ABOUT
BIOGRAPHY
Megan Welch is a painter and educator residing in Northeast Florida. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art & Design, Megan holds an M.F.A. in Painting. She completed her B.F.A. in Fine Art with a concentration in Painting and Drawing at the University of North Florida. During her time at UNF, she studied in the Tuscany region of Italy and completed an art therapy internship with Art With a Heart for Children at Wolfson Children’s Hospital.
Megan’s paintings and drawings have been shown regionally in the Northeast and Central Florida area. Recent career highlights include her work as an Alumni Atelier Associate at the Savannah College of Art + Design, being included in the Museum Of Contemporary Art Jacksonville’s FIFTY exhibition, a juried exhibition at World of Wonder Gallery in Los Angeles, completing an internship with the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville in their Public Art program, and having an essay published in Women’s Caucus for Art’s annual Pulse Newsletter.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
2019 date M.F.A. Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2006 B.F.A. Fine Arts: Painting and Drawing, University of North Florida, Jacksonville FL
ONE AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 – Solo Exhibition, Art in City Spaces, City Hall, Ocala, FL
2020 – Spring Featured Artist, Concourse A, Jacksonville International Authority, Jacksonville, FL
2018 – Stay Where I Can See You – SCAD M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Holly Blanton Art Studio & Gallery. Atlantic Beach, FL
Selected Works. Vandroff Gallery, Jewish Community Alliance. Jacksonville, FL
2017 – Selected Works. Bold Bean Coffee Roasters, Jacksonville, FL
Midsummer Dreaming. Learn to Read Gala. Jacksonville Main Library, Jacksonville, FL
Dangerous Women. Five and Dime Theatre Company. Jacksonville, FL
2015- Anais Mitchell Concert Featured Artist. Riverside Fine Arts. Jacksonville, FL
Florida Botany. Cool Moose Coffee Company. Jacksonville, FL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 - Figures and Faces - Third Place, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine FL.
2024 - Out of Place - Honorable Mention, St Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine FL.
2022 – Fabulous Florida – St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine FL.
2022 – Fifty – An Alumni Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL.
2022 – Honors Show – St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL.
2022 – Marvelous Miniatures – Most Creative Award – St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL
2022 – Honorable Mention, Figures and Faces, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL
2021 – Rivers Exhibition, Women Writing for (a) Change, Jacksonville, FL
2021 – 2nd Place, Annual Honors Invitational, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL
2021- Best in Show, Figures and Faces, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL
2021- Branches Exhibition, Women Writing for (a) Change, Jacksonville, FL
2020- W.A.V.E. Women Artist of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville, FL
2019 – Arts on Deck: A Group Skateboard Show, City Hall Gallery, Ocala, FL
Three Oaks Law Firm’s Open House and Art Show, Jacksonville, FL
2018 – Arts on Deck: A Group Skateboard Show – 1904 Music Hall. Jacksonville, FL
2017 – Muse. Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville. Jacksonville, FL
Surviving Group Show. World of Wonder Gallery. Los Angeles, CA
2016 - Northeast Florida Art Educator’s Group Show. Jacksonville, FL
I’m Board- Group Skateboard Art Show. CoRK Arts District. Jacksonville, FL
2015 - Mixed Media Group Show. Saint Augustine Art Association. St. Augustine, FL
2014 – Group Show. Gallery 725. Atlantic Beach, FL
PUBLICATIONS
Jerry Saltz Has A Female Problem, Women’s Caucus for Art, September Artlines Newsletter 2017
PRESS
Interview Babecast Podcast, WAPE Studios Jacksonville, FL. December 2017
Interview with an Artist, St John’s Magazine. October 2017
Interview, Interview 42 Podcast, Space 42. April 2017
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021 - Present, Art Educator, Beachside High School, Saint Johns, Florida
2013- 2021, Art Educator, Allen D. Nease High School, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
2017 –Mixed Media Workshop Presenter, Indigo Art Therapy. Jacksonville, FL
2016 – Printmaking Workshop Presenter, Florida Art Educator Association Fall Conference. Naples, FL
2011-2015 – Summer Art Educator, Museum of Contemporary Art. Jacksonville, Florida
2006-2013 – Art Educator, Elementary Itinerant Art Teacher, Duval County Public Schools
INTERNSHIPS
2017- Public Art Intern, Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville. Jacksonville, FL
2006 – Art With A Heart for Children, Wolfson Children’s Hospital. Jacksonville, FL
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2013-Present – St John’s Education Association
2010-Present – Member Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville
2009-2010 – President Elect, Duval Art Teachers Association
2010-2012 – President, Duval Art Teachers Association
2012-2013 – Past President, Duval Art Teachers Association