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Mackenna Overholt (b. 2000 in Golden, CO) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, New York, working across painting, textiles, and sculpture. Mackenna holds a BFA in painting from the University of Alabama and is currently pursuing her MFA in painting at Pratt Institute. Through an exploration of materiality, she considers the body as both a vessel and landscape where feminine identity, memory, destruction, and lived experience converge. Her practice uses contrasting materials and fragmented forms to navigate interior and exterior spaces while simultaneously weaving herself into the world around her.
MACKENNA OVERHOLT
Brooklyn, NY
303-345-8531
mackennaoverholtfineart@gmail.com
www.mackennaoverholtfineart.com
Instagram @mackennaoverholtfineart
EDUCATION
In Progress
MFA Candidate Painting, Pratt Institute
2023
BFA Studio Art, Painting and Drawing Concentration, Art History Minor, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2022
Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute, Painting, Drawing, and Renaissance Art History, Florence, Italy
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Solo Exhibition, Bucks T-4 Visual Art Gallery, Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, Big Sky, MT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Becoming, Visionary Projects, New York, New York
Moving as a Woman, International Women’s Day Group Show, Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, Big Sky, MT
2024
Sweet Pea Winter Juried Art Show, Bozeman, MT
Art Expo NYC, SAB Gallery Collection, New York, New York
Sweet Pea Juried Art Show, Bozeman, MT
Radiant Voices, Visionary Art Collective, Virtual Exhibition
2023
“Arches” BFA Thesis Exhibition, Sella Granata Gallery, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2022
Gorgas Library Student Artwork Exhibition, Gorgas Library, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2019
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, History Colorado Center, Denver, CO
Jefferson County Art Show, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
2018
Jefferson County Art Show, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
RESIDENCIES
2024
Cycladic Arts, September, 2024, Paros, Greece
AWARDS
2022
Farley Moody Galbraith Endowed Scholarship, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2021
Windgate Charitable Foundation Scholarship, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Art Students Endowed Scholarship, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2020
Marilyn Williams Elmore Endowed Scholarship, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
2019
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards State Gold and National Silver Medal Winner,
History Colorado Center, Denver, CO
Colorado Watercolor Society, Emerging Artist Award 2019
Congressional Art Competition Award 2019
Jefferson County Art Show Best of Show Winner, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
2018
Jefferson County Art Show Best of Show Winner, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
University of Alabama Student Center, Student Government Association Presidential Portraits, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Oct 2022 - 2026 | Freelance
PUBLICATIONS
2024
Visionary Art Collective, Featured Artist Interview, Mackenna Overholt: An Eye for Creation
