She received her B.F.A at the University of North Texas and is currently working on multiple series that relate to the diversity of cuisine and the cultural climate in America. Madelyn has shown in galleries around Texas and has won the Best of Show Marilyn Smith Memorial Award at the Visual Arts Society of Texas 8th Annual 125-Mile Visual Arts Exhibition in 2014, was a finalist in the 2016 Hunting Art Prize and was selected as one of the finalists for the 2016 and 2017 New Texas Talent Exhibition at Craighead Green Gallery. She now lives in Denton, TX and is being mentored by Rex Hausmann.