a bit about me!
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Biography
Megan Little, a multi-media artist based in Hamilton, ON, transforms paper, wire, and light into captivating sculptures that evoke joy and curiosity. She also works in multiple painting mediums to create lush emotive works of art.
Megan brings a wealth of experience to her current roles from her time in Nashville, TN, where Megan served as President and board member of Platetone, Printmaking, Book and Paper Arts, a non-profit print studio. Her dedication to arts and art community extended to teaching workshops at libraries, schools, and events with Turnip Green Creative Reuse, as well as conducting printmaking workshops for adults and children in the Nashville area.
Megan lived in Morocco with her family until she was 9 years old, where the blue Mediterranean skies and magical walled gardens imprinted into her heart. She lives now in an old red brick house with her darling cat, Raphael, and two fabulous friends who make the best baked goods!
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Artist Statement
My work comes out of a deep delight in creating and sharing beautiful things. When we bring good and beautiful things into the world, it is like planting seeds that will slowly grow into huge trees that will bring joy and shade to future generations.
When children are small, they experience the world around them with a fullness and exuberance - tracing leaves with their fingers, collecting rocks, splashing in puddles and wondering at the smallest of beauties. This way of being in the world deeply influences my creative process and imagery. It shows up in my eclectic papers and materials: ephemera I have collected along the way. It manifests in my playful and whimsical combinations of images and symbols.
The themes of home, belonging, and adventure originate in my own childhood. My earliest memories of wonder and awe were in Morocco, where the arid atlas mountains captured my heart, the dangerous ocean inspired awe, and delightful gardens surrounded by white walls and arched doors fired my imagination.
Weave into all of that a love of the magic light shed by stained glass windows in epic cathedrals, and a voracious appetite for epic stories both true and fantastical, and much of the inspiration behind my work comes into view.
My hope it create work that inspires joy and awakens child-like wonder.
Education
BA in Visual Art
2007-2011
Houghton University
Masters of Theological Studies
2019-2021
McMaster Divinity College
CV
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Awakenings: MDC Artist Series, 2022, McMaster Divinity College
2017 Afloat and Gleaming, Green Gallery
2017 Travel Watercolors and Monoprints, Patricia Gordon Memorial Gallery
2016 August Exhibit, Patricia Gordon Memorial Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Art in the Workplace Exhibit 36: McMaster Innovation Park
2022 GOHOP GALA EXHIBITION: Greater Ontario House of Prayer
2022 Art in the Workplace Exhibit 35: McMaster Innovation Park
2019 Tread lightly, Eucharist Church
2018 Fur & Feathers, Shells and Scales, Patricia Gordon Memorial Gallery
2017 This, That, and Another Thing: Platetone at Belmont, Gallery 121
2016 Pop-Up Exhibition, Picture This Creative Framing and Gallery
2016 Many Hands Make Light Work, Blend Studio
2015 Our Journey, 40AU Gallery
2015 Platetone Exhibition, Green Hills Library
2014 Flying Solo, Nashville Airport
2014 Past, Present and Future: Platetone 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Harpeth Hall Gallery
2013 Alumni Exhibit, Ortlip Gallery
Artist Residencies
2019 Artist Residency at Eucharist Church in Hamilton ON CA
2017 Artist Residency at Turnip Green Creative Reuse in Nashville TN USA
Publications
2023 Creative Artist Feature in the March - April issue of Faith Today
2020 Artist Spotlight in the Summer issue of Love is Moving
Arts Organization Leadership
2021 - present Co-Founder and Co-Director, Asah: Creativity and Prayer Studio, Hamilton, ON
2019 – 2021 Founder and Director, St Clair Arts Collective, Hamilton, ON
2015 – 2018 Education Coordinator and President, Board of Directors for Platetone Printmaking, Paper and Book Arts, Nashville, TN
2013 – 2018 Committee to plan and run monthly Open Studio workshops, Platetone Printmaking, Paper and Book Arts, Nashville, TN
Gallery Work
2008 - 2011 Assistant to the Director of Exhibitions, Ortlip Gallery, Houghton, NY
ART AND FAITH
Radiant Faces
In addition to being a fine artist, Megan also has a passion to help people encounter the love of God through creativity and prayer! She serves some local prayer communities, offers retreats, workshops, and spiritual reflections on related topics.
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