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makianichivo@gmail.com |
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@ivomakianich |
| Education | |
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2025 |
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MFA (candidate) in Painting, Boston University, Boston, MA. (Expected graduation June 2025) |
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2023 |
MA in Art, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL |
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2022 |
BA in Studio Art, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA |
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2018 |
AA Studio Arts, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA |
| Awards/ Residencies | |
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2024 |
Hewnoaks Artist Residency, Lovell, ME
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2024-25 |
MFA Merit Scholarship 2024-25, Boston University, Boston, MA
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2023 |
Summer Undergraduate Residency Program Academy Scholar Award 2023, New
York Academy of Art, New York, NY
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2023 |
The King-Mertz Research/Creative Activity College Award of Excellence
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2019 |
COTA School of Art, Bookstore Scholarship, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
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| Exhibitions | |
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2025 |
Art@Sloane 2025, Metcalf Trustee Center’s Portrait Gallery, Boston, MA
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2024 |
The infinite questions of the bound and the boundless, Two Person Show with
Noah Wertheimer, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA
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2024 |
Then and Now, Ramp Collective, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA
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2024 |
Shhh…(Quiet Paintings for Noisy Times), Ramp Collective, Commonwealth
Gallery, Boston, MA
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2024 |
GALEX 57 National Juried Exhibition, Galesburg Community Arts Center,
Galesburg, IL
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2024 |
This Is Not A Pipe: What Is Reality?, Long Beach Creative Group, Long Beach, CA |
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2024 |
Spaces to Move Through, Places to Be, Ramp Collective, Commonwealth
Gallery, Boston, MA
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2024 |
Titles are Everything, Ramp Collective, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA |
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2024 |
Drawing From Perception, Invention, and Memory, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Dayton, OH |
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2024 |
Fresh Faces, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA |
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2023 |
Practical Jokes, Ramp Collective, Boston University, Boston, MA |
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2023 |
Creature Comforts, Ramp Collective, Boston University, Boston, MA |
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2023 |
BY NYC, New York Accademy of Art, New York, NY |
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2023 |
Art 13 Exhibit, Lone Elm Room, Mattoon, IL |
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2023 |
Figure it Out 2023 Life Drawing Exhibition, Doudna Fine Arts Center, Charleston, IL |
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2023 |
Graduate Expo Research Poster Exhibit, Doudna Fine Arts Center, Charleston, IL |
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2023 |
EIU Master of Arts in Studio Exhibition, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL |
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2023 |
Varsity Art XXVII, Art Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO |
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2022 |
Figure it Out 2022 Life Drawing Exhibition, Doudna Fine Arts Center, Charleston, IL
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2022 |
Master’s Draft Exhibition, Doudna Fine Arts Center, Charleston, IL |
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2022 |
Insights 2022 Student Art Show, CSULB, Long Beach, CA |
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2021 |
Insights 2021 Student Art Show, CSULB, Long Beach, CA |
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2016 |
GWC Student Juried Art Show, GWC, Huntington Beach, CA |
| Work | |
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2025 |
Instructor, Boston University, Boston, MA
(Figure Drawing [instructor of record], Spring 2025)
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2024 |
Teaching Assistant, Boston University, Boston, MA
(Visual Arts Drawing, Fall 2024)
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2024-25 |
Graduate Assistant to Chair, MFA Painting, Boston University, Boston, MA |
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2023-24 |
SVA Tuesday Night Lecture Series Graduate Assistant, Boston University, Boston, MA |
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2022-23 |
Teaching Assistant, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL |
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2016-22 |
Electrical System Designer, Engineering Associates Inc, Huntington Beach, CA |
| Visiting Critic | |
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2024 |
Undergraduate Final Critiques, Beacon Hill Community College, Boston, MA,
April 30th.
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| Collections | |
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2023 |
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Doudna Fine Arts Center Art Office Permanant Collection, EIU, Charleston, IL |
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2022 |
University Student Union Permanent Collection, CSULB, Long Beach, CA |
| Press |
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2023 |
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Rodd Stoud, “Eastern studio art master’s students exhibiting in Lone Elm Room in Mattoon” Journal Gazette & Times-Courier, April 24, 2023 |
