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education
2025 - MFA in Painting - Illinois State University
2022 - Post Baccalaureate - Knox College
Completed: May 2022
2021 - BA in Studio Art - Knox College
Completed: June 2021, Magna Cum Laude
2019 - AA in Art - Carl Sandburg College
Completed: May 2019
solo & two/three person exhibitions
2026 - Lingering Forms (forthcoming), Lonnie Eugene Stewart Gallery, Carl Sandburg College, curated by Lisa Walker, Galesburg, IL.
2025 - The Tender Flesh, University Galleries, Normal, IL.
2024 - I CAN’T CONTROL THESE URGES, Madelyn Havens and Ilse Miller, Julian Gallery, Bloomington, IL.
2023 - Tending to my Flesh, Catich Gallery, St. Ambrose University, curated by Christopher Reno, 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 Madelyn Turner (Havens), Ilse Miller, and Kitty Davies, 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
2025
25th Annual Heaven Gallery Benefit, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL.
2024
RADICAL JOY, Heaven Gallery, curated by Kailyn Perry, Chicago, IL.
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
2025
Illinois Arts Council Creative Projects Grant, $10.265.
2024
Elisabeth Stein Scholarship
Wonsook Kim School of Art Scholarship
2023
Kenneth Holder MFA Painting Scholarship
2022
Student Project Grant, $500, 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
2025
Illinois Central College, Adjunct Professor, art history.
Illinois State University, Instructor of Record, painting courses.
2024
Illinois State University, Instructor of Record, painting courses.
2023
Belonging and Equity Committee, MFA Representative, Illinois State University.
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 of Record, 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”.
2024
New American Pantings, Issue # 173, juried by Rosario Güiraldes, The Open Studio Press.
2023
Criticism, cover art, Spring 2022 Edition (published February 2023), Wayne State University Press.
Spoon River Poetry Review, cover art, Winter 2022 Edition (published February 2023), Spoon River College.
2022
Create! Magazine, Issue #31, juried by Alayo Akinkugbe, pages 58 and 59.
Open Studio, Knox College Department of Art and Art History, page 24.
2020
Galesburg Register Mail, “GCAC Announces Best of Show and Awards”.
Carl Sandburg College Publication, Spring 2021, page 4.
X Journal, Vol. 3, Spring 2020.
Cellar Door, Vol. XVI Winter 2020. Pages 92, 93, 94.
2019
Phizzogs, Vol. XLVI Spring 2019. Pages 11, 14, 22, 25, 51, 52, 53, 77, 78, 88.
2018
Phizzogs, Vol. XLV Spring 2018. Page 42.
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.