Atelier Art Gallery
1301 N 31st St, Suite 2
Philadelphia PA 19121
The Graduate Fine Arts Program presents AWAY FROM CENTER: 2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition curated by Tiona McClodden.
The works in this exhibition explore structures and materials that defy first-take legibility while refusing passive engagement. These works purposely obscure, reveal, grieve, and elaborate form as a malleable function. The exhibition structure will engage the viewer with an arrangement that presents the refusal of a singular gaze by employing a choreographic method of pivoting to regain a firm stance and position. In this exhibition, which unfolds in two parts, the artists employ various methods of pushing information away from the center to engage with the periphery as a means to imagine.
The first exhibition is on view March 16–25; the second exhibition is on view March 30–April 8.
Visiting hours by appointment. Contact mfa@design.upenn.edu.
Min Baek
Maxime Cavajani
Mae Eskenazi
Rudy Gerson
Jingyi Li
Hainuo Shi
lexi welch
Susannah Yugler
Adrienne Reid
Mel Brown
taylor manigoult
Aislinn Pentecost-Farren
Kevin Mulvey
Vy Trinh
Chenxi Shao
Yi-Han Huang
Tiona McClodden
Tiona Nekkia McClodden [she/her] is a visual artist, filmmaker, and curator whose work explores and critiques issues at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and social commentary.
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