Mckenna Goade
mckennagoade@mac.com
Artist/Inventor/Question Asker
New York, NY
Education
2026 MFA Fine Arts, Parsons School of Design at The New School. New York, NY
2023 BFA in Painting and Drawing; Minor in Art History, Utah Valley University. Orem, UT
Exhibitions
2026 Earth Day Art Show, Climate Justice Club, 39 W 13th Street, New York, NY
2026 Chipped Teeth & Empty Bellies, Sheila & Aronson Design Center, 2 W 13th Street, New York, NY
2025 Open Studios, 39 W 13th Street, New York, NY
2024 Open Studios, 25 East Gallery, New York, NY
2024 Common Ground, 25 East Gallery, Curated by Danielle Sargeant, New York, NY
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), Gallery on 6th, Curated by Eden Christensen, Ember Martinez, and Olivia Harris, Orem, UT
2023 Student Art Exhibition, Noorda Center for the Performing Arts, Curated and Juried by Douglas Fryer, Orem, UT
2023 Echoes of Absence, Gallery 402, Group Exhibition with Hollie Anderson and Brittney Weiland, Orem, UT
2022 Walking, Gallery 402, Exhibition with Marissa Albrecht, Orem, UT
2022 Student Art Exhibition Online Exhibition, Curated and Juried by UVU Museum of Art
2022 Instinct. Black and White Works on Paper, Gallery on 6th, Curated by UVU Department of Art + Design Faculty, Orem, UT
2022 Motherhood: Hurt and Hope, Gallery on 6th, Curated by Arika Lau, Orem, UT
2022 A New Page, JKR Gallery, Curated by J. Kirk Richards, Provo, UT
Conferences and Presentations
2023 SECAC (Formerly South-Eastern Colleges Conference), Richmond, VA
Grown Systems: Interrogating Life Cycles
Faculty Advisor Amber Tutwiler
Session Chair, Amy Chan
2023 Utah Art History Symposium, Orem, UT
Verrocchio, Leonardo Da Vinci, and the Rise of the Artist in Quattrocento Italy
Faculty Advisor Dr. Charlotte Poulton
2023 Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, The University of Utah, Salt Lake, UT
The Presence of Absence: Exploring the Shadows of Death
Faculty Advisor Alexandra Giannell
2023 Scholarly and Creative Undergraduate Learning Partnership Team (SCULPT), Utah Valley University Orem, UT
The Presence of Absence: Exploring the Shadows of Death
Faculty Advisor Alexandra Giannell
Awards
2023 Painting Drawing Area Award. Student Art Exhibition, Juried by Douglas Fryer, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
2023 Humanities Research Prize. Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salt Lake, UT
2023 Second Place Creative Works. Scholarly and Creative Undergraduate Learning Partnership Team (SCULPT), Orem, UT
2023 Second Place Art Award. Touchstones Undergraduate Journal, Juried by Alexandra Giannel, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
2022 Cover Art Award. Touchstones Undergraduate Journal. Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
2021 First Place Art Award. Touchstones Undergraduate Journal, Juried by Lovetta Reyes-Cairo, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
Publications
2023 The Inner Need, Composing Chaos, Art and Design Book Series, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
2023 Notwendigkeit and Abstraction, Artemisia, Undergraduate Art History Journal, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
2021 — 2023 Touchstones, Undergraduate for Creative Writing, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
2021 — 2023 Essais, Undergraduate Journal for Literary Criticism, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT
2021 Journal of Student Leadership, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT