Megan Whitmarsh: Faded Rainbows / Radiant Dust

"I was looking at Lynda Benglis’ poured latex pieces, an irreverent response to Carl Andre and minimalist sculpture. Someone called my early embroidery work failed minimalism. I like things that defy classification and appear to fail. Things which undermine themselves betray a kind of honesty.

I am drawn to low-tech mediums, and evidence of the hand in art. The promise of evolution in the amateur gesture. I am interested in pleasure but also awkwardness. I see myself as a rueful pop artist.

I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s and use the visual noise of my youth as inspiration. My sense of futurism was informed by Star Wars (dusty, robots), rather than Tomorrowland. I want my work to relay an optimistic vision of the future that does not deny entropy."

Megan Whitmarsh was born in 1972. She lives and works in Los Angeles. She holds a Master of Fine Arts (University of New Orleans) and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting (Kansas City Art Institute).

She is known primarily for her idiosyncratic and detailed hand embroidery; a medium she has been working in since the mid 90’s. She works in a variety of low-tech media including self published comic books, stop action animation film, soft sculpture, painting and drawing. Her work refers to the visual noise of her youth in the 70’s and 80’s.

She has shown internationally including New York, Seoul, Los Angeles, Reykjavik, Toronto, Miami, Valencia, Bologna, Brussels, Malmo & Barcelona.

Megan Whitmarsh
Faded Rainbows / Radiant Dust