CV
margaret meehan
selected exhibitions
2011
Women & Their Work, “I could have been a contender”, Austin, TX
2010
The MAC, “Beasts and Bunnies”, Dallas, TX
Texas State University Gallery, “2 Person Exhibition”, san marcos, tx
“Modern Ruin”, Curated by Thomas Feulmer and Christina Rees, dallas, Tx
2009
fort worth contemporary arts gallery, “death of a propane salesman”, fort worth, tx
bemis, “hystrionics and the forgotten arm” omaha, ne
road agent gallery, “far from the maddening crowd”, dallas, tx
cadd art lab, “flash: photography”, dallas, tx
2008
Road Agent Gallery, “On Sugar Mountain, Up Shit Creek”, Dallas, TX- solo
Domy Books, Monster Show 3, Austin and Houston, TX
Central Trak, “Vicious Pink”, Dallas, TX
Road Agent Gallery, “Party at the Moon Tower”, Dallas, TX
University of Texas at Dallas, “Pix2″, Richardson, TX
2007
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, “Pretty Baby” , Fort Worth, TX
Zerodegreesart.com, “Featured Artists”, LA, CA
Mulcahy Modern, “Mulcahy Modern:07″, Dallas, TX
Mulcahy Modern, “Introduction: 2007”, Dallas, TX
2006
Eastfield College, “Innocence and Otherness” Mesquite, TX- solo
2005
University of Texas at Dallas, “Unreal” Dallas, TX
Texas Christian University, “Art in the Metroplex” Fort Worth, TX
Brookhaven College, “Pity Party on the Mountain of Loneliness”, Dallas, TX- solo
2004
Gray Matters Gallery, “Great Things in Small Packages” Dallas, TX
Southside of Lamar, “Alittle Bit Icky” Dallas, TX
HEREart Gallery, “The Fall of Nature” New York, NY
2003
Soil Art Gallery, “Specimen” Seattle, WA
Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts “Portal Spaces” Grand Rapids, MI
2001
103 Lexington, “Open Studios” Brooklyn, NY
Soil Gallery, “Dreaming of Dolly” Seattle, WA- solo
2000
Soil Gallery, “Rosy” Seattle, WA
Esther Claypool Gallery, “Valentine Invitational“ Seattle, WA
professional Experience
Visiting Lecturer, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 2009
Fulltime Lecturer, University of Texas, Austin, TX 2006-2008
Writer, “Elaine Bradford’s Freaks of Nurture”, Glasstire.com, March 2007
Curator, “Feral Nature”, UTD Main Gallery, Richardson, TX 2006
smu, adjunct lecturer, dallas, tx 2006
utd adjunct lecturer, richardson, tx 2005-06
tcu adjunct lecturer, fort worth, tx 2005
Artist, Assistant, Catherine Lee, New York, NY 2001-2003
Art Handler, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY 2001
Curator “Menagerie”: traveling exhibition:
Jeanne Rauch Gallery, Dallas, NC (2001)
Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL (2001)
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA (2000)
Soil Artist Cooperative, Seattle, WA - (www.soilart.org)- Member 2000-2001
lectures
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 2010
Metro State College, Denver, CO 2009
University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 2009
Bemis, Omaha, NE 2009
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX 2007
The University of Texas, Austin, TX- lecture and graduate critiques- 2006
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 2004
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 2001
California State University, Long Beach, CA 2001
residencies
Bemis Center, Omaha, NE 2009
Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY 2003
Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY 2003
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 2002
Alfred University, Masters Figurative Workshop, Alfred, NY 1996
bibliography
Art Papers, Erin Starr White, Modern Ruin, July/August 2010.
Glasstire.com, Everett Taasevigen, Glass Houses, March 2010.
Might Be Good, Alison Hearst, “Modern Ruin”, Feb 2010.
Dallas Art News, Kasten Searles, “Post Review of Modern Ruin”, Feb 2010.
D Magazine: Front Row, Peter Simek, “The Bank a Postscript From the Modern Ruin”, Feb 2010.
Glasstire, Chris Jagers, “Pics from Modern Ruin”, Feb 2010.
Art ltd. magazine, Charissa terranova, “Death of a Propane Salesman“, Jan 2010.
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Artist in residence podcast, 2010.
Art Lies, Charissa Terranova, Margaret Meehan: Road Agent Gallery, Issue 61, 2009
ON SUGAR MOUNTAIN. UP SHIT CREEK. , exhibition catalog. Road Agent Gallery, 2009
THE Magazine, David Taffet, “on Sugar Mountain. Up Shit Creek”, Feb 2009
Dallas Morning News, Kriston Capps, “On Sugar Mountain…” Offers surrealist ’50’s exploration”, January 14, 2009.
New American Paintings, # 78, October/November 2008.
Artlies, M.K.Shields, “Pretty Baby” p. 88, #54, Summer 2007.
Glasstire.com, Stephanie Ball-Piwetz, “Photographing the Truth: Pretty Baby and Family Pictures” April 2007.
Fort Worth Weekly, Anthony Mariani, “Where the Wild Things Are”March 28, 2007.
Artlies Magazine, Charissa Terranova, “Introduction: 2007″ Issue #53, Spring 2007.
Associated Press. Angela K. Brown, “Pretty Baby’ Probes Images Of Childhood” March 17, 2007.
Dallas Morning News. Charissa Terranova. “Modern Considers the Changing Child in “Pretty Baby” February 24, 2007.
Pretty Baby, Exhibition Catalog copyright 2007.
Glasstire.com, Charissa Terranova, “Unruly Animal Spirits” September 2006.
Glasstire.com, Charissa Terranova, “Femme, Feminine, Feminist” April 2006.
Dallas Observer. Charissa Terranova, “Innocence and Otherness” March 30 2006.
SOIL: A Seattle Artist’s Run Gallery 1995-2005 copyright 2005.
Seattle Post Intelligencer. Regina Hackett, “Nature Becomes Artificial in the Hands of Artists at Soil” November 14, 2003.
Weekly Planet. Addreinne M. Golub, Tampa, FL. “Viva Covivant” May 5, 2001.
Seattle Times. Cynthia Rose, “Creatures of Clay Gather in an Artful Chaos” March 17, 2000.
awards
dallas Museum of art, dozier travel grant, dallas, tx 2008
artpace shortlist, san antonio, tx 2007
“art in the metroplex”- james elaine, hammer projects curator 2005
milton & sally avery arts fellow, millay colony, austerlitz, ny 2003
vermont studio center scholarship, johnson, vt 2002
king county arts exhibition grant, seattle, wa 2001
artist trust, gap grant, seattle, wa 2000