April 9–July 25, 2022
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
1 Brookings Drive
63130 St. Louis MO
The MFA in Visual Art program in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts celebrates its degree candidates every year with an exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum on the Washington University in St. Louis campus.
“Nine Ways from Sunday: 2022 MFA in Visual Art Thesis Exhibition” features thesis projects by the 2022 graduating class. This exhibition reflects the critical conversations, interdisciplinary investigations, collective visions, and diverse practices of this distinctive group of artists.
The titular phrase—“Nine Ways from Sunday”—is a variation on an idiom that alludes to something that is done completely and/or in every way possible. An apt title chosen by the artists, “Nine Ways” presents artworks in various media, exploring a broad range of themes, including spatial politics, desire and commodity fetishism, technology and the natural world, the Black Imaginary, and diasporic cultural identities.
This exhibition is organized by Leslie Markle, curator for public art, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum. Support is provided by the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
Photos by Richard Sprengeler and Whitney Curtis.
Karina Arreola-Gutierrez
Quinn Antonio Briceño
Joseph Canizales
Noah Greene-Lowe
Erin Johnston
Martin Lammert
Sam Modder
Carlos Salazar-Lermont
Livia Xandersmith
The MFA in Visual Art program at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts educates artists who will define and change the future of their disciplines—in small, medium, and extra-large ways. It instills students with the agency and resiliency that will be essential to the next generation of artists. Led by professor and newly appointed chair Lisa Bulawsky, the program is home to an inclusive, close-knit community of renegade makers and thinkers, and offers students a site of rigorous inquiry, humanity, and intellectual generosity. The Sam Fox School has abundant resources, with expansive facilities and studios that serve as a think tank for intellectual and material experimentation. The program is located within a tier-one research institution and is proud of its location in St. Louis, which serves as both an extension of the studio and site of engagement for art and artists. The MFA in Visual Art professionally prepares students for a diversified approach to the field of contemporary art that nurtures sustained, lifelong engagement while recognizing multiple pathways and definitions for a career in the arts and culture.
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis is a leader in architecture, art, and design education. We are advancing our fields through innovative research and creative practice, excellence in teaching, a world-class university art museum, and a deep commitment to addressing the social and environmental challenges of our time. Through the work of our students, faculty, and alumni, we are striving to create a more just, sustainable, humane, and beautiful world.
