2025 MFA Thesis Exhibition Part 2: Inside Out Gallery Hours

We look forward to welcoming you to visit the second of two Pratt Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibitions at our new MFA program location, Dock 72 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Inside/Out, curated by Dejá Belardo.
April 28th - May 9th

Exhibiting Artists: 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, Avery Schuster, 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

Dejá Belardo, (she, they) is a curator and painter based in New York City. They were born and raised in St.Croix, U.S Virgin Islands. Their diverse cultural background influences their commitment to the social and cultural power of art. The duality of being an artist and an arts professional allows Dejá to have a dynamic knowledge of how to serve the best interests and growing needs of artists. Deja's goal as a curator is to support boundary pushing artists as they establish themselves in the art historical canon, especially those who have been historically marginalized. Currently, they hold the position of Assistant Curator, Visual Art and Civic Programs at The Shed, NYC. Dejá's professional experience has included major arts institutions in New York City like the Whitney Museum of American Art, Pace Gallery and they also completed the Museum Professionals Seminar with The Studio Museum in Harlem and was recently a part of the Arts Leadership Praxis at Studio. They have participated in jury panels for residencies, spoke in public program panels and have worked on independent projects with various emerging artists, galleries and non profits in the Caribbean, New York and across the U.S, as well as maintaining a studio practice of their own.

Image: Dejá Belardo photographed by Benjamin Epstein

Images: Fall 2024 MFA Open Studios at Dock 72

IMPORTANT ACCESS INFORMATION

Access to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Dock 72 is strictly limited to those with a visitor pass. All RSVPs will receive an email with instructions on how to obtain a Visitor QR Code Pass, which will be issued on the morning of the event.

You will receive a digital QR pass from DOCK 72 Visitor Check-in(noreply@ng1.angus.mrisoftware.com) valid only for the event date.

Please register each attendee with their email to ensure they receive their unique QR pass.

NOTE: On-site parking is unavailable; however, taxi/ride share drop-offs are allowed. The building is conveniently located next to the NYC Ferry, Citibike stations, and shuttle services to/from nearby MTA subway stops. For additional details, please visit Dock 72 Getting There.