About the Artist

MADELYN SNEED-GRAYS is a representational painter born in Dallas, TX. She exercises multiple interests within a variety of series by capturing a desired moment in time and painting the likeness using additional vibrancy, which speaks to the way she perceives color in real time, and plays with blur effects that add to the depth of each painting. Capturing the essence of various countries she’s had the pleasure of traveling to, appreciating the diversity of cuisine and tapping into the disenfranchisement of black people are some of her interests and passions that are part of her current series.’ Each piece she creates evokes life’s gems and unfortunate realities in relation to her human experience.

Sneed-Grays received her BFA Cum Laude in Studio Art from the University of North Texas. She was a 2016 Huntington Art Prize finalist, and has been exhibited twice in the New Texas Talent yearly exhibition and other juried competitions, including the national exhibition at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art. Her work has been published in magazines such as PoetsArtists and Friend of the Artist.