Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2024

Opening reception Wednesday May 22 from 6-8pm. On view May 23-June 1. View RISD Grad Show 24 online. RISD Grad Show 2024 invites viewers to experience an expansive range of exploratory work by emerging artists and designers. The work...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2023

Featuring work by graduate students earning their degrees in 2023, RISD Grad Show 2023 highlights the creativity of students at all stages of the thesis process, from sketches and drafts to completed works. The show is presented both as an...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2023

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2022

RISD Grad Show 2022 invites viewers to experience an expansive range of exploratory work by emerging artists and designers. The work selected represents the culmination of each student’s experience in RISD’s dynamic and diverse graduate...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2022

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2021 Poster

With Commencement right around the corner, RISD’s graduating master’s degree students worked overtime to complete their thesis projects and get their work ready for public scrutiny at Grad Show 2021. Like last year, their creations will be...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2020 Poster

Like their peers around the world, graduate students completing thesis work remotely in spring 2020 were forced to relocate, reassess and adjust their practices. They also needed to forego the highly popular public exhibition of their...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2019 Poster

On view May 23rd through June 1, 2019 at the Rhode Island Convention Center, the expansive exhibition provides a wide-angle view of the creativity emanating from RISD’s 16 master’s degree programs. It features final bodies of thesis work...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2018

On view from May 24 to June 2 at the Rhode Island Convention Center, Grad Show 2018 highlights selected work by students from RISD's 16 master's degree programs. The 28,000-sf exhibition hall is custom-constructed for the annual thesis...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2018

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2017

RISD’s 2017 Graduate Thesis Exhibition presents an expansive range of fine art and design work by the 235 students completing master’s degrees at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) this spring. On view in the Rhode Island Convention...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2016

The thesis work of 225 students completing graduate degrees at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will be on display in RISD’s 2016 Graduate Thesis Exhibition at the Rhode Island Convention Center from May 27 – June 4, 2016. The...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2015

The thesis work of 178 students completing graduate degrees from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will be on display in RISD’s 2015 Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition at the Rhode Island Convention Center from May 20 – 30, 2015. The...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2014

The thesis work of 173 students completing graduate degrees from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will be on display in RISD’s 2014 Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition at the Rhode Island Convention Center from May 16 – 31, 2014. The...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2013

Open to the public May 17 - June 1 at the Rhode Island Convention Center, RISD's annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition features work in a wide range of media created by the master's degree candidates graduating in 2013. Each student showcases...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2012

Rhode Island School of Design’s 2012 Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition opens at the Rhode Island Convention Center on May 18. Graduate student work across 16 disciplines will be featured in a showcase of more than 180 RISD artists and...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2011

The thesis work of more than 170 students receiving graduate degrees from Rhode Island School of Design [RISD] will be on display in RISD’s 2011 Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition at the Rhode Island Convention Center. The work of graduate...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2010

The thesis work of more than 170 students receiving graduate degrees from Rhode Island School of Design [RISD] will be on display in RISD’s 2010 Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition at the Rhode Island Convention Center. The work of graduate...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2009

Rhode Island School of Design [RISD] will once again showcase the extraordinary work of more than 130 students receiving master’s degrees in RISD’s Annual Graduate Thesis Exhibition at the Rhode Island Convention Center. The work of...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2008

More than 120 RISD artists and designers across 14 disciplines are featured in graduate student showcase of art and design at its very best. For the second consecutive year, the extraordinary work of more than 120 students receiving...

Graduate Thesis Exhibition 2007

Graduate Thesis Exhibitions

A massive public exhibition of work by students about to earn their RISD master's degrees, the annual graduate thesis exhibition is the culmination of each student's unique experience at RISD. Transforming a large space into a network of smaller galleries, the show affords students an opportunity to showcase multiple pieces from their final body of thesis work.