ABOUT

Prince (b.1978), the daughter of an architect and contractor, grew up in Eastern Washington exposed to museum art while building and working with her hands at home. Influenced by both of her grandmothers who grew up on working farms during the depression, Prince learned to identify what is truly garbage and what materials have a second life. In the intervening years of high school and undergraduate studies, she began to create work that crossed a wide array of media. As an undergraduate, Prince vacillated between ceramics, painting and dance and created her first large-scale mixed-media installation. Prince received BFAs from the University of Washington in Painting and Interdisciplinary Visual Art with a Dance minor and an MFA from Brooklyn College. While in graduate school, Prince was invited to visit Materials for the Arts, which introduced her to using reclaimed materials in her work. During this time she studied with Vito Acconci and created her first performance work incorporating reused materials. After moving back to Seattle and delving into advocacy work and social and environmental justice, today Prince creates paintings, sculpture, large-scale installations, and performances that address the social justice and environmental issues vitally important to our time. Inspired by this outward focus, Prince’s art is invitational and accessible, and asks each viewer to reflect on their relationships with others and the world. Prince lives in Seattle with her husband, three children and pup.

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Curriculum Vitae

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Tied, Together, Port of Seattle Pier 69, Seattle, WA
Megan Prince: Jean Bodies, Method Gallery, The Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
Meredith, the vatican at studio e, Seattle, WA
2023 Build Time, Prairie Underground, Seattle, WA
Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship (RRSRR2), Method Gallery, Seattle, WA
Seeing Remnants in Life, The Kirkland Library with The Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Reworked: Megan Prince and Lee Davignon, The Vestibule, Seattle, WA.
2022 Jean Bodies & Friends, Mini Mart City Park, Seattle, WA
Great Mysterious Heart, The Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2017 Relationship, 415 Project Space, Seattle, WA
2015   Megan Prince: An exhibition of early works, 415 Project Space, Seattle, WA
2011    Megan Prince: Relationship, STOLL Space, NY, NY
2010   Brooklyn Light, Solis, Brooklyn, NY
2008  Brooklyn College MFA Thesis Exhibition, NYCAMS, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Two Things Are True, Distortion Society, Beacon, NY. Curated by Michelle Silver and Sarah Hanssen.
Please Touch: Together, Breaking Barriers, King Street Station, Seattle, WA. Curated by Revision Arts.
Connector: a survey, Rudolph Blume Fine Art, Houston, TX. Curated by Tommy Gregory.
Chrysalis, Europa Gallery, Seattle, WA. Curated by Cole Devoy.
Embodiment, AMcE Creative Arts, Seattle, WA. Curated by A. McLean Eggers.
2023 Temple, Coliseum Theater, Seattle, WA. Curated by Cole Devoy.
Out of the Box, Method Gallery, Seattle, WA. Curated by Cole Devoy and Danica Reinicke.
Ancient Tech + Future Relics, Coliseum Theater, Seattle, WA. Curated by Julianne Johnson.
Soft Touch, Museum of Museums, Seattle, WA. Curated by Mary Anne Carter.
2022  Distilled: Contemporary Abstraction, North Seattle College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA. Curated by Amanda Knowles.
  Carbon, The Vestibule, Seattle, WA. Curated by Kascha Semonovitch.
  HOWL, Forest For The Trees, RailSpur, Seattle, WA. Curated by Lele Barnett and Amanda Manitach. (Installation and performance)
2021   Interdependence, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA.
2010   Spinning Lines, The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY. (Installation and performance)
           If You See Nothing, Say Something, The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Kiya Kim.
2008  Discover Emerging Artist: 2008 Nurture Art Benefit, James Cohen Gallery, New York, NY.
           Curated by Koan Jeff-Baysa, Lowell Pettit, Amy Rosenblum Martin and Lilly Wei.
           Works of Art on Paper, LBI Foundation, Loveladies, NJ. Curated by Charlotta Kotik
           The Line That Connects You to Me, BAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Dana Gentile
           Existencia, Rififi, New York, NY (performance)
2007  It's Electric, Brooklyn College Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Three Women Painters, On the House, Seattle, WA
2002  Thesis Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle. WA
           2D and Small 3D, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA. Curated by Stefano Catalani
2001   La Mostra, University of Washington Rome Center, Rome, Italy

AWARDS
2024-26 Public Artist Roster, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle, WA
2024 Mini Mart City Park , Pilot AIR, Seattle, WA
2024 Recology AIR Finalist, Seattle, WA
2023-25 Public Artist Roster, Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
2022 Open Grant, 4Culture, Seattle WA
2021 People’s Choice Award: Interdependence, The Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2010   Fellowship, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2009  Fellowship, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2008  Graduate Fellowship, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, NY
2007  Graduate Fellowship, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, NY
           Graduate Investment Program Research Grant, Fall and Spring, The City University of New York, NY
           Graduate Investment Program Travel Grant, The City University of New York, NY

TEACHING
2023  Panelist, 4Culture Art Projects - Individuals, Seattle, WA
2022 Visiting Artist, University Prep, Seattle, WA
2014 Visiting Artist, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
2010 - 2012   Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION
2008   Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, MFA
2002   University of Washington, BFA (Painting) & BA (Interdisciplinary Visual Arts) with a Minor in Dance

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS

2024
Gregory, Casey. Weaving a New Kind of Seattle Art Fair, ARCADE, October 2024.
Vansynghel, Margo. How Georgetown artists are flipping the script on Seattle gentrification, The Seattle Times, October 2024.
Davis, Brangien. ArtSEA: The streets are alive with the sights of Seattle Art Fair, Crosscut, July 2024.
Fiber Reimagined II, Fiber Arts Now, July 2024.

2023
Smith, Cami. A Place to Gather, Fiber Arts Now, July 2023.
Vansynghel, Margo. 7 art shows to see in Seattle in June 2023, The Seattle Times, June 2023.
Davis, Brangien. ArtSEA: Seattle artists are sending textile messages, Crosscut, May 2023.
Coven, Bree. Local Buy Nothing groups rely on gift economy to cut waste, grow community, The Seattle Times, February 2023
Davis, Brangien. ArtSEA: Swaddle yourself in soft Seattle art, Crosscut, February 2023

2022
Bear Robe, Amber-Dawn (Guest Juror) and Sinner, Lauren (SDJ Managing Editor). Seventh Annual International Exhibition in Print: The Fusion of Fiber Arts, Fashion & Design, Surface Design Journal, October 2022.
Vansynghel, Margo and Davis, Brangien. ArtSEA: Threads of technology stitch art across Seattle, Crosscut, August 2022.
Clemans, Gayle and Shultz, Erika. With Forest For The Trees, 100-plus artists convert Pioneer Square building in Seattle into huge art festival, The Seattle Times, July 2022.
Vansynghel, Margo. ArtSEA: A big indie alternative to Seattle Art Fair opens in Pioneer Square, Crosscut, July 2022.

2021 
Rodriguez, George. Exhibition Interdependence highlight, The Kirkland Arts Center, July 2021.
Life on Venus: Conversation 1, London, UK, September 2021.

2018 
Sonheim, Carla. 365 Megan Prince, Carla Sonheim Presents, April 2018.

2010  
Mangosing, Catherine. relational abstraction : megan prince, myturtleneck Blog, March 2010.
Masters, Aaron Rachel. Writings on My Mind, Masters Musings, February 2010.