The School of Art + Art History + Design is pleased to announce the 2025 Graduation Exhibitions, a series of shows where we celebrate our talented art and design students graduating this spring. The BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions and Design Show are held in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery (located in the Art building), and the MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition is in the Henry Art Gallery on the UW Seattle campus.
BA in Art Graduation Exhibitions
April 29 – June 6
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Dispersal Patterns celebrates this year's graduating students in the BA in Art program with concentrations in 3D4M: Ceramics + Glass + Sculpture, Interdisciplinary Visual Art, Painting + Drawing, and Photo/Media. Split across three shows, the work is wide-ranging, engaging with our relationship to the environment, memory and time, identity and community, our understanding of the body, and, of course, the challenges of our current moment. Click on each group to see the list of featured artists.
Group I: April 29 – May 9
Opening Reception: Tuesday, April 29, 5–7pm
Group II: May 13 – May 23
Opening Reception: Tuesday, May 13, 5–7pm
Honors: May 27 – June 6
Opening Reception: Tuesday, May 27, 5–7pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Friday, 10am–5pm and Saturday 12–5pm. Please note: The Gallery will be closed for installation between group shows.
Design Show 2025
June 11 – June 27
Jacob Lawrence Gallery
Professional Night: June 11, 5–8pm
Friends + Family Night Friday: June 13, 5–8pm
The annual Design Show features the capstone projects of the graduating cohort receiving a Bachelor of Design (BDes) in Industrial Design, Interaction Design, and Visual Communication Design at the University of Washington.
MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition
May 24 – June 15, 2025
Opening Reception: Friday, May 30, 6–8pm
Henry Art Gallery
This year's MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition returns to the Henry Art Gallery. The exhibition will feature MDes candidate Lisa Bambach with MFA candidates Bonny Barker, Ian Brownlee, Maryam Dehbozorgi, Jordan Horton, Jade Knox, Kyler Pahang, Ralph Salazar, and Yihan Shi.