4, 5, 6

Update: Join the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota for a virtual celebration in honor of the 2020 Master of Fine Arts graduates and their thesis exhibition, 4, 5, 6. This event includes a screening of exhibition video tours and a Q & A with the MFA cohort. The virtual celebration will take place October 3rd at 5PM via https://z.umn.edu/MFA_Virtual_Celebration

About the Exhibition
The Katherine E. Nash Gallery at the University of Minnesota presents 4, 5, 6 a group exhibition of six artists about to complete the Master of Fine Arts degree in the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota. The exhibition includes works by Lauren Flynn, Kevin O’Meara, Roger Ourthiague Jr., Simcha Smith, Erika Terwilliger, and Kuab Maiv Yaj - Koua Mai Yang. Lauren Flynn’s work comes about through the creation of structures which make room for and are transformed by play and coincidence. Working with photography and books, Kevin O’Meara’s meditative approach to image-making explores the relationship between spirituality, addiction, and grief. Driven by a desire for novelty and learning new techniques, Roger Ourthiague Jr.’s interdisciplinary practice is constantly changing yet centers on our shared experience regarding mass media. Simcha Smith’s sculptures and performances use food, sacred objects, and language to create fragile and temporal installations. Using a variety of materials, Erika Terwilliger creates systems that interrogate the collecting of objects and ephemerality. Kuab Maiv Yaj - Koua Mai Yang engages with multiple mediums and disciplines within Western and Hmong notions of art to investigate recurring themes surrounding her bi-cultural identity, history, home, female experiences and Hmong patriarchy.
 

Katherine E. Nash Gallery Fall 2020 Visitation Policy
The Katherine E. Nash Gallery housed in the Regis Center for Art is closed to the general public for Fall 2020 in an effort to Stop the Spread of Covid-19. The Nash is open to University of Minnesota faculty, staff, and students by appointment only. Book your appointment at z.umn.edu/nash-appts.
 

Image: Kuab Maiv Yaj - Koua Mai Yang Day 329, July 21, 2019, Musée du quai Branly- Jacques Chirac, Paris, 2019, Photography, 8 x 5.33 in.