Degrees and Enrollment
Master of Fine Arts Degrees Conferred, 2019
Sara Abbaspour, Photography
Kristoffer Anton Ala-Ketola, Sculpture
Kimberly Altomare, Painting/Printmaking
Tania Alvarez Zaldivar, Graphic Design
Genesis Báez, Photography
Braeden Alexander Bailey, Painting/Printmaking
Micah Barrett, Graphic Design
Ana Faye Benaroya, Painting/Printmaking
Molly Amanda Berman, Photography
Jacob Todd Broussard, Painting/Printmaking
Severin Aleksy Joachim Bunse, Graphic Design
Evan Jon Charles Chang, Graphic Design
Nicole Catherine Cherry, Sculpture
Hyungseuk Cho, Graphic Design
Dho Yee Chung, Graphic Design
Kerri Ann Conlon, Sculpture
Simone Cutrí, Graphic Design
Gabrielle D’Angelo, Painting/Printmaking
Edwina Y. Dai, Painting/Printmaking
Felix Davey, Photography
Alfredo Dominguez Diaz, Sculpture
Azza Salah Elsiddique, Sculpture
Brian Gannon Galderisi, Photography
Alexander Meyersohn Gibson, Painting/Printmaking
Ian Mavor Goldsborough, Painting/Printmaking
Emilie Louise Gossiaux, Sculpture
Emma Nicole Gregoline, Graphic Design
Phoebe Kass Helander, Painting/Printmaking
Petra Hjartardottir, Sculpture
Willis Carl Kingery, Graphic Design
David Edward Knowles, Graphic Design
Zhongkai Li, Graphic Design
Rodrigo Lopez Gomez, Photography
Lyndsey Alexandra Marko, Painting/Printmaking
Emile Mausner, Painting/Printmaking
Kaitlin Elizabeth Maxwell, Photography
Rosa Griswold McElheny, Graphic Design
Chase Catherine Middleton, Photography
Amaryllis Dejesus Moleski, Painting/Printmaking
Rebecca Ness, Painting/Printmaking
Catalina Ouyang, Sculpture
Diego Antonio Palacios, Sculpture
Angel Pedro, Photography
Kaisi Peng, Photography
Esteban Ramón Pérez, Painting/Printmaking
Dominic Chambers Phillips, Painting/Printmaking
Lauren Quin, Painting/Printmaking
Zack James Robbins, Graphic Design
Tajh Rust, Painting/Printmaking
Coral Saucedo Lomelí, Sculpture
Leila Seyedzadeh, Painting/Printmaking
Haeok Shin, Graphic Design
Soomin Eileen Shon, Graphic Design
Hua Shu, Graphic Design
Michael Lynwood Shultis, Painting/Printmaking
Blair Mitchell Whiteford, Painting/Printmaking
Suzanna Zak, Sculpture
Liyan Zhao, Graphic Design
Enrollment, 2019–2020
Graphic Design
Herdimas Anggara (B.Sc. Inst. Teknologi Bandung [Indonesia] 2012), Dki Jakarta, Indonesia
Kyla Arsadjaja (B.A. La Salle Coll. of Arts [Singapore] 2015), Java, Indonesia
Alvin Ashiatey (B.F.A. Kwame Nkrumah Univ. of Science & Technology [Ghana] 2016), Tema, Ghana
Milo Bonacci (B.A. Syracuse Univ. 2006), Milwaukee, Wis.
Maria Candanoza Hurtado (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2013), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Luiza Dale (B.Arch. Pontifical Catholic Univ. Rio de Janeiro [Brazil] 2011), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jessica Flemming (B.F.A. San Francisco Art Inst. 2012), Valencia, Calif.
Yuan Gao (B.A. Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ. [China] 2019), Shanghai, China
Jinu Hong (B.Arch. Korea Univ. [Republic of Korea] 2017), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Zhiyan Huang (B.F.A. Parsons School of Design 2017), New York, N.Y.
Laura Huaranga (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2012), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Rok Hudobivnik (B.A. Norwich Univ. of the Arts [U.K.] 2018), Cerklje Na Gorenjskem, Slovenia
Cindy Hwang (B.A. Yale Univ. 2015), Phoenix, Ariz.
Bianca Ibarlucea (B.F.A. Wayne State Univ. 2015), Detroit, Mich.
Furqan Jawed (B.Des. Srishti Inst. of Art, Design & Technology [India] 2016), Pune, India
Dawoon Jeon (B.F.A. Ewha Womans Univ. [Republic of Korea] 2016), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Harin Jung (B.A. Yeungnam Univ. [Republic of Korea] 2014), Daegu, Republic of Korea
Jun Jung (B.F.A. Hongik Univ. [Republic of Korea] 2014), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Jeongwoo Kim (B.F.A. School of Visual Arts 2013), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Minhwan Kim (B.S. Korea Advancement Inst. of Science & Technology 2015, M.S. 2018), Songpa-Gu, Republic of Korea
Mengjie Liu (B.A. Tsinghua Univ. [China] 2019), Shanghai, China
Ana Lobo (B.A. Univ. Brasilia [Brazil] 2008), São Paulo, Brazil
Kang Ma (B.A. Hunan Univ. [China] 2015), Shenzhen City, China
M.C. Madrigal (B.S. Indiana Univ. [Bloomington] 2013), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Churong Mao (B.F.A. Central Acad. of Fine Arts [China] 2017), Changsha, China
Nick Massarelli (B.S. Drexel Univ. 2015), Philadelphia, Pa.
Anežka Minarikova (Bc.A. Acad. of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague [Czech Republic] 2019), Prague, Czech Republic
Tuan Quoc Pham (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. of Chicago 2013), Chicago, Ill.
Mengyi Qian (B.A. Suzhou Univ. [China] 2017), Suzhou, China
Steven Rodriguez (B.A. California State Univ. [Fullerton] 2015), Los Angeles, Calif.
Anna Sagström (B.A. Glasgow School of Art [U.K.] 2009, M.F.A. Konstfack Univ. of Arts, Crafts & Design [Sweden] 2011), Fagersta, Sweden
Julia Schäfer (B.A. Zurich Univ. of the Arts 2015), Liestal, Switzerland
Stefanie Tam (B.A. Univ. California [Los Angeles] 2019), Los Angeles, Calif.
Hannah Tjaden (B.A. Queen’s Univ. [Ontario] 2010, M.A. Sotheby’s Inst. of Art 2012), Toronto, Canada
Betty Wang (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2014), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mianwei Wang (B.F.A. Central Acad. of Fine Arts [China] 2016), Beijing, China
Yuanbo Wang (B.A. Central Academy of Fine Arts [China] 2015), Quanzhou, China
Bryant Wells (B.S. Univ. Cincinnati 2013), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Nicholas Weltyk (B.F.A. Pratt Inst. 2013), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Cat Wentworth (B.A. Univ. Kentucky 2014), Bowling Green, Ky.
Sam Wood (B.F.A. Brigham Young Univ. 2014), Orem, Utah
Avery Youngblood (B.A. Parsons School of Design 2018), Ridgewood, N.Y.
Orysia Zabeida (B.A. Univ. Quebec [Montreal] 2016), Montreal, Canada
Wenwen Zhang (B.S. Rutgers Univ. 2017), Qindao, China
Painting/Printmaking
Rachael Anderson (B.F.A. Ohio State Univ. [Columbus] 2012), Pickerington, Ohio
Hangama Atiqullo (B.F.A. Nova Scotia Coll. of Art & Design 2012), Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
James Bartolacci (B.A. Brandeis Univ. 2012), Ridgewood, N.Y.
Vamba Bility (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2015), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Tim Brawner (B.F.A. Nebraska Wesleyan Univ. 2014), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Kevin Brisco (B.A. Wesleyan Univ. 2013), Memphis, Tenn.
Bri Brooks (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. Chicago 2019), Providence, R.I.
Mariel Capanna (B.F.A. Pennsylvania Acad. of the Fine Arts 2012), Philadelphia, Pa.
Bhasha Chakrabarti (B.A. Univ. Rochester 2013), Honolulu, Hawaii
Jose Chavez-Verduzco (B.A. Univ. California [Davis] 2016), North Hollywood, Calif.
Taylor Clough (B.F.A. Montserrat Coll. of Art 2013), Southbury, Conn.
David Craig (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2013), Providence, R.I.
Danielle De Jesus (B.F.A. Fashion Inst. of Technology 2019), Elmhurst, N.Y.
Krystal DiFronzo (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. Chicago 2012), Highland Park, Ill.
Nathaniel Donnett (B.A. Texas Southern Univ. 2018), Houston, Tex.
Sara Emsaki (B.A. Univ. California [Berkeley] 2016), San Jose, Calif.
Trevon Latin (B.F.A. Univ. Houston 2015), Houston, Tex.
Naomi Lisiki (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2018), Corona, N.Y.
Leyla Margolis (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2017), Minneapolis, Minn.
Victoria Martinez (B.F.A. Minneapolis Coll. of Art & Design 2010), Chicago, Ill.
Kate Meissner (B.F.A. California Polytechnic State Univ. [San Luis Obispo] 2017), Loomis, Calif.
Michelle Miller (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. Chicago 2015), Los Angeles, Calif.
Gabriel Mills (B.F.A. Univ. Hartford 2015), New York, N.Y.
Aryana Minai (B.F.A. Art Center Coll. of Design 2016), Glendale, Calif.
Dala Nasser (B.F.A. Univ. Coll. London [U.K.] 2016), Beirut, Lebanon
Africanus Okokon (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2013), Brown Deer, Wis.
Alina Perez (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2017), Miami, Fla.
Tamen Pérez (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2010), Tres Ríos, Costa Rica
Sara Rahmanian (B.A. Art Univ. Tehran [Iran] 2016), Tehran, Iran
Jonathan Rajewski (B.A. Michigan State Univ. 2009), Hamtramck, Mich.
Edd Ravn (B.F.A. Glasgow School of Art 2015), Otley, U.K.
Jose de Jesus Rodriguez (B.A. Univ. California [Santa Cruz] 2013), Brooklyn, N.Y.
María de los Àngeles Rodríguez Jiménez (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2015), Miami, Fla.
Emma Safir (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2012), Highland Park, N.J.
Kern Samuel (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2017), Vauxhall, N.J.
Carly Sheehan (B.F.A. Massachusetts Coll. of Art 2014), Amesbury, Mass.
Rebecca Shippee (B.F.A. State Univ. New York [Purchase] 2013), Kingston, N.Y.
Matthew Smoak (B.A. Univ. North Carolina [Chapel Hill] 2008), New York, N.Y.
Kathia St. Hilaire (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2017), West Palm Beach, Fla.
Chiffon Thomas (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. Chicago 2014), Chicago, Ill.
Chibuike Uzoma (B.A. Univ. Benin [Nigeria] 2014), Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Curtis Welteroth (B.F.A. Kutztown Univ. Pennsylvania 2016), Pittsburgh, Pa.
Ye Qin Zhu (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2010), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Photography
Mickey Aloisio (B.F.A. Fashion Inst. of Technology 2016), Long Island City, N.Y.
Angela Chen (B.A. California State Univ. [Los Angeles] 2009), Temple City, Calif.
Ronghui Chen (B.A. Nanchang Univ. [China] 2011), Shanghai, China
Deangelo Christian (B.F.A. California Inst. of the Arts 2017), Long Beach, Calif.
Robert Andy Coombs (B.F.A. Kendall Coll. of Art & Design 2013), Norway, Mich.
Tarah Douglas (B.F.A. Univ. Michigan [Ann Arbor] 2014), Montclair, N.J.
Jackie Furtado (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. Chicago 2012), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Max Gavrich (B.A. Bard Coll. 2014), San Francisco, Calif.
Rory Hamovit (B.A. Bard Coll. 2013), Newbury, Mass.
Nabil Harb (B.A. Univ. South Florida 2019), Lakeland, Fla.
Dylan Hausthor (B.F.A. Maine Coll. of Art 2015), North Bennington, Vt.
Elizabeth Hibbard (B.A. Univ. California [Santa Cruz] 2012), Morgan Hill, Calif.
Dawn Kim (B.F.A. Art Center Coll. of Design 2011), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Morgan Levy (B.F.A. New York Univ. 2007), Denver, Colo.
Annie Ling (B.A. Redeemer Univ. Coll. [Ontario] 2007), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Jane Lowe (B.A. Sarah Lawrence Coll. 2015), New York, N.Y.
Allison Minto (B.A. State Univ. New York [Buffalo] 2009), Kew Gardens, N.Y.
Alex Nelson (B.F.A. Fashion Inst. of Technology 2011), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Jiajun Wang (B.F.A. California Coll. of the Arts 2016), Hangzhou, China
Rosemary Warren (B.A. Bard Coll. 2014), Philadelphia, Pa.
Sculpture
Cameron Clayborn (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. Chicago 2016), Chicago, Ill.
Armando Cortes (B.A. Univ. California [Los Angeles] 2012), Wilmington, Calif.
Genevieve Goffman (B.A. Reed Coll. 2015), Washington, D.C.
Kevin Hernandez Rosa (B.F.A. Univ. Hartford 2016), New Haven, Conn.
Sae Jun Kim (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. Chicago 2015), Goyang-Si, Republic of Korea
Lauren Lee (B.A. Univ. Maryland [College Park] 2015), Baltimore, Md.
Efrat Lipkin (B.Ed.F.A. Hamidrasha School of Art 2014), Tel Aviv, Israel
Diana Lozano (B.F.A. Cooper Union 2013), Brooklyn, N.Y.
Randi Renate Marby (B.F.A., B.A. Univ. Texas [Austin] 2014), Berlin, Germany
Anna Miller (B.F.A. Univ. Arizona 2017), Tucson, Ariz.
Peyton Sarah Peyton (B.F.A. Univ. Georgia 2016), Jacksonville, Fla.
Hyeree Ro (B.A. Yonsei Univ. [Republic of Korea] 2011, B.F.A. Korean National Univ. of Arts 2017), Seoul, Republic of Korea
Amina Ross (B.F.A. School of the Art Inst. Chicago 2015), New York, N.Y.
David Roy (B.F.A. Otis Coll. of Art & Design 2013), Inglewood, Calif.
Audrey Ryan (B.F.A. Univ. Hartford 2016), Flushing, N.Y.
Jeenho Seo (B.F.A. Hongik Univ. [Republic of Korea] 2015), Seongnam, Republic of Korea
Sam Shoemaker (B.F.A. California Inst. of the Arts 2014), Altadena, Calif.
Karinne Smith (B.A. Univ. California [Berkeley] 2013), Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Freddy Villalobos (B.A. Univ. California [Irvine] 2016), Los Angeles, Calif.
Anne Wu (B.F.A. Cornell Univ. 2013), Flushing, N.Y.
Alex Zak (B.F.A., B.A. School of the Art Inst. Chicago 2012), New York, N.Y.
Stella Zhong (B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design 2015), Shenzhen, China
Summary of Enrollment
General Summary
Admissions Information, Fall Term 2019
| Applicants | 1,102 |
| Applicants admitted | 63 |
| Matriculants | 59 |
Student Profile
| Graduate students | 129 |
Graphic Design |
44 |
Painting/Printmaking |
43 |
Photography |
20 |
Sculpture |
22 |
| Preliminary-year students | 8 |
| First-year students | 59 |
| Second-year students | 62 |
| Female students | 76 |
| Male students | 53 |
| Age range of students | 22–51 |
| Average age of students | 29 |
| Mean age of students | 29 |
| Undergraduate degrees in fine art | 110 |
| Undergraduate degrees in other areas, e.g., anthropology, architecture, history of art, literature | 19 |
| Institutions represented | 93 |
| States represented | 23 |
| Foreign countries represented | 18 |
Institutions Represented
One student from each institution unless otherwise indicated.
Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague [Czech Republic]
Art Center College of Design (2)
Art University of Tehran [Iran]
Bard College (3)
Brandeis University
Brigham Young University
California College of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts (2)
California Polytechnic State University [San Luis Obispo]
California State University [Fullerton]
California State University [Los Angeles]
Central Academy of Fine Arts [China] (3)
Cooper Union (5)
Cornell University
Drexel University
Ewha Womans University [Republic of Korea]
Fashion Institute of Technology (3)
Glasgow School of Art [U.K.] (2)
Hamidrasha School of Art
Hongik University [Republic of Korea] (2)
Hunan University [China], Shenzhen City, China
Indiana University [Bloomington]
Institute Teknologi Bandung [Indonesia]
Kendall College of Art & Design
Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts & Design [Sweden]
Korea Advancement Institute of Science & Technology [Republic of Korea]
Korea University [Republic of Korea]
Korean National University of Arts [Republic of Korea]
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology [Ghana]
La Salle College of Arts [Singapore]
Maine College of Art
Massachusetts College of Art
Michigan State University
Minneapolis College of Art & Design
Montserrat College of Art
Nanchang University [China]
Nebraska Wesleyan University
New York University
Norwich University of the Arts [U.K.]
Nova Scotia College of Art & Design
Ohio State University [Columbus]
Otis College of Art & Design
Parsons School of Design
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
Pratt Institute
Queen’s University [Ontario]
Redeemer University College [Ontario]
Reed College
Rhode Island School of Design (11)
Rutgers University
San Francisco Art Institute
Sarah Lawrence College
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (10)
School of Visual Arts (2)
Shanghai Jiao Tong University [China]
Sotheby’s Institute of Art [U.K.]
Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology [India]
Stanford University
State University of New York [Buffalo]
State University of New York [Purchase]
Suzhou University [China]
Syracuse University
Texas Southern University
Tsinghua University [China]
University College London [U.K.]
University of Arizona
University of Benin [Nigeria]
University of Brasilia [Brazil]
University of California [Berkeley] (2)
University of California [Davis]
University of California [Irvine]
University of California [Los Angeles] (2)
University of California [Santa Cruz] (2)
University of Cincinnati
University of Georgia
University of Hartford (3)
University of Houston
University of Kentucky
University of Maryland [College Park]
University of Michigan [Ann Arbor]
University of North Carolina [Chapel Hill]
University of Quebec [Montreal]
University of Rochester
University of South Florida
University of Texas [Austin]
Wayne State University
Wesleyan University
Yale University
Yeungnam University [Republic of Korea]
Yonsei University [Republic of Korea]
Zurich University of the Arts [Switzerland]
Institutions represented, 93
Geographical Distribution
One student from each state or country unless otherwise indicated.
United States
Arizona (2)
California (17)
Colorado
Connecticut (2)
District of Columbia
Florida (5)
Hawaii
Illinois (5)
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts (2)
Michigan (3)
Minnesota
New Jersey (3)
New York (30)
Ohio
Pennsylvania (4)
Rhode Island (2)
Tennessee
Texas (2)
Utah
Vermont
Wisconsin (2)
States represented, 23
Foreign Countries
Brazil (2)
Canada (3)
China (11)
Costa Rica
Czech Republic
Germany
Ghana
India
Indonesia (2)
Iran
Israel
Korea, Republic of (9)
Lebanon
Nigeria
Slovenia
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Foreign countries represented, 18