MFA Thesis Exhibition 2026 features the work of four students graduating from UCR’s Master of Fine Arts program this year: Rachel Jackson, Ryan O’Byrne, Matt Reiner, and Gabriel Rojas. These students join the ranks of MFA graduates from art departments and art schools across Southern California, a region that has become known for transforming its art students into major players on the international art scene. UCR’s distinctive thesis exhibition offers our highly motivated students an off campus, public gallery setting to present an ambitious body of work, cumulating advanced art research and practice into a thesis project. The distinguished full-time faculty in UCR’s Art Department includes Anna Betbeze, Fiona Connor, Brandon Lattu, Charles Long, Lynne Marsh, Yunhee Min, and Amir Zaki.

Spring Reception
Saturday April 11, 3–6pm
Free and open to the public

Exhibitions at UCR ARTS are supported by the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at UCR, and by the City of Riverside.