Bio
MC Daubendiek is a multidisciplinary artist and curator. She works in sculpture, installation, video, photography, and performance to make works that collaborate with space and explore 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 is a midwest-native, born in Omaha, Nebraska and presently resides in Washington, DC. She is a fourth year student at the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design double majoring in Art History and Fine Arts. She played four years of Division I Volleyball for the George Washington University, and after graduation MC hopes to continue on to the professional level. She will maintain her studio practice and aims to eventually go to graduate school and work in the arts.
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
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