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Education
2012 MFA Studio Art Mills College, Oakland
2008 BA Art Practice University Of California, Berkeley

Awards
2026 Juror’s Award, Fresh Works XIV, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
2025 Juror’s Award, Left Coast Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica CA
2019 Chalk Hill Artists Residency, Warnecke Ranch
2016 Winter Residency, Oakland Free Utopian Projects
2011 Herringer Award, Mills College
2008 UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice Honors Studio

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2026 2025 LCA Awards Exhibit, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2016-17 Lanesplitter Pizza, Oakland (Temescal),Berkeley, Emeryville CA
2015 Tribu Cafe, Oakland, CA
2010 In Their Natural Habitat Zughaus Gallery, Berkeley, Ca

Group Exhibitions
2026 Everything Must Go, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA
2026 Fresh Works XIV, Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA
2026 Familiar Strangers, Manna Gallery, Oakland, CA
2025 Intimate Nature, DICTEE Gallery, Oakland, CA
2025 Left Coast Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2024 Unbound Figures: Human Vessels, Gallery-O-Rama, San Francisco, CA
2024 Hungry, Thirsty, Gallery-O-Rama, San Francisco, CA
2024 Third Generation: The Bay Area Figurative Movement Today Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2023 Third Generation: The Bay Area Figurative Movement Today San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2022 Being Human: The Figurative Show, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 13th Annual 50/50, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2019 33rd Annual Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville, CA
2018 The 32nd Annual Emeryville Celebration of the Arts, Emeryville, CA
2018 Elevate, Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, CA
2018 Cosplay/Larkspur, The Sanctuary, Arcata, CA
2018 The Magic Of Collaboration, Adobe Art Gallery, Castro Valley, CA
2018 Generation - 2018 UC Berkeley Alumni Exhibition, Worth-Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2017 Root Division's 15th Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2017 9th Annual 50/50 Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2017 Positive Protest Oakland Free Utopian Projects, Oakland, CA
2017 Nasty Women Omi Gallery - Impact Hub, Oakland, CA
2016 F*ck U! In the Most Loving Way, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 Root Division's 15th Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2016 Fables. Fairy Tales, Folktales, Legends, and Myths, FE Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2016 8th Annual 50/50 Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2016 Winter AIR Exhibition Free Utopian Projects, Oakland, CA
2015 Root Division's 14th Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2015 7th Annual 50/50 Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2015 The Afterlife Free Utopian Projects, Oakland, CA
2015 A Common Thread Mercury Twenty Gallery, Oakland, CA
2014 Root Division's 13th Annual Art Auction, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2014 Axis Gallery 9th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2013 Red Hot Chili Water Creative Growth Staff Show, Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
2013 Bay Area Currents: Navigating the New, Pro-Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013 Humans Being II, Woman-Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 Wonder: Annual Artists Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2012 The Nerds Save Xmas, Actual Café, Oakland, CA
2012 Sci-Fi-Fan-Anime Art, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA
2012 Leave the Bird Off: Anti-Passe art by Oakland Women, Actual Café, Oakland, CA
2012 The Last Show On Earth Mills College MFA Exhibition, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA
2011 Outside In Creative Growth Art Center Staff Show, Oakland, CA
2011 Security, West Side Art House, San Francisco, CA
2011 Antarctica Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA
2008 UC Berkeley Honors Studio Show, Worth-Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2008 UC Berkeley Senior Show, Worth-Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA

Bibliography
Agustin Maes, “New Gallery Has Great Promise” Midbrow, July 18, 2025 https://midbrow.org/new-gallery-has-great-promise/
Gabrielle Gopinath, “Katy Warner and Madelyn Covey Geek Out at the Sanctuary” The North Coast Journal, September 4th, 2018 https://www.northcoastjournal.com/AEBlog/archives/2018/09/04/katy-warner-and-madelyn-covey-geek-out-at-the-sanctuary
Dani Burleson, "Nasty Women’ Raise Funds for Planned Parenthood with Art" KQED Arts, April 7, 2017
https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/04/07/oakland-gallery-celebrates-nasty-women/
Victoria Dalkey, " Art review: 9th Axis National Juried Exhibition," Sacramento Bee, August 14th, 2014
http://www.sacbee.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article2606571.html
Lindsey Peterson, “Living with disability on display in rare art exhibit,” Medill Reports Chicago, May 21st, 2013. http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=221693
Obi Kaufman, “’The Last Show on Earth' More Hopeful Than Apocalyptic,” East Bay Express, May 23, 2012. http://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/the-last-show-on-earth-more-hopeful-than-apocalyptic/Content?oid=3209154
Kristin Farr, “The Last Show On Earth: Mills College MFA Show,” KQED Arts, May 9th, 2012. http://www.kqed.org/arts/visualarts/article.jsp?essid=93421

Experience
Lead Art Facilitator
May 2024 - Present, Creative Growth Art Center
Painting and Drawing Facilitator
May 2013 – Present, Creative Growth Art Center
Saturday Youth Program Coordinator
September 2012 – Present, Creative Growth Art Center
Painting and Drawing facilitator
May 2017 – Present, Artist Assistant to Katherine Sherwood