62 |
Second-year students | 58 |
Female students | 75 |
Male students | 53 |
Age range of students | 21–48 |
Average age of students | 29 |
Mean age of students | 29 |
Undergraduate degrees in fine art | 114 |
Undergraduate degrees in other areas, e.g., anthropology, architecture, history of art, literature | 14 |
Institutions represented | 89 |
States represented | 20 |
Foreign countries represented | 15 |
Institutions Represented
One student from each institution unless otherwise indicated.
- Art Center College of Design (3)
- Bard College (2)
- Boston University
- Brandeis University
- Brigham Young University (3)
- California College of the Arts (2)
- California Institute of the Arts (3)
- California State University [Fullerton]
- California State University [Long Beach]
- California State University [Los Angeles]
- Central Academy of Fine Arts [China] (2)
- Concordia University [Canada]
- Cooper Union (8)
- Cornell University (2)
- Dankook University [Republic of Korea]
- DePaul University
- Edinburgh Napier University [Scotland]
- Ewha Womans University [Republic of Korea]
- Fashion Institute of Technology
- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad [Iran]
- Gerrit Rietveld Academie [The Netherlands]
- Glasgow School of Art (2)
- Hamidrasha School of Art [Israel]
- Hampshire College
- Hastings College
- Hunan University [China]
- Hunter College [CUNY]
- Institut Teknologi Bandung [Indonesia]
- ISIA Urbino [Italy]
- Kendall College of Art & Design
- Korea Institute of Science & Technology [Republic of Korea]
- Korea University [Republic of Korea]
- La Salle College of Arts [Singapore]
- Maine College of Art
- Maryland Institute College of Art (2)
- Massachusetts College of Art (2)
- Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
- Minneapolis College of Art & Design
- Montserrat College of Art (2)
- Nebraska Wesleyan University
- New York University
- Nova Scotia College of Art & Design
- Ontario College of Art & Design
- Otis College of Art & Design
- Parsons School of Design
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (2)
- Pratt Institute
- Princeton University
- Reed College
- Rhode Island School of Design (6)
- Ringling College of Art & Design
- RMIT University [Australia]
- Rutgers University
- San Francisco Art Institute
- Sarah Lawrence College
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago (7)
- School of Visual Arts (3)
- Seoul National University [Republic of Korea]
- Southern Methodist University
- State University of New York [Buffalo]
- State University of New York [Purchase]
- Suzhou University [China]
- Syracuse University
- Tyler School of Art
- Universidad Iberoamericana [Mexico]
- Université du Québec à Montréal [Canada]
- University of Arizona
- University of California [Berkeley] (2)
- University of California [Davis]
- University of California [Irvine]
- University of California [Los Angeles]
- University of California [Santa Cruz] (2)
- University of Central Florida
- University of Chicago
- University of Cincinnati
- University of Georgia
- University of Houston
- University of Louisiana
- University of Maryland [Baltimore County]
- University of Maryland [College Park]
- University of Science & Culture [Iran]
- University of Texas [Austin]
- University of the Arts Helsinki [Finland]
- Vassar College (2)
- Washington University
- Wesleyan University (2)
- Yale University
- Yeungnam University [Republic of Korea]
- Zurich University of the Arts [Switzerland]
Institutions represented, 89
Geographical Distribution
One student from each state or country unless otherwise indicated.
United States
- Arizona (2)
- California (23)
- Colorado (2)
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Florida (6)
- Illinois (5)
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Massachusetts (5)
- Michigan
- Missouri
- New Jersey (4)
- New York (31)
- Pennsylvania (3)
- Rhode Island
- Tennessee
- Texas (3)
- Utah
- Wisconsin (3)
- States represented, 20
Foreign Countries
- Australia
- Canada (3)
- China (7)
- Finland
- Germany
- Indonesia (2)
- Iran (2)
- Israel
- Italy
- Korea, Republic of (8)
- Mexico
- The Netherlands
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Foreign countries represented, 15