Madison Dowling is a printmaker and collage artist who resides in Portland, Oregon. She graduated with a BFA degree from Western Washington University in spring of 2020. Her work explores dichotomies between nostalgia and reality by collaging LIFE magazine advertisements from the 1960s. Her newest body of work uses propagandistic themes of the nuclear family to explore faults in the modern concept of the “American Dream”.
CIRRICULUM VITAE
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EDUCATION
2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Printmaking & Minor in Art History,
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
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SOLO EXHIBITONS
2020 January Art Walk, The Racket, Bellingham, WA
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GROUP EXHIBITONS
2020 In-Site, A New Realism, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
TBD, Geheim Gallery, Bellingham WA
Remote Viewing: Art in Isolation, B Gallery Online, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Up and Coming, Viking Union Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Big Bucket Senior Exhibition, B Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
You Are Not Alone, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, BC, Canada (Upcoming)
2018 Print Matter(s), B Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
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AWARDS, & SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 BFA Exhibition Award, Western Washington University
2019 J Ruth Kelsey Scholarship, Western Washington University
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COLLECTIONS
Printmaking Department, Western Washington University
Photography Department, Western Washington University
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019 BFA Fundraising Printmaking Facilitator, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Screen Printing Demonstrator, Fall Family Day, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2018 Relief Printmaking Demonstrator, Fall Family Day, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2016 Assistant Teacher, Thrive Art School, Seattle, WA