SAIC Galleries

Our last curated highlight for Graduate Show One, Clay as Material Logic, features a selection of works that treat clay not simply as a medium, but as structure, surface, and index. Working across sculpture, tile, wall-based work, and installation, these artists use ceramic processes to record pressure, residue, repetition, and time. What emerges is not a single formal language, but a shared attentiveness to how clay shapes spatial experience. Together, these works extend ceramic language beyond the object and into the exhibition's spatial and conceptual conditions, where form becomes a record of gesture, use, and duration.
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From left to right:
1-2: Mae C. Bishop
3-4: Autumn Horwath
5-6: Christina Bohyun Lee
7-8: Henry Tyson
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SAIC Galleries welcomes the SAIC community and members of the public to visit the galleries in person. Admission is free. All visitors to SAIC Galleries must show a government-issued picture ID.

Persons with disabilities requesting accommodations should visit http://saic.edu/access.

Graduate Exhibition One & Post-Baccalaureate Annual 2026
February 17–26
Street Level, Lower Level 1, & Lower Level 2

SAIC Galleries is located at 33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL.
Open Monday through Saturday 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.

The culminating presentation of new and ambitious work by MFA candidates in SAIC’s class of 2026 is opening next week! Graduate Exhibition One is the first of two graduate exhibitions this spring featuring 40 resilient and innovative artists.

Join us for our opening reception on Wednesday, February 18 from 5–7 p.m.!

SAIC Galleries welcomes the SAIC community and members of the public to visit the galleries in person. Admission is free. All visitors to SAIC Galleries must show a government-issued picture ID.

Persons with disabilities requesting accommodations should visit http://saic.edu/access.

Graduate Exhibition One 2026
February 17–26

SAIC Galleries is located at 33 E Washington St, Chicago, IL.
Open Monday through Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.