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makianichivo@gmail.com |
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@ivomakianich |
| Education | |
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2025 |
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MFA in Painting, Boston University, Boston, MA. |
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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 |
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2026 |
Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
(Upcoming August 2026)
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2025-26 |
The Umbrella Arts Center, Artist in Residence Program (AiR), Concord, MA
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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, Scholarship, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
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2026 |
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AiR Solo Exhibition, Umbrella Arts Gallery, Concord, MA
(Upcoming July 2026)
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2024 |
The Infinite Questions of the Bound and the Boundless, Two Person Show,
Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA
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| Exhibitions | |
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2026 |
Emerging Artists Group Show, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
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2025 |
Off the Wall Show, Umbrella Arts Center, Concord, MA
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2025 |
2000-2025 Department of Art + Design Alumni Show, Tarble Arts Center,
Charleston, IL
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2025 |
Survival Tactics, Affordable Art Fair Boston, Boston, MA (curated by Mallory A.
Ruymann and Jasper A. Sanchez)
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2025 |
I Made This Up Collective – A Group Show in Chelsea, U-Haul Art Fair, New
York, NY
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2025 |
Information, Overload – SVA Alumni Exhibition (1967 – 2025), 808 Gallery,
Boston, MA
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2025 |
A New Place to Be From, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY |
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2025 |
RISD Faculty Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
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2025 |
Boston Young Contemporaries 2025, Stone Gallery, Boston, MA (juried by Selby
Nimrod)
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2025 |
Boston University MFA 2025 Thesis Exhibition, Stone Gallery, Boston, MA |
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2025 |
Garden – Variety, Ishibashi Gallery, Concord, MA
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2025 |
Before We Got Famous, Ramp Collective, Commonwealth Gallery, Boston, MA
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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 |
| Work | |
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2025-Present |
CE Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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2025-Present |
Teacher of Fine Arts, St. Paul’s School, Concord, NH
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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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2025 |
Artnet News, “The Affordable Art Fair Makes Its Boston Debut,” October 9, 2025. (Mention of Survival Tactics booth at Affordable Art Fair Boston) |
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2025 |
Carlie Porterfield, “The new U-Haul Art Fair is pulling up in Chelsea,” The Art Newspaper, September 2, 2025. (Mention of I Made This Up Collective at |
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2025 |
Isa Farfan and Maya Pontone, “Your Guide to NYC’s Fall Art Fairs”, Hyperallergic, August 27, 2025. (Mention of I Made This Up Collective at |
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2025 |
Cate McQuaid, “Things to Do Around Boston This Weekend and Beyond,” The |
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2023 |
Rodd Stoud, “Eastern studio art master’s students exhibiting works in Lone Elm Room in Mattoon” Journal Gazette & Times-Courier, April 24, 2023 |
