Marina Max Kushner
contact: mmaxkushner@gmail.com
Educational Experience
May 2026 University of Nebraska-Lincoln (expected graduation date)
Double Major: BA Studio Art, BA Art History and Criticism
March 2024 NCECA Conference, Poster Session
Selected Honors & Awards
March 2024 Nominated for the Elgas Award
May 2023 Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE); glaze research under Pete Pinnell, University of NE-Lincoln
Selected Solo Exhibitions
May 2023 Regarding Opening, Sand Paro Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Selected Group Exhibitions
Nov. 2023 Making History Exhibition, Eisentrager-Howard Gallery, University of NE-Lincoln
Selected Curated Exhibitions
March 2023 Secret Hallway Exhibition, First Friday, Sand Paro Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Jan. 2020 Joelle Sandfort, First Friday Exhibition, Sand Paro Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Feb. 2019 Francis Winter, First Friday Exhibition, Sand Paro Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Jan. 2019 Theia, First Friday Exhibition, Sand Paro Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Professional Experience
2024 Visitor Services Associate, Sheldon Museum, Lincoln, NE
2018-2024 Recording, Mixing, and Production Services, The Big Box, Lincoln, NE
2016-2024 Independent Event Booking
2018-2023 Gallery Curator, Sand Paro Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Sept. 2019 Head Organizer, Other Fest Music Festival
Sept. 2017 Booking Team, Lincoln Exposed Music Festival
Creative Collaborations
March 2024 Christopher Williams MFA Exhibition, Sound Design, University of NE-Lincoln
2019-2024 Vera Devorah, Songwriter/Composer, Audio Engineer; collaborations with dancers, visual artists, and other instrumentalists
Nov. 2022 Reconstructing memories; In Presence, Violinist and Sound Design; collaboration with Jordan Patt, Hye-Wong Hwang, and Jeri Dobos