1990
EDUCATION
2022 University of Chicago. MA in Digital Studies of Language, Culture, and History Candidate
2021 University of Louisville. MFA, Studio Art and Design. Dean’s Mention
2012 Art Academy of Cincinnati, BFA Painting. Magna Cum Laude.
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 What They Said In Public, Georgetown College. Lexington, Kentucky. March.
of an event; assigned a date that is too early., Bunk Spot Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio. January
2019 _we_are_inside_the_fire_, Quappi Projects. Louisville, Kentucky.
PLAY THAT ONE BACK, JOHNNY. Megan Bickel and Louis A. Edwards. Erie Art Gallery. Erie, Pennsylvania
2018 hope is grounded in memory. Hyland Gallery. Louisville, Kentucky
2015 Just Be Nice. Westheimer Gallery / Sharonville Cultural Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
I Just Want to Add. Semantics. Cincinnati, Ohio
2013 Object/Event. Harvest Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 40 Years KMAC Museum: Reflect, Reframe, Remake, Remodel. KMAC Museum. Louisville, Kentucky.
The Shands Collection: New Directions. Curated by Julien Robson. Quappi Projects. Louisville, Kentucky.
2020 A(artistic) x (I)nterestingx(P)owerful. Curated by Steve Kemple, Lindsey Whittle, and Loraine Wible, in conjunction with an A.I. Art Academy of Cincinnati. Ohio.
2019 Mental Misconceptions. Schneider Gallery. Allen R. Hite Art Institute. University of Louisville. Louisville, Kentucky
She’s Silver and Orange 4. Tim Faulkner Gallery. Louisville, Kentucky
2018 Transmissions: The Art of Communicating. Hyland Gallery. Louisville, Kentucky
MFA Inaugural Exhibition. Rowan MFA Building. University of Louisville. Louisville, Kentucky
Future is Now. 849 Gallery / Kentucky College of Art and Design, Louisville, Kentucky.
Open to Interpretation: An Abstract Invitational Exhibit. Community Arts Center of Danville, Kentucky.
2017 Structural Layers. Buckham Gallery. Flint, Michigan
Nasty Women of Kentucky. The Parachute Factory. Lexington, Kentucky
2016 Abstract Expressionism. Linus Galleries. L.A., California
2015 Modes of Abstraction. University of Cincinnati / Blue Ash Gallery. Cincinnati, Ohio
WORK
2020 Instructor of Record. University of Louisville. Studio Art and Visual Culture.
Founder and Gallerist, houseguest Gallery. Louisville, Kentucky 2017-Present
Transcriptionist and Producer. The Conversation: an Artist Podcast. Los Angeles, California. (remote) 2018- Present
Louisville / Lexington contributor to AEQAI: The Publication. 2017- Present
2017 Instructor for Louisville Visual Art Programming. Louisville, Kentucky. 2017-2019.
2016 Co-Creator & Editor of Five-Dots. Covers Midwest Region. 2016-2019. 2014 Gallery Coordinator, Curator. Sharonville Cultural Arts Center. 2014-2016.
Community Education Instructor (ages 5-18, college prep, and adult courses). Art Academy of Cincinnati. Sharonville Cultural Arts Center. 2014-2016.
OTHER
2020 Graduate Representative, United Nations Association (Women’s League), University of Louisville Chapter. 2019-Present
Docent, KMAC Museum. Louisville, Kentucky. 2018-Present
Secretary, Executive Board Member. Squallis Puppeteers. Louisville, Kentucky. 2017-Present
2019 Graduate Student Council, Fine Arts Representative, Research Selection Committee. University of Louisville. Louisville, Kentucky. 2018-2019.
2012 Presenter at Third Annual Dr. Jonathon Riess Annual Undergraduate Art History Colloquium at University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Ohio.
2011 Academic Internship Study with Bill Seitz, Curator, The Carnegie. Covington, Kentucky.
Professional Practice: Artist Internship with Sarah Francis Hollis. Cincinnati, Ohio
RESIDENCIES
2020 Summer Artist in Residence. Opossum House. Eugene Oregon.
Printmaking Artist in Residence. Eastern Illinois University. Illinois.
2019 Project 1612. Peoria, Illinois.
COLLECTIONS
2020 Painting from _we_are_inside_the_fire_ Al Shands / Great Meadows Foundation. To be bequeathed to the Speed Art Museum.
2017 Two works from Just Be Nice. Chip Finke / Graydon Law. Cincinnati, Ohio
2015 Two works from Senior Thesis Exhibition (2012). Art Academy of Cincinnati
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
Curation
2019 “numinous low road; numinous hall (retrospectives on change).”Hunter Kissel. Ruckus: Critical Art Review in Louisville, Kentucky.
2018 “The Good American”. Jessica Oberdick. Ruckus: Critical Art Review in Louisville, Kentucky.
“The Memory Closet”. Kevin Warth. Ruckus: Critical Art Review in Louisville, Kentucky.
“Model Unit + Interview with Megan Bickel of houseguest”. Kevin Warth. Ruckus: Critical Art Review in Louisville, Kentucky.
Personal
2019 “_we_are_inside_the_fire_”. Ginger, Issue 19. Jacqueline Cantu, and Markee Speyer. Chicago / Bushwick.
“Open Studio Weekend Spotlight with Megan Bickel.” Keith Waits.Artebella. Louisville Visual Art. Louisville, Kentucky.
“Megan Bickel: Texture Study.” Werks: International Contemporary Art. Chicago, Illinois. issue 2.
2018 “Artists to Collect: Megan Bickel”. Claudia Eng. 10011 Magazine in partnership with Claudia Eng Gallery. New York, New York.
“hope is grounded in memory”. Mary Clore. Ruckus: Critical Art Review in Louisville, Kentucky.
2017 PUBLIC with Keith Waits. Interview for Louisville Visual Art at ArtxFM.
“Five-Dots”. Sara Elliot, Cincy Chic.
2015 “Artist Visualizes Social Anxiety”. cincinnati.com.
2012 “Art: Past is Present”. CityBeat. Alan Pocaro.
2012 “Places with a Past: New Site-Specific Art in Charleston’s Spoleto Festival”. Incliner.