Good Mother Gallery is pleased to present What if We Don’t Get Older, a solo exhibition by Madeline Brice. Based in Kansas City, Missouri, Brice is known for her psychologically charged paintings that delve into the chaotic beauty of human neurosis. Her latest body of work explores themes of mortality, identity, suppressed desires, and the false narratives we construct to survive. In a series of vivid, dreamlike compositions, Brice invites viewers into fractured landscapes where domestic symbols collide with existential dread.
Brice's creative process is deeply intertwined with the neurotic cycles of creativity, where the urge to make becomes both salvation and self-destruction. She pieces together fragments of memory, humor, fear, and longing into lush visual worlds that feel at once deeply personal and curiously detached. Her compositions are imbued with mirrored symbolism and chained permanence, reflecting a mind trying to outpace its own spirals and chasing the fleeting relief that only the act of creation can bring.
Yet, beneath the weighty themes, Brice maintains a sense of playfulness and subjectivity. She enjoys the act of painting, piecing together elements of her psyche into visual compositions that are both fun and meaningful to her. As she creates, the source material becomes increasingly distant, allowing her to weave entirely new narratives by the end of each piece. This exhibition offers a glimpse into Brice's constructed worlds, inviting viewers to explore the complexities of the human psyche through her unique lens.
Madeline Brice (b. 1992) is a Kansas City, Missouri based visual artist. She earned both her BFA in Painting (2015) and a BA in Art History (2018) from Missouri State University. This year she was featured in New American Paintings, No. 173, Midwest Issue. In 2024, she had her first east coast solo exhibition, Saying Sorry Won't Save You, with Blah Blah Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. She was selected to attend The Moosey Residency, a month-long intensive artist residency based in Norwich, UK; Ranch Residency, a two week escape in the foothills of Carson National Forest; as well as the Interurban Arthouse Residency, a year-long studio residency based in Kansas City, MO. In 2023 she was a selected recipient of the Inspiration Grant from ArtsKC and the Lighton International Exchange Program Award. Additionally, she was a finalist for the 2023 Visual Artist Award with Charlotte Street Foundation. In 2021, she was featured in Sotheby's Institutes' Made in Bed magazine as an emerging artist to know. And in 2020, she was a recipient of a Charlotte Street Foundation Rocket Grant.
She is both a published and exhibiting artist having shown nationally in solo and juried group exhibitions.