Coordinate Loop

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist. 

Coordinate Loop, the 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition, highlights the work of University of Maryland Department of Art MFA candidates Jeffery Hampshire and Julia Reising, showcasing innovative graduate research that spans a wide range of contemporary art practices. Working across diverse media, Hampshire employs lenses, screens, and layered imagery to explore how digital technologies shape and destabilize memory and perception, while Reising draws on materials tied to her Midwestern upbringing—such as deer hides, antique furniture, and forest imagery—to evoke scenes that hover between familiarity and dream. Though distinct in approach, both artists investigate the shifting relationship between memory and lived experience, constructing environments that feel at once tangible and uncertain. Coordinate Loop invites viewers into a liminal space where images fragment, meanings remain open-ended, and reality is understood as fluid, subjective, and continually in flux.

This exhibition is co-organized by the University of Maryland Art Gallery and the Department of Art, with design and installation led by Preparator Korey Richardson and operational support from Business Manager Jonathan Ogbazghi. Additional contributions were made by Curatorial Assistants Haojian Chen and Patricia Ortega-Miranda, and Director and Chief Curator Taras W. Matla. 

Major support is provided by the Dorothy and Nicholas Orem Exhibition Fund. Generous support is also provided by the Maryland State Arts Council. This project was supported by the University of Maryland Department of Art Clarvit Endowed Faculty Fund in Art and Design, and is presented in association with the College of Arts and Humanities and University of Maryland’s Arts for All initiative. 

An in-person reception will take place on Thursday, April 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. 

Image (Above): Jeffery Hampshire, Transfer Test, 2026, video still. Courtesy of the artist. Slider (Homepage): Julia Reising, Aerial Turn Table, 2025, video still. Courtesy of the artist.