Contact
makianichivo@gmail.com
@ivomakianich
Education
2025
MFA (candidate) in Painting, Boston University, Boston, MA. (Expected graduation June 2025)
2023
MA in Art, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2022
BA in Studio Art, Cal State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2018
AA Studio Arts, Golden West College, Huntington Beach, CA
Awards
2023
Summer Undergraduate Residency Program Academy Scholar Award 2023, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2023
The King-Mertz Research/Creative Activity College Award of Excellence
2022
Graduate Assistantship Recipient, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2019
COTA School of Art, Bookstore Scholarship, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
Exhibitions
2024
Drawing From Perception, Invention, and Memory, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Dayton, OH
2024
Fresh Faces, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA
2023
Practical Jokes, Ramp Collective, Boston University, Boston, MA
2023
Creature Comforts, Ramp Collective, Boston University, Boston, MA
2023
BY NYC, New York Accademy of Art, New York, NY
2023
Art 13 Exhibit, Lone Elm Room, Mattoon, IL
2023
Figure it Out 2023 Life Drawing Exhibition, Doudna Fine Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2023
Graduate Expo Research Poster Exhibit, Doudna Fine Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2023
EIU Master of Arts in Studio Exhibition, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2023
Varsity Art XXVII, Art Saint Louis, Saint Louis, MO
2022
Figure it Out 2022 Life Drawing Exhibition, Doudna Fine Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2022
Master’s Draft Exhibition, Doudna Fine Arts Center, Charleston, IL
2022
Insights 2022 Student Art Show, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2021
Insights 2021 Student Art Show, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2016
GWC Student Juried Art Show, GWC, Huntington Beach, CA
Work
2023-24
SVA Tuesday Night Lecture Series Graduate Assistant, Boston University, Boston, MA
2022-23
Teaching Assistant, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
2016-22
Electrical System Designer, Engineering Associates Inc, Huntington Beach, CA
Collections
2023
Doudna Fine Arts Center Art Office Permanant Collection, EIU, Charleston, IL
2022
University Student Union Permanent Collection, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
Press
2023
Rodd Stoud, “Eastern studio art master’s students exhibiting in Lone Elm Room in Mattoon” Journal Gazette & Times-Courier, April 24, 2023