Artist's Statement
I make abstracted biological forms that are intended to be empathized with through their anthropomorphic qualities of gesture and color, in order to hypothesize the potential outcomes of change.
Biography
Meaghan Gates is a ceramicist who received her BFA from California State University, Chico and her MFA from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth as a Distinguished Art Fellow. She has worked and exhibited her ceramic sculptures both internationally and across the United States. Currently, she continues to develop new forms and teaches as an Assistant Professor in Ceramics at the Utah Tech University in St. George, Utah.
Contact
gates.meaghan@gmail.com
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EDUCATION
2013-2016 MFA, Ceramics, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA.
2008-2011 BFA, Studio Arts, Minor in Art History, California State University, Chico.
2005-2008 Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA.
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2023 Purchase Prize, 2023 National Cup Show, The Hudgens Art Center, Atlanta, GA.
2016 Finalist, So to Speak Visual Art Contest, So To Speak Journal, Fairfax, VA.
2015 Recipient, Ruel J. and Patricia A. Hall Educational Fund for India Scholarship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA.
2015 Recipient, NCECA Graduate Student Fellowship, The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Boulder, CO.
2015 Recipient, Best in Show Maxwell Mays Award,Earth Elements, Providence Art Club All Media Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI.
2015 Recipient,Third Place,Valdosta National 2015, Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, GA. (catalog)
2013 Recipient, Distinguished Art Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA.
2011 Recipient, Windgate Fellowship, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Hendersonville, NC.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021 - Present Assistant Professor in Ceramics, Utah Tech University, St. George, UT.
2017 - 2021 Adjunct Professor and Ceramic Lab Supervisor, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL.
2019 – 2021 Instructor, First City Art Center, Pensacola, FL
2016 - 2017 Mentor, Art All-State, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA.
2016 - 2017 Instructor, Art Club, Columbia Middle School, Columbia, NC.
2017 Instructor, Adult Ceramic Workshop, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC.
2017 Instructor, Pocosin Zoo, Art After School Program, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC.
2017 Instructor, The Wheel Method, One-Day Workshop, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC.
2016 Instructor, North Carolina Wesleyan CollegeGroup Workshop, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC.
2015 - 2016 Instructor, Adult Ceramic Workshop, New Bedford Art Museum/ Artworks!, New Bedford, MA.
2014 - 2015 Instructor and Curriculum Advisor, Small Scale Ceramic Initiative for the Amrita Self-Reliant Village Programme and Ammachi Labs, Kerala, India.
2015 Instructor, ATR 291-01 Ceramics I: Intro to Handbuilding, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford Campus, MA.
2014 Instructional Assistant, ATR 123Styling the Apocalypse, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA.
2014 Mentor, Teen Artist Internship Program, New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks!, New Bedford, MA.
2014 Instructor, Tweens on Wheels: Clay Workshop, ArtWorks!, New Bedford, MA.
2013 Instructor, Junk Bugs After School Program, Alma Del Mar, New Bedford, MA.
2012 - 2013 Instructor, Kids ‘N’ Clay, Berkeley, CA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 2023 National Cup Show, The Hudgens Art Center, Atlanta, GA.
2023 Biomorphic Idyll, Queens City Clay, Norwood, OH.
2023 Clay Invitational, Tilted Kiln, St. George, UT.
2022 2022 Student and Faculty Showcase, Featured Artist, Sears Art Museum, St. George, UT.
2022 Cultivating Clay: A Survey of Chico State Ceramics Since 1996, California State University Chico, Chico, CA.
2021 Botanical Art and Illustration, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.
2021 Where We Are Not, 777 W Mallory Street, Pensacola, FL.
2021 Sten Lykke Madsen and Friends, The Apple House, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør, DK.
2021 Botanical Abundance, The 17th Annual Ceramic Juried Open Exhibition, Tujunga, CA.
2021 Spring to Life, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC.
2020 Holiday Exhibition 2020, Invitational Online Exhibition, https://www.awayartgallery.com.
2020 Changing a Point of View: Sculpture & Installation Exhibition, Online Juried Exhibition, https://www.allshemakes.org.
2020 Contemporary Clay 2020: Biennial Juried Exhibition, The Art Center, Grand Junction, CO.
2020 23rd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Art, San Angelo, TX.
2020 STEAM2020 Exhibition, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL.
2019 Clay Matters, Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA.
2019 Off Center: Third Annual International Ceramic Art Competition, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA.
2019 Persistence: A National Exhibition Celebrating Women, d’Art Center, Norfolk VA.
2019 Branching Out, Hammond Hall Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL.
2018 18 Cubed, International Ceramic Exhibition, Art Aqua Fair, Miami Beach, FL.
2018 Sculpture National, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.
2018 The Shoebox Show, The Apple House, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør, DK.
2018 10x10x20, 10 Year AnniversaryShow, BSO Gallery, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA.
2017 Resource, TAG Gallery, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL.
2017 Nature and Neon: National Juried Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN.
2017 Alma Mudder, Recent Work By Former CSU, Chico Ceramics Students, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.
2017 To See the Unseen, The Art Center, Corvallis, OR.
2016 UMass Dartmouth MFA Exhibition, Bromfield Gallery, Boston,MA.
2016 MFA Candidates Exhibition, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA.
2015 Craft Forms 2015,Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA.
2015 Earth Elements,Providence Art Club All Media Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI. (Best in Show Maxwell Mays Award)
2015 Valdosta National 2015, Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, GA. (Third Place,Catalogue)
2015 Icebreaker 6: National Juried Exhibition, Ice Cube Gallery, Denver, CO.
2014 City of Light, SOFA Chicago's Connect, SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2014 Summus Emerging Artist Showcase, Minan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2013 Brute Force: Visionaries, Outlaws, and Iconoclasts, Nielsen Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
2012 Translations,Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China.
2012 Network 2012, Grimmerhus Ceramic Museum, Middelfart, DK. (catalog)
2011 Project Network, Session 1 Exhibition, The Apple House, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør, DK.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 An Element of Regeneration, Gaya Ceramic Art Center, Bali, Indonesia.
2023 An Articulation of Adaptation, Hodson Gallery, Tatem Arts Center, Hood College, Frederick, MD.
2021 Biotic Beings, Dab Art Co., Online Exclusive Art Exhibition, https://www.artsy.net/show/dab-art-biotic-beings.
2021 Transmutations, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans
2019 Circumstance of Adaptation, Appalachian Center for Craft, Smithville, TN.
2018 Featured Artist: Meaghan Gates, Gallery Night, Pensacola, FL.
2016 Colo Colo Gallery Presents Meaghan Gates, Colo Colo Gallery, New Bedford, MA.
2012 Shigaraki Progression, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Gallery, Shigaraki, JP.
2011 From Within, BSO Gallery, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA.
2010 Of My World, 3rd Floor Gallery, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA.
PUBLICATIONS
2021 ArtConnect Magazine, Artist to Watch ’21, October 2021 Issue, Digital Magazine, https://www.magazine.artconnect.com/meaghan-gates.
2021 Marvelous Art Magazine, Featured Artist: Meaghan Gates, October 2021 Issue: 18, Digital Magazine, http://marvelousartgallery.com.
2017 Studio Potter, The Mananthavady Women’s Kiln Project: Connecting Through Medium and Purpose, Vol.45 No.1, Winter/Spring 2017.
2016 Village Soup, UMass MFA Exhibition Wows in New Bedford, New Bedford, MA.
2016 So to Speak Journal, Art Prize Finalist, 2015-16 Contest Issue, Fairfax, VA.
2015 Valdosta National 2015, Show Catalog, pgs. 13,17.
2012 Project Network, Catalog, pgs. 6-7.
2010 The Orion, Ceramic Show Comes to Life, Issue 14.
2000 The Kids 'N' Clay Ceramics Book: Hand building and Wheel-Throwing Projects from the Kids 'N' Clay Pottery Studio, Nierman, Kevin, Elaine Arima, and Curtis H. Arima. Berkeley, Calif: Tricycle Press, 2000. (Reproduction of work)
COLLECTIONS
2023 Gaya Ceramic Art Center, Bali, Indonesia.
2012 Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Gallery, Shigaraki, JP.
2011 Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør, DK.
RESIDENCY:
2023 Artist in Resident, Gaya Ceramic Art Center, Ubud, Bali.
2022 Artist in Resident and Session Organizer, Session II: Biomorphic Idyll, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME.
2016 - 2017 Artist in Resident, Pocosin Arts, Columbia, NC.
2012 Artist in Resident, Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China.
2012 Artist in Resident, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park Gallery, Shigaraki, JP
2011 Artist in Resident, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør, DK.
PANEL/LECTURE/DEMO
2023 Artist Talk, Gaya Ceramic Art Center, Bali, Indonesia.
2023 Visiting Artist, Hood College, Frederick, MD.
2021 Interview, ArtConnect Artist to Watch in September, Art Next Door Podcast, Episode #20.2, https://podtail.com/en/podcast/art-next-door/art-next-door-20-2-special-edition-artconnect-arti/.
2020 Panel Discussant, “Transdisciplinary Collaborations”and “Wonder”, STEAM2020 Colloquium, Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL.
2019 Artist Demonstration, Pocosin Arts Guest Artist, Carolina Artisan Craft Market, Raleigh, NC.
2017 Visiting Artist, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
2015 Visiting Artist Talk, Taos Clay Studio, Taos, NM.
2014 Presenter, “Of Bioluminescent Organisms and other Beautiful Natural Occurrences”The Way Things Work: Art As Science, Science As Art, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA.
2014 Panel Discussant, “Get Out There, Way Out There!”, 48th Annual NCECA Conference, Milwaukee, WI.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013 - Present Volunteer, NCECA’s Annual Cup Sale, NCECA, Location Varies.
2022 Judge, Sculpture National, Clay Center of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.
2021 Judge, Chain of Parks Art Festival, Tallahassee, FL.
2019 - Present Advisor, UWF Ceramic Club, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL.
2018 - 2019 UWF Art Department High School Outreach Supervisor, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL.
2016 - 2018 Art Head, Camp Pembroke, Pembroke, MA.
2011 Assistant, Guldagergaard International Ceramic Research Center, Skælskør, DK.
2011 Assistant Facilitator for Kevin Neirman, California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art, Davis, CA.
2010 - 2011 Work Study Intern, CSU Chico Glass Lab, Chico, CA.
2010 Assistant Facilitator for Kevin Neirman, Ceramics Annual of America, San Francisco, CA.
2010 Work Study Intern, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA.
ORGANIZATIONS
2011 - Present Member, NCECA, Erie, CO.
2017 – Present Member, Artaxis, Online, https://artaxis.org.