Madison Mayfield

Outreach Director

Madison Mayfield is a natural history artist, taxidermist & museum professional. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Ecology & Conservation Biology as well as a certificate in Natural History Illustration from the University of Washington. She has spent several years working as an art educator in museum spaces, teaching scientific illustration workshops at the Field Museum, the National Museum of Scotland, the California Academy of Sciences, and the Puget Sound Museum, and currently works as the Ornithology Collections Manager at the Burke Museum of Natural History.

Her past and current work in natural history museum collections directs her artistic practice, focusing on birds as specimens in her drawings, paintings, sculptures & taxidermy. Whether it’s through illustration or taxidermy, she uses her work to communicate science to the public and is extremely passionate about encouraging the use of art in science.

Madison has been a GNSI member since 2017 and served as the Volunteer Coordinator for the 2019 GNSI Annual Conference in Australia. She also currently serves as Treasurer for her local Chapter, GNSI-Northwest.