Madeline Peckenpaugh (b. 1991, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) renders depth through iterations of adding and subtracting paint, creating a semblance of deep and flat space simultaneously. Probing the slips in perception between corporeal experience, memory, and imagination, she shifts the scale of everyday elements, interlaces components, and depicts forms in both single tones and fluctuating textures. The viewer’s trained perception of the landscape can become questioned, as monumental structures begin to vaporize, and natural forms become paper thin. There is a reconciliation of opposites: deep space of the real world with the flat space of the canvas.

Peckenpaugh received an MFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI and a BFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Peckenpaugh’s work has been exhibited at Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY; Bremond Capela, Paris, FR; 1969 Gallery, New York, NY; F2T Gallery, Milan, IT; Andrew Reed Gallery, Miami, FL; PM/AM Gallery, London, UK; COMA, Sydney Australia; and The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI; among others. Her work is included in the public collections of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; the Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA; Brown University, Providence, RI; and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. She was recently an artist in residence at Palazzo Monti in Brescia, Italy. Peckenpaugh lives and works in Queens, NY.

Madeline Peckenpaugh, In Orbit, 2025 oil on canvas 77 1/2 x 100 in. (196.8 x 254 cm.) Copyright the artist. Courtesy of the artist and Alexander Berggruen, NY. Photo: Philipp Hoffmann

Madeline Peckenpaugh, Aries Moon, 2025 oil on linen 54 x 52 in. (137.2 x 132.1 cm.) Copyright the artist. Courtesy of the artist and Alexander Berggruen, NY. Photo: Philipp Hoffmann

Madeline Peckenpaugh, Spring, 2025 oil on canvas 70 x 65 3/4 in. (177.8 x 167 cm.) Copyright the artist. Courtesy of the artist and Alexander Berggruen, NY. Photo: Philipp Hoffmann