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