RESUME

MEGAN STROECH

Born 1986. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

EDUCATION

2020 TESOL Methods for Faculty Intensive, The New School, NY, NY

2012 MFA in Printmaking with Exceptional Merit in the Arts, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

2008 BFA in Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

SOLO + TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022 Megan Stroech: Fully Furnished, undercurrent, Brooklyn,  NY

2020 Zachary Fabri, Daniel Hojnacki and Megan Stroech, Photo LA Fair, Los Angeles, CA

2019 Bailey Romaine + Megan Stroech, birds + Richard, Albuquerque, NM

2018 ROCKELMANN& Presents: Bailey Romaine + Megan Stroech, EXPO Chicago Fair, Chicago, IL

2017 if this is as good as it gets, I guess..., Megan Stroech + Jeffrey Teuton, Stuart & Co., Chicago, IL

Brunch at Kowloons: Galia Basail-Mulcahy + Megan Stroech, After School Special, Milwaukee, WI

2016 Megan Stroech: Terms of Endearment, Neon Heater, Findlay, OH

2015 Marnie Bettridge + Megan Stroech, ROCKELMANN&, PULSE Miami Beach, Miami, FL

2014 Complex Relationships, Jens Heller + Megan Stroech, ROCKELMANN&, Berlin, Germany

Megan Stroech: We Tried that One Time, the SUB-MISSION, Chicago, IL

2013 Megan Stroech: Loose Connections, Plaines Project, Chicago, IL

Limit(less), Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI

2012 Mixed Company, Anderson Rach Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO

Next of Kin, Illinois State University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Greenwich House Pottery Artists Exhibition, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY

Making Matters, Peters Valley School of Craft, Sandyston, New Jersey

2022 Ortega Y Gasset Projects Flat File Exhibition, Ortega Y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY

White Columns Curated Artist Registry, White Columns, New York, NY

2021 Limited Time Engagement: Templates for Public Art Vol. 4, Boston, MA

2020 A Romantic Comedy, 25 Kent, Brooklyn, NY

home:body, Distance Gallery, New York, NY

How Did You Explode?, curated by Jeffrey Teuton, birds + Richard, Albuquerque, NM

2019 After Light: an Exhibition About Commodifying Daylight, undercurrent, Brooklyn, NY

Summer Intensive Residency Exhibition, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

A Room For One’s Own, ROCKELMANN& Partner, Berlin, Germany

Paper Position, ROCKELMANN& Partner, Basel, Switzerland

underSTOOD, ROCKELMANN& Partner, Berlin, Germany

2018 One Last One, Fernwey Gallery, Chicago, IL

DEEP STRETCH, curated by Mrs. Gallery NY, Field Projects, New York, NY

2017 El Sol Sale Para Todxs, curated by Galia Basail-Mulcahy, Chicago, IL

Front and Center, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

Bright Resolutions: Tanya Brodsky, Jonathan Chapline, Megan Stroech, CES Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2016 PASS/FAIL, curated by Will Hutnik, Ortega Y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY

Another World, The Drake Devonshire, Wellington, Ontario, Canada

UNEARTHED, curated by Geo Gonzalez + Dan Halm, ROCKELMANN&, Berlin, Germany

2015 Here and Not Here: Megan Stroech, Cody Arnall, Edward Kelley, DEMO Project, Springfield, IL

Luminarts Visual Arts Competition Finalists, Union League Club, Chicago, IL

Ideal Perfection, LVL3, Chicago, IL

Gently Fried, Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX

Modi Operandi, curated by Alexandra Eregbu, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL

Not Here: Hyoungsang Hoo, Drew Peterson, Megan Stroech, Steven Vainberg,

Fernwey Gallery, Chicago, IL

2014 Editionv2, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL

Quasi-Choreographies, curated by Alexandra Eregbu, Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL

2012 5 x 7, Austin Museum of Art at the Jones Center, Austin, TX

2011 Illinois State University Student Annual, Illnois State University, Normal, IL

MFA Biennial, Illinois State University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

Paper in Particular, Columbia College Gallery, Columbia, MO

2010 In Tiny Beacons: Lisa Lofgren, Brandon Siscoe, Megan Stroech, Transpace Gallery, Normal, IL

Texas Crude, Co-Lab Projects, Austin, Texas

2009 Illinois State University MFA Student Show, Illinois State University Galleries, Normal, IL

2008 Prospect, University of Texas at Austin Creative Research Lab, Austin, TX

The Big Time, Okay Mountain, Austin, TX

RESIDENCIES

2019 Artist in Residence, Summer Intensive Program, The Cooper Union, New York, NY

2018 Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2017 Center Program Artist, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

2016 Artist in Residence, The Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY

2014 Artist in Residence, ACRE Projects, Steuben, WI

Artist in Residence, HATCH Projects, Chicago Artist Coalition, Chicago, IL

2012 Artist in Residence in Painting and Drawing, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO

TEACHING + PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021-Present Assistant Manager, Printmedia, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY

2022 Part-Time Faculty, Photolithography, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY

2021 Part-Time Faculty, Photolithography, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY

2020 Part-Time Faculty, Intro to Printmaking, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY

Part-Time Faculty, Lithography, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY

2019 Part-Time Faculty, Intro to Printmaking, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY

2017- 2021 Full-Time Technician, Printmaking, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY

2016 Teaching Artist, Relief Printmaking, Marwen, Chicago, IL

2015 Teaching Artist, Silkscreen, Spudnik Cooperative, Chicago, IL

2014 Teaching Artist, Relief + Silkscreen, Spudnik Cooperative, Chicago, IL

2013 - 2016 Part-Time Printmaking Technician, Columbia College of Art & Design, Chicago, IL

2013 Teaching Artist, Intaglio + Monotype, Spudnik Cooperative, Chicago, IL

2012 Instructor of Record, Beginning Lithography, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

AWARDS

2023 Staff Development Grant, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY

2019 Staff Development Grant, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY

2018 Artistic Merit Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Staff Development Grant, Parsons School of Design, The New School, NY, NY

2011 Marshall Dulaney Pitcher Award, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

2010 Normal Editions Workshop Scholarship, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

2009 Baber Fellowship Recipient, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

COLLECTIONS

Jim Gillespie, Park Ridge, IL

The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Michael Phillips and Jay Morton, Chicago, IL

Tracy Eklund, Houston, TX

Michael Houser, Springfield, IL

Jane and Gerald Katcher, Miami, FL

Kuhn Rockelmann, Berlin, Germany

Town of Normal, Uptown Normal Multi-Modal Transportation Center, Normal, IL

Southeast Iowa Regional Planning Commission, Burlington, IA

Tartan Realty Group, The Flats on Main Street, Normal, IL

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2021 Textiel Plus Magazine, Fabric Montage Issue, The Netherlands

2019 New American Paintings, Issue #140: Northeastern Competition, curated by Liz Munsell, MFA Boston

Cooper Union Summer Intensive 2019 Anthology, The Cooper Union

2017 Excuse Me, Your Public is Showing, Review: Bright Resolutions at CES Gallery, Artsy, Christina Martinez

2016 Artforum, Critic’s Pick: Berlin: UNEARTHED at ROCKELMANN&, Louise Elderton

Widewalls, Group of Artists Comment on Consumerism at ROCKELMANN&, Lorenzo Pereira

Berlin Independents Guide, Review: UNEARTHED at ROCKELMANN&

2015 Hyperallergic, At Pulse Miam Beach: Plants, Plants Everywhere, Claire Voon

Bad at Sports, Top 5 Weekend Picks: Modi Operandi at Chicago Artists Coalition, Stephanie

Burke

2014 Widewalls, Review: Complex Relationships: Jens Heller + Megan Stroech, Ana Bambic Kostov

LVL3 Media, Artist of the Week: Megan Stroech, Anna Mort

Temporary Art Review, Review: Quasi-Choreography at Chicago Artist Coalition, Jenyu Wang

Other Peoples Pixels Blog Interviews: Megan Stroech, Stacia Yeapanis

2012 New American Paintings, Issue #101: Midwestern Competition, curated by Lisa D. Freiman