Inside/Out

Inside/Out is part two of a two-part exhibition by Pratt Fine Arts’ MFA program. The exhibition will be on display in the program’s new facilities at Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and features the work of graduating MFA artists across disciplines, including painting and drawing, sculpture, printmaking, and integrated practices.

MFA Thesis Exhibition Part 2: Inside/Out, Curated by Dejá Belardo. Monday, April 28–Friday, May 9. Opening: Monday, April 28, 6–8pm. Gallery hours: Monday through Friday, 12–6pm (EDT). Register to visit.

Exhibiting artists: Zakariya Abdul-Qadir, Dana-Marie Bullock, Monique Kevita Edwards, Danielle Gadus, Tony Griego, Herok, Rob Hill Art, HYUN, Ariadne Manuel, Shivani Mithbaokar, Yerang Moon, Mouet, Morgan Petitpas, Agnes Questionmark, Greta Schneider, Avery Schuster, and Leda Tsoutreli

Inside/Out brings together artists who challenge existing frameworks through acts of abstraction, material intervention, conceptual gestures, and formal subversion. Here, process is not merely a means to an end but a practice in itself—a critical tool for questioning, documenting, and reinterpreting the structures that shape our understanding of art and the world around us.

Some artists dismantle traditional hierarchies of form and composition, exposing their inner workings; others disrupt conventional narratives by layering, fragmenting, or erasing.

Each artist navigates the tension between presence and absence, structure and instability, control and chance—ultimately revealing the unseen forces at play in both making and meaning. In Inside/Out, the works emerge as an active force of critique—reshaping, resisting, and reimagining the systems that they exist in.

Through process-driven experimentation, the artists in this exhibition use abstraction as a means of inquiry, turning their practices inside out to expose, disrupt, and challenge existing frameworks. —Dejá Belardo

Pratt Institute MFA Fine Arts
Pratt Institute’s interdisciplinary MFA program in Fine Arts provides advanced education for artists supported by a distinguished faculty, exceptional facilities, and a supportive community of peers. Driven by exploration and enriched by the abundance and inspiration of New York City, Pratt’s critically engaged faculty respond to each student’s practice, fostering their development within the diverse cultures and myriad practices of contemporary art-making. Faculty and students build close relationships through structured studio visits, seminars, and informal conversations. These relationships create a vital community and supportive network long after graduation. The rigorous and flexible curriculum offers wide latitude for exploration while fostering critical perspectives and a deeper understanding of the histories, issues, cultural, and transdisciplinary contexts that inform art practices today. 

Pratt Shows 2025
Pratt Shows are public exhibitions and presentations by Pratt Institute’s graduating classes. The shows celebrate student work leading up to Commencement in May, representing years of research, exploration, critical thinking, creative inquiry, problem-solving, growth, production, practice, and accomplishment.