MFA-VA Candidates

A person crouching down lighting candles, which surround a large rectangular embroidered piece of fabric in a spacious gallery. The fabric has lace detailing along the edges and is white. There is a candle placed in the center.

Karina Arreola-Gutierrez

A golden payphone; the metal panel reflects patches of color.

Alex Braden

A sculpture in red, installed in a park-like area: it is geometric, with curves that contrast with a thin amorphous sheet of metal (also red). The curves are expressive and energetic, exuberant. The sky is overcast.

Allena Marie Brazier

Collage/painting on a square canvas: a person with a pink headscarf gathers berries, a basket in their left hand. There are typographic textures overlaid on the scarf and shirt; on the former, what appears to be a receipt; on the latter, an American flag with the text, "MADE IN U.S.A.".

Quinn Briceño

Five sculptures placed on a white platform: their colors lighten from left to right, and their forms grow larger, more organic: leftmost is a concrete block; rightmost is a white/chalky, more irregularly perforated form.

Joseph Canizales

Two caged figures with red legs of furniture in boots, connected by a chain of red and silver with a padlock in the center. Their "torsos" are patched with various colors, the figure on the left mostly in red, white, and blue; the figure on the right in red, black, and yellow.

Alex Rosborough Davis

A beaded tapestry suspended from a metal bar that spans the corner of a gallery space.

Noah Greene-Lowe

Oil painting of a person, their back to the viewer, with no shirt on, a covering on their head, one hand up on their head, holding a staff in the other hand.

Jamie Harris

Two white chair backs placed side by side against a light gray background.

Erin Johnston

Megan Kenyon

Installation featuring what looks like a fishtank on the left, with bottles of Gatorade next to it; to the right is an open, wheeled cart, perched atop an open mini-fridge with more bottles of Gatorade; a few sculptural objects are on top of the cart.

Martin Lammert

Two panels/images tiled above and below: in the image above, a person sits on a chair, looking to the distance, in a dark/dim room. The only light that fills the space comes from the windows. In the still below, they sit on the edge of a bed, the image captured from a higher, aerial perspective.

Sharlene Lee

A person wearing a dark dress and striped socks running/tumbling across a white void, encircled by a large, amorphous being; around them are people that the entity has gotten to.

Samantha Modder

"this was the first reflection" in cursive, centered above a snowy, wintry landscape of a cluster of trees, one of which (in the center) is on fire. The sky is overcast with clouds and the water/pond in the foreground is dark and stormy, reflecting the glare of the blaze.

Jorge Rios Morales

Gallery installation of half a bunk bed (as if cut off in the middle) against a reflective wall, which shows the other half. The walls in the background are white and the floors are dark.

Carlos Salazar-Lermont

Three people, barefoot and crowded together, all in blue, yellow and purple/magenta. The figures wear dark blue headbands and their hands are raised as they whisper to each other. In the background is a dark blue-green landscape with a gray-blue sun/moon.

Anna Schenker

Google street view of a scaffolded walkway/path; in the background is a neoclassical looking building, surrounded by trees. The text "Google Earth" in the lower right corner in white, and supplementary info (metadata, perhaps) centered at the bottom in a smaller font size.

Seulki Seo

A still life: several potted plants, fruits, and vegetables arranged on emerald and white cloths; in the background, smoke circles the air.

Samantha Slone

An installation in front of a white wall: on the wall is a vibrantly painted canvas depicting towering skyscrapers (outlined in blue) with the smoke from an explosion in the background, circling the blue sky; below the buildings are teal/blue-green leafy/floral motifs, outlined in red. In front of the canvas on the ground is a stool painted the same teal-blue shade, surrounded by panels shaped like the leaves, in the same gradient.

Livia Xandersmith

A child in front of a bathroom sink: on the counter are toothbrushes, toothpaste, and soaps, among other things. Reflected in the mirror behind the child is a full closet, the door open, revealing several stuffed animals placed at the top. In the closet amorphous, red, clawed figures lurk, one placing its claws/antennae on the doorframe.

Karen Yung