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# The 2023 Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition Opens in New York City
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/2023-columbia-mfa-thesis-exhibition-opens-new-york-city/
- Published: 2023-04-17T18:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:13:13.000Z
- Description: Curator Jasmine Wahi notes the exhibition “instills a glowing spark of excitement for the future of contemporary art.” On view April 23 through May 21.
- Author: Columbia University School of the Arts
- Tags: Announcement, MFA Exhibition Announcements, New York, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:29 (2023, 2024, part 1)

The Columbia University School of the Arts Visual Arts Program presents the [2023 MFA Thesis Exhibition](http://bit.ly/3MCIsJ6?ref=hyperallergic.com) in collaboration with the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at the Lenfest Center for the Arts. This exhibition encompasses work by the 30 artists who will complete the [Visual Arts MFA Program](http://bit.ly/3oaJFx6?ref=hyperallergic.com) this May. Curator Jasmine Wahi notes the exhibition “instills a glowing spark of excitement for the future of contemporary art.”

The show is on view April 23–May 21, with an opening reception on Saturday, April 22, 3–6pm (ET). Gallery hours are Wednesday–Sunday, 12–6pm (ET).

**Location**  
[The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery ](http://bit.ly/40UDuvL?ref=hyperallergic.com)Lenfest Center for the Arts  
615 West 129th Street  
(enter at West 125th Street, between Broadway and 12th Avenue)  
New York, NY 10027

**Sound Artists**  
Gladstone Butler, Char Jeré, Merry Sun

**Visual Artists**  
Garrett Ball, Ray Barsante, Cecilia Caldiera, Kevin Cobb, Conor Dowdle, Nick Farhi, Elisheva Gavra, Jeffrey Halstead, Calvin Kim, Sangmin Lee, Kat Lowish, Meaghan Elyse Lueck, Anna Ting Möller, Amadeo Morelos Favela, Levi Nelson, Alison Nguyen, Paul Rho, Robbie Rogers, Albert Samreth, Cal Siegel, Jairo Sosa, Motohiro Takeda, Christopher Michel Torres, Vivian Vivas, Li Wang, Ming Wang, Shuai Yang

> The ways in which artists in this exhibition are thinking critically about materials, history(ies), social dynamics, and much more, is truly a map for how our current reality unfolds. This exhibition is a marker of the end of one chapter for this group of thinkers and makers, and the start of a bold and promising movement forward for all of us.  
>  
> Jasmine Wahi, Curator

**To learn more, visit** [**lenfest.arts.columbia.edu**](http://bit.ly/3MCIsJ6?ref=hyperallergic.com)**.**