Rachel Meginnes

Rachel Meginnes

Rachel Meginnes is currently a resident artist at Penland School of Crafts in Western North Carolina. She received her MFA in Fibers from the University of Washington, Seattle in 2005 and her BA, focusing on textiles, from Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana in 1999. Following two years in Northern Japan studying traditional textiles, Rachel spent time in New Zealand working with wool production. Returning to the United States, she completed a year-long apprenticeship as a rug weaver and dyer in Northeastern Maine. She then began her first rug design business producing handwoven rugs for home interiors. In 2003, Rachel entered graduate school and in 2005 co-founded the international rug company Dorjé Contemporary. Rachel worked with architects and interior designers producing custom-designed, commissioned carpets for residential and commercial spaces. 2010 marked a significant shift in Rachel’s career when she returned to making her own artwork full time. After working from her studio in San Francisco for two years, Rachel relocated to North Carolina where she is now exploring the intersection between textiles and painting.
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Trained as a weaver, my paintings are rooted in the alteration of structures and materials. Employing traditional textile techniques at a variety of scales, my pieces pay homage to patience, labor, and discipline. My work reflects an internal contemplation of self and an external meditation on daily life experienced through a series of upset systems, built and torn down surfaces, and a unification of opposing sides. Striking a balance between ruin and discovery while forging uncommon relationships of color, form, and texture are the driving forces behind my work.

SOLO | GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
Penland Resident Artist Exhibition, S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, University of North Carolina, NC
Fail-Safe: Discomforts at Home, Hap Gallery, Portland, OR
Reimagining Paper and Fiber – International Invitational, Wailoa Arts & Cultural Center, Hilo, HI
GROW, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC
Mnēmonikos : Art of Memory in Contemporary Textiles, Fashion Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Legacy, Tradition, Reinvention: Penland Resident Artists, Turchin Center for the Arts, Boone, NC
Fail-Safe: Discomforts at Home, Craft Alliance, St Louis, MO
New x 3, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
Heuristic, The Brink Gallery, Missoula, MT

2013
Winter Show 2013, Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
The Barns Studios: 2013, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
Stitch, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC
Mnēmonikos : Art of Memory in Contemporary Textiles, Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand
Penland Artists II, LIGHT Art + Design, Chapel Hill, NC
Flour & Feed, The Mill, San Francisco, CA
In the Mind’s Eye, The Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA
FiberArt International 2013, Fiberarts Guild, Pittsburgh, PA
Breaking Ground : Innovative Craft, Handmade in America, Asheville, NC
Pulled Thread, Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond, IN

2012
BAM Biennial 2012 : High Fiber Diet, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
Seeing Stars, Campfire Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011
The Art of Fiber Exhibition, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton Arts Foundation, Lorton, VA
Emerging Arrowmont: Behind the Scenes, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
The Art of Saeggan Swanson, Anne Scallon & Rachel Meginnes, FLIPP Interiors San Francisco, CA

2010
NOTA Show, AE Galleries, San Francisco, CA

2008
Coming Home, Leeds Gallery, Earlham College, Richmond, IN

2005
Found In Translation, TORA Gallery, Mount Vernon, WA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

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