Biography
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
Megan Marlatt
Awards
2002 UVa Summer Research Award, for Lewis and Clark works on paper
2000 Finalist/Alternate, American Antiquarian Society, Creative Artist鈥檚 Residency Fellowship
UVa Small Travel Award, to draw Lewis & Clark artifacts at Harvard鈥檚 Peabody Museum
1996 Virginia Commission on the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship in Painting
1995 National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship in Painting
1990 UVa Rome Fellowship Exchange Program, to study frescoes, Rome, Italy
1987 Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, Individual Artist Fellowship in Painting
1985 New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Individual Fellowship in Painting
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Full Tuition Scholarship, Skowhegan, ME
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2005 "Cultural Vertigo" The Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, Long Island, NY
2005 "Cultural Vertigo" Dupree' Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 "X', Ten Years After the NEA" Les Yeux du Monde Gal ery, Charlottesville, VA
2004 "Of Two Minds", Woodberry-Forest School, Orange, VA
2003 Pyro Gallery, "Specimens and Artifacts: Reflections on Lewis and Clark", Louisvil e, Kentucky
1993 Art N眉rnberg 8, Festival of the Arts, Nuremberg, Germany
1992 District of Columbia Arts Center, "Houseworks", Washington, DC
1991 University of Arkansas at Little Rock Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisvil e, Kentucky
1985 Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1983 Clough-Hansom Gallery, Rhodes Col ege, Memphis, TN
Selected Group Exhibitions
2004 "Al Fresco, Contemporary Art in Plaster and Pigment", curated by Robert Bunkin,
Schiavone/Edward Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD
2004 "Lucky 13", Ada Gallery, Richmond, VA
2002 "500 Works on Paper 1922-2002", Gary Snyder Fine Arts, New York, NY
2002 "Holiday Show", Erin Devine Gallery, Louisville, KY
2002 "2002 Viterbo Student/Faculty Exhibition", Montserrat College of Arts, Boston, MA
2001 "Danko-Marlatt-Schaffer", Murray State University, Murray, KY
2001 "Fresco/Fresh", with Italo Scanga, Yvonne Jacquette, and others, Educational Alliance Art Gallery,
New York, NY
2001 "Three Ring Circus", Rockville Arts Place, Maryland
2000 Group Exhibition, curated by Sam Messer, The Painting Center, New York, NY
1999 "Spirit & Earth", Bernard Maisner Fine Art Gallery, Bay Head, NJ
1998 "All Media Group Show", The Turtle Gal ery, Deer Isle, Maine
1997 "A New Naturalism", Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY
1997 "The Whereabouts of Beauty", The Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA
1997 "Larry and Co.", The University of Memphis Art Museum, TN
1997 The Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair, Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY
1996 Frescoes in collaboration with artist, Italo Scanga, University of California, San Diego
1996 Annual Invitational Exhibition, Spark Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1996 "Picture This; artists interpret text", A.C.,T. Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
1995 "Fresco", Elan Vital Gallery, Boston, MA
1994 "Fresco, A Contemporary Perspective", Boston College Museum of Art, MA.
1994 "Interior Essence", Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
1993 "Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective", with Alison Saar, Italo Scanga, and others
1993 Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York and Parson's School of Design Exhibition
Center, NY, NY
1993 "Recycled Ideas", Craven Arts Council and Art Gallery, New Bern. NC
1993 "Touch", Traveling Exhibition touring the Mid Atlantic Region in affiliation with The
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and The Hand Workshop, Richmond,VA
1992 "10 Steps", Muranushi Lederman Inc and Horodner Romley Gal ery, New York, NY
1992 "Annual Cite' Artists' Show", Cite' Internationale des Arts. Paris, France
1990 "3 Women in the South", Robinson/Wil is Gallery, Nashville,TN
1990 "The Street, The Slogan, The Artist", District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
1990 "Objects D'Art", A Touring Exhibit of the Commonwealth of Virginia in affiliation with
The Hand Workshop and The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
1989 "Mythic Moderns", Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
1989 "Embracing Mysteries", Souyun Yi Gallery, New York, NY
1988 "New Forces", Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
1987 "Emerging Artist", Princeton Fine Arts Gallery, Princeton, NJ
1987 "NJSCA Fel owship Show", The Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
1986 "Metro Show", City Without Walls , Traveling Exhibition, Newark, NJ
1986 Princeton Arts Commission, Princeton, NJ
Murals and Public Art Works
2005 Finalist. Rockville's Town Spuare Public Art Project, Rockville, MD
2000 Site-Specific window drawings and asphalt paintings, "Hindsight/Fore-site; Art for the New
Millennium", group exhibition with Ann Hamilton, Dennis Oppenheim, Lucio Pozzi and others,
Bayly Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA
2000 First Alternate/Finalist, New York City Percent for the Arts, proposal for stained glass window at
P.S. 66, Canarsie, Brooklyn. Finalists included Dale Chihuly and 6 others
2000 Finalist Award, Arts Council of Montgomery County, for proposal of Crescent Trail Tunnel
temporary art installation, Maryland
1996 Fresco Mural, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Rapidan, Virginia
1993 Site-Specific asphalt painting, Hil wood Museum, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University, NY
1991 Site-Specific asphalt & grass painting, Atlanta Arts Festival, Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA
1991 Fresco Mural, Charlottesville City Hall Annex Building, Charlottesville, VA
1991 Site-Specific asphalt & grass painting, Louisville Visual Art Association, Louisville, KY
1990 Site-Specific asphalt painting, in conjunction with "The Street, The Slogan, The Artist", District of
Columbia Arts Center, DC
1987 Fresco Mural, St. Michael's Chapel, Piscataway, NJ
1987 Community Mural, Washington House of East Harlem, Cityarts Workshop, New York, NY
1987 Mural, The Memphis Pink Palace Museum of Natural History, Memphis, TN
1987 Community Mural, Casa P.R.A.C. of Vineland, NJ, organized through the Walt Whitman Cultural
Center of Camden, NJ
1986 Fresco Mural, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
1986 Site-Specific asphalt painting, Trenton Art Museum, Trenton, NJ
1986 Community Mural, C.P.E.#2 of East Harlem, Cityarts Workshop, New York, NY
Selected Publications
2005 Review, "Megan Marlatt, Cultural Vertigo" by Helen Harrison, The New York Times, Long Island
Edition, March 6, 2005
2005 Article, "Spongebob Must be Stopped . . .", by Gerry Dantone, The Improper Magazine,
Westhampton, NY, April 2005
2003 Book, "Siting Jafferson; Contemporary Artists Interpret Thomas Jefferson's Legacy", by Jill Hartz,
University of Virginia Press.
2002 Book Cover, "Beyond Babel; A Handbook for Biblical Hebrew and Related Languages", edited by
John Kaltner and Steven L. McKenzie, Society of Biblical Literature.
2002 Article, Adbusters, anti-consumerist magazine, Vancouver, BC, Canada, June/July '02
2002 Review, Group Exhibition, Sarah Sargent, Art Papers, June/July '02
2000 Book, "Exhibitionism, Art in an Era of Intolerance", by Lynn Munson, Ivan R. Dee Publisher
1998 Article, "The New Gouache", by Donna Dorian Wall, Southern Accents, July/Aug '98
1998 Catalog, "The Whereabouts of Beauty", The Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA
1997 Article, "Recovering Sacred Spaces; the Art of Megan Marlatt", by Sharon Leiter, Albemarle
Magazine, Apr/May '97
1996 Article, "The Rainbow After the Flood", The Washington Post, July 13, by Dana Hul
1994 Catalog, "Fresco: A Contemporary Perspective", The Snug Harbor Cultural Center
1993 Catalog, Art N眉rnberg 8, N眉rnberg, Germany
1993 Review, "Art Nurnberg 8", Michael Becker, Nurnberger Nachrichten, April 24, Germany
1992 Article, "Cravings; Food Into Sculpture", by Jude Schwendenwien, Sculpture Magazine, Nov/Dec
'92
1992 Catalog, "Houseworks", solo exhibition at District of Columbia Arts Center, DC
1991 Catalog, The Atlanta Arts Festival, GA
1991 Review, "Objets d'Art", Ann Glenn Crowe, Art Papers, Feb '91
1989 Catalog, "Embracing Mysteries",group exhibition at Souyun Yi Gallery, New York, NY
Employment
Since 1988 Professor of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1987 - 1988 Adjunct Faculty, Ocean County Col ege, Toms River, NJ
Education
1986 M.F.A., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
1985 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1981 B.F.A., Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Visiting Artist and Residences
2004 Artist-in-Residence, Art Space, Big Tancook Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
2002 Visiting Artist, Montserrat College of Art, Summer Program, Italy, fresco workshop.
2000 Artist-in-Residence, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
1999 Visiting Artist, Randolph-Macon Women's College, Lynchburg, VA
1997 Mentor, Careers Workshop, College Art Association, New York, NY
1995 Juror, "Al Mixed Up", group exhibition, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC
1994 Panelist, "National Recognition: An Elusive Concept for the Artist-Educator", College Art
Association, New York, NY
1993 Artist-in-Residence, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' Affiliate Program, Richmond, VA
1993 Visiting Artist/Juror, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
1992 Artist-in-Residence, Cite' Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
Collections
The Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
The Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, KY