Meg Pierce

Meg Pierce grew up in the Buffalo area. With an MFA from Pratt Institute she continued to do art as well as teach art on Long Island.

My art has become more intimate as I aged.

I use more personal (and feminine) vintage lace and fabrics, sewing notions. Three-dimensional expressions, stitched, transparent hangings, move and are hung from above.
They calm and comfort. I have decided that these hangings are small, intimate devotional installations for quietude and peace- somewhat like icons.
This body of work creates a complex visual experience. But on another level the stitching, fabric, lace and pins are also my metaphors for a woman's interior life. Our spirit is constructed year by year with levels of experience and feeling. They become woven together and defend our center. The intricacy of this web often remains hidden, discovered only upon careful reflection.

In this later work I have found a way to align a contemporary aesthetic with a deep personal expression of my history and self: a delicate, meditative and peaceful art.

A graduate of the College of New Rochelle, she went on to gain a Masters in Art and Art Education from Columbia University, NY, NY and a MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. She was a teacher of art the Herricks Schools, New Hyde Park, on Long Island from 1969-2001 and found teaching to be an extraordinary source of energy and pride.
Residencies include: Hambidge Center for Arts/Georgia, September 2016, Brush Creek Foundation/ Wyoming, January 2016
Millay Colony for the Arts/ New York, September 2014,
Weir Farm/ Connecticut: Artist in Residence, February 2012
John Ringling Towers (Sarasota) Individual Artist Award: Visual Art 2010
Hermitage Artist Retreat/ Fine Art Society of Sarasota Residency 2010
Other studies in art include the Vermont Studio School, Johnson, VT, Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Idaho and the Oxbow Workshop, Saugatuck, Michigan, as well as study abroad in Italy and China and India.
Her latest work has been mixed media collage and painting in acrylics featuring vintage fiber and found objects.
She has shown widely in the NY area, as well as recently at Florida CraftArt St Petersburg, FL, Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art+Design, Sarasota, FL, Harmony Gallery, Sarasota, FL and Art Center...

Dunedin Fine Arts Center "Enduring Paths" FL
Art Center Sarasota "She Persisted"
Olivet Nazarene University"Sanctuary" 2021
621 Gallery Tallahassee FL "Sanctuary" solo 2019
Art Center Sarasota “A Delicate Balance” Lyon / Pierce October 2015
Selby Gallery Ringling College of Art+Design. Sarasota, FL “ Defining Abstraction” July 2015
Fine Art Society Sarasota “Creators + Collectors 2015 Tour” Galleria
Florida CraftArt St. Petersberg, FL Retail Shop (ongoing) 2015
Art Center Manatee Bradenton, FL “Who we are” Jan 2015
Artspace Gallery Anna Maria, FL “Round About” Feb 2014
University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC “Mending-New Uses for Old Traditions” March 2014
Harmony Gallery Sarasota, FL “Recent Work”(solo) Feb 2013
Urban Alchemist Brooklyn, NY “small stories” July 2012
Selby Gallery. Ringling College of Art+Design. Sarasota, FL “Florida Artist Group” May 2012 (H.M.)
Morean Art Center St Petersburg FL “Upcycled” Dec-Jan 2012
Maitland Art & History Museum FL “Florida Artists Group” Sept 2011
Chautauqua Institute, NY “54th Contemporary Art” July 2011
Selby Gallery. Ringling College of Art+Design. Sarasota “WCA Juried” (Merit Award) May 2011
Saw Palm: Florida Literature and Art. Published by University of South...