MAXWELL ZAWATSKY
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RESUME

EDUCATION
2025- |MA, Art + Design Education, Department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design (TLAD), Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (forthcoming)
2022 |BA, Studio Art, MINORS, Art History, Literature, Capital University, Bexley, OH, summa cum laude 

​RESEARCH INTERESTS
comics/x, visual culture studies, queer theory, disability studies, community-engaged arts education, arts-based research methodologies
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SOLO AND COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS

2025 |All the Feels, The S.P.A.C.E Gallery, Burlington, VT
2024 |Small & Large Works Exhibition, The S.P.A.C.E Gallery, Burlington, VT
2024 |Member Artist Showcase, The S.P.A.C.E Gallery, Burlington, VT
2024 |Fair Housing Exhibition, Fair Housing Project/ of CVOEO/Arts So Wonderful, exhibited at Burlington City Hall, Burlington, VT
2024 |The Art Show #30, RLPhoto Studio, Burlington, VT
2024 |All The Feels, The S.P.A.C.E Gallery, Burlington, VT
2024 |Spiral House Art Fest, Spiral House Collective, Burlington, VT
2023 |Winter Open House, The Vaults, Burlington, VT
2023 |Small Works, The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
2022 |Tiny Pedestal, Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH 
2022 |Senior Student Art Showcase, Schumacher Gallery, Capital University, Bexley, OH 
2022 |Fresh Looks 2022, School of Art & Design, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI
2021 |“SmallWorks” Exhibition, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
2020 |“SmallWorks” Exhibition, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
2019 |Student Art Showcase, Capital University, Bexley, OH


RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES
2022 |Food as Kin in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, Undergraduate Symposium, Capital University, Bexley, OH
2022 |Food as Kin in Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) @ Home
2022 |Non-Western Art History Podcast, Defining the Undefined: Art, Education, 
and Technology, and the Mapping of Ourselves, Mid-America College Art 
Association Virtual Conference, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA
2021 |In Pursuit of Identity: A Brief Survey of Contemporary Queer South Asian Artists, Undergraduate Symposium,   Capital University, Bexley, OH
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AWARDS AND GRANTS
2022 |Award recipient for Boyd Fund for Undergraduate Scholarship, Honors Convocation, Capital University,
Bexley, OH

2021 |Travel Grant recipient for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research 
(NCUR), Capital University, Bexley, OH
2021 |Boyd Fund for Undergraduate Scholarship, Capital University, Bexley, OH
2021 |Diversity and Inclusion Research Award, Undergraduate Symposium, Capital University, Bexley, OH
2020-2022 |Ida Jane Aitken Memorial Art Scholarship, Capital University, Bexley, OH

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

2024 |Artisan Vendor, Art Hop, SEABA, Burlington, VT 
  • Sold comics, prints, zines, and handmade ceramic sculptures
  • Represented both The S.P.A.C.E Gallery (Burlington, VT) and Sarah Noel Ceramics (Burlington, VT)
2023-2024 |Artisan Vendor, Shelburne Farmers’ Market Winter Market, Shelburne, VT 
  • Sold drawing, prints, and handmade ceramic sculptures 
  • Took commissions for future works
  • Helped market both the Winter Market and personal business
2023|Artisan Vendor, New North End Holiday Market, Robert Miller Community Center, Burlington, VT
2023|Artisan Vendor, Small Business Saturday Holiday Market, The Soda Plant/ The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
2022 |Intern for Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH
  • Collaborated with gallery owners to install and take down shows 
  • Assisted gallery owners with maintenance of gallery space (painting and repairing walls and floors, general cleaning)  
  • Sewed an “Open” flag for the gallery
  • Management of gallery emails and social engagements
  • Participated in openings of shows (general maintenance of gallery space) 
2021-2022 |Associate Editor-in-Chief for ReCap, Capital University, Bexley, OH
  • Collaborated with Editor-in-Chief on issue-related events, management of deadlines, submissions, and edits of the magazine
  • Met with organization advisor regarding information related to the creation, editing, and printing of the issue 
  • Focused on addition of longer prose and visual art in the issue and its promotion
  • Assisted Editor-in-Chief and organization advisor in promoting a new Editor-in-Chief (for academic year 2022-23)
2021 |Schumacher Gallery-Summer Researcher
  • Assisted in researching for the Asian and Inuit galleries for the Schumacher Art Gallery phone application
2019-2022 |Work Study, Capital University Art & Communications Department, Bexley, OH
  • Assisted Administrative Assistant in daily tasks involving the Communication, Art, and Theatre Departments
  • Maintained art studios (painting/drawing, sculpture/ceramics, art therapy, printmaking, computer lab)
  • Worked with the university’s Registrar, Financial Services, and Student Services regarding departmental information and events
2019-2021 |Assistant Art Editor for ReCap, Capital University, Bexley, OH
  • Worked with art editors to accept/reject submissions
  • Edited submissions using Adobe InDesign for the final copy of the magazine

NEWS & MEDIA
2025 |A View from the Easel, on Hyperallergic, https://hyperallergic.com/986250/a-view-from-the-easel-270/ 
2023 |Shelburne Farmers' Market Winter Market Instagram Feature, Shelburne Farmers' Market, Shelburne, VT, https://www.instagram.com/p/CzJksFcuAUI/?img_index=1  
2022 |Dream Clinic Project Space Instagram Features (3), Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH, https://www.instagram.com/p/CcI0EYclGdz/ 
2022 |Capital Stories Feature, Capital University, Bexley, OH, https://stories.capital.edu/2022/01/12/from-screen-to-gallery-a-closer-look-at-project-indigo-through-an-art-lens/ 
2022 |Capital University Instagram Feature, Capital University, Bexley, OH, https://www.instagram.com/p/CZANggCvjtg/ 
2022 |Capital University Short Video Feature (Project Indigo), Capital University, Bexley, OH, https://stories.capital.edu/2022/02/16/knocking-down-barriers-with-a-screen-a-closer-look-at-project-indigo/ 
2022 |Video of Non-Western Art History Podcast Presentation, Defining the Undefined: Art, Education,  and Technology, and the Mapping of Ourselves, Mid-America College Art Association Virtual Conference, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, https://vimeo.com/706341466/15654cc66c 
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