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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 2024

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

Tennessee sure knows how to make 'em, Lorena Park

Theses from 2023 2023

moretheless, abdelghani alnahawi

Princess Chives, Yuxuan An

Disobeying, Mari Claudia Garcia

Means and Meaning, Chloe Kaylor

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

Entrelazados, Agustina Markez

Rooted in topsoil, Jiaying Wang

Theses from 2022 2022

Traveling troubled wallflower, Julius Cavira

Holding spaces, Zibby Jahns

Transnationals; or, the modern Frankenstein, Kai Ji

All at sea, Yangyang Mao

Messy resurrections, Mia Rollins

Shalom, Zoe Schwartz

Military, art & the inbetween, Andrew Storck

Theses from 2021 2021

Is it real?, Hana Al-Saadi

Phefumula Nami, Ndivhuho Rasengani

The body extended, Yi Yang

Theses from 2020 2020

Madrepora, Elizabeth Burmann Littin

Recycle bin (trashure), Eunhyung Chung

I - 0, Sanghyun Koh

Watermarks : the catalogue for home enthusiasts, Susana Oliveros Amaya

Wrung from grave architectures, Megan Solis

Theses from 2018 2018

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

Theses from 2017 2017

Tendrescopic endeavors and other dynamics, Jared Akerstrom

Thesis, Robert Joseph Anspach

Dermis, Julia Betts

Sight lines, Makia Sharp

I am come back to you, Eleanor Tomlinson

Theses from 2015 2015

A slight hysterical tendency, Allison Baker

[Nos]otros, Lucia Monge

Films from 1996 1996

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