Meg Aiken

Meg Aiken's current body of work includes figurative oil paintings which have been described as passionate and expressive. With each brush stroke - a shape, a value, a color - Aiken hopes to push herself to the edge and not only create a unique work of art but also speak to men and women of all ages who long to grow beyond - age , oppression , fear - and dare boldly.
These works evolved from the desire to bring forth the faces of women and children in all cultures.
Aiken has exhibited widely and her paintings are held in private collections in the United States. She is the recipient of multiple awards from various organizations including the Portrait Society of America, Principle Gallery and Women Painting Women.
Aiken lives and works in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

2017 Poets and Artists magazine Issue 81
2017 Sight Unseen - Juried Art Show -Abend Gallery -Denver, CO
2016 Oil painting - non commissioned portrait- finalist-Portrait Society of America
2016 Root to Bloom - Juried art show - Principle Gallery -Alexandria, VA
2014 Women Painting Women - Juried art show - Principle Gallery -Charleston,SC
2013 Women Painting Women - Juried art show - Townsend Atelier , Chattanooga, TN
2012 Oil painting -Out of the Box - Honorable mention - Portrait Society of America
2012 Chattanooga Times Free Press, Chattanoogan.com, Lookout Mountain Mirror
Women Painting Women - Painting selected as press example for show
Women Painting Women Catalogue
2007 Drawing Award - first prize - cash award - Chattanooga State, Chattanooga , TN

Works held in private collections in the United States

EDUCATION

2007-2014
Apprenticeship under Mia Bergeron- Master Painter and Internationally Acclaimed artist
Continuing Education Workshops - Alyssa Monks, Catherine Kehoe, Mia Bergeron, Joseph Todorovitch, David Kassan, Sherrie McGraw, Rose Frantzen, Hollis Dunlap, Zhaoming Wu, Marvin Mattelson, Steve Huston, Casey Baugh, New Masters Academy. Townsend Ate...