Photo by Maria Papera

MC Daubendiek is a multidisciplinary artist and curator. She works in sculpture, installation, video, photography, and performance to make work that collaborates with space and explores the questions and conditions that come with having a body. In her practice, she hopes people leave the work feeling more aware and invested in their own experiences as physical beings. As a curator, MC takes on the roles of collaborator and organizer, working with artists to build community and exhibit ideas.

She recently returned to Omaha, Nebraska after earning her Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts and Art History from the George Washington University, where she played four years of Division I Volleyball. MC hopes to continue on to the professional level. She will maintain her studio practice and aims to go to graduate school and work in the arts and higher education.

Bio

Artist Statement

My practice focuses on how living affects the body, and the conditions of having a body. Influenced by my sexuality, medical history, and midwest-upbringing, my practice has grown parallel to my time as an athlete. My relationships with bodies and the language of athletics, medicine, spirituality, and physical labor have become incredibly literal and complex. My work begins with the body, then builds and extends into physical and digital forms. 

I believe there is truth in the corporeal that cannot be found in the mind nor soul. This truth, a confirmation of existence, is what I am trying to uncover through my work. I value intentional distances from referents, abstraction, control of materials,  and quiet gore. I aim to emphasize the collisions and slippages that occur between our conscious, physiology, and built environment. 

Recent Exhibitions

2025

[UNTIL JULY 18TH] JOCK SET the Bar | Omaha NE | Benson First Fridays Featured Artist

NEXT Corcoran School of the Arts and Design | Washington DC

Echoes of Tomorrow Touchstone Gallery | Washington DC

2024

Works in Progress: Senior Semester Review  Corcoran School of the Arts and Design | Washington, DC

KNEES  Solo Exhibition | Corcoran School of The Arts and Design | Washington, DC

NEXTGEN 11.0  VisArts | Rockville, MD

Growing Pains  Touchstone Gallery | Washington DC

2023

From Nature to Abstraction  The Textile Museum | Washington, DC

next NEXT_  Corcoran School of the Arts and Design | Washington, DC

Pivotal Pieces  Corcoran School of The Arts and Design | Washington, DC