October 8 – January 5, 2026
Closing Reception: TBD
The Griffin @ Lafayette City Center Passageway is located at 2 Ave de Lafayette in Downtown Crossing, Boston. The passageway connects Macy’s, the Lafayette Tower offices and the Hyatt Regency, Boston.
The Griffin Museum is pleased to present the work of MFA students at Boston University’s department of Print Media & Photography in their exhibition, Fluid Foundations.
About the Artists
Chuan Liu
Chuan Liu is a mixed-media artist based in Chengdu and Xinjiang China. Her work is enriched by traveling among the ethnic minority groups in China. She wants to nurture what she witnessed in Xinjiang through her artwork. Liu uses traditional materials, such as silk, thread and fabric to preserve the cultural heritage she sees disappearing. She has shown her work at the Leica Gallery in Boston, as well as the Ruth S. Harley University Center Gallery in Long Island, New York. Born in Sichuan, China, Liu attended Adelphi University, earning a BFA. Currently, Liu is a candidate in the Master of Fine Arts program at Boston University.
Jamison Cloud
Jamison Cloud (he/him) b. 1993, Bogotá, Colombia, is a Boston-based interdisciplinary artist and community organizer with over ten years of experience in the local arts community. His work has been exhibited throughout Greater Boston, and he has held artist residencies at Gallery 263 in Cambridge, MA, and Anderson Ranch in Aspen, CO. A member of the Southern Graphics Council International, Jamison also holds a certificate from the Arts & Cultural Organizational Management (ACOM) program at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) at Harvard University—a leadership development intensive for arts leaders from marginalized communities. Currently an MFA candidate in Printmedia & Photography at Boston University, his work explores themes related to identity and labor and their relationship to “home.”
Jay Puplava
Jay M. Puplava (they/them) is a multimedia artist from Arizona whose work explores the fluid
boundaries between bodies and landscapes through photography and print media. Informed by
queer, trans, and feminist theory, they employ fragmentation, layering, and material
interventions to challenge fixed categories and propose new ways of seeing and understanding
identity and space. Puplava has exhibited their work at Leica Gallery Boston, Donkey Mill Art
Center, and Aupuni Space. They also bring experience in marketing, arts administration, and
community engagement. Puplava holds a BFA in Print Media and a BS in Fashion Design &
Merchandising from the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa and is currently pursuing an MFA at Boston
University with a Merit Scholarship. They live and work in Boston, Massachusetts.
Rory McNamara
Rory McNamara is a photographer and printmaker from Amsterdam, New York. She
earned her BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology and is now living in Boston,
Massachusetts where she is pursuing her MFA in Print Media and Photography at
Boston University.
McNamara has exhibited her work at the William Harris Gallery and at RIT City Art
Space, both in Rochester, New York, and the Leica Gallery in Boston. Her work was
also featured in editions 17, 18, and 19 of DRAFT Magazine. McNamara has received
various awards and scholarships including the RIT Presidential Scholarship, the RIT
Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Award, and the Constatin Alajalov Scholarship. Her
current body of work explores the external world and how it becomes representative of
her own internal landscape.
Vic Sardinha
Vic Ferreira Sardinha is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of printmaking and photography. They received their BA in Liberal Arts from Hampshire College with a concentration in Photography, Printmaking, and Political Theory. They grew up in Massachusetts to Azorean immigrant parents, which heavily influences their work. Ferreira Sardinha has exhibited their work at the Hampshire Art Gallery in Amherst, MA, and the Leica Art Gallery in Boston, MA. They have been awarded various grants including the Harris-Veit Artists’ Grant, Elaine Mayes Fund, and the Greg and Toni Prince Award. Currently Ferreira Sardinha is an MFA candidate in Boston University’s Printmedia and Photography program.
The Print Media & Photography MFA emphasizes photographic and printmaking practices within a contemporary art context and is an ideal incubator for artists to engage multiple studio disciplines in the development of their work.
