MEGAN VOSSLER www.meganvossler.com ------EDUCATION 2002 Master of Fine Arts, with Distinction • Visual Studies Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1996 Bachelor of Arts • Visual Arts Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2020 The Beginning of Everything: An Exhibition of Drawings. Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN. Curated by Howard Oransky.
2019 (solo) Megan Vossler: Drawings. Farnham Galleries, Simpson College, Indianola, IA
2018 Arboretum. Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, MN Let’s Go. Burnet Fine Art and Advisory, Wayzata, MN Extraordinary Outdoors. Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN. Curated by Tim Peterson Ekphrastic 3: A Collaborative Storytelling Experiment. Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2017 (solo) Adrift. Rochester Community & Technical College, Rochester, MN (solo) Fallout. Rasmussen Center Gallery, Grand View University, Des Moines, IA Borders. Public Functionary, Minneapolis, MN Ekphrastic 2.0: A Collaborative Storytelling Experiment. Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2016 (solo) Terra Firma. Gage Gallery, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN Inspiration: Foundations. Len G. Everett Gallery, Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL Ekphrastic: A Collaborative Storytelling Experiment. Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
2015 Drawing Deeper. Gretchen Schuette Gallery, Chemeketa Community College, Salem, OR Extraordinary Outdoors. Peterssen/Keller Studio, Minneapolis, MN Topographies. Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN Personal Best. Minnesota State Arts Board, Saint Paul, MN
2014 (solo) Drift. Moreau Center for the Arts, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN Minnesota Biennial. Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN
2013 (solo) Privatopia. Johnson Gallery, Bethel University, Saint Paul, MN
2012 (solo) Overlook: Landscape Studies. Macalester College Art Gallery, Saint Paul, MN Minnesota Artists. Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN. Curated by James Dayton Why Drawing? University Art Gallery, UW La Crosse, WI
2011 Deceptive Distance. College of Visual Arts, Saint Paul, MN. Curated by Christina Schmid
2010 (solo) Sound Signals. Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN Location, Volume 3. Book release and exhibition, Burnet Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Ghost Story. Art of This, Minneapolis MN War Work: Artists Engage Iraq and Other Wars - Sandow Birk, Combat Paper, Daniel Heyman, John Risseeuw, Ehren Tool, Megan Vossler. College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH
2009 (solo) Megan Vossler: Displacements. McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN War Work: Artists Engage Iraq and Other Wars - Sandow Birk, Combat Paper, Daniel Heyman, John Risseeuw, Ehren Tool, Megan Vossler. Perlman Teaching Museum, Carleton College, Northfield, MN. Curated by Laurel Bradley Touch: A Survey of Contemporary Drawing. College of Saint Catherine, Saint Paul, MN
2008 McKnight Artists 2008 (4 person). MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN Pay Attention: Greater Minneapolis 08. Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN Draw Too: A Drawing Show in Four Acts. Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN
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2007 War Mediated: Camille Gage, Justin Newhall, Megan Vossler. Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Karin Breuer
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS , GRANTS, and RESIDENCIES 2019 Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board Mellon Foundation Renewed Purpose Grant (via Macalester College) Wallace Scholarly Activities Grant, Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching, Macalester College 2018 Yaddo Visual Arts Resident, Saratoga Springs, NY Mellon Foundation Lifelong Learners Grant (via Macalester College) 2017 National Endowment for the Arts, Art Works Grant, (for Ekphrastic 2.0, via Soo Visual Arts Center) 2017 Wallace Scholarly Activities Grant, Jan Serie Center for Scholarship and Teaching, Macalester College 2015 Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board 2013 Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board 2009 Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant 2007 McKnight Artists Fellowship in Visual Arts 2005 Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2017 The Encyclopedia Project, Volume 3 (L-Z). Tisa Bryant, Miranda Mellis and Kate Schatz, eds. New York: Publication Studio Hudson.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2017-present Assistant Professor of Art (NTT), Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 2013-present Curatorial Panel Member, Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN 2018 Curator, facilitator, and participant: Ekphrastic 2.0: A Collaborative Storytelling Experiment (thirty-eight artists and four poets). Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN 2017 Curator, facilitator, and participant: Ekphrastic 2.0: A Collaborative Storytelling Experiment (thirty-eight artists and five poets). Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN 2009-2017 Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN 2016 Curator, facilitator, and participant: Ekphrastic: A Collaborative Storytelling Experiment (twenty-five artists and three poets). Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN 2015 Juror, Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant, Jerome Foundation, Saint Paul, MN 2014 Juror, Drawings and Pastels, Minnesota State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition 2009-2011 Elected panelist, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, Minneapolis Institute of Art
COLLECTIONS Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY John Hay Library, Artist Book Collection, Brown University, Providence, RI Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA Diane and Sandy Besser Collection / Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, Los Angeles, CA Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN Minneapolis Institute of Art, Artist Book Collection, Minneapolis, MN
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