Countermyths: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition

May 13–July 26, 2026

For over fifty years, BAMPFA and the UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice have partnered to present an exhibition of work by graduating MFA students. This year’s exhibition will present works by six artists from the class of 2026: Zuhoor Al Sayegh, Eleni Maria Berg, Itzli OCIEL, Kristiana Chan 薧礼醑, Swaleha Masude, and Héctor Muñoz-Guzmán.

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  • Installation view, Countermyths: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition, 2026

  • Installation view, Countermyths: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition, 2026

  • Installation view, Countermyths: Fifty-Sixth Annual UC Berkeley MFA Exhibition, 2026

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  • Friday, May 15, 6 PM

    MFA Artists’ Talk

    The 2026 graduates of UC Berkeley’s MFA program discuss their work with exhibition curators Omar Farah and Tausif Noor on the occasion of BAMPFA's fifty-sixth annual MFA exhibition.

    BAMPFA

    Tickets required.

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