Madeline A. Stratton: We Were Here
About
Hamiltonian Artists is pleased to present Madeline A. Stratton: We Were Here, a new site-specific installation. In this exhibition, Stratton deviates from domestic ideals of design and functionality and uses unconventional approaches to produce improvisational architecture. She uses motifs from her remembered domestic spaces, including banisters, chandeliers, and shelves, in conversation with other familiar abstracted objects.
About the artist
Madeline A. Stratton (b. 1987, Memphis; lives and works in Washington, DC) is a multidisciplinary artist and educator. In 2018, she completed her Multidisciplinary MFA in the Mount Royal School of Art at Maryland Institute College of Art where she received a merit scholarship. She holds an MA in History of Art and the Art Market from Christie’s Education and a BA in Studio Art and History of Art from Vanderbilt University. She has exhibited in group exhibitions throughout the United States as well as solo exhibitions in Washington, DC. In 2018, she completed the Keyholder Residency at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, MD, where she later stayed on as a Printshop Associate. She is a 2021 recipient of the DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Grant. In her work, she enjoys exploring ideas of memory and the juxtaposition of presence and absence. Stratton was a member of the Sparkplug Collective with DC Arts Center, and she is currently a Hamiltonian Fellow with Hamiltonian Artists. When not in her studio, Stratton currently teaches upper school art at St. Albans School.
Visit
February 12–March 19, 2022
Tuesday–Saturday, 11–6pm
Hamiltonian Artists
1353 U Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
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Programs
Opening reception
Saturday, February 12, 4–7pm
Artist talk
Thursday, March 3, 6–7pm
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