Reception: Fall 2026 BFA Thesis Exhibition
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Opening Thursday November 19 in the Schneider Hall Galleries, the Hite Institute of Art + Design is excited to invite you to our Fall 2026 BFA Thesis Exhibition. Presented each Fall and Spring semester, the Thesis Exhibition offers graduating Fine Arts students the opportunity to present a completed body of work tailored to their research interests and studio focus.
This semester, participating students include: Caden Ely, Emma Grace Harvey, Izzy Hofmann, and Bella Von Roenn. Learn more about their work below.
Caden Ely creates photographs using a large-format 4x5 camera that explore themes of time, memory, home, and the relationship between humans and the environment. The work looks at the inseparable incarnation of the landscape's history in Kentucky as impressions of human presence left upon it.
Emma Grace Harvey uses a blend of alternative process photography and contemporary technology to create photographic prints and sculptural objects. Her work addresses the role of images and physical objects in constructing our pasts in the present.
Izzy Hofmann uses mixed media and fiber to create queer desire landscapes exploring death, transformation, and rebirth.
Bella Von Roenn is exhibiting a body of work that consists of large-scale, multi-layered hand-pulled screen prints. These pieces showcase the complicated relationship between humans and nature as a metaphor for her own destructive behaviors.
The BFA Thesis Exhibition is held each Fall and Spring Semester, and offers our BFA candidates the opportunity to present a completed body of work to the public, and celebrate the completion of their BFA degree. This event is free and open to the public! We hope you will join us.
Image credit: Bella Von Roenn, “loathing”, October 12, 2026, 9-layer screen print on paper, 26x16”