Meredith (b. 1989, Connecticut) is an artist currently residing in Southern California.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2023 California State University Long Beach, Masters of Fine Arts, Drawing & Painting, Long Beach, CA
2013 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; BFA, Concentration: Painting;
BA Individualized: “ASL, Deaf Culture & Creative Arts Therapy;”
Psychology Minor
2013 University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; BFA, Concentration: Painting;
BA Individualized: “ASL, Deaf Culture & Creative Arts Therapy;”
Psychology Minor
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Exhibition Representation at Terra Cafe in Monroe, CT since January 2019
2023 Revolving Art Wall Feature, Claire's Corner Copia, New Haven, CT
Gatov Gallery, Polaris, Long Beach, CA
2019 Terra Café, Live Painting Event, Monroe, CT
2016 Wildflour Confections, Revolving Art Wall Feature, Seymour, CT
2015 Wildflour Confections, Revolving Art Wall Feature, Seymour, CT
2023 Revolving Art Wall Feature, Claire's Corner Copia, New Haven, CT
Gatov Gallery, Polaris, Long Beach, CA
2019 Terra Café, Live Painting Event, Monroe, CT
2016 Wildflour Confections, Revolving Art Wall Feature, Seymour, CT
2015 Wildflour Confections, Revolving Art Wall Feature, Seymour, CT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Echo Park Art, A Mini Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Echo Park Art, The Spirit of California, Los Angeles, CA
Empty Shelf, Somersault, Curated by Molly Champlin, San Gabriel, CA
Echo Park Art, Sigil, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery Nights at The Attic Presents: Not As Stable As We Hoped, Curated by Vanessa Wynia Reyes, Long Beach, CA
Five Points Art, 2024 Printmaking Juried Exhibition, Torrington, CT
Echo Park Art, SyZyGy, Los Angeles, CA
Icehouse Art Complex, Spring '24, Curated by Mike Alcala, Long Beach, CA
Our Common Foe with The Little Gallery of San Bernardino, Our Common Ground, San Bernardino, CA
Brea Gallery, Made in California, Brea, CA
Los Ruanos Gallery & Long Beach Beer Lab, LRG Brew Art Show, Long Beach, CA
ArtShare LA & Angel City Brewery, Rituals, Curated by Mike Alcala, Los Angeles, CA
Dorado 806 Projects, California Dreaming Second Annual Group Exhibition, Santa Monica, CA
MVA Art Gallery, The Power of Red, Bethlehem, PA
Big Waves Laundromat - Mar Vista Location, Revolving Art Wall Feature, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Big Waves Laundromat - Mar Vista Location, Revolving Art Wall Feature, Los Angeles, CA
CI Printmakers Collective & Downtown Oxnard Improvement Association, Creepin' It Real, Oxnard, CA
CI Printmakers Collective & Napa Gallery at CSU Channel Islands, Making Waves, Camarillo, CA
Nous-Ance, Metamorphosis, Los Angeles, CA
Irvine Fine Arts Center, All Media 2023, Irvine, CA
Stilldream Festival, Live Painter, Wilseyville, CA
Dorado 806 Projects, Forage, Santa Monica, CA
First Floor Gallery- Santa Clarita Arts, Ocean Creatures, Santa Clarita, CA
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, Green Generation Showcase- Earth Month at the Beach, CSU Long Beach, CA
Merlino Gallery, De/Regeneration, Long Beach, CA
LBCG/Rod Briggs Memorial Gallery, Fragments, Long Beach, CA
Gatov Gallery, Ink 24: Crepuscular Printmaking Club Show, Long Beach, CA
2022 Gatov Gallery, Graduate Critique Week, Long Beach, CA
Werby Gallery, MFA Printmakers Working in the Anthropocene, Long Beach, CA
Flatline Gallery, Sunflowers for Ukraine, Long Beach, CA
Nous-Ance, Unheard Voices, Fullerton, CA
The Dohort Center for Creativity in the Arts at Hillel at UCLA, Artists in Solidarity with Ukraine Refugees, Los Angeles, CA
Bristol Art Museum, Putting the Pieces Back Together, Bristol, RI
2021 Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, Insights, Long Beach, CA
Dutzi Gallery, Graduate Critique Week, Long Beach, CA
2019 Creative Arts Workshop/Luciana McClure, Sanctuary Cities and the Politics of the American Dream, New Haven, CT
2018 Toyota Oakdale Theatre, RAW: Connecticut, Envision, Wallingford, CT
Ely Center of Contemporary Art/Nasty Women Connecticut, Silence Breakers, New Haven, CT
2015 Wildflour Confections, Revolving Art Wall Feature, Seymour, CT
Echo Park Art, The Spirit of California, Los Angeles, CA
Empty Shelf, Somersault, Curated by Molly Champlin, San Gabriel, CA
Echo Park Art, Sigil, Los Angeles, CA
Gallery Nights at The Attic Presents: Not As Stable As We Hoped, Curated by Vanessa Wynia Reyes, Long Beach, CA
Five Points Art, 2024 Printmaking Juried Exhibition, Torrington, CT
Echo Park Art, SyZyGy, Los Angeles, CA
Icehouse Art Complex, Spring '24, Curated by Mike Alcala, Long Beach, CA
Our Common Foe with The Little Gallery of San Bernardino, Our Common Ground, San Bernardino, CA
Brea Gallery, Made in California, Brea, CA
Los Ruanos Gallery & Long Beach Beer Lab, LRG Brew Art Show, Long Beach, CA
ArtShare LA & Angel City Brewery, Rituals, Curated by Mike Alcala, Los Angeles, CA
Dorado 806 Projects, California Dreaming Second Annual Group Exhibition, Santa Monica, CA
MVA Art Gallery, The Power of Red, Bethlehem, PA
Big Waves Laundromat - Mar Vista Location, Revolving Art Wall Feature, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Big Waves Laundromat - Mar Vista Location, Revolving Art Wall Feature, Los Angeles, CA
CI Printmakers Collective & Downtown Oxnard Improvement Association, Creepin' It Real, Oxnard, CA
CI Printmakers Collective & Napa Gallery at CSU Channel Islands, Making Waves, Camarillo, CA
Nous-Ance, Metamorphosis, Los Angeles, CA
Irvine Fine Arts Center, All Media 2023, Irvine, CA
Stilldream Festival, Live Painter, Wilseyville, CA
Dorado 806 Projects, Forage, Santa Monica, CA
First Floor Gallery- Santa Clarita Arts, Ocean Creatures, Santa Clarita, CA
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, Green Generation Showcase- Earth Month at the Beach, CSU Long Beach, CA
Merlino Gallery, De/Regeneration, Long Beach, CA
LBCG/Rod Briggs Memorial Gallery, Fragments, Long Beach, CA
Gatov Gallery, Ink 24: Crepuscular Printmaking Club Show, Long Beach, CA
2022 Gatov Gallery, Graduate Critique Week, Long Beach, CA
Werby Gallery, MFA Printmakers Working in the Anthropocene, Long Beach, CA
Flatline Gallery, Sunflowers for Ukraine, Long Beach, CA
Nous-Ance, Unheard Voices, Fullerton, CA
The Dohort Center for Creativity in the Arts at Hillel at UCLA, Artists in Solidarity with Ukraine Refugees, Los Angeles, CA
Bristol Art Museum, Putting the Pieces Back Together, Bristol, RI
2021 Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, Insights, Long Beach, CA
Dutzi Gallery, Graduate Critique Week, Long Beach, CA
2019 Creative Arts Workshop/Luciana McClure, Sanctuary Cities and the Politics of the American Dream, New Haven, CT
2018 Toyota Oakdale Theatre, RAW: Connecticut, Envision, Wallingford, CT
Ely Center of Contemporary Art/Nasty Women Connecticut, Silence Breakers, New Haven, CT
2015 Wildflour Confections, Revolving Art Wall Feature, Seymour, CT
PRESS/MEDIA
2023 The Local Garden, Love, The Beach Flea- Where Creative Expression and Second-Hand Magic Thrive, October Issue
2021 Primary, Inaugural July Issue
2023 The Local Garden, Love, The Beach Flea- Where Creative Expression and Second-Hand Magic Thrive, October Issue
2021 Primary, Inaugural July Issue
AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS & RESIDENCIES
COLLECTIONS
Artist in Residence, The Verdancy Project, Troutdale, OR 2024
Linda A. Day Endowed Student Award 2022
Nell O. Fogg Endowed Scholarship 2021
Dean’s List for College of Liberal Arts & Sciences & School of Fine Arts, Spring 2012 & Spring 2013
Cynthia Reeves Snow Watercolor Scholarship, Spring 2012
Linda A. Day Endowed Student Award 2022
Nell O. Fogg Endowed Scholarship 2021
Dean’s List for College of Liberal Arts & Sciences & School of Fine Arts, Spring 2012 & Spring 2013
Cynthia Reeves Snow Watercolor Scholarship, Spring 2012
COLLECTIONS
Wonder Shed Permanent Collection, The Verdancy Project, Troutdale, OR 2024
University Student Union Permanent Art Collection CSU Long Beach, ASI Purchase Award 2021
Real Food Share, Seed-To-Plate Local Harvest Celebration, Charity Auction 2021
University Student Union Permanent Art Collection CSU Long Beach, ASI Purchase Award 2021
Real Food Share, Seed-To-Plate Local Harvest Celebration, Charity Auction 2021
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
2023 Artist Talk, ART 3030 Intermediate Drawing, CSU Stanislaus, CA
Artist Talk, LBCG/Rod Briggs Memorial Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2022 Professional Practice Panel, ART 496 BFA Capstone Course- Grad School Panel Discussion Fall 22, CSU Long Beach, CA
2023 Artist Talk, ART 3030 Intermediate Drawing, CSU Stanislaus, CA
Artist Talk, LBCG/Rod Briggs Memorial Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2022 Professional Practice Panel, ART 496 BFA Capstone Course- Grad School Panel Discussion Fall 22, CSU Long Beach, CA
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2023 GLAMFA 2023: Accountability, Responsibility and Sustainability, Exhibition Curation & Event Organization, Greater Los Angeles MFA Exhibition, CSULB
2022 Generations/Abstract Los Angeles: Four Generations, Exhibition Curation Assistance, The Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
2021 Art Panel Lecture, Surface Tension: Painting as Resistance- supported by the De Witt Kick Start Cache Fund, CSU Long Beach, CA
GLAMFA 2021: Social Distancing, Exhibition Curation Assistance, Greater Los Angeles MFA Exhibition, CSULB
AFFILIATIONS
Active Member, CI Printmakers Collective 2023- Present
President, Fine Arts Roundtable (FAR) 2022-2023
Treasurer, Fine Arts Roundtable (FAR) 2021-2022
Active Member, Fine Arts Roundtable (FAR) 2020-2021
Active Member, CI Printmakers Collective 2023- Present
President, Fine Arts Roundtable (FAR) 2022-2023
Treasurer, Fine Arts Roundtable (FAR) 2021-2022
Active Member, Fine Arts Roundtable (FAR) 2020-2021
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
9/2023-Active Teaching Assistant, Eagle Rock Elementary School Art Club, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
8/2022-12/2022 Teaching Internship, ART 184- Foundation Life Drawing, School of Art, CSULB, CA
02/2022-05/2022 Volunteer Teaching Internship, ART 287- Intro to Painting, School of Art, CSULB, CA
8/2021-12/2021 Teaching Internship, ART 388- Advanced Studies in Color, School of Art, CSULB, CA
8/2013-5/2015 Academic Specialist, ASL and Deaf Culture Courses, Linguistics Department, UConn, CT
5/2010-8/2013 Teaching Assistant, ASL and Deaf Culture Courses, Linguistics Department, UConn, CT
9/2023-Active Teaching Assistant, Eagle Rock Elementary School Art Club, Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
8/2022-12/2022 Teaching Internship, ART 184- Foundation Life Drawing, School of Art, CSULB, CA
02/2022-05/2022 Volunteer Teaching Internship, ART 287- Intro to Painting, School of Art, CSULB, CA
8/2021-12/2021 Teaching Internship, ART 388- Advanced Studies in Color, School of Art, CSULB, CA
8/2013-5/2015 Academic Specialist, ASL and Deaf Culture Courses, Linguistics Department, UConn, CT
5/2010-8/2013 Teaching Assistant, ASL and Deaf Culture Courses, Linguistics Department, UConn, CT