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 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
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
Is it real?, Hana Al-Saadi
Phefumula Nami, Ndivhuho Rasengani
The body extended, Yi Yang
Theses from 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
Circle, loops, straps, tracks, towels, Laura Thatcher
Theses from 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
A slight hysterical tendency, Allison Baker
[Nos]otros, Lucia Monge
Films from 1996
Oral History Interview with Gilbert (Gil) Franklin, March 18, 1996, Gil Franklin, Andrew Martinez, and RISD Archives