Education
2015 Texas Tech University, MFA, Painting and Drawing
2011 Texas Tech University, BFA, Studio Art
Texas Tech University, MAE, Art Education
2009 Lubbock Christian University, BAE, Art Education
Residencies
2017 Queens Blvd. Residency, Sunnyside, New York
2013 The Kienholz Schoolhouse, Hope, Idaho
2009 Creative Passage New Mexico Residency, Casa Del Espirito Sierra, Loma Linda, Vadito, New Mexico
Research
2018 $#&% Show 2018, CASP 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, Texas
LCU X Alumni Exhibition, Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX
2017 TX * 17 (Texas Biennial) Curated by Leslie Moody Castro, Austin, TX
Ice Cream, You Scream, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
Garden of Dystopian Flights group exhibition, TTU Satellite Gallery, Lubbock, TX
The Love Show, the Studio @ Splendora Gardens, Splendora, TX
Sweet Sixteen, Fl!ght Gallery @ Blue Star, San Antonio, TX
Millennial Pink Saatchi Art Online Catalogue
art show 5&J Gallery, Collaboration: Hannah Dean and Maisie Alford, Lubbock, TX (Featured on Glasstire)
Stuff I Made Today, No. 2 5&J Gallery @CASP, Lubbock, TX, Curator/Artist
Celebrating 20 Years of Art, Part II LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
2016 TASA Group Exhibition The Greasewood Gallery, Marfa, TX (Chinati Weekend)
Some New Some Not McLennan Community College, Waco, Texas
60th Anniversary Art Faculty Exhibition LCU, CAA Galleries, Curator/Artist
Art Tour International Magazine Summer Issue, Featured Artist
Saatchi Art “Inspired by Lucian Frued” Contemporary Portraits Online Feature
LCU Alumni EXhibition CAA Gallery, Lubbock, TX
Gifts to Make Them Laugh Saatchi Art Online Catalogue
Visual Arts and Research Guest Lecturer, Painting, LCU, Lubbock, TX
Ulterior Motifs no. 15 the Studio @ Splendora Gardens, Splendora, Texas
Ulterior Motifs no. 14 Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
2015 Everybody's Doin' It Maisie Marie Alford/Jeff F. Wheeler/Daniel Johnston, Fl!ght Gallery @ Blue Star, San Antonio, Texas
Maisie Christine DeVitt Fine Arts Center, South Plains College, Levelland, Texas
West Texas A&M University Experimental Gallery Amarillo, Texas
Children of Privilege Dendroica Gallery, Seattle, WA
Harvard Journal of the Legal Left Illustrations for Alexander Pearl’s “Paint Chip Indians”
Perpetual Insight Invited Group Exhibition, The Galleries, Concord, NC
Art/Research/Teaching Panel Presenter, ACU, Abilene, TX
Hunting Art Prize 2015 Finalist, Houston, TX
The Rising Eyes of Texas Rockport Center For the Arts, Rockport, TX
(details) Thesis Show, LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
White on White LHUCA, Lubbock, Texas Juror: Glenn Downing
Temporary Sculpture Garden: Lubbock, Texas, LHUCA/CASP
Figures in Abstractionism Basic Space Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Amarillo Biennial 600: Sculpture AMoA, Amarillo, Texas Juror: Leigh Arnold Asst. Curator Nasher Sculpture Center
Patent Pending 5&J Gallery, CASP, Lubbock, Texas
Lubbock Area Texas Tech Art Alumni Exhibition Texas Tech University School of Art, Lubbock, Texas
2014 California Law Review Illustrations for Alexander Pearl’s “How to Be an Authentic Indian” Vol. 5, November 2014
FRC Presents: 186000 Miles Per Second LHUCA, Lubbock, TX
Cadence Lecture, TTU, Lubbock, TX
Verbing Painting: MACAA Conference Presenter/Panel Member, San Antonio, TX Chair: Christie Blizard Panel: Judy Rushin, Joomi Chung
Visiting Artist UTSA: Studio Critique of Painting MFAs, San Antonio, TX
FRC Presents: Hey Diddled 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
TTU MFA Exhibit: Landmark Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX
60-Dollar Studio Project Portable Studio, Junction, TX
Solar-Powered Painting Workshop McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis, TX
Saatchi Online “Invest in Art” Featured Artist, Curated by Rebecca Wilson
Jon Whitfill and the FRC Present: Pi 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
The Hunting ArtPrize Finalist, Houston, TX
New American Paintings MFA Annual Issue #111 Featured Artist
Women’s Studies Conference, TTU, Guest Performance, Lubbock, TX
Rising Eyes of Texas Rockport Center For the Arts, Rockport, TX
Guest Lecturer, Drawing II: Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, TX
FRC Presents: Street Cinema Projected on Buildings of the Art Trail, Lubbock, TX
FRC Presents: $%&* I Made Today 5&J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
LCU Alumni EXhibition CAA Galleries, Lubbock, TX
Biscuit Basket Farm2Market Arts, Lubbock, Texas
Contemporary Woman Chico Art Center, Chico, California, Juror: Maria Medua
Ripping and Sticking: The Art of Collage, Gallery360 at Tellus360, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Juror: Carl Vestweber
LHUCA Staff Collects LHUCA
Plants & Trees Farm2Market Arts, Lubbock, Texas, Lubbock, Texas
2013 Maisie Marie Alford: Obscured Portraiture Texas Biennial featured artist, LHUCA, Lubbock, Texas
Box Exhibit Satellite Gallery, Lubbock, TX
Box Marfa Nomadic Gallery in a Penske Truck, Marfa, TX
Selected: TTU Exhibit Satellite Gallery, Lubbock, TX
TTU MFA Exhibit Landmark Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX
The Kienholz Schoolhouse, Hope, Idaho
The Ordinary and The Everyday, RE Gallery, Dallas, TX
Studio 1, Farm2Market Arts, Lubbock, TX
Free Range Creatives President, Founding Member of Artist Group
Portraits and Supplements CAA Gallery, Lubbock, TX (Featured Alumni Artist)
Slaton Fifth Friday Jennifer Greer Gallery, Slaton, TX, Group Exhibition
Mark... South Plains College, Levelland, TX, Group Exhibition
Spring Juried Show (2nd Place Award) Museum of the Southwest, Midland,TX
Women’s Studies Conference,TTU, Presenter/Panel Member
Portrayed Emblematics Waters North Space, Slaton, TX, Curator for Group Exhibition
International Show Slaton Square, Slaton, TX, Group Exhibition
TTU MFA Exhibit South Plains College, Levelland, TX, Group Exhibition
LCU Alumni EXhibit CAA Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2012 Photoweaves Studio 4, Lubbock, Texas
Even Newer, Studio 4, Lubbock, Texas
Some New Some Not: Linda Cullum and Maisie Alford, Studio 4, Lubbock, Texas
Nativity Exhibition Church of the Latter Day Saints, Lubbock, TX, Group Exhibition
New This Week (Featured Artist 12/3-12/10) Saatchi Online Exhibition, Curated by Saatchi Director Rebecca Wilson
Reveal Process Art House, Amarillo, TX, Group Exhibition
Nomadic Gallery Marfa, TX, Group Exhibition
Day of the Dead Procesión Buddy Holly Center, Landmark Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX, Group Exhibition
Portrait Back Room at J and B Coffeehouse, Lubbock, TX, Solo Exhibition
TASA Exhibition Blue Star Gallery, San Antonio, TX, Group Exhibition
MFA Show Landmark Arts Gallery, Lubbock, TX, Group Exhibition
LCU Alumni EXhibit CAAGallery, Lubbock, TX, Group Exhibition
Slaton Fifth Friday Art Trail InBetween Gallery, Slaton, TX, Group Exhibitions, May, August, November
Attending Artist Visit Tilte Gallery, Childress, TX, Group Exhibition and Lecture
Publications
2015- Present
The Bowerbird Founder, Editor, West Texas Art Online Magazine
2018 A Big F***** Show in Plainview (F is for “Flippin”) Glasstire (author)
Studio Visit with Shannon Cannings Glasstire (author)
Cody Arnall’s “Who’s Got a Price On Their Head?” (vs. The Selfie) Glasstire (author)
$#%& Show 2018 at 5&J Gallery Glasstire (author)
2017 Tina Fuentes at LHUCA Glasstire (author)
Everything is Collective at TTU Satellite Gallery Glasstire (author)
The Cliffhouse Projects Glasstire (author)
Torkwase Dyson at TTU Glasstire (author)
Everything is Collective: TTU Satellite Gallery Glasstire (author)
The Cliffhouse Project, Lubbock Glasstire (author)
How to Avoid Art Theft (or get famous from it) Glasstire (author)
2016 uLabs, Lubbock’s New Makerspace Glasstire (author)
Terry Morrow’s Panhandle Arcadia Content Collaboration, Glasstire
New Addition to Lubbock’s Art Scene Glasstire (author)
Artwork Stolen from LHUCA , Glasstire (author)
2015 SPC: New Faculty Glasstire (author)
In a Smart Move, Teas Tech Acquires Rare Bruno Content Collaboration, Glasstire
Sexuality Sandwiches Content Collaboration, Glasstire
2015 Texas Sculpture Symposium, Part II Content Collaboration, Glasstire
2015 Texas Sculpture Symposium, Part I Content Collaboration, Glasstire
Arts Practice Research: From the Art Room Content Collaboration, Glasstire
Gallery Representation
Charles Adams Gallery Lubbock, TX
Saatchi Art Online www.saatchionline.com/pobox98881
Private Collections
Braunschwieg, Germany
Annecy Le Vieux, France
Wellington, New Zealand
Sydney, Australia
Collingwood, Australia
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
New York, New York, USA
Sandy, Oregon, USA
Beverly Hills, California, USA
Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
Dallas, Texas, USA
Bellaire, Texas, USA
Millburn, New Jersey, USA
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Lubbock, Texas, USA
Houston, Texas, USA... AND MORE