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Megan Koth

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, W.P. Carey School of Business, ASU.
Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.                          



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Current:
  • 7/2020- present            Interim Staff Graduate Advisor, 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- present           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:
  • 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

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
  • 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
  • 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