2026 MFA Thesis Exhibitions

Tyler School of Art and Architecture
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Experience seven weeks of MFA exhibitions packed with innovative ideas, fearless experimentation and advanced creative inquiry.

All work is displayed in the Temple Contemporary space at Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Exhibitions will be 11am-6pm, Wednesday-Saturday. Opening receptions will be held each Friday evening from 5-8pm.

Tyler School of Art and Architecture • 2001 N. 13th Street • Philadelphia, PA • 19122
(Enter the building’s W. Norris Street entrance between 12th & 13th Streets)

March 11–14

Opening reception: March 13

  • Marcè Nixon-Washington
  • Zahra Momeni
  • ev Leto
  • Rich Brown*

March 18–21

Opening reception: March 20

  • Mary Champagne
  • Will Grimm
  • Laura Sallade
  • Lena Ruth Schwartz*

March 25–28

Opening reception: March 27

  • Marta Murray
  • Rachael Henson
  • Nabeel Naveed
  • Brandon Aquino Straus*

April 1–4

Opening reception: April 3

  • Jamie Cabreza
  • Madison Tubbs
  • Ananda Voecks
  • Jessalyn Mailoa*

April 8–11

Opening reception: April 10

  • Rylie Kelley
  • Joseph E. Malson
  • Judith Addison
  • Meredith Tenney-Free*

April 15–18

Opening reception: April 17

  • Olivia Smith
  • Brianna Howard
  • Weiwei Li
  • Maximilian Art Boyce*

April 22–25

Opening reception: April 24

  • Jess Santana
  • Daniel Gottschalk
  • Tram (Zoe) Nguyen
  • Gwyneth Zeleny Anderson*

*Showing in the Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery

View the full thesis exhibition schedule and read the artist bios on the Temple Contemporary website

OPEN TO: Public