Sculpture Masters Theses

 

The MFA program emphasizes a high level of production in the context of strong critical dialogue. Interdisciplinary graduate seminars serve as a meeting ground for students to address contemporary issues affecting all areas of the fine arts. In Sculpture graduate students focus on their own growth as creative individuals as they work to realize their ideas through a hands-on approach to process and materials.

In the final semester, MFA candidates focus on creating a comprehensive body of work under the guidance of a thesis committee. All Sculpture grad students produce a written thesis and participate in the RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, a large-scale public show held annually.

Graduate Program Director: Heather Rowe

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Theses from 2024

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A Thesis, or Digressions on Sculptural Practice: In Which, Concepts & Influences Thereof are Explained, Set Forth, Catalogued, or Divulged by Way of Commentaries to a Poem, First Conceived by the Artist, Fed Through ChatG.P.T., and Re-edited by the Artist, to Which are Added, Annotated References, Impressions and Ruminations Thereof, Also Including Private Thoughts & Personal Accounts of the Artist, Jaimie An

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Tennessee sure knows how to make 'em, Lorena Park

Theses from 2023

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moretheless, abdelghani alnahawi

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Princess Chives, Yuxuan An

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Disobeying, Mari Claudia Garcia

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Means and Meaning, Chloe Kaylor

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You are cordially (un)invited: My Korean Femme Strategy and Aspiration for Survival and Queer Futures, Nahyun Kim

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Entrelazados, Agustina Markez

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Rooted in topsoil, Jiaying Wang

Theses from 2022

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Traveling troubled wallflower, Julius Cavira

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Holding spaces, Zibby Jahns

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Transnationals; or, the modern Frankenstein, Kai Ji

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All at sea, Yangyang Mao

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Messy resurrections, Mia Rollins

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Shalom, Zoe Schwartz

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Military, art & the inbetween, Andrew Storck

Theses from 2021

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Is it real?, Hana Al-Saadi

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Phefumula Nami, Ndivhuho Rasengani

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The body extended, Yi Yang

Theses from 2020

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Madrepora, Elizabeth Burmann Littin

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Recycle bin (trashure), Eunhyung Chung

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I - 0, Sanghyun Koh

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Watermarks : the catalogue for home enthusiasts, Susana Oliveros Amaya

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Wrung from grave architectures, Megan Solis

Theses from 2018

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Circle, loops, straps, tracks, towels, Laura Thatcher

Theses from 2017

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Tendrescopic endeavors and other dynamics, Jared Akerstrom

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Thesis, Robert Joseph Anspach

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Dermis, Julia Betts

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Sight lines, Makia Sharp

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I am come back to you, Eleanor Tomlinson

Theses from 2015

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A slight hysterical tendency, Allison Baker

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[Nos]otros, Lucia Monge

Films from 1996

Oral History Interview with Gilbert (Gil) Franklin, March 18, 1996, Gil Franklin, Andrew Martinez, RISD Archives, and Frank Muhly