Madaline Gardner b. 1994 (Carlisle, PA, USA)

Lives and works in Richmond, VA,USA

Education

Master Of Fine Arts In Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2026

Bachelor Of Fine Arts In Drawing, With Honors, 2017  

Residencies

Coop Pollinator Residency, Virtual, 2026

Wurtzel Artist Residency, Montalbino, Italy 2026

Studio Two Three, Artist Residency - Printmaking, Richmond Virginia 2024

Teaching Experience

2024-2026 - Student Teaching Assistantship: Intaglio, Screenprinting, Painting

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Selected Exhibitions

2026, Emerge X, (forthcoming) Bond Millen Gallery 

2026, Sensory Constellations, ICA, Richmond VA

2026, Artists with Disabilities Student Showcase, VCUarts, Richmond VA

2025, Emerge IX, Bond Millen Gallery, Richmond VA 

2025, Everything Must Go - VCUarts Candidacy Show, Richmond VA 

2022, 10 x 10, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD

2019, Drawing 10x10, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD

2019, Memento Mori, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA

2019, The Degradation of an Unstable Dispersion: Ivana Quezada and

     Madaline Gardner, Brandstater Gallery, Riverside CA

2019, Brooklyn Made Market, The Unspace, Brooklyn, NY

2018, West Side Exposure, The Whitney Museum of American Art X Westbeth Gallery,New York, NY 

Awards and Grants

2026, VCUArts Graduate Research Grant

2025 Christopher Bell Scholarship, VCU

2025 Theresa Pollak Scholarship, VCU
2024 Virginia Commonwealth University Arts Domestic Student Scholarship

2024-2025  Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Etching, Screenprinting, Painting From Observation

2017 Pratt Institute Internship Merit Award 

2013-2017 Pratt Institute Merit Scholarship

2015 Fran Farentino Scholarship For Exceptional Drawing Skill

2013 National Art Honor Society Scholarship

2013 Shape Gallery Scholarship For Outstanding Student Artist

2012 Annual Franklin County Art Alliance Show, Juror's Best of Show Award,  PA

2012 James Patterson Memorial Award

Organization Membership

Disability Advocacy and Accessibility Caucus, VCUarts, Richmond VA, 2025-present

Caucus Sub-Committee : Visibility Through The Arts 

Nicodemus Center For Ceramic Studies, Waynesboro PA, Guild Member 2018- 2020 

VisArts Member, Richmond VA, 2024-present


Selected Bibliography

Torpedo Factory, “Memento Mori,” Target Gallery, September 1, 2019

https://torpedofactory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2019_09_11-Memento-Mori-web.pdf


Shaina Hall, “Women in the Arts- The Degradation of an Unstable Dispersion” Criterion Now, February 21, 2019

http://criterionnow.com/recent-stories-1/2019/2/19/the-degradation-of-an-unstable-dispersion-need-pic

Joana Fischer and Gabriele Gutwirth, "Capturing the unseen: Madaline Gardner ́s energy maps" THE LINE MIAMI, April 12, 2018

https://www.the-line.miami/single-post/2018/04/12/capturing-the-unseen-madaline-gardner-s-energy-maps

Books and Catalogues 

Brandstater Gallery: The Degradation of an Unstable Dispersion. Brandstater Gallery, 2019. Print.

Permanent Collections

Munson Williams Proctor Art Museum, Utica,  New York