Mckenna Goade

Artist/Inventor/Question Asker

New York, NY

EDUCATION

The New School — Parsons School of Design —

MFA in Fine Arts
New York, NY | Expected May 2026

Utah Valley University — BFA in Painting and Drawing; Minor in Art History
Orem, UT | Graduated December 2023 | GPA: 4.0

GRANTS AND HONORS

Valedictorian, UVU School of the Arts, 2024

Parsons Scholarship, 2024-2026

Dean’s Merit Scholarship, UVU, 2022-2024

Graduated Summa Cum Laude, 2023

Dean’s List, Utah Valley University, 2020-2023

Wolverine Completion Grant, 2023

AWARDS

Painting Drawing Area Award, Student Art Exhibition, Utah Valley University, Juried by Douglas Fryer, 2023. Spill Your Guts.

Humanities Research Prize, Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2023. The Presence of Absence: Exploring the Shadows of Death.

Second Place Creative Works, Scholarly and Creative Undergraduate Learning Partnership Team (SCULPT), 2023. The Presence of Absence: Exploring the Shadows of Death.

Second Place Art Award, Touchstones Undergraduate Journal, Juried by Alexandra Giannell, 2023. All At Once.

Cover Art Award, Touchstones Undergraduate Journal, 2022. The Beginning and The End

First Place Art Award, Touchstones Undergraduate Journal Juried by Lovetta Reyes-Cairo, 2021. Falsely Positive.

EXHIBITIONS

2024  Open Studios

           25 East Gallery, New York, NY

2024  Common Ground

25 East Gallery, New York, NY

Curated by Danielle Sargeant

2024  Until It Dies

           Solo Show

           Odd Duck Studio, Provo, UT

2024  Alumni Art Exhibition

           Lakemount Museum of Art, Orem, UT

2023  The Grass Grows

           BFA Exhibition

           Gallery on 6th, Orem, UT

2023  Composing Chaos

           Art & Design Book Exhibition

Curated by Eden Christensen, Ember Martinez, and  Olivia Harris

           Gallery on 6th, Orem, UT

2023  Student Art Exhibition

           Curated and Juried by Douglas Fryer

           Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, Orem, UT

2023  Echoes of Absence

           Group Exhibition with Hollie Anderson

           and Brittney Weiland

           Gallery 402, Orem, UT

2022  Walking

           Exhibition with Marissa Albrecht

           Gallery 402, Orem, UT

2022  Student Art Exhibition

           Curated and Juried by UVU Museum of Art

           Online Exhibition

2022  Instinct. Black and White Works on Paper

           Curated by UVU Department of Art Faculty

           Gallery on 6th, Orem, UT

2022  Motherhood: Hurt and Hope

           Curated by Arika Lau

           Gallery on 6th, Orem, UT

2022  A New Page

           Curated by J. Kirk Richards

           JKR Gallery, Provo, UT

WRITING PUBLICATIONS

2023  The Inner Need

           Composing Chaos, Art and Design Book Series

2023  Notwendigkeit and Abstraction

           Artemisia, Undergraduate Art History Journal

CONFERENCES AND PRESENTATIONS

2023  SECAC (Formerly South-Eastern Colleges Conference)

           Grown Systems: Interrogating Life Cycles

           Faculty Advisor Amber Tutwiler

           Session Chair, Amy Chan

           Richmond, VA

2023  Utah Art History Symposium

           Verrocchio, Leonardo Da Vinci, and the Rise of the                   Artist in Quattrocento Italy

           Faculty Advisor Dr. Charlotte Poulton

           Orem, UT

2023  Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research

           The Presence of Absence: Exploring the Shadows                   of Death

           Faculty Advisor Alexandra Giannell

           The University of Utah, Salt Lake, UT