Megan Koth- CV
Email: koth.megan@gmail.com
EDUCATION
Graduation Date: June 2020
Department of Art, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
Master of Fine Arts
Graduation Date: May 2014, Summa Cum Laude
Bachelor of Fine Arts- Painting
Minor in Business
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
W.P. Carey School of Business, Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current:
- 7/2020- present Graduate Program Manager, UCSB Department of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
- 8/2021- present Lecturer in Art, UCSB Department of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Past:
- 9/2018- 7/2020 Teaching Assistant/ Lead TA, UC Santa Barbara Dept. of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
- 4/2019-12/2019 Manager, Glassbox Gallery, UCSB Dept. of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
- 07/2017-2/2018 Guest Services, Tempe History Museum, Tempe, AZ
- 07/2016-7/2018 Gallery/Photography Assistant, Method Art Studio, Scottsdale, AZ
- 10/2014-7/2018 Gallery Attendant/ Installation Assistant, Tempe Center for the Arts- Tempe, AZ
- 03/2015- 12/2016 Studio Assistant, Leslie Sandbulte Studio and Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
- 12/2014- 10/2015 Gallery Attendant / Assistant, Tilt Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
- 06/2014- 06/2015 Curatorial Research Intern, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art- Scottsdale, AZ
- 08/2013- 12/2013 Gallery Attendant, ASU Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ
- 06/2012- 11/2019 Represented by Art One Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
EXHIBITION HISTORY
Solo:
- Clean & Clear & Under Control, UCSB Glassbox Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, 2019
- Necessary Objects, Step Gallery, ASU School of Art, 2014
Two-person:
- IT GiRL, Glassbox Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA. 2019
Group:
- Small Images, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, 2024
- In Deep, Napa Gallery, California State University, Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA 2023
- Degrees of Being, Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, AZ, 2022
- Unending, Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 2021
- LOS ANGELES EDITION, M_M_Artspace, Virtual, 2021
- You, Me, and They Portraying Us, José Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 2020
- Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, Coastline College Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA, 2020
- Phenomenology of Hope, SUPERCOLLIDER, virtual reality exhibition, Los Angeles, CA. 2020
- Out of the Closet, into the Internet, Scream Queen Presents, online exhibition, Los Angeles, CA. 2020
- Field Day, Art, Design and Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara, CA. 2020
- The Show Must Go Online!, Glassbox Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA. 2020
- Scream Queen, Little Tokyo Art Complex, Los Angeles, CA. 2019
- Inspired by History, Chandler Museum, Chandler, AZ. 2019
- Girl, it was Camp!, Angel City Brewery + Artshare L.A., Los Angeles, CA. 2019
- Enpsychlomedia, Red Barn Project Space, Santa Barbara, CA. 2019
- GLAMFA 2019: Open Relationships, CSULB Dutzi Gallery, Long Beach, CA. 2019
- Vision 2020, Glassbox Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA. 2018
- All Art Arizona, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ. 2018
- Object Inspiration, City of Chandler Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ. 2018
- Otherworldly, Megaphone, Phoenix, AZ. 2018
- Deck'd, {9} The Gallery, Phoenix, AZ. 2018
- Art d'Core Gala 30, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ. 2018
- The State of Phoenix, The Lodge, Phoenix, AZ. 2017
- Tiny Works | Tiny Dances, {9} The Gallery, Phoenix, AZ 2017
- Choice Cuts, The Lodge, Phoenix, AZ. 2017
- Chaos Theory, Legend City Studios, Phoenix, AZ. 2017
- Mixed/Internal, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ. 2017 (*3-person show)
- Look Me in the Eye, Holland Gallery, Carefree, AZ. 2017
- Pop!, {9} the Gallery, Phoenix, AZ. 2017
- Tiny Works | Tiny Dances II, {9} the Gallery, Phoenix, AZ. 2016
- The Lodge Group Show, The Lodge Art Studio, Phoenix, AZ. 2016
- Soup Du Jour, The Liquor Gallery, Tempe, AZ. 2016
- NSFW, {9} the Gallery, Phoenix, AZ. 2016
- Coexist, Herberger Theater Art Gallery, Phoenix, AZ. 2016
- Tiny Works | Tiny Dances, {9} the Gallery, Phoenix, AZ. 2015
- F.A.C.E Gallery Cactus Shadows High School Alumni Exhibit, Cave Creek, AZ. 2015
- Equal Parts, Frontal Lobe Gallery, Phoenix, AZ. 2015
- Lets Talk Art, Holland Center Gallery, Carefree, AZ. 2014
- Selected works, Green Restaurant, Phoenix, AZ. 2014
- Royal and Design Studio Opening, Phoenix, AZ. 2014
- The Paper Knife and Parliament Get Physical, Parliament Cultural Center, Tempe, AZ. 2014
- Clothing Optional, Gallery 100, ASU School of Art, Tempe, AZ. 2014
- Sonoran Arts League Contemporary Art Exhibition, Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek, AZ. 2014
- F.A.C.E Gallery Cactus Shadows High School Alumni Exhibit, Cave Creek, AZ. 2014
- Colorography, Art Annex, ASU School of Art, Tempe, AZ. 2013
- Annual Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, ASU School of Art, Tempe, AZ. 2012
- F.A.C.E Gallery Cactus Shadows High School Alumni Exhibit, Cave Creek, AZ. 2012
- F.A.C.E Gallery Cactus Shadows High School Alumni Exhibit, Cave Creek, AZ. 2011
GRANTS / AWARDS / HONORS
- Howard Fenton Award for Excellence in Painting, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2020
- Howard Fenton Award for Excellence in Painting, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2019
- Levitan Arts Fellowship, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2019
- Ludington-Parshall Scholarship Award, Santa Barbara Art Association, 2019
- Guest Panelist, Sonoran Arts League, 2016
- Katherine K. Herberger Art Scholarship, 2013
- Awarded honors studio, Herberger Institute School of Art, 2013
- New American University President's Scholarship, Arizona State University, 2010-14
- Sonoran Arts League Scholarship, 2010
GUEST LECTURES / PANELS
- Artist Talk, ART 1A: Visual Literacy course, UCSB Department of Art, Santa Barbara, CA. 2023
- Guest Panelist: Grad School Panel, Artist’s Futures course, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2022
- Guest Panelist: Grad School Panel, Advanced Painting course, CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA. 2020
- Guest Panelist for exhibition Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, Coastline College, Newport Beach, CA. 2020
- Artist Talk, ART 1A: Visual Literacy course, UCSB Department of Art, Santa Barbara, CA. 2020
PRESS
Features/ Interviews
- You + Me, curatorial essay for You, Me and They Portraying Us by Jennifer Vanderpool, October 2020
- The Body Weird, Megan Koth, Lum Artzine, June 18, 2020
- Megan Koth, Supersonic Art, August 21, 2019
- Artists Unite from Greater Los Angeles Areas, Daily49er, January 27, 2019
- Check out Megan Koth’s Artwork, Voyage Phoenix, May 29, 2018
- Meet Megan Koth, Voyage Phoenix, May 22, 2018
- Art Spotlight: Megan Koth, The 405, January 19, 2018
Reviews/Mentions
- Josef Woodard, "In this Art Space, Size and Duration Matter," Santa Barbara Independent, March 18, 2024
- Nicholas Liu, "UCSB’s MFA Exhibition Is ‘Unending’ at Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara", Santa Barbara Independent, August 31, 2021
- Josef Woodard, "UCSB’s MFA Candidates Show Their Work", Santa Barbara Independent, June 6, 2020
- Tamari Dzotsenidze, "Enpsychlowmedia Showcases First Year MFA Students", The Daily Nexus, May 23, 2019
- Linda Chong, "Looking Through the Glassbox: IT GiRL," The Daily Nexus, May 9, 2019
- "Mixed/Internal at Modified Arts," The Arts Beacon, August 31, 2017
- Nic Wiesinger, "Equal Parts at Frontal Lobe," The Arts Beacon, April 16, 2015
- Celina Jimenez, "Equal Parts Examines Identity, Political Responses," The State Press, April 15, 2015
- Mikey Estes, "'Equal Parts' Examines Identity and Offers Refreshing Inclusiveness at Frontal Lobe," Phoenix New Times, April 8, 2015
- Shea Stanfield, “Social Themes Thrive in Alumna’s Art,” The Foothills Focus, April 9, 2014
Event Calendars / News Coverage
- KEYT, August 22, 2021
- Santa Barbara News-Press, August 12, 2021
- Santa Barbara Independent, August 9, 2021
- LA Weekly, October 29, 2019
- Hyperallergic, October 16, 2019
- Daily Nexus, May 23, 2019
- Phoenix New Times, Feb 1, 2018
- Phoenix New Times, August 16, 2017
- Phoenix New Times, January 4, 2017
- Phoenix New Times, March 30, 2015
- Fixation: Lip and Fixation: Eye used for promotional purposes in Equal Parts group show at Frontal Lobe Gallery
- ASU Events, March 24, 2014