Megan Walch

Megan Walch (born Tasmania 1967) is a contemporary Australian painter.

She graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors, 1989 and was the recipient of an Anne and Gordon Samstag Scholarship in 1994.[1][2] She completed a Master of Fine Arts at the San Francisco Art Institute, California, 1997, attending the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine in the summer of 1996.[3] In 1998 she received a grant of a studio for twelve months in The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation's Space Program in Manhattan.[4]

Her work has been exhibited in the United States and Australia. Exhibitions include:

Walch’s art work has been influenced by residencies in Australia Council for the Arts and Asialink overseas studios at the Taipei National University of the Arts in 2002, Khon Kaen University in North Eastern Thailand in 2004 and Tokyo, Japan in 2014.[13][14] She has taught at the Australian National University's Canberra School of Art, Monash University, the Victorian College of the Arts, and the Tasmanian College of the Arts where she is a PhD candidate.[15][16][17] Her work is represented by Bett Gallery in Hobart, Tasmania.[18]

In 2000 she was awarded the Conrad Jupiters Art Prize of the Gold Coast City Art Gallery.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Graduation Verification Service - University of Tasmania". Studentcentre.utas.edu.au. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  2. ↑ "Megan Walch - Samstag Scholar 1995". W3.unisa.edu.au. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  3. ↑ "Skowhegan - art registry". Skowheganart.org. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  4. ↑ "Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation - Artist to Artist Exhibition". Sharpeartfdn.qwestoffice.net. 2002-06-01. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  5. ↑ Chiu, Melissa (2000). Primavera 2000 : the Belinda Jackson exhibition of young artists. Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. ISBN 1875632697.
  6. ↑ "A swag of samstagers". W3.unisa.edu.au. 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  7. ↑ Wolfe, Ross (2004). Kindle and swag : the Samstag effect : works by selected Samstag scholars ; Kristian Burford, Nicholas Folland, Timothy Horn, Deborah Paauwe, Nike Savvas, Megan Walch, Anne Wallace : an exhibition by Ross Wolfe. Adelaide: University of South Australia Art Museum. ISBN 0868035408.
  8. ↑ "Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation - Artist to Artist Exhibition". Sharpeartfdn.qwestoffice.net. 2002-06-01. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  9. ↑ "Art Gallery of New South Wales - Archive: Wilderness: Balnaves contemporary painting". Archive.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  10. ↑ Tunnicliffe, Wayne (2010). Wilderness : Balnaves contemporary painting. [Sydney]: Art Gallery of New South Wales. ISBN 9781741740547.
  11. ↑ "QVMAG: The Skullbone Experiment". Qvmag.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  12. ↑ "Tasmanian Land Conservancy :: The Skullbone Experiment exhibition opening". Tasland.org.au. 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  13. ↑ "Asialink - Megan Walch (2004/5)". Cms.unimelb.edu.au. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  14. ↑ "Visual Arts Board Assessment Meeting Report November 2012- S&D and Presentation & Promotion". Australia Council. 2012-08-22. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  15. ↑ "Megan Walch - School of Art - ANU". Soa.anu.edu.au. 2013-05-01. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  16. ↑ "Introduction to Drawing - Tasmanian Creative Arts - University of Tasmania, Australia". Utas.edu.au. 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  17. ↑ Walch, Megan (1970-01-01). "Megan Walch | University of Tasmania - Academia.edu". Utas.academia.edu. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  18. ↑ "Bett Gallery". Bett Gallery. 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2014-03-11.
  19. ↑ "Megan Walch". Retrieved 26 January 2015.

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