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Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2019      Creation: Collision of Art and Science, West End Plastic Surgery, Washington, DC
2018      Coloring with Lines, (solo) Hera Hub, Washington, DC
               Delineated, (solo) Via Umbria Gallery, Washington, DC
2015      Loop: Megan Maher Prints (solo), Electric Maid, Washington, DC
1994      Seeing with Shapes, Watkins Gallery, Washington, DC
1993      Across a Generation (two person), Huff Gallery, Louisville, KY 

Selected Group Exhibitions
2021       Hope & Possibility, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
                1460 Wallmountables, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
2020      Latela Curatorial x Artsy: Women in the Arts Online Exhibit, Washington, DC
               Shift, Mclean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA 
               By The People x Monochrome Collective Virtual Art Fair, Washington, DC
2019      Flashback, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
               VidArt: Art Auction, Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC
               Tri-Annual MD Artist Registry Juried Exhibit, Maryland Arts Place, Baltimore, MD
               Crossing Borders, BWI, Airport, MD
               1460 Wall Mountables, DC Arts Center, Washington DC
2018      Sensory Engagement Lab Show and Tell, VisArts, Rockville, MD
               Bright Future, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
               Regional Juried Show, Hill Center, Washington, DC
               Women in Abstraction, Public Playhouse, Riverdale, MD
2017       Art Basel Pop Up: Modern Art Perfected, Decorus Realty, Sunny Isles Beach, FL
                Bloom Pop Up, Washington, DC
                1460 Wall Mountables, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
                Zeitgeist IV: Preconceptual, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
                Selfie: Me, Myself and Us, Flashpoint Gallery, Washington, DC
2016       Power (I Know It When…), DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
                Collected and Layered: Reinventing Landscapes, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
                1460 Wall Mountables, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
2015       Hickok Cole Art Night, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
                Into the Light, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
                1460 Wall Mountables, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
                Strictly Paining 10, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
                Transformation, Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring, MD
                DIS/SATISFACTION: Permission to Rewrite History, It’s Personal, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC
2014       8 x 8, Washington Project for the Arts @ (e)merge Art Fair, Washington, DC
                Colorscapes, Takoma Park Community Center, Takoma Park, MD
                Transformations, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
                Members’ Exhibition, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
2013       Half and Half, Cade Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
                8 x 8, Washington Project for the Arts @ (e)merge Art Fair, Washington, DC 
               1460 Wall Mountables, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
                Entropy, Metropolitan Art Project, Fairfax, VA
                Less is More, Mitchell Gallery, Annapolis, MD
2012       Re-launched, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
                Abstract Visions, Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Silver Spring, MD
                Looped, Artomatic Crystal City, VA
                Loop d Loop, Artomatic@Frederick, Frederick, MD
2011       ARTventures on H, Open Studio DC, Washington, DC
2010       New Prints, A. Salon, Washington, DC
2009       Around and Around, Artomatic X, Washington, DC
2007       All Prints, Ellipse Gallery, Arlington, VA
2006       Adjunct Faculty Exhibition, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC
2005       Print Show, White Walls, Washington, DC
2004       Blues, District Fine Arts, Washington, DC
2003       Do’s and Don’ts, Gallery K, Washington, DC
2002       9/11, Fear, Faith, and Fate, Troyer Gallery, Washington, DC
2000       Artscapes, Baltimore, MD
1999       Artscapes, Baltimore, MD
1998       All Media, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
1997       Faculty Exhibit, College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD
1996       Faculty Exhibit, College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD
1989       Outsiders, Centro Arti Visive, Perugia, Italy

Work is in the collections of Indiana University, Corcoran College of Art + Design and private collectors in the US, Canada and New Zealand.

Curatorial
2020      Uncommon Goods, Willow Street Gallery, Washington, DC
2019      Crossing Borders, BWI Airport, MD
2017      Finder-Maker: Eric Celarier, Ani Hoover, and Nicole Salimbene, Honfleur Gallery, Washington, DC 
2016      “Say What?” Dave Peterson and Charlie Visconage: Recent Work, (Co-Curated with Jim Mao) Willow Street Gallery,                      Washington, DC
                Collected and Layered: Reinventing Landscapes: Mei Mei Chang, Megan Maher, and Rebecca Rivas Rogers, Willow Street                  Gallery, Washington, DC

Grant/Fellowships
2021       Covid-19 General Operating Support Emergency Grant  Award for Artists and Scholars, Montgomery County                              Council of At and Humanities, Silver Spring, MD
2020       Individual Artists and Scholars Grant, Montgomery County Council of At and Humanities, Silver Spring, MD
1992 – 1994 Graduate Fellowship, The American University, Washington, DC
1993       Residency Fellowship, Vermont Studio School, Johnson, VT
1991       Residency Fellowship, Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY

Residencies
2018       Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME
1993       Vermont Studio School, Johnson, VT
1990        Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY
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Honors/Publications
2018      Honorable Mention, Regional Juried Show, Hill Center, Washington, DC
2017      “Zeitgeist IV: Preconceptual” exhibition catalogue, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC, 2017
               Panel Discussion, Selfie: Me, Myself, and US, Luce Center, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 
               Sadie Dingfelder “For starters, there’s no duck face” The Washington Post Express and The Washington Post, 2017
2016      Mark Jenkins, “In the galleries: Paintings both ephemeral and vivid,” The Washington Post, 2016
              “Power (I Know It When…)” exhibition catalogue, DC Arts Center, Washington, DC, 2016
               Panel Discussion, Power (I Know It When…), District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, DC
               Artist Talk, Collected and Layered: Reinventing Landscapes/Mei Mei Chang/Megan Maher/Rebecca Rivas Rogers, 
               Willow Street Gallery, Washington DC
2015      Artist Talk, Dis/Satisfaction: Permission to Rewrite History, It’s Personal, District of Columbia Arts Center,    
               Washington, DC
               Mark Jenkins, “In the galleries: Rooted in nature but not always natural,” The Washington Post, 2015
               “Dis/Satisfaction: Permission to Rewrite History, It’s Personal,” exhibition catalogue, District of Columbia Arts 
                Center, Washington DC, 2015
2014 - 2016 Sparkplug 4.0 collective member, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
1994     "Eight in Dialogue,” exhibition catalogue, Watkins Art Gallery, American University; Vermont Studio Center, 1994. 
               Essay by Don Kimes.

Education
1994 M.F.A. The American University, Washington, DC
1991 B.F.A. Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

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