Madeline A. Stratton (b. 1987, Memphis, TN; lives and works in Washington, DC) is a multidisciplinary artist and educator. In 2018, she earned her Multidisciplinary MFA in the Mount Royal School of Art at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), where she received a Merit Scholarship. She holds an MA in History of Art and the Art Market: Modern and Contemporary from Christie’s Education in New York, NY and a BA in Studio Art and History of Art from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.
Stratton has experience working as a cataloguer of Prints & Multiples at Christie’s auction house in New York and as a cataloguer of American works on paper at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. She has exhibited in Nashville, New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and throughout the Washington, DC area. In 2018, she participated in the Keyholder Residency at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Hyattsville, MD. In her work, she enjoys using paint, textiles, and printmaking to explore ideas of memory and the juxtaposition of presence and absence. Stratton currently teaches upper school art at St. Albans School and works as a Printshop Associate at Pyramid Atlantic Arts Center.
My work is an investigation of the memory and importance of domestic objects and spaces. Utilizing traditional media such as paint, textiles, thread, and printmaking, I challenge myself to create representations stemming from my memory. By creating silhouettes of objects and simplified structures of empty spaces, I aim to convey both absence and belonging. I search for ways to memorialize and find comfort in the objects of daily rituals and the spaces in which they take place. While drawing from places and times specific to me, I hope the viewer can enter into a reflective journey of their own space and memory.
Past Exhibition
Hamiltonian Artists and the Kreeger Museum are pleased to present Unexpected Occurrences, a contemporary response to a modern collection, featuring the work of Hamiltonian Artists’ seven current fellows: Amber Eve Anderson, María Luz Bravo, Jason Bulluck, Joey Enriquez, Stephanie Garon, Madeline A. Stratton, and Lionel Frazier White III.…
Past Exhibition
Madeline A. Stratton’s “We Were Here” is 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.…
Past Exhibition
Hamiltonian Artists’ annual group exhibition new.now. debuts the work of Hamiltonian’s five distinguished 2019–2021 fellows Amber Eve Anderson, Akea Brionne Brown, Tommy Bobo, Yacine Tilala Fall, and Madeline A. Stratton.…
