Megan Walch Explained
Megan Walch |
Birth Place: | Tasmania, Australia |
Nationality: | Australian |
Alma Mater: | San Francisco Art Institute University of Tasmania |
Known For: | Painting |
Megan Walch (born Tasmania 1967) is a contemporary Australian painter.
Biography
Walch 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]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Graduation Verification Service - University of Tasmania . Studentcentre.utas.edu.au . 2014-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111005222331/http://www.studentcentre.utas.edu.au/GraduationVerification/Default.aspx . 5 October 2011 . dead .
- Web site: Megan Walch - Samstag Scholar 1995 . W3.unisa.edu.au . 2014-03-11.
- Web site: Skowhegan - art registry . Skowheganart.org . 2014-03-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140425121228/http://www.skowheganart.org/index.php?page=art-registry . 2014-04-25 .
- Web site: Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation - Artist to Artist Exhibition . Sharpeartfdn.qwestoffice.net . 2002-06-01 . 2014-03-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140324180029/http://sharpeartfdn.qwestoffice.net/artisttoartist.htm . 2014-03-24 .
- Book: Chiu, Melissa. Primavera 2000 : the Belinda Jackson exhibition of young artists. 2000. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Sydney. 1875632697.
- Web site: A swag of samstagers . W3.unisa.edu.au . 2009-09-07 . 2014-03-11.
- Book: Wolfe, Ross. 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.. 2004. University of South Australia Art Museum. Adelaide. 0868035408.
- Web site: Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation - Artist to Artist Exhibition . Sharpeartfdn.qwestoffice.net . 2002-06-01 . 2014-03-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140324180029/http://sharpeartfdn.qwestoffice.net/artisttoartist.htm . 2014-03-24 .
- Web site: Art Gallery of New South Wales - Archive: Wilderness: Balnaves contemporary painting . Archive.artgallery.nsw.gov.au . 2014-03-11.
- Book: Tunnicliffe, Wayne. Wilderness : Balnaves contemporary painting. 2010. Art Gallery of New South Wales. [Sydney]. 9781741740547.
- Web site: QVMAG: The Skullbone Experiment . Qvmag.tas.gov.au . 2014-03-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140228132606/http://www.qvmag.tas.gov.au/qvmag/index.php?c=236 . 2014-02-28 .
- Web site: Tasmanian Land Conservancy :: The Skullbone Experiment exhibition opening . Tasland.org.au . 2014-02-03 . 2014-03-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140305233143/http://www.tasland.org.au/newblog/the-skullbone-experiment-exhibition-opening/ . 2014-03-05 .
- Web site: Asialink - Megan Walch (2004/5) . Cms.unimelb.edu.au . 2014-03-11 . dead . https://archive.today/20140327164013/http://cms.unimelb.edu.au/asialink/our_work/arts/visual_arts/residencies/past/thailand/megan_walch . 2014-03-27 .
- Web site: Visual Arts Board Assessment Meeting Report November 2012- S&D and Presentation & Promotion . https://web.archive.org/web/20121216100333/http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grant-decisions/reports/visual_arts/visual-arts-board-assessment-meeting-report-november-2012 . dead . 2012-12-16 . Australia Council . 2012-08-22 . 2014-03-11 .
- Web site: Megan Walch - School of Art - ANU . Soa.anu.edu.au . 2013-05-01 . 2014-03-11.
- Web site: Introduction to Drawing - Tasmanian Creative Arts - University of Tasmania, Australia . Utas.edu.au . 2012-01-11 . 2014-03-11.
- Web site: Walch . Megan . Megan Walch | University of Tasmania - Academia.edu . Utas.academia.edu . 1970-01-01 . 2014-03-11.
- Web site: Bett Gallery . Bett Gallery . 2012-05-26 . 2014-03-11.
- Web site: Megan Walch. 26 January 2015.