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education

MFA in Painting - Candidate - Illinois State University

Estimated completion: August 2025

Post Baccalaureate - Knox College

Completed: May 2022

BA in Studio Art - Knox College

Completed: June 2021, Magna Cum Laud

AA in Art - Carl Sandburg College

Completed: May 2019

solo & two/three person exhibitions

2023

a cutting, incision, Madelyn Turner and Kitty Davies, Julian Gallery, Bloomington, IL.

Tending to my Flesh, Catich Gallery, St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA.

Indrani Nayar-Gall & Madelyn Turner - Two Women Perspective Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.

My Body and Me - Rachel Cooper Gallery, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Normal, IL.

2022

Incoming MFA Exhibition, with Kitty Davies, Ilse Miller, and Madelyn Turner, Student Gallery, Normal, IL.

Flesh and Flinch, Borzello Gallery, Ford Center for Fine Arts, Galesburg, IL.

2021

The (K)new Normal, Senior Thesis Show, Peyton Shaw and Madelyn Turner, Knox College, Galesburg, IL.

The Virago, Mark & Jeannette Kleine Gallery at the Galesburg Community Arts Center, Galesburg, IL.

2020

Create, Destroy, Mark & Jeannette Kleine Gallery, Galesburg, IL.

group exhibitions

2024

Student Annual Exhibition, University Galleries, Juried by Deb Sokolow.

GALEX 57, Mark & Jeannette Kleine Gallery at the Galesburg Community Arts Center, juried by Jenny Chi.

2023

Student Annual Exhibition, University Galleries, juried by Erin Washington, Normal, IL.

GALEX 56, Mark & Jeannette Kleine Gallery at the Galesburg Community Arts Center, juried by Claire Ashley, Galesburg, IL.

2022

The Feminist Biennial, Woman Made Gallery, juried by Ashley Wynn, Chicago, IL.

Members & Friends Juried Exhibition, Galesburg Community Arts Center, juried by Christopher Reno, Galesburg, IL.

FIGURES, Art Fluent, Boston, MA.

2021

Together We Rise: Reclaiming the Female Gaze, Visionary Art Collective, Brooklyn, NY.

I Did a Thing..., Lonnie Eugene Stewart Gallery, Galesburg, IL

Improvisations: David Fludd with Selection of Student Work, Borzello Gallery, Galesburg, IL.

Blick Art Materials Student Art Show, Knox College, Galesburg, IL.

I’ll be Seeing You? Knox College, Galesburg, IL.

College Invitational Student Show, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA.

2020

Members & Friends Juried Exhibition, Mark & Jeannette Kleine Gallery at the Galesburg Community Arts Center, Galesburg, IL.

Community Curated, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA.

2019

Student Art Show, Lonnie Eugene Stewart Gallery, Galesburg, IL.

2018

Student Art Show, Lonnie Eugene Stewart Gallery, Galesburg, IL.

2017

Prairieland Conference Art Show, Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL.

2015

Prairieland Conference Art Show, Spoon River College, Canton, IL.

grants / awards

2023

Kenneth Holder MFA Painting Scholarship

2022

Student Project Grant, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL.

Two Person Exhibit Award, The Feminist Biennial, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.

Graduate Assistantship with tuition waver, Illinois State University.

2021

1st Place Painting, Blick Art Materials Student Art Show, juried by T.J. Dedeaux Norris.

2020

Best of Show, Members & Friends Juried Exhibition, Galesburg Civic Art Center, juried by Chris Reno.

2019

Best Painting, Student Art Show, Lonnie Eugene Stewart Gallery, juried by Jessica Bingham.

People’s Choice Award, Student Art Show, Lonnie Eugene Stewart Gallery juried by Jessica Bingham.

Knox College Founders Scholarship

Knox Transfer Scholarship

Knox Founders Grant

Knox Grant Award

Blick Art Materials Scholarship

2018

Best Painting, Student Art Show, Lonnie Eugene Stewart Gallery juried by Cathie Crawford.

2017

Carl Sandburg College Talent Scholarship

First place in Textile and Ceramics, Prairieland Conference Art Show, Carl Sandburg College, Galesburg, IL.

Bushnell Prairie City Art Scholarship 

teaching & related experience

2023- Present

Illinois State University, Instructor, painting courses.

Belonging and Equity Committee, MFA Representative

Illinois State University, Graduate Assistant

2022

Knox College, Associate Exhibits Coordinator

Artist Assistant for Andrea Ferrigno

Knox College, Teaching Assistant for Professor Andrea Ferrigno in Exhibit Practicum course.

Knox College, Instructor Winter 2022 term for Drawing I course.

Knox College, Teaching Assistant for Professor Lynette Lombard in Drawing course.

Knox College, Teaching Assistant for Professor Andrea Ferrigno in Open Studio course.

2021

Knox College, Teaching Assistant for Professor Tony Gant in Advanced Studio course.

2020

Knox College, Teaching Assistant for Professor Andrea Ferrigno in Painting I course.

interviews

2023

Catich Gallery at St. Ambrose University, Q&A with Madelyn Turner, “Tending to my Flesh”.

Illinois State University News, “My Body and Me” painting exhibit opens at Rachel Cooper Gallery.

Create! Magazine, Issue #31, pages 58 and 59. View online interview here.

2021

The Knox Student, “Artist of the Week”.

press / publications

workshops / speaking engagements

2024

How to Apply to Grad School & Find Your Focus, Guest Speaker with The City University of New York Painting Department, New York, New York.

2023

Class lecture: How to Navigate Grad School and Professional Arts / Q&A, Bachelor of Fine Arts Seminar Class, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

2022

What to Expect in Graduate School & How to Apply, Guest Speaker at St. Ambrose University Painting Department, Davenport, Iowa.

2021

How to Implement Artistic Decisions, Mary Davis Detention Home, Galesburg Community Art Center (GCAC), Galesburg, IL.

2020

Color Theory and building Color Palettes, GCAC Art Camp.

How to Navigate Social Media and Build Your Own Website, GCAC Art Workshop.

institutional collections

2020

Brief History of Galesburg, Walmart, Galesburg, IL.

2019

Lisa’s Feet, Carl Sandburg College, Lisa Walker, Galesburg IL.

2018

Butterfly Mural, Sustainable Business Center, Cindy Teel, Galesburg IL.

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