SMFA Highlights

Our SMFA community includes faculty, staff, students, and alumni who are accomplished working artists, scholars, researchers, and activists. Below is a running listing of some of their many recent exhibitions, awards, publications, and other notable accomplishments.

Alina Cohen at the Artforum Review has reviewed “Luteal Elements and Grooves,” Assistant Professor of the Practice Jennie Jieun Lee's first institutional solo exhibition at the Aldrich.

Tufts Now published a recent article on the thesis work of Luz Palou García, BFA '26.

Lindsey Filowitz, MFA '26, is featured in Issue 16 of the Boston Art Review.

Director of Graduate Studies and Assistant Professor of the Practice Laurel Nakadate is the 2026 recipient of the Maud Morgan Prize from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA). The Maud Morgan Prize honors Massachusetts women who have made significant contributions to the contemporary arts.

Professor of the Practice Jennifer Schmidt has a large-scale sculptural installation titled "Cardboard Blocks - 2026" included in A Common Bond: Brick Journal, curated by Alexis Iammarino at the Maine MILL in Lewiston, ME from June through October 2026.

Assistant Professor of the Practice Rachelle Mozman Solano has work included in the exhibition Subvert, Repair, Reclaim: Contemporary Artists Take Back the Nude at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The show is on view through August 2, 2026.

Professor of the Practice Jennie Jieun Lee is included in The New York Times article, "Flowery Films Whose Plant Life Lingers in the Mind: Ten artists and designers reflect on the onscreen flora, from fantastical topiaries to scene-setting bouquets, that’s inspired them."

Professor of the Practice Riccardo Giacconi, together with Professors in the Music Department Alessandra Campana and Joseph Auner, will curate the final event of the Aurality Hub, a series of events where faculty meet, discuss, research, and experiment with all that pertains to the aural. The event will take place on Friday, April 24 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at LL26, Barnum Building.

Part-Time Lecturer Timothy Lee is included in the group exhibition Repeat After Me, on view at Worcester Art Museum's Open Door Gallery through May 13.

TUAG Curator Laurel V. McLaughlin, PhD published an interview with artist Jonathan González in the 2026 Whitney Biennial Catalog.

Juyon Lee, MFA '22, will participate in artist talk "Tender Monuments" at the Bronx Museum, moderated by co-curator Nell Klugman with AIM Fellowship artists on April 18.

Associate Teaching Professor Claudia Matto Avolese was awarded a grant from the Getty Foundation for “Art, Science, and Traditional Knowledge: Theory and Practice of Interdisciplinary Community-Engaged Art Historical Research.”