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Studio: Towles Court Art Center
1938 Adams St. #205 Sarasota, FL 34236
941.266.7318
Home: 4510 Little John Trail -
Sarasota, FL 34232
941.341.0506
megpierce.com
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
The recent work is mixed
media.
Collages using watercolor and pencil with old photos, my
photos, maps, navigation charts, beads and thread
Tape transfers (scotch tape lifts ink from newspaper
weather maps and other images) on to board
Oil paintings with found objects: buttons, nails, beads
and stamps on wood or packing forms, arranged in grids
I love the
complexity and sensitive changes that occur when repetitions are
juxtaposed
side by side.
In
collecting buttons, beads, photos, stamps, maps, threads and papers, I
have a source of endless variations from which to choose.
I arrange
them in grids, labyrinths or in circular forms: mandalas.
The
symmetry of these compositions enables the viewer to see repetitions and
variations that occur.
The ancient
symbols of the maze and mandala have been used as focusing devices for
meditation. I use their symmetry and rhythm to organize and center the
work.
I have found the making of these images to be a joyful centering
activity. Ultimately making my artwork is a kind of meditation for me
and I hope it becomes a joyful meditation for viewers.
BIOGRAPHICAL
STATEMENT
Meg Maher was born in 1946
and grew up in the Buffalo area. A graduate of the College of New
Rochelle, she went on to gain a Masters in Art and Art Education from
Columbia University, NY, NY and a Master in Fine Art in Painting from
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
She was a teacher of art in
the Herricks Public Schools on Long Island from 1969-2001 and found
teaching to be an extraordinary source of energy and pride.
Other studies in art include
the Vermont Studio School, Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Idaho and
the Oxbow Workshop, Michigan, as well as study abroad in Italy and
China. Watercolor was a first love
and her latest work has been in oils and mixed media. She has shown widely in the
NY area.
Meg now lives and works in
Sarasota Florida, with her husband Vernon Pierce.
Education:
MFA Pratt Institute
1978
MA Columbia
University 1969
BA College of New
Rochelle 1968
Teacher of Art -
Herricks Public Schools, 1969-2001
Selected Exhibits:
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Harmony Gallery:
Florida Westcoast Symphony, Sarasota Oct 2006” Map, Maze, and Mandala”
solo
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Longboat Key Center
for the Arts, FL March 2006 “Travel” group
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White Dog Design,
Sarasota, FL Nov-Jan 2005 “Small & Lovely” group
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Essex Art Center,
Laurence, MA Mar 2005 “Mandala-Seeking a Center” group
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Art Center Sarasota,
Sarasota, FL Feb 2005 “Abstract Show” group (Merit Award)
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Omni Gallery,
Uniondale, NY Dec-Jan 2004 “Winter” group
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South Huntington
Library, NY Nov-Dec 2003 “Mandalas” group
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Islip Museum, Islip,
NY July- August 2003 “Noah’s Ark: Animals among Us” group
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Manhasset Public
Library, Manhasset, NY June 2003 “Oils from the 80’s & 90’s” solo
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Gallery North
Setauket, NY March 2003 “Seeking A Center” group
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Washington Square
East Galleries NYU, NY February 2003 “26th Small
Works” group
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Graphic Eye Gallery,
Port Washington, NY May 2002 “Map, Maze and Mandala” solo
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NYC Fire Museum, Soho,
NY September 2002 “9/11 Memorial” permanent collection
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Islip Museum, Islip,
NY July 2002 “Considering the Garden” group
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Nese Alpin Gallery Roslyn, NY July 2002
“Visual Ideas: Conceptual II” February 2000 group
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Graphic Eye Gallery, Port Washington, NY
March 2002 “Meg Pierce & Barbara Kingsley”
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Sea Cliff Library
November 1996 solo
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Heckscher Museum “Art
of Long Island” May 1998 group

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