Megan Euker

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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 and Honors

2010 Artists' Fellowship, Inc. Grant (New York)

Change, Inc. Artist Assistance Grant (est. by Robert Rauschenberg)

Honorable Mention Award, Beverly Arts Center Evolving Artists Competition

Professional Development Grant, Illinois Arts Council

2008-2009 Fulbright Fellow, Florence, Italy

2009 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Nominee

2008 Individual Artist Grant, Illinois Art Council

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

Solo Exhibitions (represented by Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago)

2011 (upcoming) Reenactments, Main Gallery, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago

2009 Project Space, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago

2008 Project Space, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago

Group Exhibitions

2011 Evolving Artists Exhibition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago

2010 Art Chicago, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago

2009 Faculty Exhibit, Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Painters Painting: Stanley Lewis, Don Southard, Jeremy Long, and

Megan Euker, Project space, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago

2008 Several Landscapes, Western Exhibitions, 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, curated by Sean Fader and Jill Frank, Gallery 2, Chicago

Betty Rymer Gallery, Lobby Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Lollapalooza Music Festival, Chicago

MFA Thesis Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 2, Chicago Beverly Arts Center, Chicago

Prince Street Gallery, Exhibition juried by Philip Pearlstein, New York

Nippon 14: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Presidential Awards

Competition, Nippon Steel USA, 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 Nippon 11: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Presidential Awards Competition, Nippon Steel USA, Chicago, IL

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

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

Teaching/Related Experience

2009 - present Adjunct Professor, painting and drawing, College of DuPage, Illinois

-Courses taught: Life drawing I and II; Introduction to Studio Art;

Painting I; Drawing I; 3-D Design; 2-D Design

2010 Teaching Artist, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago

Professor, Early College Program (painting and drawing), School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2007-2008 Assistant Manager, Sharp Instructional Shops, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Teaching Assistant for 3-D class, First Year Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2008 Substitute for figure drawing, Dominican University, Illinois

2007 Teaching Assistant for Sullivan Fabrication Studios: students working

in Interior Architecture, Designed Objects, and Furniture Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2006 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, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2005-2007 Teaching Assistant for First Year Program (3D), Sharp Instructional

Shops, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Internships

2007 Rome, Italy, at Castello di Santa Severa

Publications/Reviews

2011 Cinar, Bedirhan, "Roda Magazine Interviews Megan Euker, A Capoeira

Painter," Roda Magazine, March 31, 2011

Keagy, Dale, Susquehannock Alumni Newsletter

2009 Roberts, Darrell, "Painters Painting at Linda Warren Gallery", Chicago

Art Examiner, September 23, 2009

The Green Sheet (College of DuPage news digest), Volume 40, Number 44, September 4, 2009

Hildwine, Jeriah, "Painters Painting and Megan Euker at Linda Warren",

Chicagonow.com, September 11, 2009

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 Calendar, 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

2010 Visiting Artist, Carol Jackson's class, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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

Related Work Experience/Events

2008 Benefit auction for The Society of Contemporary Art, Chicago

2007 Auction, Chicago Loop Alliance, Chicago Cultural Center

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

Languages: Italian and currently studying Brazilian Portuguese