Semester of Graduation

Summer 2026

Degree

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

Art

Document Type

Thesis

Abstract

to be closer explores the intersection of yearning and unease. This series of works uses the visual language of the body and its thresholds to explore how each of us builds interpersonal relationships and understandings of self. Pulling from abjection theory, the abject comes from the internal becoming external, the crossing of a bodily or personal threshold. My sculptures, vessels, and prints translate the visual language of the border of the body into a discussion of emotional ones. to be closer uses these corporeal thresholds and the language of the uncanny as vehicles to discuss the crossing of emotional boundaries to seek intimate relationships with others.

Date

5-26-2026

Committee Chair

Michaelene Walsh

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