CROSSLEY GALLERY

EXHIBITION DATES: March 25th – March 28th, 2025

RECEPTION: Friday, March 28th, 2025, 5:00 - 8:00 pm 

 

The Fine Arts Department of Ringling College of Art + Design is pleased to present The Cyclical Now, a Senior thesis exhibition featuring the work of artists Anna Agee, Riandra Jessenia Luis, Leyla Sefket, and Chloe Snook. 

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History moves in cycles—memories, identities, and struggles reemerge in new forms, repeating and transforming through time. The Cyclical Now explores this perpetual recurrence, highlighting the ways personal histories, cultural narratives, and societal forces echo through generations. Through painting, printmaking, and sculpture, the artists in this exhibition uncover the tension between past and present, memory and reinvention.

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Anna Agee’s fiber-wrapped portraits reclaim historical narratives, intertwining legacy with contemporary reckoning. Riandra Jessenia Luis juxtaposes the exploitation of marginalized communities and the natural world, tracing the deep-rooted injustices that persist across eras. Leyla Sefket captures the haunting stillness of suburban landscapes, spaces frozen in time yet marked by inevitable social change. Chloe Snook examines the lasting imprints of policy and media, illustrating the interplay of control, loss, and resilience.

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Together, these works reflect on the cyclical nature of existence—how history informs identity, how memory shapes belonging, and how the past never truly fades but rather resurfaces, urging us to confront and reinterpret its meaning.