Celebrating the BFA graduating class of 2022

On Thursday, March 31st, students and faculty gathered at the museum to celebrate the opening of SUMMA 2022: Taking Space.

Curated by Sahra Soudi, Taking Space presents the work of 18 emerging artists, all united around the central theme of taking space and exploring each artist’s personal story.

To view the exhibition, visit the museum during open hours.

All photos by Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University.

A group gathers in front of an exhibition — Exhibiting artists gather at the entrance of Taking Space with Professor Judy Major-Girardin and curator Sahra Soudi

A group of four people in the exhibition are talking in front of a sculpture — An artist discusses their work with faculty and curator Sahra Soudi

A student in front of three plex glass pieces of art handing from the wall and three tv monitors on the floor — *3arabi? (Arabic?)* by Hanan Abbas

Students looking down at a table of colourful painted eggs — Visitors with work by artist Anastasija Dimitrijevic

A student in front of a series of drawings handing from string — Olivia Missons with their work *The poem and Her Colours*

A student in front of an abstract brightly coloured painting — Gabby Pacheco with their painting *Pathos in Motion*, a cross-section of a cell structure inside a leaf

Two people looking at a video projected on the wall — Visitors with work by artist Rhys Jones

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Celebrating the BFA graduating class of 2022

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