June 16 - August 15, 2025
Reception: June 16, 6 - 8 pm
Free and open to the public
Featuring Lucy Bryan, Mike Byson, Jessica Cherry, Handirubvi Herring, Roya Honarvar, Nicole Maloof, Grace Orellana, Heather Roselle, Varvara Tokareva, Mehmet Uskul, and Samantha Van Heest.
College Park, MD. The Stamp Gallery is pleased to present Portraits of the Most Known, a group exhibition that invites conversations surrounding identities and explorations of the unknown. Portraits of the unknown, wherein subjects remain unidentified, encourage viewers to look more closely in an attempt to draw an interpretation of human life from little more than the form presented. Each artwork in this exhibition explores interpretations of portraits of the unknown through depictions of human experience and identity beyond a name. Portraits of the Most Known is part of a summer series of student-curated exhibitions.
CURATOR BIO
Emma Newkirk’ 26, an Art History student with a background in archival research and processes, uses her experiences in tracing and deciphering human identity in her curatorial works. She highlights commonalities between the past and present world and encourages conversation surrounding values and points of connection that impact both the formation and interpretation of identity. Newkirk aims, through her work, to craft a space for artists to explore ideas of personhood and the connections that can be made through shared human experiences.
ABOUT THE GALLERY
Located on the first floor of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union—Center for Campus Life at the University of Maryland, College Park, the Stamp Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting contemporary art, especially the work of emerging and mid-career artists. The Stamp Gallery supports contemporary art that is challenging, academically engaging, and attuned to broad community and social issues. Through meaningful exhibitions and programming, the Gallery offers outside-of-the-classroom experiential learning opportunities. It functions as a laboratory where emerging artists and curators experiment and work through their ideas. The Gallery’s programming aims to emphasize the importance of process to contemporary artistic practice and to provide a forum for dialogue.
FREE and open to the public.
Summer hours: Monday - Friday, 12 - 5 pm. Closed weekends and University holidays. More information: stamp.umd.edu/gallery.