This video is a critique of an MFA portfolio by Zainab Zulfiqar. A detailed critique is provided of the overall portfolio, explaining overall strategies that are recommended to the artist.
This is followed by critiques for each individual artwork in the portfolio, considering the factors that many MFA programs are looking for in potential candidates.
Critique led by Art Prof Clara Lieu.
Featured Artist
Zainab Zulfiqar
Questions I have:
- How do I make my portfolio better in regards to curation and streamlining work?
- Do you have tips for international students when they apply to universities abroad?
- How do I deal with being put into a box as a queer brown person or how to stop putting yourself into that box?
- Do universities like RISD/Yale put a lot of importance on resume or how much volunteer work/exhibitions you have done
- How to not feel exhausted or burnt out after your BFA thesis, or even hopeless if you can’t find suitable jobs or exhibitions?
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