"Genesis" by Will Maddoxx - 12x12

Will Maddoxx (he/they) is an artist based in Nashville, TN, who graduated with a BFA in May 2023. He makes 2D work focused on the body, queered identity, and iconographic history. His focus is in acrylic painting, and his work is influenced and inspired by botany, color theory, and contemporary figuration. Artists that Will look at include art historical icons like Caravaggio and John Singer Sargent, as well as contemporary artists like Sasha Gordon, Cecily Brown, and Robin F. Williams. In 2022, he participated in the New York Academy of Art’s Summer Undergraduate Residency Program. He served as President of Belmont University’s Kappa Pi chapter, a national art honors society, and showed his body of work ICONOCLASM at Elephant Gallery in Nashville in 2023. Will is set to show his series A Garden of Our Own at Elephant in 2024 and is pursuing an MFA at the School of Visual Arts.

Social Media Handle: @will.maddoxx