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meganwinegardner@gmail.com
bio
megan winegardner’s work focuses on the tangible residues of lived experiences, and she seeks to attune perception toward objects as conveyors of material remembering. In her work collected items tell of the past in a silent, wordless language, expressing their memories through the patina and fragmentation of their surfaces and communicating the fragile and visible nature of recollections
she received her master of fine arts from the university of nevada reno in 2022 after completing a bachelor of fine arts degree in 2018 from southern adventist university near chattanooga, tennessee. she now lives in chattanooga and teaches fine art classes, alongside her endeavors to with remember, restore, and preserve a 1935 historic home.
education
2019 — 2022 MFA Fine Art, University of Nevada Reno
2014 — 2018 BFA Fine Art cum laude, Southern Adventist University
exhibitions
2022 Fragments of Remembering, or, The Wordless Voice of Objects, Sheppard Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV (solo)
2022 Graduate School Alumni Chapter M.F.A. Art Exhibition, Nevada Museum of Art El Cord, Reno, NV
2022 NOW, Connector Collections Gallery, Reno-Tahoe International Airport, Reno, NV
2021 Space, Place, Environment, Student Galleries South, Reno, NV
2021 430 Apart, 11 Together, Archie C. Grant Hall, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV
2021 Shelter, melhop gallery º7077, NV
2020 Midway Advancement to Candidacy Exhibition, student galleries, reno, NV
2020 Visions, student galleries, reno, NV
2019 ENNEAD, student galleries, reno, NV
2019 AEA conference art exhibition, hulsey wellness center, collegedale, TN
2018 Things, There, F350, public storage, hixon, TN
2018 chattanooga public library zine conference, chattanooga public library, chattanooga, TN
2018 collected semiotics BFA thesis show, john c. williams gallery solo
2018 agnōstos gynaíka, college press publishing solo
2018 juried group show, landis gallery, association for the visual arts, chattanooga, TN
2018 art dedication and exhibit, collegedale SDA church, collegedale, TN
2017 arts and poetry exhibit, speak light SAU, lynnwood hall, southern adventist university, collegedale, TN
2016 artist books, mckee library, collegedale, TN
2016 art exhibit and house concert, SOULFOOD community creative, chattanooga, TN
2016 gallery art exhibition, family justice center, chattanooga, TN
2015 pop up show 2015, art annex school of visual art and design, southern adventist university, collegedale, TN
2014 pop up show 2014, art annex, school of visual art and design, southern adventist university, collegedale, TN
presentations
2022 “Ragpicker, Rememberer,” Artist talk, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV