Mimesis: The BFA Thesis Exhibition opens at Nazareth University on May 1
Media welcome at opening reception on Friday, May 1, from 5-7 p.m.
Rochester, NY (04/30/2026) — Mimesis: The BFA Thesis Exhibition opens Friday, May 1, in Nazareth University's Art Gallery with an opening reception from 5-7 p.m. It continues through May 8. The exhibition showcases the work of five artists in a variety of media, including painting, printmaking, ceramics, and metals. Artists are: Sophia Black, Aliza DeWolf, Catherine Biedenbach, Autumn Cupano, and Celia Morgaine Kilgore.
WHEN: Opening reception on Friday, May 1, from 5-7 p.m.
Media is welcome to attend
On-site contact: Art Professor Ron Netsky
WHERE: Nazareth Arts Center Gallery
The work of Canandaigua, N.Y., native Aliza DeWolf confronts viewers with paintings depicting endangered animals that don't have a voice to speak for themselves.
Painting images of the body, Celia Morgaine Kilgore, of Fairport, N.Y., uses personal and outside experiences to explore how physical and emotional trauma shape a person's life and future.
Fascinated by the relationship of humans with nature, Autumn Cupano, of Rhinebeck, N.Y., creates dream worlds of co-existence in her cardigraph prints.
Sophia Black, of Grand Island, N.Y., represents aspects of the female body through symbolic images of fruit, expressing ideas of innocence, fertility, and transformation.
Pittsford, N.Y., native Catherine Biedenbach explores her connection to femininity and nature as she creates her own reality, where the divine feminine can exist in its purest form.
Nazareth Arts Center Gallery hours: Sunday-Thursday, noon-5 p.m., Friday and Saturday, noon-8 p.m.
Photographs provided:
- Sophia Black-Openings 1
- Celia Morgaine Kilgore-Hands
- Catherine Biedenbach-Hibernation
- Autumn Cupano-Serenity
- Aliza DeWolf-A Moment of Pause
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The work of Canandaigua, N.Y., native Aliza DeWolf confronts viewers with paintings depicting endangered animals that don’t have a voice to speak for themselves.
Fascinated by the relationship of humans with nature, Autumn Cupano, of Rhinebeck, N.Y., creates dream worlds of co-existence in her cardigraph prints.
Pittsford, N.Y., native Catherine Biedenbach explores her connection to femininity and nature as she creates her own reality, where the divine feminine can exist in its purest form.
Sophia Black, of Grand Island, N.Y., represents aspects of the female body through symbolic images of fruit, expressing ideas of innocence, fertility, and transformation.
Painting images of the body, Celia Morgaine Kilgore, of Fairport, N.Y., uses personal and outside experiences to explore how physical and emotional trauma shape a person’s life and future.
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