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EDUCATION
Maryland Institute College of Art
BFA Fibers, Summa Cum Laude
(2023)
FELLOWSHIPS,
RESIDENCIES,
RESEARCH GRANTS,
Young Artist in Residence,
Salem Art Works, NY
(2024)
Fabricademy, WAAG Futurelab, Amsterdam, NL
(2023-2024)
Windgate Lamar Fellow
Center for Craft, Asheville, NC
(2023-2024)
SCIART, Researcher
UMBC, Baltimore, MD
(2023)
Mother Nacre, Research Team
Biodesign Winning Team
MOMA, NY
(2023)
Hopkins Extreme Material Institute
Schulman Labs, Artist in Residence
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
(2022)
SCHOLARSHIPS,
AWARDS
Windgate-Lamar, Center for craft fellowship
(2023)
BioDesign Challenge, winning Team “Mother Nacre”
(2023)
SCIART, Research internship
(2023)
HEMI Summer Project Grant
(2022)
Lenore G. Tawney Foundation Scholarship
(2023)
Kuhlman Fiber Arts Scholarship (2021-2023)
Louise N. Myerberg Family Scholarship Academic Honors Scholarship
(2018 - 2023)
Creative Visions Award
(2018 - 2023)
Presidential Scholarship
(2018-2023)
R. Jenkins Bristor FA Fund
(2018 - 2023)
Arnell Lewis Land Art Scholar
(2018 - 2023)
Thalheimer Endowed Scholarship
(2018 - 2023)
MICA Grant
(2018)
Academic Scholarship MICA
(2018 - 2023)
Thalheimer Endowed Scholarship
(2018 - 2023)
Oxbow Artist FunForLife Program
(2018)
Penland, Kenan Fellow
(2018)
EXHIBITIONSNotes on Girlhood
Visarts, Kaplan Gallery
Rockville MD
(2026)
Quantum Jazz
Outdoor Gallery,
Kingston NY
(2026)
1066 Studio Show
Brooklyn, NY
(2026)
Machine Yearning
NYC Resistor,
Brooklyn NY
(2026)
Mend - Electronics Fair
Ulises Gallery,
Philidelphia PA
(2026)
MICA Staff Exhibition
Riggs & Leidy Gallery
Baltimore
MD
(2026)
Radiant Fibers
Clive Davis Gallery,
Brooklyn
NY
(2025)
Kite Show
Rockaway Beach NY
(2024)
Artist in Residence Show
Salem Art Works,
Salem NY
(2024)
If
Birds Could Fly
Mount Royal Station,
Baltimore MD
(2024)
Academy Final Exhibition
WAAG Futurelab,
Amsterdam NL
(2024)
Biodesign Finalist Show
MoMA / Parsons
New York NY
(2023)
Perennials
Mount Royal Station,
Baltimore MD
(2023)
Woven Pixel
Middendorf Gallery,
Baltimore MD
(2023)
Invention of an Ecosystem
Gateway Gallery, Solo Show
Baltimore MD
(2023)
Something Big
Middendorf Gallery, Baltimore MD
(2022)
We Are Everywhere
Fox 2 Gallery,
Baltimore MD
(2022)
Artist Research Summit
Hopkins EMI
Baltimore MD
(2022)
Montgomery
Montgomery Park,
Baltimore MD
(2021)
Sentiments
Main O Gallery,
Baltimore MD
(2020)
EXPIRIENCEDigital Tools Technician
Parsons - The New School
(2026 - Current)
Vistiting Artist/ Workshop
“Robotics for Artists”
CCBC, Catonsville MD
Visiting Artist/ Workshop
“Looms and Computers”
Johns Hopkins, Baltimore MD
(2025)
Fibers Research Technician,
MICA, Baltimore MD
(2024 - 2026)
Part Time Associate
3D Design Department
CCBC Essex + Catonsville MD
(2024 - 2026)
Studio Assistant
Annet Couwenberg,
Baltimore MD
(2025 - 2026)
Studio Assistant
Liz Ensz, Baltimore MD
(2024)
3D Printing Teacher
Openworks, Baltimore MD
(2024 - 2025)
Digital Fabrication Technician,
MICA, Baltimore MD
(2022 - 2023)
EHS Studio Monitor,
MICA, Baltimore MD
(2020 - 2023)
Art Teacher,
The Painting Workshop, Baltimore MD
(2020 - 2022)
Private Art Tutor,
Baltimore MD
(2020 - 2023)
House Intern,
Elsewhere Residency, Greensboro NC
(2019)
Art Teacher,
Mosaic Center, Baltimore MD
(2019)
Last Updated 24.10.31 RESEARCH
WIND INSTRUMENT
2024
Accelerometer, Conductive Thread, Wires, Cotton Fabric, Arduino Uno, Wood, Electrical Tape, Laptop, Speaker, Max MSP
Etextile instrument that controls a Max MSP patch based on wind movement
OPEN SOURCE JACQUARD LOOM
2024
This project is an open source jacquard loom that allows for individual control over 100 threads. Weavers are able to “program” patterns through punch cards which control whether or not a string will be lifted. This means that the loom is capable of weaving images and complex patterns which typical looms can’t. This version is inspired by the historical version of the jacquard loom but incorporates modern motorized control and is scaled down to be used by artists rather than industrial production.
The jacquard loom was introduced in the 17th century and in many ways came to represent a shift in human/machine relations. Textile workers had no rights over the machines that began to replace them and their desires were not considered by the engineers focused on speed and cost saving production. These looms went on to inspire early computer designs that used a similar punch card system to store data. This project is a way of rewriting this history, returning agency to weavers. This jacquard loom is able to be reproduced at any fablab, with all build plans available online for free and able to be edited and customized based on users needs.
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NO LONGER A GIRL, JUST A COLLECTION OF LEDS
2023
SMD LEDS, Wires, ATtiny 45, Push button, Silicon
Wearable skin electronics to confuse facial recognition systems. This project was made at the WAAG Futurelab in Amsterdam
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MOTHER NACRE,
BACTERIALLY DERIVED MOTHER OF PEARL
MADDIE OLSEN, FINN YENCKEN, SARAH BECKER, LILY XIAO, ORIN NOEL, RILEY COX, STARTLONG WOLFRUM
2023
Thinking about materials we preserve, especially as heirlooms, the pearl came up over and over. It is at once a token of generational love and a symbol of craft tradition, but also a visceral reminder that extraction (of earth, labor, and currency) is the core of the “precious materials” industry. Mother Nacre’s approach to bacterial nacre looks at the oyster as a role model for handling our most valued plastic, and uses bacteria to develop both a multi-layer coating and a bulk material that have properties of mollusk nacre
This process happens outside of an ocean; in collaboration with, not inside, an organism; and outside of industrial environments.
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IT LOOKS BETTER ON YOU
2022
Biplastic, Bacterial Cellulose, Estrogen, Metal Eyelets, Silica Beads, Methanol
This work is building off of research done by Mary Tsang at the MIT media lab. This project aimed to create speculative ways in which hormones could become an open source resource. I built a filter designed by Mary which extracts hormones from urine. I then soaked a bacterial cellulose pellicle I grew in my estrogen. Bacterial cellulose is a permeable material, which I used as a transdermal fabric. I made these into six circular patches imbedded within a shirt made of foam bioplastic. This work is imagining a future where we could grow our own clothes which act as a second skin, passing biological materials between garment and wearer. In this future, hormone access would become accessible the public outside of medical institutions allowing us to share hormones and achieve a sense of power and personal agency over our bodies and gender expression.
HUMAN SEMIOTICS
2022
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TC-2 Woven Animation Frames, Cotton Fabric
Schulman Labs is working with synthetic DNA, programming exchange reactions to form desired patterns. This process takes DNA out of the context of the body to use it in a way comparable to a circuit. I wanted to reposition this research in relation to the body using a DNA pattern developed to mimic a stick figure. I translated the simulation into woven animation frames. These were then turned into a quilt, allowing you to hold this abstract process to your body.
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INVESTIGATING HYDROGEL DESALINATION OF EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE OBJECTS USING NMR MOUSE SPECTROSCOPY
RILEY COX'; MOLLIE CROSSMAN²; GARRETT HILL²; MAGGIE WANG²; DR. MARGARET G. MACDONALD³
2023
Soluble salts within limestone objects are a
major challenge for the Cultural Heritage field.
Fluctuations in humidity during storage cause
salts to dissolve, migrate, and recrystallize
leading to loss of structural stability of the object. While full submersion into water is
traditionally used, fragile objects require the use
of a poultice.' Egyptian limestone objects in the
collection of the Walters Art Museum require
desalination with an agarose hydrogel poultice. Prior to the desalination, the surface is
secured with an organic polymer consolidant to
preserve structural integrity, but the effect of this
consolidant on the treatment is unknown.
This project monitors and evaluates the
efficacy of a 3% agarose hydrogel for desalination
with and without a consolidant using a Profile
NMR-MOUSE spectrometer. This portable,
non-invasive analytical technique affords in-situ
depth profile and relaxometry measurements of
the salt water and hydrogel, affording real-time
observation of the egress of salt water from stone
to gel.2 T,' (spin-spin) relaxation times decrease
with decreasing salinity and T, rates measured
over the course of the treatment allows direct
observation of the salinity changes in the stone.
Additionally, objects at the Walters were also
analyzed for salt content.
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