Maddie Dunn

Maddie Dunn is a California-based artist whose work explores the tension between internal experience and external expectations. By drawing from historical portraiture, her work invites reflection about societal roles, conformity, and anxiety. Though she has practiced portraiture and drawing from a very young age, she began her extensive study of oil painting during the COVID-19 lockdowns, which has now developed into a dedicated practice and love for the medium. Formerly a psychology major, she has always maintained an interest in human emotion, experience, and cognitive distortion, and these interests are evident in much of her work. Currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts at California State University, Sacramento, Maddie continues to deepen her engagement with art history, critical theory, and contemporary painting practices.

CSU Sacramento
BFA 2024
MFA 2026

June 2025
Members Show, Mills Station Art & Culture Center, Rancho Cordova, CA - Group Exhibition
March 2025
Student Purchase Award Show, Union Gallery, CSU, Sacramento - Group Exhibition
March 2025
Annual Student Award Show, Else Gallery, CSU, Sacramento - Group Exhibition
February - May 2025
West Coast Biennial Juried Art Competition, Turtle Bay Museum, Redding, CA - Group Exhibition
May 2024
Art Beat, Marketplace Gallery, Citrus Heights, CA - Group Exhibition
April 2024
Senior Show, Witt & Else Gallery, CSU, Sacramento - Group Exhibition
April 2024
TERAVARNA 7th Color International Online Juried Art Competition - Group Exhibition
March 2024
Annual Student Award Show, Else Gallery, CSU, Sacramento - Group Exhibition
December 2023
TERAVARNA 7th Figurative International Online Juried Art Competition - Group Exhibition