About
My work is an investigation of the memory and importance of domestic objects and spaces. Utilizing traditional media such as paint, textiles, thread, and printmaking, I challenge myself to create representations stemming from my memory. By creating silhouettes of objects and simplified structures of empty spaces, I aim to convey both absence and belonging. I search for ways to memorialize and find comfort in the objects of daily rituals and the spaces in which they take place. While drawing from places and times specific to me, I hope the viewer can enter into a reflective journey of their own space and memory.
Madeline A. Stratton
901.485.5572
b. 1987 Memphis, TN
Currently living and working in Washington, DC
Education and Coursework
2018 Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
MFA, Mount Royal School of Multidisciplinary Art
Certificate in College Teaching of Art
2015 School of the Visual Arts, New York, NY
Continuing Education courses in intaglio printmaking
2011 Christie’s Education, New York, NY
MA, History of Art and the Art Market: Modern and Contemporary
2010 Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
BA, Studio Art, History of Art
2009 University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
Semester abroad studying History of Art
Awards and Residencies
2021 Art Bank, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
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2019- Hamiltonian Fellow, Hamiltonian Artists, Washington, DC
present
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2019- Sparkplug Member, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
2021
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2018 Fall Keyholder Residency, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
Sidney Lake Award Finalist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
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2016- Mount Royal Merit Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2017
2014 Juror, New Prints 2014/Summer, International Print Center New York, New York, NY
2012 Summer Residency, School of the Visual Art, New York, NY
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2021 We Were Here, Hamiltonian Artists, Washington, DC
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2020 Welcome Back, Gallery 1429 for Hamiltonian Artists, Washington, DC
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2019 Spatial Relations, two-person show with Jacob Zimmerman, AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, PA
Where We Find It, two-person show with Lee Nowell-Wilson, Sense Gallery, DC
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2019 What We Forgot to Remember, IA&A Hillyer, Washington, DC
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Group Exhibitions
2022 (upcoming), Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC
SheDC, Shop Made in DC, Washington, DC
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2021 Latela Curatorial Women in the Arts, UMBRELLA, Washington, DC
Women in the Arts: Flat File, Latela Curatorial, Washington, DC
WPA Art All Night, Hickok Cole, Washington, DC
DC Art Now, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington, DC
but, also...Cats, but,also, Washington, DC
Stretched, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Alchemical Vessel, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington, DC
Sparkplug, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
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2020 Women in the Arts, online, Latela Curatorial x artsy
House of Mount Royal, online, Mount Royal School of Art
States of Being, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
She DC, Shop Made in DC, Dupont location, Washington, DC
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2019 10 x 10, Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Hyattsville, MD
new.now, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, DC
Compact Assembly, Walter Otero Contemporary Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Excavations; Sanctuary, Mantle Art Space, San Antonio, TX
2019 Emerging Artists, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Innovations in Printmaking, Cade Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
Rise 2019: Hillyer Newly Selected Artists, IA&A Hillyer, Washington, DC
Light Liminal, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
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2018 10 x 10, Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center, Hyattsville, MD
The Print Effect: Small Works/Big Impact, Manhattan Graphics Center, New York, NY
Accumulation, Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Young Blood, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
Home, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, Baltimore, MD
MICA Grad Show III, Space Camp, Baltimore, MD
New Prints, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA
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2017 Better Luck Next Time, Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore,
MD
Spectrum, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
First Year Juried Exhibition, Juror Alex Klein, Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Common Senses, Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD
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2016 Spitting Distance, Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2014 Don’t Quit Your Daydream, Christie’s, New York, NY
2012 SVA Summer Residency Open Studios, School of the Visual Arts, New York, NY
2011 Cummins Station Juried Exhibition, Cummins Station, Nashville, TN
2010 Senior Hamblet Exhibition, Space 204, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
The Haha Show, Vanderbilt Student Gallery, Nashville, TN
Teaching Experience
2018- Upper School Art Teacher, St. Albans School, Washington, DC
present
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2018 Graduate Teaching Internship, Junior Independent Painting, Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, MD
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2017 Graduate Teaching Internship, Intaglio Printmaking, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
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2017 Graduate Teaching Internship, Introduction to Screenprinting, Maryland Institute College of Art,
Baltimore, MD
Relevant Work Experience
2019- Printshop Associate, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Hyattsville, MD
2020
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2018- Upper School Art Teacher, St. Albans School, Washington, DC
present
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2016 Luce Cataloguer of American Works on Paper from the Corcoran Collection, Modern Prints &
Drawings Department, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2013- Cataloguer, Prints & Multiples Department, Christie’s, New York, NY
2015
2012- Production Assistant, Regas Studio, New York, NY
2013
2012 Studio Assistant Intern, James Gortner, New York, NY
Temporary Administrative Assistant, Christie’s, New York, NY
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Collections
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
Kimpton Banneker Hotel, Washington, DC
Various private collections
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Features
2021 Sparkplug, by Mark Jenkins, Washington Post
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2020 In the Galleries: Contemplations on the Memory of Personal Spaces, by Mark Jenkins, Washington
Post
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2019 In the Galleries: Some art is sultry, while other pieces are smokey, by Mark Jenkins, Washington
Post
East City Art Reviews: Nancy Sausser and MadelineStratton at IA&A at Hillyer, by Eric Hope, East
City Art
Portrait of the Artist: Madeline A. Stratton, by Noelina Kirschner, The American Scholar
Light Liminal, by Mark Jenkins, Washington Post