Madelyn Churchill (b. 2003) is an American painter based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is currently working on her BFA at the University of Minnesota. Churchill's paintings discuss topics of identity, nostalgia, memory, and acceptance through self portraiture. Churchill is deeply inspired by her past, present, and future experiences as an Anishinaabe woman within her small, bigot-filled, rural town in east central Minnesota. Churchill hopes that she can help indigenous peoples to feel recognized, and feel hopeful for a better future. Churchill is currently a student at the University of Minnesota preparing for her BFA Capstone exhibition and graduation in May 2026. While Churchill offers her artistic skills in side projects, such as being a graphic designer for Golden Magazine, and being an illustrator for The Wake Magazine. She is also currently working for University of Minnesota Professors by being a student researcher for Leslie Barlow, and a studio assistant for Mathew Zefeldt.