CONTACT
megkatkinson@gmail.com
@megatkinsonstudio
ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
MY PET RAM, Solo Show, Welcome to the Pecking Order, LES, August- September, 2021
CURIOUS MATTER, Two-person show, Meg Atkinson and Ben Pranger, To Some Point True and Unproven, Jersey City, NJ March - April, 2019
COOLER GALLERY. Solo Show, Skin In The Game. Brooklyn, NY. January, 2018
PARAMOUNT GALLERY, Solo Show, Long Island University. Meg Atkinson. Brooklyn, NY. 1993
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
KATHRYN MARKEL FINE ARTS, Alive and Frisky, curated by Fran Shalom, November-December
MEPAINTSME, Creature Feature, March
MEPAINTSME, Plum Lime Residency Finalists, January
2022
LABSPACE, Holiday Show, Hillsdale, NY December - January
UNDERDONK, Sunsets, Brooklyn, August
2021
MY PET RAM, The Big Show, LES, November
MEPAINTSME, Known Unknowns, Virtual group show, August - September
2020
490 ATLANTIC, Magnum Opus, Brooklyn, NY. Jan - February
2019
BCB ART, Winter Group Show, Hudson, NY. December
BCB ART, Summer Show, Hudson, NY. July
2018
CENTOTTO, Unborderings. Brooklyn, New York. May. (Curator, Paul D'Agostino)
ODETTA, Flat File in conjunction with No Regrets. Brooklyn, New York. March
2017
DAVID & SCHWEITZER CONTEMPORARY.Yellow Chair Extravaganza. December. (Curator, Trans-cen-der)
MORGAN LEHMAN. Twenty by Sixteen Biennial. New York. April (Curator, Geoffrey Young)
106 VAN BUREN. Talking Pictures 1st Invitational. Bed Stuy, New York. March (Curators, Paul D'agostino, Jeffrey Bishop, Cathy Nan Quinlan)
NOYES MUSEUM OF ART. A Dark Wood. Atlantic City, New Jersey. January - April
KNOCKDOWN CENTER. Nasty Women Exhibition. Queens, New York. January
2016
NATIONAL ARTS CLUB. The Warmth of Winter. New York, N.Y. December - January
DRAWING ROOMS. Big Small Works Show. Jersey City, N.J. December - January
TRESTLE GALLERY. Winter Benefit. Brooklyn, N.Y. December
GEOFFREY YOUNG GALLERY. Chronic Blooms. Great Barrington, MA. October
ART HOUSE GALLERY AND CURIOUS MATTER. A Dark Wood. New Jersey. (Curators, Raymond Mingst and Arthur Bruso)
DAVID & SCHWEITZER CONTEMPORARY. Making the Future. Brooklyn, N.Y. (Curators, Julie Torres and Michael David)
CENTOTTO. NOMENCoLorATURE at Studio 10. Brooklyn, N.Y. August (Curator, Paul D'Agostino)
ODETTA. Child's Play. Brooklyn, N.Y. June
2015
DRAWING ROOMS. Big Small Works Show. Jersey City, N.J. December - January
TRESTLE GALLERY. Winter Art Sale. Brooklyn, N.Y. November
OUTPOST GALLERY. Checkered History: The Grid in Art & Life. Ridgewood, N.Y. October (Curators, Ruth Kahn and David Weinstein)
THE ART HOUSE. The Art Project. Jersey City, N.J. September (Curator, James Pustorino)
CENTRAL BOOKING. Going Big. LES, New York, N.Y. July-August
DRAWING ROOMS. Color Rules. Jersey City, N.J. July
ARTS@RENAISSANCE, Last Dance at the Old Gem. Brooklyn, NY. June
STOREFRONT TEN EYCK. Making History. Brooklyn, N.Y. April (Curators, Krista Saunders and Dexter Wimberly) Catalogue
MORGAN LEHMAN, Twenty by Sixteen, New York, NY. March - April (Curator, Geoffrey Young)
500X, Family Ties, Dallas, TX. April. (Curators, Julie Torres and Bonny Leibowitz)
ARTS@RENAISSANCE, A Weekend at the Old Gem. Brooklyn, NY. February
MOMENTA ART. New Work City. Brooklyn, NY. January. (Curator, Julie Torres)
2014
DRAWING ROOMS. Big Small Works Show. Jersey City, N.J. December - January
THE PAINTING CENTER. 21 & Counting. Anniversary Benefit Exhibition. NYC. December
TRESTLE PROJECTS. Grab Bag. (Curators, Will Hutnick and Polly Allison Shindler). Brooklyn, N.Y. November
STOREFRONT TEN EYCK. Abstraction and its Discontents. (Curator, Deborah Brown). Brooklyn, N.Y. October - November
2 RIVINGTON STREET. Second Family. (Curator, Julie Torres). LES, NYC. September
GEOFFREY YOUNG GALLERY. Elements of Style. Great Barrington, MA. August
(FORMERLY) POCKET UTOPIA. Family Style. (Curator, Julie Torres). LES, NYC. July - August
STOREFRONT TEN EYCK. 8th Annual Arts in Bushwick Benefit. Brooklyn, N.Y. May
2013
BERNARDUCCIO MEISEL GALLERY. NURTUREart Benefit. New York, N.Y.
2012
MURIEL GUEPIIN GALLERY. To Be Considered. Brooklyn, N.Y.
TWO COATS OF PAINT @ BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS. Inquiry. (Curator, Austin Thomas). 2012.
2011
BROOKLYN ARTISTS' GYM, Voyeur: See and Be Seen. Brooklyn, N.Y.
(full resume available upon request)
PUBLISHED WRITING
"Margaret Atkinson on Louise Fishman," Painters on Painting, December 22, 2014
"Illuminated Manuscripts," Cousin Corrine's Reminder, Issue No. 3. Summer 2011
LECTURES/TALKS
Panel Discussion, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, related to group show, Alive and Frisky, curated by Fran Shalom, November 2023
5MAX PART 2: Artist Presentations, Smack Mellon, July 2020
5MAX: Artist Presentations, Smack Mellon, May 2020
Slide Night, TI Art Studios, Red Hook, BK, November 2018
Artist's Talk, Centotto, June 2018
Artist's Talk, ODETTA, March 2018
TRANS-CEN-DER, Session 01.04, Artist's Talk, April 2017
Artist's Talk, ODETTA, June 2016
"The PM, Some Thoughts on Mondrian" Staged reading of written work at Pratt Institute, September 2015
Bushwick Art Crit Group, May 2014, Spring Session 3
National Art Education Association, March 2007. Co-Panelist in slideshow and discussion re the artistic challenges posed by adolescent beginners.
AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
Artist Residency at Kunstraum, LLC (a three-month studio residency in Brooklyn, NY.) Jan - March, 2020
Edes P. Gilbert Travel Grant, Summer 2014. Turkey and Italy.
BLOGOSPHERE/YOUTUBE/PRESS
Hyperallergic, Artists Quarantine with their art collections, December 2020. https://hyperallergic.com/tag/meg-atkinson/
Art Spiel, Reflections on the works of contemporary artists, August 2020. Interview and Photos. https://artspiel.org/meg-atkinson-painting-as-a-leap-of-faith/
JUXTAPOZ, Completing the Puzzle: Meg Atkinson on Sentimentality, Process, and New York. March 23, 2018. Interview and Photos. https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/completing-the-puzzle-meg-atkinson-on-sentimentality-process-and-new-york/
The New Criterion, April 2017. Gallery Chronicle by James Panero. http://jamespanero.com/writing/2017/4/gallery-chronicle-april-2017.html
New York - Zeit für das Beste by Karin Hanta. Photo.
http://www.young-space.com/blog/2016/12/meg-atkinson?rq=meg%20atkinson Interview and photos
Gallery Travels, Seen Around Town "BOS Studio Visit with Meg Atkinson." Photos. (2016). https://gallerytravels.blogspot.com/2016/10/bos-studio-visit-with-meg-atkinson.html
Making History BUSHWICK, Arts in Bushwick Catalogue 2016
Gallery Travels, Seen Around Town "Child's Play at ODETTA." Photos. (2016). https://gallerytravels.blogspot.com/2016/06/childs-play-at-odetta-gallery.html
Paint Pulse Magazine "Currently Featured Artists," Issue #4 Photos (2015) (Juror, Will Hutnick) http://www.paintpulsemagazine.com/currently-featured.html
Playspace Magazine "Meg Atkinson Artist's Diaries" Photos (2015) http://www.playspacemagazine.com/
Gallery Travels, Seen Around Town "Color Rules" at The Drawing Rooms. Photo. (2015). http://gallerytravels.blogspot.com/2015/08/color-rules-at-drawing-rooms.html
Gallery Travels, Seen Around Town "Meg Atkinson Studio." Photo. (2015). http://gallerytravels.blogspot.com/2015/06/meg-atkinson-studio.html
Modelmenagerie.com "Open Studios" Photo. (2015)
Gallery Travels, Seen Around Town "New Work City" Photo. (2015).
Gallery Travels, Seen Around Town "Grab Bag at Trestle Projects." Photo. (2014).
Paintings On View: BUSHWICK (Video) November 2014. Review of Abstraction and its Discontents by James Kalm (Loren Munk).
Gallery Travels, Seen Around Town "Abstraction and its Discontents at Storefront Ten Eyck." Photo. (2014).
Two Coats of Paint "The backstory: Abstraction and its Discontents" by Sharon Butler. (2014).
Gallery Travels, Seen Around Town "Second Family" at 2 Rivington Street. Photo. (2014).
Two Coats of Paint "Outside the City: Great Barrington" by Sharon Butler. Photo. (2014).
Two Coats of Paint “Painting IRL: 2013 Bushwick Open Studios” by Sharon Butler. Photo. (2013).
BushwickDaily.com in "Two Coats of Paint moved to Bushwick", a review of the show Inquiry, curated by Austin Thomas (May 2012).
The Great Gray Bridge in Bushwick Open Studios, June 2—Shared Blog Post by Kyle Gallup & Philip Turner (June 2012). Photo.
Drawing on the Utopic in "I have an inquiry..." (May 2012)
EDUCATION
Queens College, CUNY, MFA, Painting.
Pratt Institute, BFA, Drawing. With Honors.
Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences. I lasted two years.