Braden C. Maxwell

Illustration professor

Education

M.F.A., Illustration, Savannah College of Art and Design
B.A., Illustration, Brigham Young University

Credentials

Professor of illustration, 2025–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Visiting full-time faculty, illustration, 2023–present, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL

Illustrator/designer, 2017–present, Illumax, Osprey, FL

Adjunct professor of animation and game art, 2021–23, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA

Adjunct professor of illustration, 2022–23, Brigham Young University–Idaho, Rexburg, ID

Graduate teaching internship, 2022–23, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA

Graduate teaching internship, 2021, Brigham Young University–Idaho, Rexburg, ID

Art faculty, 2019–20, SCAD Foundation Fellow, The Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset, UK

Awards, recognitions, and honors

Illustration West 63 – 8 Pieces + Honorable Mention, 2025
Communication Arts – Award of Excellence, 2024
Creative Quarterly 77 – Honorable Mention, 2024
3x3 Magazine Issue 32 – Special Feature, 2023
Creative Quarterly 71 – Winner, 2023
Illustration West 61 – Society of Illustrators LA, 2023
Communication Arts Shortlist, 2023
Communication Arts Shortlist – M.F.A. Thesis, 2022
SCAD Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, 2022
Creative Quarterly 61 – Winner, 2021
3x3 Magazine – Merit Award, 2020
SCAD Generate 24HR Comic Winner, 2020
3x3 Magazine – Honorable Mention, 2019
Red Dot Design Award Nominee, 2019
Merit award in drawing, BYUI, 2017

Publications and presentations

Shows

RCAD Faculty Sketchbook Show – Selby Gallery, 2024
RCAD Faculty Show, 2024
Shopliftable – 502 Gallery, 2024
RCAD Faculty Sketchbook Show – Selby Gallery, 2023
War Paint – Selby Gallery, 2023
RCAD Faculty Show, 2023
Joint show The Stories We Tell – Ivan Wirth foyer, UK, 2020
Solo show PROCESS – Oliver Holt Gallery, UK, 2020
Juried SCAD Summer Show, 2019
Juried Tiny Work Show – @9 Gallery, 2018