Pratt Shows: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part 1: Double Take Two
March 30 – April 10, 2026 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 1 Dock 72 Wy, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Registration is required to attend the Opening Reception and to visit during gallery hours.
Double Take Two brings together seventeen visual artists whose practices consider the material conditions that shape visibility. The exhibition title folds together two idioms: a “double take,” refers to looking at a subject or object again to gather more information, and “take two,” refers to the repetition of an action or scene. These two phrases, nested discreetly in the title, emphasize slow looking, and re-vision, as well as invite a return to what deeper revelations exist in looking once again. Throughout the exhibit, many artists probe how identity is shaped by social interactions, teasing out inherent power dynamics between observer and observed. Others linger in the space between private and public, hidden and visible, or lean entirely into outright spectacle, exposing concealed systems and tactics—ranging from surveillance infrastructure to corporate manipulation. Many paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations, and hybrid forms shift our attention to quotidian or overlooked subjects or emphasize abstraction to interrupt and slow our gaze. Together, the works prompt viewers to return for a second glance and to take notice of what might otherwise go unseen.
Exhibiting Artists: Q Ayodele, Jack Catlett, Phoebe Kalm Choi, Shuyi Chen, Lisa Giordano, Joris van Helmond, Sammi Levine, Jiyoon Koo, Nawon Kim, Farrell Mason-Brown, Ben Miller, Tiffany Marie Miller, Lo Smith, Shonobi (Samson Shofoluwe), Wei Yuan Wang, Ryan Zogheb, and Leon Zhan
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Part 1
Curated by Alessandra Gómez
Opening: Monday, March 30th, 6 – 8pm
Exhibition Dates: March 30th – April 10th
Dock 72, Monday – Saturday, 12pm-6pm
Alessandra Gómez is an interdisciplinary curator and writer based in New York. For over a decade, she has led artistic programs and developed more than seventy-five commissions spanning visual art, dance, theater, performance, and music. Her curatorial practice centers on large-scale, cross-disciplinary projects that bridge institutional and commercial contexts.
She is currently the consultant Public Art Curator at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and is the Head Art Curator at the Wythe Hotel, where she oversees acquisitions and directs the hotel’s art programming. Gómez is also part of the curatorial collective behind Offerings, an experimental performance series held at St. Mary the Virgin Church in the heart of Times Square. In addition, she consults for the Democracy Cycle program at the Perelman Performing Arts Center.
Previously, Gómez was a curator for Luna Luna, a revived art amusement park originally created by André Heller in 1987. From 2018 to 2023, she was part of the Shed’s founding curatorial team, organizing exhibitions and performances by Shayne Oliver and Anonymous Club, Maxwell Alexandre, and commissions as part of the Open Call program. She has guest curated projects for Nike, Queens Museum, Columbia University, Center for Performance Research (CPR), and Knockdown Center, among others.
Gómez has served on numerous visual and performing arts grant panels and has contributed writing to artist catalogues and online publications. She holds an MA from Columbia University and a dual degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Pratt Shows is a series of public exhibitions and presentations by Pratt Institute’s graduating students in 30+ different fields, now through May.
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