Homebody

MFA Thesis Exhibition

by Kathryn Hood

Exhibition: April 28 - May 2, 2026

Reception: Friday, May 1st, 6-8p

Homebody is an exhibition of collages and sculptures in which Kathryn Hood carves her perceptions of tense muscles into paper and upholstery foam. She embraces the body-mind connection, an essential tool for self-understanding, as she houses ungrounded avatars within handmade paper and muscular furnishings outside of formal traditions. Hood composes the interior feelings of ideas & emotions with the exterior feeling of tension. This duality of perception reflects the disparate nature of themes explored, such as femininity, domesticity, and the performance of identity.

Homebody is the residence of textured perceptions. This space is an act of resensitization.

More About Kathryn

Kathryn Hood (b. 1996) is a collagist, sculptor, and creative doer who carves tense muscles into paper and foam then furnishes them in acts of resensitization. She investigates the thresholds of perception & of living with/as a sense of self. Hood’s 3-dimensional work evolved from a fascination with her maternal grandmother’s porcelain dinnerware. Evaluating its character and its politics, she applies its label of domesticity to bodily sensations and identity performance. Hood lives and works in North Carolina. 

Learn more www.kathryn-hood.com | IG: @kathrynhoodart