Late Breaking

This exhibition takes place at the end of the second semester of a graduate student’s first year and represents a major milestone in the two-year process of pursuing a Master of Fine Arts degree. Graduate students develop their studio work throughout the academic year, install their candidacy exhibition, and undergo a formal review of the work with their programs. Successful students proceed to their second year of graduate study to develop their work for their MFA Thesis Exhibition at the ICA at the culmination of their degree.

The 2026 Candidacy exhibitions were on view April 17-25th.

Craft/Material Studies
Phaedra Beauchamp
Anna Johnson
Margaret Pinto
Elizabeth Schweizer

Graphic Design
Yomna Abdelkader
Adrienne Bennett
Charles S. O’Leary
Mati Schank

Kinetic Imaging
Abdul Haadi
lisandrx
Adam J Santiago

Painting + Printmaking
Mehreen Fatima
Katy Layman
Trang Huynh
Mahta Salehi
Jordan Sears

Photograph + Film
Isaiah Mamo

Sculpture + Extended Media
Diabou
Hannah Berger
Omer Shach
Sara Willa