2025 Pratt Fine Arts Mfa Thesis Exhibition Opening, Part 1: Access Denied

Please join us on Monday, March 31st, 6-8pm at the opening reception of the first of two Pratt Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibitions at our new MFA program location, Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Access Denied, curated by Dejá Belardo.March 31st - April 11thOpening reception: Monday, March 31st, 6-8 pm Exhibiting artists: Yilin Chen, Yeonji Chung, kate evans, Eric Geithner, Eliza Gooding, Claire Heidinger, Jay, Yeon Jeong, William Kim, Ingrid Yi-Chen Lu, Isabelle Friedrich McTwigan, Molly Miller, Alice Shi Minghui, Siha Park, K Rawald, Yedda Ye, Ayoung Yoo, Wei Yuan Art is often experienced as a visual language that helps the artist or viewer connect and reveal something about themselves. Through abstraction, symbolism, and material intervention, each of these artists makes deliberate choices about what they choose to reveal and what remains unseen. Access Denied explores the multiple dimensions of opacity and access—both physical and conceptual—as artists navigate the delicate balance between revelation and concealment. Within this selection, works become vessels of hidden meaning, coded language, and emotional depth, inviting the viewer to decipher, question, or accept what is withheld. Some works function as barriers—offering glimpses yet refusing full disclosure—while others challenge the notion that understanding requires clarity. The exhibition becomes a dynamic interplay between artist and audience, where access is granted not through direct exposition, but through intuition, empathy, and layered interpretation. What happens when knowledge is fragmented, when emotions are encrypted, or when entry is restricted? Access Denied reminds us that meaning is not always given freely; sometimes, it must be sought, negotiated, or simply left in the realm of the unknown. --Dejá Belardo More Info below.