MEG HIGGINS
Mixed Media Fine Art
EXHIBIT UPDATE! Select Works Now on View ~ Edenside Gallery
1422 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY 40205
THE HUNGRY EYE
With my work I want to say, ‘Look at this beautiful thing I’ve discovered ~ isn’t it amazing! I hope you are amused, gratified and inspired by the marvel of this animal, flower, angel, and/or color I put before you.’
I thrive through experiencing the world visually, seeking intelligent beauty wherever I go and capturing ideas for art-making in nature, fashion and the vernacular of everyday life. These choice elements are combined into narratives of my own surreal creations: a bird-headed woman conversing with an angel-faced butterfly; a large marsupial with soulful eyes dominating an elegant living room; or a marching blue bird wearing red tights.
Creating my work begins by drawing from a large filing system, of photographs and ideas torn from magazines or graphic design samples, with images of nature, faces, body parts, landscapes or silhouettes; along with exotic papers, found objects, pressed flowers and leaves.
These files are fodder for building my art. Of course, I only use a tiny fraction of this treasure trove, but amazingly, small scraps of paper or fragments of an image can fuel inspiration and trigger the impulse to create something singularly my own.
RESUME
Meg Higgins received two individual artists grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women and is well known for Facing 50 at Gallerie Hertz, an invitational show where she challenged 50 artists and writers to take a fresh look at stereotypes of aging. Meg has taught art history as an adjunct professor at Bellarmine College. Also a writer and communications professional, she has produced award-winning films, programs and communication materials.
RECENT EXHIBITS
Pyro Gallery, Louisville
Discoveries, Louisville
Kleinhelter Gallery, New Albany
Juxtaposition, Danville Art Center
Consider Boutique, Louisville
Shine Gallery, Louisville
RECENT WORKSHOPS
Laurie Doctor Studio
Saguaro, Stone, Sky, Sketchbook | Tucson, AZ
Live the Question | Taos, NM
Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts
Sondra Dorn: Mixed Media
Penland School of Crafts
Pat Wheeler: Creating the Intuitive: Journal to Painting
Berea College
Jacqueline Sullivan: Acrylics & Texture
EARLIER INVITATIONAL AND JURIED SHOWS
Louisville, KY:
Artists’ Apparel, Kentucky Art and Craft Foundation
Art Chunky Style, Bank One Gallery
DinnerWorks, Louisville Visual Arts Association (LVA)
The Doll Show, LVA
The Februaries, Swanson Cralle Gallery
Food for Thought, LVAA
Higgins, Donley and Begley, Zephyr Gallery
Holiday Door Prizes, The Courier Journal
The Horse, Brownsboro Gallery
Jarring, Chapman Friedman Gallery
On Target '90, Zephyr Gallery
Visions, Liberty Gallery
The Weave Suite Revisited: A Fiber Collaborative, with C.J. Pressma, PYRO Gallery
Regional:
Artists’ Wear, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, Ind.
Arts in the Hospitals, Richmond, Va. (special MCV collection purchase)
Collage: 16 x 20, Morlan Gallery, Mitchell Fine Arts Center, Lexington, Ky.
Education of an Artist: Thirteen Women, Houchens Gallery, Capitol Arts Center, Bowling Green, Ky.
Kentucky Juried Women's Art Exhibition, Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, Ky.
Wearable Art, Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, Mount St. Francis, Ind.
EXHIBITION CURATOR
Facing 50, Galerie Hertz,
A Portrait of Care, Liberty Gallery
Art on the Spot, Zephyr Gallery
Contents Under Pressure, co-curator at LVA
NOTABLE CLIENTS
Baptist East/Milestone Wellness Center
Louisville Visual Art Association
Solid Light Exhibit Design
21C Museum/Hotel
Eyedia, design it again
Louisville Visual Art
Look Gallery Guide
Metro United Way
EDUCATION
BA Art History, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Photography, Parsons School of Design, NY, NY and Paris, France
Media Studies, New School of Social Work, NY, NY
Internship, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY