Madolin Maxey – artist resume
Education
1970 BFA – Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore MD
1984 MAE – Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence RI
Solo, juried and group shows at museums, universities and galleries include:
2022 133rd NAWA Annual Exhibition, One Art Space, 23 Warren St, Tribeca, New York
2022 Featured Guest Artist, Imago Foundation for the Arts, 36 Market St, Warren RI
2022 “Nourishing the Senses”, Wedeman Gallery, The Yamawaki Art & Cultural Center,
Lasell College, Newton, MA.
2021 “Cold”, NAWA Museum of Art - A Virtual Experience Museum
2021 “Visions of Flora”, solo show, URI Arts and Culture Gallery, Providence RI
2021 “Some Like It Hot”, NAWA Museum of Art - A Virtual Experience Museum
2020 “Gibraltar Carnival”, print collages, URI Arts and Culture Gallery, Providence RI
2020 131st Annual Exhibition, NAWA Museum of Art - A Virtual Experience Museum
2020 “S/HE”, Atlantic Wharf Gallery, 290 Congress St, Boston
2020 “A Year of Blue”, SoWa Gallery, Boston
2020 “Botanik”, Las Laguna Gallery, CA, online curated exhibition
2020 “Objects As Narrative”, paintings, solo show, Providence Art Club, Providence RI
2019 130 th Annual Exhibition, One Art Space, 23 Warren St, Tribeca, New York
2019 “Women Celebrating Creativity”, NAWA Museum of Art - A Virtual Experience Museum
2018 New Members Show, NAWA Gallery, New York NY
2017 “Gym Equipment”, paintings, URI Arts and Culture Gallery, Providence RI
2017 30 Years of Women’s History Exhibit, URI Arts and Culture Gallery, Providence RI
2016 “Color”, all media national juried exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence RI
2016 Group show, Newport Art Museum, RI
2015 “Joint Venture”, Print portfolio group show, exhibited at various national galleries
2015 “Italian Landscapes”, paintings, solo show, Providence Art Club, Providence RI
2014 Group show, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro MA
2012 “Devon and Dartmoor”, solo show of paintings, URI Arts and Culture Gallery, Providence
RI
2011 Group Show, Salve Regina University, Newport RI
2010 Fluxus Art Book Project, instigator & curator, Providence Athenaeum and AS200 Art
Space, Providence, RI
2010 “Treasured Objects”, paintings, solo show, Providence Art Club, Providence RI
2008 Invitational group show, RISD Museum, Providence RI
2007 “Open Painting Show”, national juried exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence RI
2006 Group show, Newport Art Museum
2006 Invitational Show, Rhode Island Foundation Gallery, Providence RI
2006 “Sol y Sombre”, paintings and sculptures, solo show, Providence Art Club, Providence RI
2004 “Pacific”, installation of paintings and a tea house, solo show, Providence Art Club,
Providence RI
2002 “Urban Cartography: Garden Plots and Islands of the Dwelling”, installation, solo show,
Providence Art Club, Providence RI
2001 “Red, Blue, Pink, Gold”, solo show, Brown University, Providence RI
2000 “Women in the Arts”, URI Arts and Culture Gallery, Providence RI
1999 “Pine and Bamboo”, paintings and a tea house, solo show, Providence Art Club,
Providence RI
1998 “Take-no-ko”, paintings and sculpture from the Kyoto Studio, solo show, Providence Art
Club, Providence RI
1997 Invitational show and talk, George Mason University, Fairfax VA
1996 Invitational show, Baltimore Life Gallery, Baltimore MD
1995 “Reassembly Required Show”, sculpture, Galleria Mesa, Mesa, AZ
1994 “Let There Be Light”, sculptural pieces incorporating light, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
1994 “Cirque de Madeleine”, sculpture installation, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute
1982-84 Series of solo shows, The Meyerhoff Gallery, Brooklandville, MD
Public Art Projects include:
2007 Mural for Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, RI
2005-2007 Habitat installations, Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence, RI
1993-2001 Instigating renegade artist of Wickenden St. Telephone Pole Sculptural Project,
Providence, RI,
1993-2001 Public art projects, including Providence Convergence VII and IX, Sculpture
International, First Night Providence, and Providence Housing Office
Theatre Set Design
1993 “Square Blues” by playwright Shay Youngblood, Brown University, Providence, RI, set
design & construction of premier production
1987 “Borderline Fool” by playwright B.E. Franklin, Rites and Reasons Theatre, Brown
University, Providence, RI, set designer of premier production
1986 “Desdemona” by playwright Paula Vogel, Brown University, Providence, RI, set designer
of premier production
1983-1992 Set designer and scenic artist for Brown University, the Wheeler School, Ocean
State Light Opera, and Perishable Theatre, Providence RI
Books - limited editions
2021 “Visions of Flora”, paintings and text. A chronological presentation of the plants, flowers
and trees that I have painted from 1998 to the present, from Japan to my own garden in
Providence.
2019 “Tales of the Gibraltar Carnival”, print collages and text. I created the set of ten
drawing/print collages after a strange and unexpected night on Gibraltar. The set of
tales was first exhibited at RISD in 2004.
Service
1993-2010 Alumni Council Board Member, Maryland Institute College of Art
1992-2001 Gallery Board Director, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence RI
1994-1995 Board member, AS220 Arts Center, Providence RI
Honors and Awards
2022 Paintings of the River Dart, representing fluid flow, chosen for publicity and program
headings for IUTAM International Symposium held at Institut de Mecanique des Fluides
(IMFT), Toulouse, France.
2019 NAWA 130 th Annual members’ Show, Dorothy L. Irish Memorial Award
2018 Elected to the National Association of Women Artists
2016 Providence Art Club, National Juried Exhibition. 1st Place Edward Bannister Award
2007 Providence Art Club, National Juried Painting Show. 2nd Prize
Artwork in Museums, Galleries, and Public Collections
Bristol Museum of Art, Bristol, RI
Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Providence, RI
Lifespan Cardiovascular Institute, East Providence, RI
Lifespan Comprehensive Cancer Center, East Providence, RI
MICA Alumni Office, Baltimore MD
Rhode Island Hospital, Jane Brown Wing, Providence, RI
RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
RISD Fleet Library, Providence RI
The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI
University of Rhode Island, Permanent Art Collection, Providence, RI
Women & Infants Hospital, Providence, RI
In private collections in California, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Texas, as well as Copenhagen, London, Kyoto, Padua, and Tokyo.