Hilary Meehan
hilary@mirthos.com
EDUCATION
2004 M.F.A. Print-Media Cranbrook Academy of Art, recipient: Jane Hickey Memorial Scholarship
1996 B.E.D. Architecture Miami University, Museum Studies Minor
2021 Paper Camp: Professional Development from Proof to Product
2016 Penland School of Crafts, 8 Week Concentration: Monotype Printmaking & Handmade Paper
2003 Penland School of Crafts, 2 Week Course: Waterless Lithograhy
1999 Penland School of Crafts, 2 Week Course: Intaglio Etching
1999 Penland School of Crafts, 2 Week Course: Photography & Performace Art
1998 Arcosanti: 6 Week Workshop & Intern, AZ
1998 Yestermorrow: Design/Build School Coursework, VT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2020 Founded Hilary Meehan Art Products
2018-2020 Architectural Designer, Baskervill, Richmond, VA
2017 Studio Manager, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
2017 Instructor, The School of the Alternative, Black Mountain, NC
2016-2017 Adjunct Instructor, Brunswick Community College, Block Printing, Southport, NC
2015-Present Self-Employed Artist & Designer, Various Locations
2008-2016 Manager, Curator, Artist Liaison, Lantana’s Gallery & Fine Gifts, Southport, NC
2005-2007 Adjunct Lecturer, University of Arizona, Department of Architecture
2004-2007 Project Manager, Architectural Design Group, Tucson, AZ
2003-2004 Assistant to Print/Media Department Head, Randy Bolton, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2002-2004 Assistant to Curator of Education & Museum Guard, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2001-2002 Project Manager, Jonathan Barnes Architecture & Design, Columbus, OH
1999-2001 Graduate Architect, Lusk & Harkin Architects & Planners, Columbus, OH
1998-1999 Project Coordinator for Patch Adams’ Gesundheit Institute, Sellers & Company Architects, Warren, VT
GRANTS & AWARDS
2007 Tucson/Pima Arts Council Travel Grant Recipient: Coney Island Studies
2007 Selected Artist to Create One of Seven Governor’s Art Awards, Statewide
2006 MOCA Artist in Residence, MOCA Tucson, Tucson, AZ
EXHIBITION RECORD
2017 Featured Artist, Artfuel Gallery, Wilmington, NC
2009-present Various Works, Lantana’s Gallery & Fine Gifts, Southport, NC
2013 Crandemonium, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2008 Running for Her Life, MOCA Tucson, Performance & Installation, Solo, Tucson, AZ
2006 The Literary Print, Keller Gallery, Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego, CA
2006 Raise Your Voice!, The American Democracy Project, Missouri State University Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO
2006 Hot Rod Hangover, Yoga Vita Studio, Tucson, AZ (permanent installation)
2006 H20, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
2006 Perspective Drawing, University of Arizona College of Architecture, Tucson, AZ (solo)
2006 Salon, Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2005 Salon des Refuses, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ
2005 Bazaar, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
2005 Evolutionary Kinetic Status Report in the Key of Blue, Rialto Theatre, Tucson, AZ (permanent mural installation)
2005 that alchemical taste in my mouth, Dinnerware Contemporary Arts, Tucson, AZ (solo)
2004 The Literary Print, The Network Gallery at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI;
2004 Miniature Games, Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2004 Graduate Degree Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2003 Really? Not Really..., Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2003 The Print, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2002 100 Flat, C-POP Gallery, Detroit, MI
2001 Young Artist Show, ROY G. BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“An Artful Abode”, Southport Magazine, September 2014
“Biz Q&A: Lantana’s Gallery”, Southport Magazine, December 2013
“Soaking the Canvas”, Tucson Weekly, June 1-7, 2006, Utne Reader, June 2006
“bailliwik”, volumes 1 & 2, self-published by collective, Chicago, IL, 2005.
“Art Safari”, Tucson Weekly, January 28-February 3, 2005
Torrence-Fox, Serena, et al. gesundheit! The Architecture and Planning of Sellers and Company 1984-2003. 2 Brook Road, Warren, Vermont, 05674: Sellers and Company, 2003. 5, 19-20.
“Furnishing a New Image”, VM+SD, May, 2002: 14.
Arlene Hirst, “metro (COLUMBUS, OH)”, Metropolitan Home, July/August, 2002: 36.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
VMFA
NCMA
Paper Camp alumni, Proof to Product Labs member
MOCA, Tucson, AZ
NCARB