MEGAN EUKER
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
Pre-College Program, Savannah College of Art and Design
AWARDS AND HONORS
2017
-Presented First Orphan Dream Award with Patrick Girondi, to Doctor Franco
Locatelli (received by Dr. Carlo Gaudiano), La Notte delle Malattie Rare/
ORPHAN’S NIGHT, Casa Cava, Matera, Italy
2016
-Faculty Enrichment Grant, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2012
-CAAP (Community Arts Assistance Program) grant, from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council
2011
-CAAP (Community Arts Assistance Program) grant, from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council
2010
-Artists’ Fellowship, Inc. Grant (New York)
-Change, Inc. Artist Assistance Grant (est. by Robert Rauschenberg)
-Evolving Artists Competition, Honorable Mention Award, Beverly Arts Center
-Professional Development Grant, Illinois Arts Council
2008-2009
-U.S. Student Fulbright Fellowship, Florence, Italy
2009
-Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Nominee
2008
-Individual Artist Grant, Illinois Art Council
2006
-Honorable Mention, Civic and Arts Competition, Union League Club of Chicago
2001, 2002
-Nominated for Merit Scholarships, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2001
-M.I. Hummel Scholarship for the Arts
2000
-Academic and Merit Scholarships, Savannah College of Art and Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (represented by Linda Warren Projects, Chicago, 2008-Present)
2018
-(Upcoming) (Title Forthcoming), University Club of Chicago, Chicago
2018
-(Upcoming) Bodies, Ghosts, and Shadows, Gallery O, Linda Warren Projects, Chicago
2014-2015
-The Richard Project: Beginning to End, Linda Warren Projects, Chicago
2011
-Reenactments, Main Gallery, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago
2009
-Project Space, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago
2008
-Project Space, Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
-Go Figure: Curated Group Exhibition, Gallery O at Linda Warren Projects, Chicago
2016
-Curated Group Exhibition, Gallery O at Linda Warren Projects, Chicago
2014
-Authentic Fakes, Exhibition of CNC work, AIADO Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2013
-Exhibition with Gallery Artists, Linda Warren Projects, Chicago
-Artwork 6, Exhibition of Faculty and Staff at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago
2011
-NEXT Art Fair with Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago
2010
-Evolving Artists Exhibition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago
-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
-Group Exhibition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago
-This is Not a Self-Portrait, curated by Sean Fader and Jill Frank, Gallery 2, Chicago
-Lobby Exhibition, Betty Rymer Gallery, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
-Lollapalooza Music Festival, Chicago
-MFA Thesis Show, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 2, Chicago
-Group Exhibition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago
-Juried Exhibition by Philip Pearlstein, Prince Street Gallery, 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, Union League/Club of Chicago, Chicago
-Nippon 13: School of the Art Institute of Chicago Presidential Awards Competition, Nippon Steel USA, Chicago
2005
-Juried Exhibition, 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
-Group Exhibition, Claudia Andersen Gallery, Fine Arts Building, Chicago
-Group Exhibition, 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
-Benefit Show, Mental Health of Greater Chicago, Shelle’ Jewelers, Glencoe, IL
-Group Exhibition, 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 Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah
SELECTED TEACHING
2017-Present
-Lecturer, Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Course:
-Introduction to Designed Objects (Fall 2017)
-Lecturer, Middle School Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Course:
-Painting and Drawing (ages 10-13) (Summer 2017, co-taught with Toufic El Rassi)
2016-Present
-Lecturer, Arts Administration and Policy, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Course:
-Grant Writing Lab (Spring 2016)
2015-Present
-Lecturer, Early College Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Courses:
Portfolio Prep (Fall 2015, Fall 2016); Exhibition Prep (Spring 2016); Figure Drawing (Summer 2016); Oil Painting (Summer 2016); Inside Innovative Minds (Fall 2016)
2015
-Visiting Critic and Advisor, Department of Contemporary Practices, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Course:
-“Living in the Past and Present:” FYSP students that attended study trip to Siena, Italy (Spring 2015)
2015-2016
-Adjunct Faculty, Columbia College Chicago
Course:
-3D Modeling and CNC Milling (Winter 2015, Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Winter 2016)
2014
-Instructor, Columbia College Chicago (Spring 2014, Summer 2014)
Course:
-CNC Intensive for Faculty and Staff
2014-Present
-Panelist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Course:
-Interdisciplinary Graduate Critiques (Spring Semesters)
2013
-Present Lecturer, Department of Contemporary Practices, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Courses:
-Research Studio I (Fall semesters 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016); Research Studio II (Lost/Found in Translation) (Spring 2014, Spring 2015)
2011
-Present Lecturer, Continuing Studies Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Courses:
-Figure Painting (2011-2013); New Directions in Painting (2013-Present); Professional Preparation (Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Fall 2016); CS Digital: Intro to 3D Modeling (Spring 2016); Studio: Surface, Space, and Time (Fall 2016); Multi-Level Painting (Fall 2016)
2011-2016
-Instructional Specialist, Columbia College Chicago
2009-2011
-Adjunct Professor, Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture, College of DuPage, Illinois
Courses:
-Life Drawing I and II; Introduction to Studio Art; Painting I Drawing I; 3-D Design/Sculpture I; 2-D Design
2010
-Teaching Artist, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
Course:
-Figure Drawing Instructor, Early College Program (Painting and Drawing), School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Course:
-Figure Drawing
2007-2008
-Assistant Manager, Sharp Instructional Shops, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2007-2008
-Teaching Assistant, First Year Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Course:
-3-D Design
2007
-Teaching Assistant, Sullivan Fabrication Studios, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Courses:
-Architecture; Interior Architecture; Designed Objects; Furniture Design
2006
-Instructor, Painting and Drawing Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Course:
-Multi-Level Figure Drawing Teaching Assistant for the Early College program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Courses:
-Drawing into Painting; Figure Painting
2005-2007
-Teaching Assistant for First Year Program, Sharp Instructional Shops, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Course:
-3-D Design
INTERNSHIPS
2007
-Castello di Santa Severa, Rome, Italy: Guided, installed, and assisted with exhibition
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
2017
-Miller, Chris. “Figuring It Out, A Review Of ‘Go Figure’ at Linda Warren Projects.” Newcity Art, 18 Oct. 2017, art.newcity.com/2017/10/17/figuring-it-out-a-review-of-go-figure-at-linda-warren-projects/
-Exhibition Catalogue: “Patrizio,” designed by TJ Fulfer, http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/1343668?__r=640674
-Press release for Go Figure Exhibition at Linda Warren Projects on artsy.net:https://www.artsy.net/show/linda-warren-projects-group-show-go-figure
-Sculpture Featured on cover of Continuing Studies Brochure (Fall 2017), School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2014-2017
-Exhibition Catalogue: “The Richard Project: Beginning to End,” four
editions, designed by TJ Fulfer
2015
-Haddad, Amy, “Repetition: the Art of Observing,” http://www.artdiversions.com/repetition-the-art-of-observing/ January 27, 2015
2014
-Paintings Featured in Continuing Studies Brochure (Summer 2014), School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2013
-Maman, Jackie, Interview http://jmaman.com
-De La Pena, Alicia, Interview http://www.lichaatoktoberstudio.blogspot.com/
2011
-McNary, Jeffery, “‘Reenactments’ at Linda Warren Gallery,”’ Opensalon.com, Painters’ Table, and Neoteric Art, May 2, 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
2009
-Midwest Paint Group Blog, September 2, 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, Dan, “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
CURATORIAL
2017
-Eye Level, LeRoy Neiman Center Gallery, School of the Art Institute of
Chicago, (co-curator with Lauren Hogan), Chicago
PUBLIC LECTURES AND VISITING ARTIST INVITATIONS
2016
-Faculty Candidate Presentation, Oregon State University Visiting Lecturer, NAEA (National Art Education Association) Student Chapter, Basics of Grant Writing Workshop, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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
2017
-Faculty representative for Open House, Adult Continuing Education, School of
the Art Institute of Chicago
2017
-Instructor, Cut, Slice, Interlock, Cast, Sculpt, Admissions Event, School of
the Art Institute of Chicago
2016-Present
-Faculty advisor, Adult Continuing Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2015
-Admissions Event, ArtBash, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2014-15
-Wrote and conducted instructional podcasts for Columbia College Chicago
2012-2016
-Continuing Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Courses:
-Photoshop (Spring 2012), Rhino (2 courses: Summer 2012, Fall 2012), Illustrator (Fall 2012), CNC Integrated Fabrication (3 courses: Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014), Artist Start-Up: Small Businesses (Spring 2016), InDesign (Summer 2016), Foundry Basics (Fall 2016)
2014
-Co-authored CNC manual for Columbia College Chicago
2008
-Benefit auction for The Society of Contemporary Art, Chicago
2007
-Auction, Chicago Loop Alliance, Chicago Cultural Center
2004-5
-Pianist at Fly Me to the Moon 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
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
– Member of College Art Association (since 2006)
– First Aid and CPR certifications (since 2012)
AREAS OF EXPERTISE/SPECIALIZATION
-CNC Routing
-3D printing
-Laser cutting
-3D Computer Modeling (Rhino, Meshmixer, Netfabb, Geomagic, Autodesk 123 programs)
-InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
-Woodworking
-Metal casting/Foundry
-Grant writing
LANGUAGES
– Proficiency in verbal and written Italian
Megan Euker
Artist Statement 9-7-17
Responding to ideas around loss and commemoration, using 3D digital fabrication processes allows for repetition, reprocessing, and transcendence. This is represented in my trophy-sized iterations based on my friend Patrizio.
Patrizio was scheduled to perform in a music concert in Italy wearing a Versace jacket, gifted to him by the parents of a child who passed away from an orphan disease. Patrizio is a singer/songwriter, author, and has dedicated his life to Orphan diseases, illnesses by US standards, that affect less than 200,000 people nationwide. He couldn’t wait to perform in that jacket in January 2017, hoping to take and send a photo to the family in honor of the child. Unexpected snow in the south of Italy caused the concert to be canceled. I asked him to bring the jacket back to the U.S. so I could take 3-dimensional “photos” of him in the jacket and cast a bronze sculpture to give to the family.
The family who gifted the Versace purposely placed the statue in a CBS segment created about their own battle. After telling the story of the jacket, people asked for statues. Patrizio and I started giving 3D prints away to family and friends in Italy and the US. He signs the base and I sign the bottom Margherita. It has been suggested to make the cast metal sculptures an actual award in the future, presenting them to people that make progress with Orphan Diseases.
Patrizio comments, “I find it all extremely curious. I’m an ugly little guy doing what I’m supposed to do; the fact that anyone would want a figurine of me is confusing. I guess people love zany underdog stories.” As said in the film Meet John Doe, “Lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.”
His true tale is now culminating into a judicial firestorm which according to some, could change the face of the drug industry forever.
Stories like Patrizio’s are foundational points of ideation in my sculpture-making process, and I imagine the final outcomes may call to mind objects as far ranging as anthropological figures, wax figures from Madame Tussauds, chainsaw-carved sculptures, lawn ornaments, trophies, commemorative sculptures, and Italian votive figurines. My sculptures are commemorative without being a direct representation of the object or person lost. The materials I use are durable, tough, and resilient, attempting to preserve and perpetuate narratives. Through my work, I embrace obsession through repetition.