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"Gas Station I"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
25" x 39.25""
2006 |
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"Gas Station II"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
25.75" x 38"
2006 |
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"Gas Station III"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
21.25" x 30.5""
2006 |
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"Intersection III"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
30" x 22"
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"Intersection IV"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
28.5" x 22.5"
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"Road I"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
29" x 20"
2005 |
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"Road II"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
27" x 20"
2005 |
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"Intersection V"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
27" x 21"
2004 |
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"Platt Road, from the Suburbia Series"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
22" x 27"
2004 |
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"Sidewalk I, from the Suburbia Series"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
29" x 21"
2004 |
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"Sidewalk
II, from the Suburbia Series"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
31.5" x 21"
2004 |
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"Housing Development, from the Suburbia Series"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
32" x 25"
2004 |
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"Housing Development II, from the Suburbia Series"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
31" x 25"
2004 |
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"Housing Development IV, from the Suburbia Series"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
25" x 33"
2004 |
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"Three Pines"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
10.5" x 9"
2005 |
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"Tree and Lamp Post II"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
10" x 9"
2005 |
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"Oak Valley Center, from the Suburbia Series"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
24" x 18"
2004 |
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"Elementary School, from the Suburbia Series"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
22" x 36"
2004 |
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"Elephant I, from the Zoo Series"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
23.25" x 38"
2005 |
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"Surburbia
II (Shopping Center)"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
36" x 86"
2003 |
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"Surburbia I (Housing)"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
23" x 48"
2003 |
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"Suburbia IV (Highway)"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
30" x 21"
2003 |
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"Number VII, from the Trees after Bruegel Series"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
15" x 43"
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"Number IX, from the Trees after Bruegel Series"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
12" x 19"
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"Number IV, from the Telephone Pole Series"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink
23" x 19"
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"Spores"
paper with beeswax, encaustic and thread
dimensions vary here:
36" x 190" x 96"
2002 |
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"Niobiad"
paper with beeswax, encaustic, bones and thread
dimensions vary here:
174" x 72" x 45"
2000 |
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"Lachrymal Wall II"
paper with beeswax, encaustic, bones and thread
dimensions vary here: 132" x 72" x 2"
2000 |
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The Suburbia Series examines what is visually ignored or overlooked as homogeneous
suburban growth spreads everywhere. Will the artificial landscaping around
shopping malls, gas stations and housing developments
become our accepted notion of landscape? These works on paper resemble blueprints,
mapping what we see and what we don’t in our daily/personal landscapes; what
we remember or experience as opposed to what is really there. These drawings
function the way a memory works, distorted and distant, yet colored by emotion.
I view my three dimensional work as organic,
living creatures -- whether plant, animal or some other life form is uncertain.
These works are always in the process of "becoming." reflecting the impossibility
or possibility of transformation. These works are bodies to be enacted upon
and to bear mute witness: they are all the more poignant for being stand-ins.
-Meagan Shein
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BIOGRAPHY
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
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2005 |
MEAGAN SHEIN: WAX DRAWINGS, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA |
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MEAGAN SHEIN: MIXED MEDIA, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA (catalog) |
2004 |
MEAGAN SHEIN, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY (catalog) |
1997 |
MENDED EGGS, Washington Square Windows, New York University, New York, NY |
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Selected Group Exhibitions: |
2005 |
Scope Art Fair NY, Miller Block Gallery, Flatotel, New York, NY |
2004 |
SUMMER EXHIBITION, Hebrew Home for the Aged, Riverdale, NY curated by Susan Putterman |
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HOLIDAY GIFTS, Transplant Gallery, New York, NY |
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AAF NY, Riva Blumenfeld Fine Art, Pier 92, New York, NY |
2003 |
2003 Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY |
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NATURE HANGING BY A THREAD, Queens Theatre in the Park, Queens, NY curated by Robyn Love |
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PAPER 2003, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY |
2002 |
A VERY COSY AFFAIR, Staub(g*fzk!) Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland |
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BIOMORPHIX, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE curated by Susan Isaacs (catalog) |
2001 |
INVENTED OBJECTS/IMAGINED SPACES, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD curated by Susan Isaacs |
2000 |
FLURRY, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY curated by David Burke |
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SPACE*TIME*LINKS, Gretel’s_File at Penzenstadler + Schaller Architecten, Zurich, Switzerland |
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WIDE OPEN, Gretel’s_File, Zurich, Switzerland |
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SPRING EXHIBITION, Noodleworks, Seattle, WA |
1999 |
SURFACE TENSION, Art in General, New York, NY curated by Catherine Ruello |
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THE PASSION/PASSIONS OF ART, Richard Anderson Gallery, NY, NY |
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SIGNIFICANT OTHERS, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY curated by Sandra Toro |
1998 |
ARTISTS LOOK AT GENDER, Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY curated by John Wineland |
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TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT, Here, NY, NY curated by Lisa Levy |
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50:50, Gallery Onetwentyeight, NY, NY |
1997 |
IN-STITCHES, Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York, NY curated by Kathleen Spicer |
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ARTIST IN THE MARKETPLACE EXHIBITION, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY curated by Marysol Nieves and Lydia Yee (catalog) |
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THE LONG HOT SUMMER—THE SEQUEL, Aljira Gallery, Newark, NJ |
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Awards, Commissions and Lectures: |
2005 |
Slide Lecture, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA |
2000 |
Lobby Commission, Capital Z Partners, New York, NY |
1997 |
Fellowship in Printmaking, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY |
1997 |
Artist in the Marketplace Program, The Bronx Museum of the Arts |
1996 |
Honorable Mention for Sylvia Faulkner Award, Hunter College |
1991 |
Louis Sudler Prize in Performing and Creative Arts, University of Chicago |
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Selected Bibliography: |
Nancye Tuttle, "Steppin’ Out", Lowell Sun, 1/27/05 (illustrated) |
Kate Deforest, "Different Seasons", The Buffalo News, 3/12/04 (illustrated) |
Jenny Santomauro, "Brand New Ancient Artifacts", ArtVoice, 4/1/04 Vol 3 No.14 |
Victoria Donohoe, "Contemplative Works Examine Structure of Life", The Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/2/02 |
Mike Giuliano, "Artists Imagine Their Own Worlds at MAP", Baltimore City Paper, 6/27/01 (illustrated) |
Annemarie Setz, "Neue Perspektiven verschiedener Richtungen", Neue Zuger Zeitung, 12/30/2000 Nr. 301 |
Robert Mahoney, "Flurry", Time Out New York, March 9-16, 2000, No. 233 (illustrated) |
Lisa J. Curtis, "Storm Front", The Brooklyn Papers, 1/31/00 (illustrated) |
Grace Glueck, "Surface Tension", The New York Times, 10/08/99 |
Jeanne C. Wilkinson, "Surface Tension", The Tribeca Trib, Vol. VI, No.2, 10/99 |
"Meagan Shein: the Art of the Body, Becoming." Interviewed by Lauren Berlant,
Newsletter of the Center for Gender Studies, University of Chicago, Fall 1999
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Dan Bischoff, "Youthful Intensity makes Aljira exhibit worth a visit", Newark Star-Ledger, 8/8/97 |
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Education: |
Hunter College Master of Fine Arts, Painting |
Williams College Master of Art, Art History |
University of Chicago Bachelor of Art, Special Honors, Art History and Art & Design |
Meagan Shein lives and works in New York City. |
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