​Megan Rowley Stern is a multidisciplinary artist who responds to her daily life via video, installation, painting, and soft sculpture. To her, nourishing her creative passions and nurturing her family are inextricably intertwined. She spent her formative years in the Southern and Eastern United States. Megan is currently pursuing an MFA at Brigham Young University while raising two sons (plus one more kid on the way) with her husband in Provo, Utah. 
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For inquiries, please contact Megan at megan@meganrstern.com. 

EDUCATION
2024           MFA in Studio Art Candidate, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023           Playscapes, Gallery on 5, Provo, UT
                     ​  Look Up/Down, The Weight Room, Provo, UT
2022           I’ll Come Too and Play With You, Orem Public Library, Orem, UT
2021           Trucks (and Other Vehicles), Covey Center for the Arts, Provo, UT
2018-19    Dream, Mountain West Montessori Academy, South Jordan, UT
2014           Deterioration of Memory, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT

​GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023           99th Annual Spring Salon, Springville Museum of Art, UT
                      ​Annual Student Show, The Weight Room, Provo, UT
                      Alternate Insights, Alpine Art & Frame, Salt Lake City, UT
2022           Alternate Insights, Alpine Art & Frame, Salt Lake City, UT
2022           Interconnected Response, The Weight Room, Provo, UT
                      Annual Student Show, Gallery 303, Provo, UT (juried – Olivia Bax)
                      Dish Vision, Library Hall doTERRA Lobby, Orem, UT
                      BOXED, Gallery 303, Provo, UT
                      A New Page, JKR Gallery, Provo, UT
2021           Riverworks 2021, Hoosic River Watershed Association, Williamstown, MA
                      300 Plates 2021, Art Access, online
2020           tiny trucks (and other vehicles), Quarenteeny Art Show Competition, tiny art show, online and Provo, UT
2019           14th Annual Wasatch Plein Air Paradise, Midway Art Association, Midway, UT
2017           Love Louder Art Show, Encircle, Provo, UT
2016           11th Annual Wasatch Plein Air Paradise, Midway Art Association, Midway, UT
2014           Resonance III, Escalante Arts Festival, Escalante, UT
                      Group Show, Harold B. Lee Library, Provo, UT
                      Exhibition, Utah County Art Gallery, Provo, UT
2013           Memories in Place, Enlighten, Provo, UT
                      Group Show, Jesse Knight Building, Provo, UT
                      Inquiry Conference Art Show, Kennedy Center, Provo, UT
2008           Annual Student Show, Harris Fine Arts Center, Provo, UT

AWARDS
2023           Open Studio Award, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2022           James C. Christensen Scholarship, Vision of the Arts, UT
                      ​Juror’s Award, Annual Student Show, Gallery 303, Provo, UT
                      Open Studio Award, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2021           Open Studio Award, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2016           Honorable Mention, 11th Annual Wasatch Plein Air Paradise, Midway Art Association, Midway, UT
2013           Best of Show, Inquiry Conference Art Show, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
Eds. Tara Carpenter Estrada and Heidi Moller Somsen, Give and Take: Motherhood and Creative Practice, Demeter Press, Ontario, Canada, 2023/2024 (anticipated).
"Megan R Stern Artist Interview," Behind the Shelves (blog). August 22, 2022. https://blog.oremlibrary.org/?p=3049.
"Mother-Artist Balancing Act: Meet Megan Rowley Stern," Artie's Eight (blog). October 27, 2020. https://www.framedestination.com/blog/arties-eight/megan-rowley-stern-spotlight.
Ed. Beth Buck, Of Fae and Fate: Lesser-Known Fairy Tales, Retold, Immortal Works LLC, 2019.