Meghan Wilbar

Meghan Wilbar has always been drawn to the landscape as a subject matter. She works with a pared down sensibility to capture the experience of the land and sky through texture and drawn line. She received her MFA from the New York Studio School in 2005 and her BA from Knox College in 2002. In the fall of 2010, she was an artist in the Bronx Museum, Artist in the Marketplace program and was featured in their AIM30 museum exhibition. She has received numerous artist-in-residences including the Chautauqua Institute Intensive Studio Program, Spiro Arts Foundation, Jentel Arts Foundation, History Colorado and the Wurlitzer Foundation. In 2016, she received a Colorado Creative Industries grant in support of her Veins of Steel project: a project chronicling the mining industry in Southern Colorado. Her works are included in the corporate collections of Denver Hilton Gardens, Westin Hotel, Parkview Hospital, University of Colorado Art Museum as well as numerous private collections. She is currently represented by Auric Gallery in Colorado Springs, Michael Warren Contemporary in Denver, CO and RA Modern in Crested Butte, CO.