Maddie Hinrichs
Maddie Hinrichs
Maddie Hinrichs is the gallery specialist at the Lux Center for the Arts. She recently completed two years as an artist in residence at the LUX. She received her MFA in 2022 from the University at Albany and was the recipient of the MFA Thesis Award. She received her BFA from the University of Lincoln- Nebraska in 2019. She specializes in oil painting and embroidery mediums, and the restoration of antique furniture.
My work explores the psychology of interiors through oil paint and embroidery. These mediums find a balance that endures in all my pieces: that of surrealism and realism, textile and paint, dreams, and memory, old and new. Complicated reflections are purposely expansive to create the semblance of deep space that sits on the surface of the work. The spaces are surreal, disparate perspectives forced together around doorways open and closed, offering entrance to new realities. At times the textile can be distinct, at others recede into the colors surrounding it. Detailed and delicate paint is interrupted by thick controlled swathes of impasto and rough textured threads. My work is about self-reflection and perception, challenging and conforming to the illusion of paint.
