biography
Madelyn Schutz is a Toronto-based queer artist, specializing in painting, printmaking, and comics. Born in Minnesota she often reflects on her adolescent years in midwestern suburbs. She finds inspiration in her surroundings, pop culture, personal life events, and the coming-of-age experience. Madelyn’s rabbit doll Lady Sarah is a recurring character throughout her work and is often used as a self-insert and to blur the lines between fantasy and reality.
Madelyn is a recent graduate of OCAD University with a BFA in Fine Arts and majored in Cross Disciplinary Art: Life Studies. This fall she will be continuing her work as a Production Assistant at Kid Icarus Screen Printing Studio in Toronto. Outside of work she is focusing on her comics and printmaking practice.
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Education
2024 Ontario College of Art and Design University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cross Disciplinary Art: Life Studies
Selected Exhibitions
2024 All The Small Things, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto, ON
2024 GradEx 109, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2024 Defined Oddities, Gallery 1313, Toronto, ON
2023 Fruitless Wishing, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, ON (solo)
2022 A Step Back to Yesterday, Ada Slaight Gallery, Toronto, ON
2021 International Absurdity Day, Start Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2021 OCAD Making Gender, Virtual Exhibition
Professional Experience
Production Assistant, Kid Icarus, Toronto, Canada, Present
Assistant Art Framer, SoHo Art and Custom Framing, Toronto, Canada, 2023-2024
Communications Coordinator, OCAD Artist Alley, Toronto, Canada, 2024
Art Teacher, KidCreate Studio, Minnesota, United States, 2022
Awards
Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation Award in Life Studies, 2024
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