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 to spend the summer as an Artist in Residence Intern at the Bemis Center. MC played four years of Division I Volleyball, and will continue on to the professional level in Lima, Peru. 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 embodiment. I am fascinated with the ways 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, gender, 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 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
BIS (Bemis Intern Show) Bemis Center of Contemporary Arts | Omaha, NE
JOCK Solo Exhibition | SET the Bar | Omaha NE | Benson First Fridays Featured Artist | Omaha, NE
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