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Artist Statement:
I am investigating issues
surrounding the presupposed
ideas of beauty, style, and
glamour. My work focuses on
the exterior properties of a
subject as it perhaps masks
inner turmoil. Costume, pose,
and stance tend to identify a
type rather than describe a
person, and my portraits are
of social products.
To put make-up on a child, and
to turn him/her into an
adult’s static conception of
what childhood means, denies
the authenticity of the nature
of a child and is inherently
artificial: the notion of
wholesomeness is perverted by
the manipulation and marketing
of this artificial image.
Society’s obsession with
eternal youth manifests itself
into the performing child.
While pictures of posed
'stars' exude a vacuity which
appear less than human, at the
same time we have a
sentimentality towards our
pets - projecting human
qualities on them.
I focus on the image and loss
of identity in order to
describe a kind of compelling
yet disturbing beauty that I
see. I magnify the visual and
encourage my own technique to
evoke a sense of history in
relation to contemporary
culture such as in traditional
portraiture. By doing this, I
am hoping to create a sense of
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Collections:
Jim Goldberg, San Francisco,
CA USA
San Francisco Arts Commission
Slide Registry,
San Francisco, CA USA...
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Megan Archer:
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Mountain View City Hall ‘Art in Action’ faculty exhibition, Mountain View, CA Jan 2006, 2008
Cricket Engine Gallery, Oakland, CA
“Dangerous Playthings” – Group show September 2004
Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA February 2004, August 2003
Group themed mixed media shows
ATA gallery, San Francisco, CA Aug – Sept. 2002
‘Openings’ San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery April –May 2002
San Francisco, CA
‘Portraits’ Spanganga Gallery San Francisco, CA March 2002
ATA gallery, San Francisco, CA Sept. 2001
‘Sugar-Coated’ July - Aug 2000
381g artspace, San Francisco, CA
‘Furry Things’ Group Show June - July 2000
381g artspace, San Francisco, CA
Annual ‘Arts on Fire’ Juried Exhibition Feb 2000/Feb 1999
Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
7th Annual Juried Luggage Show Jan 1999
The Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
The Rat & Raven, San Francisco, CA August 1998
CCAC MFA group show April 1998
Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
Door 3 Gallery, Oakland, CA Dec 1997
Make Out Room, San Francisco, CA Oct 1997
Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA Feb 1996
Door 3 Gallery, Oakland, CA June 1996
March – April 1996
Arts Center, Southborough, MA Jan-Feb 1997
EDUCATION:
1996-1998 California College of Arts and Crafts MFA in painting and drawing
1988-1992 Moore College of Art and Design BFA in painting and drawing
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