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Not Grounded: the 2024 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition

April 5–April 27, 2024

The UMBC IMDA (Intermedia and Digital Arts) Masters Program presents “Not Grounded,” the 2024 IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition.

The exhibition will be the context for the artists’ thesis defenses, as well as the annual “RTKL Lecture,” a fellowship lecture made possible through the generosity of RTKL (Rogers Taliaferro, Kostritsky, & Lamb) Associates Incorporated. The goal of this merit-based award is to support an emerging artist of creative and scholarly excellence who has demonstrated a promise to make an impact on the field. This year’s recipient is Elly Kalantari.

Visitors looking at work in the IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition.
Photo by Todd Henn

The thesis exhibition features four artists with diverse artistic practices and approaches:

Mixed media installation by Andrew Liang, featuring facsimiles of blue slip-on sandals.
Home New World, 2024 Mix Media Installation ©Andrew Liang, courtesy of the artist

Andrew Liang presents “Home New World,” a self-portrait that delves into the transitional space of his 13-year-old self, having recently arrived in a new country.

Video still of work by Kristin Putchinski. A person with short hair stands in a deconstructed piano that is place on its side, removing the keys.
Reaping & Sowing, 2023 Still image of digital video loop with sound © Kristin Putchinski, courtesy of the artist

Kristin Putchinski explores concepts of tension, transformation and release through a series of actions, performances and sculptures that utilize pianos as the primary object.

Still of laser projection poetry performance by A. M. Zellhofer. A laser light is projected on a wall via concentric circles like a target.
My Body is Concentric, 2024 Laser Projection Poetry Performance ©A. M. Zellhofer, courtesy of the artist

A. M. Zellhofer, a Baltimore-based printmaker and digital poet, investigates the experiential growth — both visible and invisible— that makes up the “dendrochronology of self.”

Visitors looking at artwork in IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition.
Photo by Todd Henn
Visitors within an installation in the IMDA MFA Thesis Exhibition. The green-colored work is projected on the walls and the people within.
Photo by Todd Henn

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