ERICK MALDONADO




erickmaldonadostudio@gmail.com
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Erick Maldonado is a Connecticut-based multi-disciplinary artist. He has exhibited work at the University of Connecticut’s Alexey Von Schlippe’s Gallery of Art, Hartford Art Space, and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art. Erick was recently a Kingston Gallery Emerging Artist Fellow, and received a City of Lawrence Certificate of Appreciation as an artist-in-residence at Ateneo Dominicano De Nueva Inglaterra. He is a MFA candidate at the University of Connecticut, completing his degree in May 2026.

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Statement

My work explores identity markers and objects related to third spaces, sites of social gathering that exist outside of domestic and institutional control. Through typographies of ordinary objects, I assemble visual lexicons that become the foundation of my drawings, applying linework to deconstruct fragments of gestures.
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Education
University of Connecticut (2026)

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth (2018)




Employment Middlesex Community College
Liberal Arts Department 
Adjunct Faculty
Lowell, MA
2020-present

Manchester Community College
Fine Arts Department
Adjunct Faculty
Manchester, NH
2021

University of Connecticut
Department of Fine Arts
Instructor of Record, Graduate Assistant
Storrs, CT
2023-2026




Solo Exhibitions
Delights Momentum
Kingston Gallery
Boston, MA
2024

Colao En Lawrence (Continued)
Elevated Thought
Lawrence, MA
2023

Colao En Lawrence
Ateneo Dominicano de Nueva Inglaterra
Lawrence, MA
2022





Group Exhibitions


GIANT SIZE SMALL WORKS
Contemporary Art Gallery
University of Connecticut 
2025

The Space We Make 
The Alexey Von Schlipple Gallery of Art
Groton, MA
2025

Æmpire
Artspace
Hartford, CT
2024

Post Tense
MassArt x SOWA
Boston, MA
2024

Big Top
DUMBO Open Studios
Brookyln, NY
2024

Big Top
Art in Dumbo Open Studios
Brooklyn, NY
2024

partial company
The Alexey Von Schlippe Gallery of Art
Groton, CT
2024

Who We Are: Celebrating Diversity
Loading Dock Gallery
Lowell, MA
2022

MCC Faculty & Student Art Show
LexArt
Lexington, MA
2022

Celebrate Renewal
Kingston Gallery
Boston, MA
2022

Salon Art Show
Essex Art Center
Lawrence, MA 
2021




Awards

Certification of Appreciation
City of Lawrence
2021




Press
Boston Art Review - Ode to the Barbershop: Style As Preservation Delights Momentum at Kingston Gallery
2024

Two Coats of Paint- “Big Top” DUMBO Open Studios
2024

Two Coats of Paint- Meet UConn’s MFA Studio Art Class of 2026 
2023

Hyperallergic- Meet UConn’s MFA Studio Art Class of 2026
               









Last Updated 24.10.31
STUDIO WORK






JOKUNNU 1
Charcoal on paper, 54 1/2" x 42", 2025





JOKUNNU 2
Charcoal on paper, 36" x 60", 2025





Party is Over (TROPICANA)
Charcoal on paper, 46 1/2" x 36", 2026





Spin Around 3 Times
Charcoal on paper, 36" x 39 3/4", 2026





Piñata 2
Charcoal on paper, 34 1/2" x 42" , 2025





HAPPY NEW YEAR
Charcoal on paper, 36" x 45 3/4", 2026





Graduation Class
Spray paint, charcoal, stencil, Oreos, relief, 36" x 55", 2024






3rd Space
Charcoal on canvas, 57" x 74", 2024






La Invitacion

Charcoal on canvas, 75” x 54.5”, 2024


Community #2Acrylic, image transfer on canvas, 2024



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