Curriculum Vitae

Megan N. Moriarty

1989 | Minneapolis, Minnesota

Based in San Francisco, California

 

Education

2019 Master of Fine Art Spatial Art; San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.

2016 Master of Art Studio Art; Minnesota State University Mankato, Mankato, MN.

2013 Bachelor of Fine Art Studio Art; Minnesota State University Mankato, Mankato, MN.

2011 Associate of Science Cinema Production; Minneapolis Community & Technical College, Minneapolis, MN.

 

Exhibition

2021 New Kinship November 2, 2021-January 28, 2022; Natalie & James Thompson Gallery, San Jose, CA

2021 San Jose State University MFA Liftoff May 22-June 1; Root Division, San Francisco, CA 

2019 Plato’s Cave November 4-15; Theta Belcher Gallery, San Jose, CA 

2019 MFA NOW 2019 February 21- March 23; Root Division, San Francisco, CA 

2018 Flight Between November 7- December 1; Frank-Ratchye Studio Artist Project, Root Division, San Francisco, CA 

2018 Stratis Month of September; Social Policy, San Jose, CA 

2018 Inner Landscape April 9-13; Jo Farb Hernández Gallery, San Jose, CA 

2018 Tea Ceremony February 27- March 1; Jo Farb Hernández Gallery, San Jose, CA 

2017 Ancestral Narratives September 12-15; Gale Antokal Gallery, San Jose, CA

2017 Forged Month of September; Social Policy, San Jose, CA  

2017 Memory Space August 23 - September 1; Theta Belcher Gallery, San Jose, CA 

2017 New Totems January 26 - February 3; Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose, CA 

2016 Illuminations Month of September; Lookout Gallery, South Central College, North Mankato, MN. 

2016 Illuminations & Lithics Month of February; Steam Cafe, Rochester, MN. 

2015 Lithic Month of October; Conkling Gallery, Mankato, MN. 

2013 Gelly: An Experimentation of Acrylic Gel Medium Sculptures April 11-13; National Conference for Undergraduate Research; University of Wisconsin La Crosse, La Crosse, WI 

2013 A Moment in Flux: TotemsMonth of April; Minnesota Undergraduate Research Symposium Centennial Student Union Gallery, Mankato, MN 

 

Instruction

2024 - Present Associate Sculpture Instructor City College San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2017-2019 Associate Sculpture Instructor San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

2018 Community Art Instructor Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2015-2016 Fine Art Instructor Lourdes High School, Rochester, MN

2015 Total Arts Day Camp Instructor Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN

2014-2015 Associate Art Instructor Minnesota State University Mankato, Mankato, MN

 

Additional Roles

2019 Public Art Specialist Dublin City Arts Office, Dublin, Ireland 

2016-2019 Foundry Production Artist Freelance, San Jose and San Francisco, CA 

2017-2019 Studio Artist & Facilities Volunteer Root Division, San Francisco, CA 

2016-2017 Foundry Facilities Assistant San Jose State University Foundry, San Jose, CA 

 

Awards

2021 Wish You Were Here Design Contest Winner; Department of Art and Art History, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

2020 Artists Now Grant Recipient YBCA Covid 19 Relief Fund, San Francisco, CA

2019 Patrick McMahon Post-Graduate Scholarship Exchange San Jose State University, San Jose, CA / Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland 

2013 Outstanding Presentation Award for Gelly Undergraduate Research Symposium; Minnesota State University Mankato, Mankato, MN

2012 Gelly: An Experimentation of Acrylic Gel Medium Sculptures Undergraduate Research Creative Foundation Grant Minnesota State University Mankato, Mankato, MN 

2012 A Moment in Flux: Totems Undergraduate Research Creative Foundation Grant Minnesota State University Mankato, Mankato, MN

 

Texts

2019 Plato’s Cave: Rethinking Science and Spirituality in 21st Century Art Master of Fine Arts Thesis Dissertation, December 2019; San Jose State University, San Jose, California 

2016 Lithic Master of Arts Thesis Dissertation, January 2016; Minnesota State University Mankato, Mankato, Minnesota 

 

Bibliography

2021 San Jose State University MFA Liftoff Exhibition Catalogue; February 21- March 23; Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2019 MFA NOW 2019 Archive Project; February 21- March 23; Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2019 Cluster-Fun Exhibition Catalog; January 24- February 1; San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

2018 Megan Moriarty: Flight Between Root Division Talk with Sherwin Rio November 9; Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2017 MFA NOW 2017 Archive Project; March 1- March 25; Root Division, San Francisco, CA