Low-Residency MFA Thesis Exhibition 2025 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Monday, July 07 - Sunday, July 27

11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. CDT

SAIC Galleries Lower Level 1, 33 E. Washington St

Public Reception: July 12, 12–5:00 p.m.

The culminating presentation of Low-Residency MFA Candidates in SAIC’s class of 2025, this exhibition features the work of 22 artists working in a variety of media and includes a series of special activations and events. The 2025 exhibition is curated by Denny Mwaura and supported by Graduate Curatorial Assistants D Coates and Mikayla Hernandez Guevara. learn more

Artists: AMEMA, Ibrahim Ahmed, Emma Bergman, Marina Chisty, Kris Davidson, Amanda Eve Heidt, Andres L. Hernandez, Viraj Khanna, Philip Karjeker, Kaleena Miller, Kristen K O'Connor, David Carroll Orr, Jacy Richardson, Adolfo Ruiz Tosar, John Sáenz, Asé Selah, Rebecca Rose Grant, Katherine Demetriou Sidelsky, Ruth-Anne Siegel, Catherine Walker, & Peter Tristam Walz.

As well as a talk presented by Ryan Fazio.

Guest-curated by Denny Mwaura
Opening reception: Saturday, July 12, 12:00-5:00 p.m
Activations: Wednesday, July 16, 4:00-6:00 p.m
Closing reception: Sunday, July 27, 12:00 p.m.

Performance by Ryan Fazio
Saturday, July 12 at 5:15–6:45 pm
MacLean Ballroom (112 S. Michigan Ave.)
What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks: Fragments on the Broken Window

This performance lecture examines the symbolic, aesthetic, and political dimensions of the window to shed new light on what exactly is at stake in its deliberate breakage. Through a series of theoretical and historical fragments Fazio interrogates how the window functions as both a literal architectural element and a metaphorical device in discourses of visibility, surveillance, policing, and economic ideology. She will be joined after the performance for a conversation with anthropologist and interdisciplinary artist Ali Feser.

Gallery Hours
Mondays–Saturdays when exhibitions are open.
11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

For more information, please visit SAIC Shows 2025