Painter, Printmaker, and Draftsman.
M.E. Hodge is an artist and MFA candidate at George Washington University. A recipient of the Dean's Award, Corcoran Quasi Endowment Award, Winnifred Todd Farah Scholarship, and Morris Lewis Student Endowment Award, she previously studied at Wake Forest University as a Presidential Scholar and Honors student in the Arts. Her studies in political science and studio art have taken her throughout North and South America and Europe.
Working primarily in painting and drawing, Hodge explores how family stories, historical narratives, and collective myths are inherited across generations. Drawing from personal history, military imagery, folklore, theater, and religious traditions, she uses fragmentation, symbolism, and layered compositions to examine the ways memory shifts over time and how inherited experiences continue to shape the present.
Her work is driven by questions of identity, nostalgia, and belonging: How do we inherit stories without becoming trapped inside them? Through paintings, prints, and drawings, Hodge invites viewers to consider the tensions between remembrance and reinvention, preservation and change, and the enduring ways personal and collective histories continue to echo through contemporary life.
She is currently based in Washington, D.C.
Currently available for commissions through email listed below.
Reach out.
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Work:
maggiehodge2003@gmail.com
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George Washington University, Washington, D.C., May 2028
Master of Fine Arts in Contemporary Art Practices
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, May 2025
Bachelor of Arts in Politics and International Affairs
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts: Awarded Honors in Art
GPA: 3.712
ExperienceGallery Program Assistant, Amy Kaslow Gallery, Bethesda, MD
Same responsibilities as the previous position, as well as assisting with programming and creating new gallery events.
Researching and doing detailed, informative outreach to possible partners.
Leading independent projects for the gallery’s event schedule.
Utilize gallery management software to inventory new work, artists, and clientele.
Intern, Amy Kaslow Gallery, Bethesda, MD
August 2025 – November 2025
Assist with the physical installation and dismantling of exhibitions. Support opening receptions, dialogues, and special events.
Marketing shown online through press releases, event calendars, and social media, as well as through content for social media platforms.
Update artwork inventory with new work using gallery management software.
Man the gallery front desk, assist with sales, and greet visitors.
Conduct artist research for upcoming exhibitions.
Selected Honors & Awards
George Washington University’s Corcoran Quasi-Endowment Award, awarded in 2026, renewed annually through 2028
George Washington University’s Dean’s Award, awarded in 2026, renewed annually through 2028
Morris Louis Art Student Endowment Award, awarded in 2026, renewed annually through 2028
Winifred Todd Farah Scholarship, awarded in 2026, renewed annually through 2028
Honors for Art, Wake Forest University, awarded Spring 2025.
Wake Forest University Presidential Scholarship for Distinguished Achievement in Studio Arts, awarded in 2021, renewed annually through 2025.
Eleanor Layfield Davis Family Scholarship, awarded Spring 2022.
Exhibitions
MOMENTUM: Time and the Fragmentation of Now, solo exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC, May 2025.
Going Through the Movements, solo exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC, October 2024.
Let it Show, group exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC, December 2021, December 2022, December 2023, December 2024.
Wake Forest Spring Student Show, group exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC, April 2022, April 2023, April 2025.
Mustard Gas, group exhibition, Winston-Salem, NC, March 2022.
Acquisitions
John P. Anderson Collection of Student Art acquired Modern Distractions in 2025.
John P. Anderson Collection of Student Art acquired Bathroom Baptism in 2022.