Using portraiture as a medium for analysis, meditation, and confrontation, their work is inspired by narratives, experiences, and spiritual concepts encountered as a fat, queer, and chronically ill person growing up among evangelical Christianity. Their art is often shaped by queer and feminist indie rock, italian quattrocento artwork, and whatever horror novel they read most recently. They are a Masters of Divinity and Masters of Social Work Candidate at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, and have exhibited paintings internationally and across the Midwest. They also hold a BA in Urban Studies and Studio Art. Magdalena spent four years as a Studio Facilitator at Arts of Life, a progressive art studio for artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and is a current member of Red Onion Artist Collective.