Megan Euker
About the Artist
01/19/2009

Megan Euker currently lives in Florence, Italy on a Fulbright grant. She is currently invested in painting cultural-specific "water-immersion" and bathing rituals.
New Work
 
The Bridgemakers
 
The Bathers
 
Miscellaneous Works
 
Education

2007

  • M.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2005

  • B.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Chautauqua Institute School of Art (summer 2005)

2003, 2004

  • International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture in Umbria, Italy

2000

  • Savannah College of Art and Design pre-college program
Awards & Honors

2008-2009

  • Fulbright Scholar to Italy

2008

  • Individual artist award, Illinois Art Council
  • Full fellowship, Vermont Studio Center

2006

  • Union League Civic and Arts Competition, Honorable Mention

2001, 2002

  • Nominated for Merit Scholarships, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2001

  • M.I. Hummel Scholarship for the Arts

2000

  • Savannah College of Art and Design Academic and Merit Scholarships
Exhibitions

2008

  • Western Exhibitions, Chicago
  • Project Space, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago
  • Submerge: Servando Garcia and Megan Euker, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco
  • Artwork 5, Exhibition of Faculty and Staff at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 2, Chicago

2007

  • Beverly Arts Center, Chicago
  • 'This is Not a Self-Portrait,' Gallery 2, Chicago
  • MFA Thesis Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 2, Chicago
  • Prince Street Gallery, Exhibition juried by Philip Pearlstein, New York City (January)
  • Nippon 14: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Presidential Awards Competition, Nippon Steel USA, Chicago (March)
  • Lobby exhibition, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.
  • Lollapalooza, Chicago.

2006

  • Balls Out, 518 E. Erie Street, Milwaukee
  • Union League Civic and Arts Competition, Chicago
  • Nippon 13: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Presidential Awards Competition, Nippon Steel USA, Chicago

2005

  • Juried exhibition at Beverly Arts Center, Chicago
  • Paintings from Montecastello, Tina Day Harber Gallery, Chicago
  • Chautauqua School of Art show, Logan Gallery, Chautauqua, New York
  • The Nature of Space, Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, New York
  • BFA Thesis Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 2, Chicago
  • Artwindows 2005: Salvatore Ferragamo on Michigan Avenue, Chicago
  • Reframed, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago
  • Nippon 12: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Presidential Awards Competition, Nippon Steel USA, Chicago, IL

2004

  • Claudia Andersen Gallery, Fine Arts Building, Chicago
  • International School of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture Gallery in Umbria, Italy
  • Artwindows 2004: Optica on Oak Street, Chicago
  • Artwindows 2004: Mark Shale on Michigan Avenue, Chicago

2003

  • Mental Health of Greater Chicago Benefit Show at Shelle Jewelers, Glencoe, IL
  • International School of Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture Gallery in Umbria, Italy
  • Artwindows 2003: Hugo Boss, Chicago
  • Nippon 11: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Presidential Awards Competition, Nippon Steel USA, Chicago, IL

2002

  • Exposed: Drawings of the Human Figure: Juried Exhibition, Creative Alliance, Baltimore
  • Art Bash, Gallery 2, Chicago
  • Collaboration project: LIPA Gallery, Chicago

2000

  • Rising Star Show, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
Experience

2007-2008

  • Assistant Manager, Sharp Instructional Shops, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Teaching Assistant for 3-D class, First Year Program

2008

  • Dominican University, Illinois, Substitute for figure drawing

2007

  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Teaching assistant for Sullivan Fabrication Studios: students working in Interior Architecture, Designed Objects, and Furniture Design (winter)

2006

  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Instructor for Multi-Level Figure Drawing
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Teaching assistant for the Early College program: Drawing into Painting and Figure Painting (Summer 2006)

2005-2007

  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Teaching assistant for First Year Program: Sharp Instructional shops, focusing on sculpture

Internships

2007

  • Rome, Italy

Related Work Experience

2008

  • Benefit auction for The Society of Contemporary Art, Chicago

2007

  • Auction for Chicago Loop Alliance, Chicago Cultural Center.

2004

  • Pianist at Fly me to the Moon restaurant and piano bar, Chicago

2003

  • Wood/metal shop assistant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Volunteer and committee member for Student Union Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Publications & Lectures

Publications

2008

  • Gunn, Dann, "The History of Art is a History of Bathers/review of Linda Warren Gallery", New City, Chicago, July 24, 2008
  • Foumberg, Jason, "Summer Camp", New City, Chicago, July 2008
  • Alumni calender, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2007

  • At the Table with Terry Myers, Jerry Saltz, and James Yood podcast by The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2007
  • Painting on cover of Professor Raja Halwani's book, Sex and Ethics

2006

  • Union League Civic and Arts Newsletter
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Public Lectures

2007

  • Issues in Figuration Class, taught by Paola Cabal, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • Second Year Graduate Student Lecture, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Contact
Megan Euker
megansmail238@yahoo.com
Links
Farasha Euker / Linda Warren Gallery / James Kao / Ezara Hoffman / Servando Garcia / Eric Lebofsky / Sara Coffin / Claire Sherman / Diego Leclery / David Leggett / Joseph Noderer / Togonon Gallery /