ON VIEW
April 22 – 29
+ May 12 – 20
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Friday, April 21, 5 – 7 pm
+ Thursday, May 11, 5 – 7 pm
April 22 – 29
+ May 12 – 20
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Friday, April 21, 5 – 7 pm
+ Thursday, May 11, 5 – 7 pm
phoebe-snyder.com
Phoebe
Phoebe Snyder was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1995. Growing up Snyder was always encouraged to appreciate the beauty of the everyday world. This appreciation for the every day translated into a love of photography. She attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City and graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2017, with a specific focus on self-portraiture.
Snyder has had work published in Vice, GUP International, and a cover feature in Fluter Magazine. She has exhibited in national and international group exhibitions like 15 Years of Draft: A Retrospective of the RIT Student-Run Publication and “Unverschämte Schönheit” in Germany.
Engaged Intimacy: Engaged Intimacy uses self-portraiture to document and dissect a moment of my being and a part of my personhood. In this work, I place myself within an experiential context, while also capturing the qualities of ordinary daily occurrences. This series blurs the line between fiction and truth, incorporating views of daily life to reveal the complexity of my personal experience and the continuous evolution of my identity over time. It explores my small subjective experiences of the world and the intimate relationship I am in. By using my body and my partner's body I am able to show gender, ordinary affects, and the essence of the original experience, whatever that may be.
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Phoebe
Snyder
Phoebe Snyder was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1995. Growing up Snyder was always encouraged to appreciate the beauty of the everyday world. This appreciation for the every day translated into a love of photography. She attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City and graduated with her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2017, with a specific focus on self-portraiture.
Snyder has had work published in Vice, GUP International, and a cover feature in Fluter Magazine. She has exhibited in national and international group exhibitions like 15 Years of Draft: A Retrospective of the RIT Student-Run Publication and “Unverschämte Schönheit” in Germany.
Engaged Intimacy: Engaged Intimacy uses self-portraiture to document and dissect a moment of my being and a part of my personhood. In this work, I place myself within an experiential context, while also capturing the qualities of ordinary daily occurrences. This series blurs the line between fiction and truth, incorporating views of daily life to reveal the complexity of my personal experience and the continuous evolution of my identity over time. It explores my small subjective experiences of the world and the intimate relationship I am in. By using my body and my partner's body I am able to show gender, ordinary affects, and the essence of the original experience, whatever that may be.
The MFA Thesis Exhibitions for the Class of 2023 are interdisciplinary shows that incorporate a range of making practices unified by the overwhelming concerns these students have for their environment, their communities, their families, and their own well-being. With an emphasis on the personal, and at times the anecdotal, these 21 artists make a variety of contributions in the form of ceramics, garments, furniture, installations, paintings, photographs, poems, prints, sculptures, and videos. The nature of their work and research demonstrates the caliber and cultural relevance of our program.
2023 MFA artists (April 22 – 29)
Corinne Colpitts, Deanna Jacome, Marlena Faxon, Jordann McKenna, Allison Overpeck, Maya Parry, Phoebe Snyder, Richard Takita, Michael Tilbury, Ryan Wight
2023 MFA artists (May 12 – 20)
McKenna Bishop, Maeve Doolan, Grace Hager, Mattie Hinkley, Rebecca Laws, James Meyer, Ted Moore, Steffany Ojeda, Connor Pirruccello-McClellan, Deborah Santoro, Anthony Surratt
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Corinne Colpitts, Deanna Jacome, Marlena Faxon, Jordann McKenna, Allison Overpeck, Maya Parry, Phoebe Snyder, Richard Takita, Michael Tilbury, Ryan Wight
2023 MFA artists (May 12 – 20)
McKenna Bishop, Maeve Doolan, Grace Hager, Mattie Hinkley, Rebecca Laws, James Meyer, Ted Moore, Steffany Ojeda, Connor Pirruccello-McClellan, Deborah Santoro, Anthony Surratt
Institute of Contemporary Art
at Maine College of Art & Design
522 Congress St.Portland, ME 04101
Gallery Hours:
Wed–Sun, 11:00am–5:00pm,
Thursday, 11:00am–7:00pm