ABOUT

Megan Prince is a Seattle-based interdisciplinary artist whose work explores interdependence, labor, material reuse, and collective care. Raised in Eastern Washington by an architect and a contractor, Prince grew up surrounded by construction sites, blueprints, and museum art—an early fusion of structure and creativity. Equally formative were her grandmothers, who survived the Great Depression through grit and resourcefulness, instilling in Prince a lifelong impulse to reclaim the discarded and find beauty in what remains.

Prince earned a BFA in Painting and Interdisciplinary Visual Art with a minor in Dance from the University of Washington, followed by an MFA from Brooklyn College, CUNY. While in New York, a pivotal visit to Materials for the Arts cemented her commitment to reuse as both material strategy and ethics. Mentored by Vito Acconci, she created her first performance works, fusing salvaged materials with durational, participatory gestures. She later taught as an adjunct professor at Brooklyn College while holding an EFA Studio Fellowship.

Working across sculpture, installation, performance, and painting, Prince’s practice centers on reuse as a means of examining relationships between people, materials, and systems of care. Her work has been exhibited nationally, with recent presentations at Method Gallery, Kirkland Arts Center, Museum of Museums, the Coliseum Theater, and a solo exhibition during the 2024 Seattle Art Fair, as well as at Pier 69 and SEA, Port of Seattle.

Prince has received a 4Culture Open Grant, the People’s Choice Award from Interdependence at Kirkland Arts Center, and was a 2025 iolair Artist-in-Residence. She is on the public art rosters for the City of Seattle and Washington State. Her work is held primarily in private collections. Prince lives with her husband, three children, and pup in West Seattle.

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Curriculum Vitae

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Megan Prince: Shadows Maps, Prairie Underground, Seattle, WA
2024 Megan Prince: Jean Bodies, Method Gallery, The Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
Meredith, the vatican at studio e, Seattle, WA
2023 Build Time, Prairie Underground, Seattle, WA
Red Ratchet Strap Remnant Relationship (RRSRR2), Method Gallery, Seattle, WA
Seeing Remnants in Life, The Kirkland Library with The Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Reworked: Megan Prince and Lee Davignon, The Vestibule, Seattle, WA.
2022 Jean Bodies & Friends, Mini Mart City Park, Seattle, WA
Great Mysterious Heart, The Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2017 Relationship, 415 Project Space, Seattle, WA
2015   Megan Prince: An exhibition of early works, 415 Project Space, Seattle, WA
2011    Megan Prince: Relationship, STOLL Space, NY, NY
2010   Brooklyn Light, Solis, Brooklyn, NY
2008  Brooklyn College MFA Thesis Exhibition, NYCAMS, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Practicing Resilience, BallardWorks, Seattle, WA. (installation)
In Bloom, Georgetown Steamplant, Seattle, WA. (Installation)
Total F*cking Chaos, Method Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2024 Two Things Are True, Distortion Society, Beacon, NY.
Please Touch: Together, Breaking Barriers, King Street Station, Seattle, WA.
Connector: a survey, Rudolph Blume Fine Art, Houston, TX.
Chrysalis, Europa Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Embodiment, AMcE Creative Arts, Seattle, WA.
2023 Temple, Coliseum Theater, Seattle, WA.
Out of the Box, Method Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Ancient Tech + Future Relics, Coliseum Theater, Seattle, WA.
Soft Touch, Museum of Museums, Seattle, WA.
2022  Distilled: Contemporary Abstraction, North Seattle College Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.
  Carbon, The Vestibule, Seattle, WA.
  HOWL, Forest For The Trees, RailSpur, Seattle, WA.(Installation and performance)
2021   Interdependence, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA.
2010   Spinning Lines, The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY. (Installation and performance)
           If You See Nothing, Say Something, The Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY.

COMMISSIONS/PUBLIC WORKS.
Relationships, 2025-6, SEATAC baggage claim 14, Seattle, WA. Port of Seattle.
Art Interruptions Sculpture Walk, 2025, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA. Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS).
Expanding Horizons, 2025, Shunpike Storefronts & Artist Residencies, Seattle, WA. Shunpike.
Tied, Together, 2025, Pier 69, Seattle, WA. Port of Seattle.
Seeing Remnants in Life, 2023, KCLS Kirkland Library, Kirkland, WA. The Kirkland Arts Center.

AWARDS
2025-29 Public Artist Roster, Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
2025 Iolair Pilot AIR, Orcas Island, WA
  smART Ventures Grant, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle, WA
  Honorable Mention: Elevator Installation, Cannonball Arts, Seattle, WA 
          Enrichment Grant, Horizon House AIR, Seattle, WA
2024 Mini Mart City Park , Pilot AIR, Seattle, WA
          Recology AIR Finalist, Seattle, WA
2024-26 Public Artist Roster, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Seattle, WA
2023-25 Public Artist Roster, Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia, WA
2022 Open Grant, 4Culture, Seattle WA
2021 People’s Choice Award: Interdependence, The Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
2010  Fellowship, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2009 Fellowship, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2008 Graduate Fellowship, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, NY
2007 Graduate Fellowship, Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, NY
          Graduate Investment Program Research Grant, Fall and Spring, The City University of New York, NY
          Graduate Investment Program Travel Grant, The City University of New York, NY

PROFESSIONAL WORK/TEACHING
2025 Jean Body Engagement, Prairie Underground, Seattle, WA
Panelist, Port of Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
Remnant Body Engagement, Horizon House, Seattle, WA
Jean Body Engagement, Method Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 Jean Body Engagement, Mini Mart City Park, Seattle, WA
Visiting Artist, Mini Mart City Park, Seattle, WA
Jean Body Engagement Pilot, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
2023  Panelist, 4Culture Art Projects - Individuals, Seattle, WA
2022 Visiting Artist, University Prep, Seattle, WA
2014 Visiting Artist, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
2010 - 2012   Adjunct Professor, Brooklyn College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION
2008   Brooklyn College, The City University of New York, MFA
2002   University of Washington, BFA (Painting) & BA (Interdisciplinary Visual Arts) with a Minor in Dance

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS

2025
Ferris, Marc. “Pain to Power”, Highlands Current, January 2025.
Levey-Swain, Elias. “Two Things are True" at Distortion Society in Beacon, Chronogram, January 2025.
Davis, Brangien. The Newsfeed: Seattle art show invites visitors to look — and touch, Cascade PBS, January 2025.

2024
Gregory, Casey. Weaving a New Kind of Seattle Art Fair, ARCADE, October 2024.
Vansynghel, Margo. How Georgetown artists are flipping the script on Seattle gentrification, The Seattle Times, October 2024.
Davis, Brangien. ArtSEA: The streets are alive with the sights of Seattle Art Fair, Crosscut, July 2024.
Fiber Reimagined II, Fiber Arts Now, July 2024.

2023
Smith, Cami. A Place to Gather, Fiber Arts Now, July 2023.
Vansynghel, Margo. 7 art shows to see in Seattle in June 2023, The Seattle Times, June 2023.
Davis, Brangien. ArtSEA: Seattle artists are sending textile messages, Crosscut, May 2023.
Coven, Bree. Local Buy Nothing groups rely on gift economy to cut waste, grow community, The Seattle Times, February 2023
Davis, Brangien. ArtSEA: Swaddle yourself in soft Seattle art, Crosscut, February 2023

2022
Bear Robe, Amber-Dawn (Guest Juror) and Sinner, Lauren (SDJ Managing Editor). Seventh Annual International Exhibition in Print: The Fusion of Fiber Arts, Fashion & Design, Surface Design Journal, October 2022.
Vansynghel, Margo and Davis, Brangien. ArtSEA: Threads of technology stitch art across Seattle, Crosscut, August 2022.
Clemans, Gayle and Shultz, Erika. With Forest For The Trees, 100-plus artists convert Pioneer Square building in Seattle into huge art festival, The Seattle Times, July 2022.
Vansynghel, Margo. ArtSEA: A big indie alternative to Seattle Art Fair opens in Pioneer Square, Crosscut, July 2022.

2021 
Rodriguez, George. Exhibition Interdependence Highlight, The Kirkland Arts Center, July 2021.
Life on Venus: Conversation 1, London, UK, September 2021.

2018 
Sonheim, Carla. 365 Megan Prince, Carla Sonheim Presents, April 2018.

2010  
Mangosing, Catherine. relational abstraction : megan prince, myturtleneck Blog, March 2010.
Masters, Aaron Rachel. Writings on My Mind, Masters Musings, February 2010.