Installation shot of an exhibit by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Installation shot of an exhibit by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Work of art in mixed media on Stonehenge paper by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Installation shot of an exhibit by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Work of art in mixed media on canvas by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Installation shot of an exhibit by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Artist Statement from the MFA exhibition: In my recent work, I explore my identity as a first-generation American, using my painting practice to think about early memories of living in-between two cultures. These remembered moments allow a space for me to consider how both cultures merge. Portraying vivid memories through colorful recognizable objects and body parts, memories take on a new context, showing the passage of time, and reflecting on how memories take on new meaning. My desire to save these moments relates to my wish to name what makes me belong, and what marks me as unique, within the two cultures in which I exist.

Installation shot of an exhibit by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Work of art in mixed media on panel by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Work of art in mixed media on panel by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Work of art in mixed media on panel by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Installation shot of an exhibit by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Installation shot of an exhibit by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Work of art in mixed media on Stonehenge paper by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Work of art in mixed media on panel by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Work of art in mixed media on panel by Cynthia Giron as part of a a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Double Dare".

Work of art in archival inkjet prints by artist Kendra Smith as part of a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "The Walk".

Work of art in Charred corn husks by artist Karla Garcia part of a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Uncertain Ground."

Work of art of installation image by artist Sarah Janke as part of a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Bewildering Genealogy"

Work of art in stoneware, cone 7 oxidation by artist Lyndee Deal as part of a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Live With It!"

Work of art in mixed media (in variable dimensions, shown at Oak Street Hall Gallery (Denton, Texas)) by artist Hanna Pettyjohn as part of a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Kaugnayan (Connections)".

Work of art in copper, enamel, sterling silver, and steel by artist Jessica Sawyer as part of a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "North".

Work of art in ceramic, sculpture, wood, and trash by artist Amy Wachal as part of a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Angelfish Prayers". Each year, at least 8.8 million tons of plastics are leaked into the ocean: the equivalent of dumping the contents of one garbage trucks into the ocean every minute. The ocean currents carry this trash and dump it onto beaches. The crisis is of massive proportion. An unprecedented plastic tide has occurred, pervasively affecting the world’s oceans, beaches, coasts, seafloor, animals and ultimately, us.

Work of art in MDF, pine, paper (Paper mache of museum visitor responses on paper) by artist Karla Garcia part of a 2019 MFA Exhibition, entitled "Uncertain Ground."