Megan Prince: Great Mysterious Heart featured in Cliff Notes from Variable West

Variable West Founder Amelia Rina picks the most exciting events and exhibitions on the West Coast.
Each pick includes a question meant to act as a prompt for thinking about the art, artist, or exhibition.

What Rina says:

Textile arts have a natural affinity with narrative and the idiosyncrasies of relationships. In these sculptural textile works, Megan Prince weaves together conversations about interpersonal relationships, environmental impact, and the generative act of reuse. Made of hand-knit, donated second hand denim jeans, the "Jean Bodies" create literal and figurative connections between the jeans' original owners. Installed in the gallery space, they transform yet again into playful soft sculptures that invite interaction. Reflection: What stories do your clothes hold?

Megan Prince’s Jean Bodies at Alki Beach Park, Seattle, 2021.

Megan Prince: Great Mysterious Heart is featured alongside shows featuring artists Sofía Córdova and Gina M. Contreras.

Great Mysterious Heart: Megan Prince
Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
January 7 - February 12

Sofía Córdova: dawn_chorusiii: the fruit they don’t have here | 破曉歌聲 iii: 這裏沒有的水果 | coro_del_alba iii: la fruta que no tienen aquí
Chinese Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
December 3, 2021 - January 29, 2022

Modern Folk
Stephanie Chefas Projects, Portland, OR
January 22 - February 19

Megan Prince: Great Mysterious Heart

My exhibition, Great Mysterious Heart, featuring my Jean Bodies and Communities is open!

Great Mysterious Heart (installation picture), 2022

Great Mysterious Heart (installation picture), 2022

Megan Prince: Great Mysterious Heart, January 7 through February 12, 2022.

Artist Gallery Hours: From 12-2pm, Saturday, January 8 and Saturday, January 15. Stop by and say hi!

At the Kirkland Arts Center, Gallery hours are Wednesdays-Fridays 12pm to 6pm and Saturdays 12pm - 4pm

Artist Talk and Closing Reception: Friday, February 11, 2022 (tentative)

Great Mysterious Heart

I am excited to share the dates for my upcoming solo exhibition at the Kirkland Arts Center this January 2022:

The exhibition dates are January 7 through February 12, 2022.

THESE ARE MY PEOPLE, THESE ARE MY FRIENDS (exhibition view from Interdependence at KAC), 2020, donated and reclaimed cut denim jeans, 8x156x60

I look forward to seeing you there! - Megan

Life on Venus Magazine featuring my Jean Bodies sculptures is available for purchase.


This issue of UK Magazine, Life on Venus, is a conversation exploring the topic of sustainable fashion. We explore work from over 30 illustrators, photographers, poets, journalists and designers.

We look at 'Slow Fashion from the Other Side of Europe', we ask 'Is Fast Fashion a Feminist Issue' and explore if sustainability is a mental construct. It doesn't end there so join the conversation today with your own copy.

Pick up your copy here!

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Jean Bodies Update

Dear Friends,

I am accepting donations for my soft sculptures, Jean Bodies. Did you know it takes around 80 pairs of jeans for me to make each of these large sculptures? That’s a lot of jeans.

I have been collecting used denim in all colors in collaboration with individuals for the past several years. Before the pandemic this year, I had begun speeding up the collection process by purchasing jeans from stores like Goodwill but stopped due to the Covid-19 outbreak. I still don’t feel safe resuming my shopping and your collaboration in forwarding this project would be helpful. The jeans can be in any shape, including rips or stains. If you are unable to launder before you donate please let me know. No donation is too small.

I especially need black and gray tone jeans currently for two sculptures that are currently in process.

I keep a running list of my donors/collaborators for this project. I plan to share the donor list when I exhibit these pieces. I would love to add your name to the list, however if you prefer to not be publicly included let me know when you donate. This list of donors speaks to the community of people making these sculptures possible.

If you would like to donate jeans please email me through my contact page.

Thank you for supporting this project.

THESE ARE MY PEOPLE, THESE ARE MY FRIENDS (DETAIL), 2020, reclaimed and cut denim, 8x156x60

THESE ARE MY PEOPLE, THESE ARE MY FRIENDS (DETAIL), 2020, reclaimed and cut denim, 8x156x60