Madison Creech

Madison Creech is an assistant professor of Art & Art History at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She holds an MFA in fibers from Arizona State University and a BFA and BS in textile, merchandising, and fashion design from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has served as faculty associate at Arizona State University, instructing surface design and served as Visiting Assistant Professor and the Brown Visiting Teacher-Scholar at Stetson University teaching digital art and textile art courses. Creech was the 2018-19 Fountainhead Fellow in the Department of Craft and Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. She co-founded Fresh As Fruit Gallery in DeLand, FL, and currently co-runs Fried Fruit Art Space in the Cargo District in Wilmington, NC.

https://madisoncreech.com/

Education

MFA Arizona State University
BFA University of Nebraska Lincoln
BS University of Nebraska Lincoln

Specialization in Teaching

Graphic Design
Digital Illustration
Pattern & Printed Textiles

Research Interests

Intersections of textiles and technology
Craft and digital technology
Graphic design
Text and Textiles
Roadkill Composting Systems
DIY Exhibition spaces
Curation
Collaboration
RISO printing

Community Engagement

Co-founder and curator at Fried Fruit Art Space, a Wilmington-based artist-run space that supports experimental work and collaborative projects. Through exhibitions, workshops, and educational partnerships, Fried Fruit offers a platform for artists across disciplines to share new ideas and make space for conversation. https://friedfruit.art/

Honors & Awards

Creech has held residencies at Praxis Fiber Digital Weaving Lab in Cleveland, Ohio, Metro Community College Prototype Lab in Omaha, Nebraska, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft in Texas, and Techshop in Chandler, Arizona. Her work has been widely exhibited across the country, and she has been the recipient of several distinguished awards, including the Juror's Award from the ARC Gallery’s Frayed exhibition in Chicago, IL, the Rudy Turk Award for History in American Craft from ASU, and the Mary Beason Bishop and Francis Sumner Merit Scholarship from the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.