Megan Whitmarsh
Born 1972 in USA, lives and works in Los Angeles.
Working predominantly with textiles, Whitmarsh uses hand-stitched embroidery to fabricate replicas of personal and cultural ephemera, referencing contemporary and 70s and 80s pop culture.
Whitmarsh has had solo exhibitions at Mulherin & Pollard in New York, New Image Art in Los Angeles, Elaine Levy Project in Brussels, Michael Rosenthal Gallery in San Francisco, Krets Gallery in Malmo, and Kling & Bang Gallery in Reykjavik. Group exhibitions include venues such as Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Taubman Museum of Art, VA, Musée international des Arts Modestes in Sete, France, Zürich Museum of Design, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York, Wolfsonian Museum, Riverside Art Museum, and Ulrich Museum of Art in Wichita, KS. Whitmarsh has won several fellowships, including a Lecture Fellowship from Johns Hopkins University in Bologna and a full scholarship from Yale Summer School of Art. She also participated in the Robert Wilson's Watermill Center residency in the US and the Kling & Bang residency in Reykjavik.
Exhibitions at RawArt Gallery
Artist Websites
Education
BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
MFA, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
Solo Exhibitions
2024 The Garden, PRS Gallery, Los Angeles
2021 Dream Work, Over the Influence, Los Angeles
2017 Human Resources, Los Angeles, California
2016 Not New Just Changed - A New Time is No Matter, RawArt Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Leah Abir
2014 Fabricated Revisions, Mulherin and Pollard, New York City, New York
2013, Krets Galleri, Malmo, Sweden
2012 Here Comes Purple, New Image Art, Los Angeles, California
2012 Revolution is a Circle, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York City, New York
2011 Tourists From the Future, Watermill Center, New York City, New York
2011, Elaine Levy Project, Brussels, Belgium
2010 Radiant Artifacts, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, California
2009, New Image Art, Los Angeles, California
2009, Krets Galleri, Malmo, Sweden
2006, Mercado, Barcelona, Spain
2006 Elaine Levy Project, Brussels, Belgium
2005, Kling & Bang Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
2005, Katherine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Canada
2005, Sixtyseven, New York City, New York
2000, Parlour Projects, New York City, New York
Group Exhibitions
2023 The Emotional Show, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Nevada, Las Vegas
2023 Big Time Senusality, Abigali Ogvili Gallery,, Los Angels, California, curated by: Alexandra Terrry
2021 Textile Biennial, Museum Rijswijk, Rijswijk
2019 New Age, New Age: Strategies for Survival, DePaul Art Museum, Chicago, curated by: Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Collaborative work with Jade Gordon
2019 SEDONA, Villadu parc centre d'art contemporaine, Annemasse, France, curated by: Le Syndicat Magnifique
2019 Loitering is delightful, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
2019 Raw Art, RawArt Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Maya Bamberger
2018 Open Awake Alive, Tulsa Garden Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma, curated by: Rena Detrixhe
2018 Made in LA, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
2017 Tangled: Fiber Art Now!, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia
2013, Musée international des Arts Modestes, Sete, France
2012, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012, MU, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2011, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, Idaho
2011, Watermill Center, New York City, New York
2011, Zürich Museum of Design, Zurich, Switzerland
2010, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York City, New York
2009, Wolfsonian Museum, Miami, Florida
2009, KK Projects, New Orleans, Louisiana
2009, IVAM, Valencia, Spain
2009, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California
2008, Ellipse Art Center, Arlington, Virginia
2008, Galerie Libraire, Hong Kong
2007, the Factory, Seoul, Korea
2006, Agenzia 04, Bologna, Italy
2006, Longwood Art Projects, New York City, New York
2006, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas
2005, White Columns, New York City, New York
2005, Clementine Gallery, New York City, New York
2004, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, California
2004, Gavin Brown Enterprises, New York City, New York
Grants & Awards
Full scholarship, Yale Summer School of Art
Residencies & Fellowships
Robert Wilson's Watermill Center residency,
Lecture Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Kling & Bang residency, Rejkavik, Iceland
Full fellowship | M.F.A. program, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
Press
2023, Do touch the art. This first-of-its kind L.A. artwork offers a tactile cityscape
2018 Christopher Knight, 'Made in L.A. 2018': Why the Hammer biennial is the right show for disturbing times, The LA Times, Los Angeles, 5.6.18, (Eng)
2018 Leah Ollman, Made in LA 2018: Review, Art in America, 01.10.18
The People Radio, An interview with Megan Whitmarsh and Jade Gordon on Insert Blanc Press The People Radio podcast, where they discuss their upcoming installation at the Made in LA 2018 show at the Hammer Museum, Soundcloud
Collections
Hammer Museum Collection
Private collections