Meghan DeRoma (b. 1978, Chicago, IL, US) is a visual artist and storyteller working in collage, painting, sculpture, and bookmaking. Blurring the lines between narrative, representation, and abstraction, Meghan focuses on the archetypal symbols and themes of the intricacy and nuance of human relationship—our relationship to Self, other humans, the “other”, (wo)man’s relationship with nature, and our own inherent wildness.
Overlaying themes include curiosity, gestural flow, and a sly-smile approach to obscured symbolism and playful mixed metaphor. Her process involves discovery and articulation, using her hands and organic materials, many of which have an inherent history to them, to imply a sense of ethereal nostalgia, familiarity, and memory’s edge.
Meghan received her BFA in Sculpture from Miami University, Oxford, OH. She
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