Maegan Kirschner CV

Maegan Kirschner AMK Studio

Education

2024 Master of Fine Art in Studio Art- Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX

2022 Masters in Studio Arts- Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX

2011 Bachelor of Arts in History with minors in American Studies and Art History- Missouri Southern State University, Joplin, MO

Teaching Experience

Spring 2022 Teaching Assistant for Drawing I, Drawing II and Painting I

Fall 2021 Teaching Assistant for Drawing I, Drawing II, Painting I, and Graduate Seminar

Summer 2021 Research Assistant creating presentations for undergraduate courses

Spring 2021 Teaching Assistant for Drawing I, Drawing II, and Painting I

Work Experience

2020-Present The Artist’s Circle Gallery, Dallas, TX

Create, manage, and produce an online gallery and coffee table books for emerging artists

2018-2019- Gallery Director for TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) at the Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, TX

Operated the gallery, curated monthly art exhibitions, and managed the gift shop

Solo Exhibitions

2022 Her Story, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX

2019 Her Endless Love Story, R.G. Endress Gallery, Prairie Village, KS

2018 The Abstract Circle Stories, The Blue Gallery, Allen, TX

The Abstract Circle, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX

Group Exhibitions

2022 Bold Colors, Bold Works, Tim Murphy Gallery, Merriam, KS

Spring, Blue House Gallery, Allen, TX

Blue, The Cottin Mill Gallery, McKinney, TX

Student Exhibition, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX

SWAN, G. Lee Gallery, Galveston, TX

AASH International Exhibition, Tyler, TX

2021 CCAN Exhibition, Center for Contemporary Arts, Abilene, TX

La Salon, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX

Texas Now(online), ArtSpace 111, Fort Worth, TX

TAC, Thank you Show, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX

The Grandeur of Color, MAV Gallery, Bethlehem, PA

TRAHC, Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Council, Texarkana, TX

Membership, MAC Gallery, Dallas, TX

Yellow(online), Colors of Humanity Gallery, Everette, PA

Primary Primavera, DeGallery, Bryan, TX

TAC Small Works, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX

2020 Small Works, Art Room, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX

Blue, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX

Art en Blanc, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX

$100 Exhibition, VGRAF, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX

Eye of the Lens, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX

Maximum Exposure Photography, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Fort Smith, AR

2019 The 5% Show, Arcadia, Tyler, TX

State of the Arts, Prairie Village, KS

22nd Annual Thomas Benton Art Competition, Neosho, MO

Art en Blanc, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX

Conduit, Envision Arts, Frisco, TX

Me, Myself, and I, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX

Denton Community Market Pop-up Poster Competition, 2 posters selected Denton, TX

TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Member Show, Dallas, TX Best in Show Winner

Artrageous, Frisco Discovery Center, Frisco, TX

The Biennial Project, 58th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy

Heart of a Nation, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Fort Smith, AR

Blue, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

Spring, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

Love and Hurt, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

Red, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX

2018 Winter Cheer, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

Citation Show, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

Mixed Media, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

October, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

AASH Vol. 3 International Art Show, Arcadia, Tyler, TX

September Shadows, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

Feeling Abstract, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

National Identity, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

It’s Alive, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Fort Smith, AR

Gender in Society, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Membership Show, Dallas, TX

Sight Unseen, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

Hunt County Fair, Greenville, TX- 1st in class

Greenville Art League Open Show, Greenville, TX

TAC Impromptu Invitational, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX

Green, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

Odysseus North Texas Orchestra Family Concert Series, McKinney, TX

Elephant in the Room, Main Street Gallery, Tyler, TX

March, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

Red, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX

Little Something, Something, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

2017 Heavy Metal, Main Street Gallery, Tyler, TX

Peavey Tree-Art Mart, Dallas Cultural Arts Center, Dallas, TX

Women of TAC, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX

Crème De Le Crème, Frisco Discovery Center, Frisco, TX

When the Mystery of Creativity Appears, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association)Dallas, TX

AASH Vol. 2 International Art Show, Arcadia, Tyler, TX

Mundane to Specifi, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association) Dallas, TX

Art en Blanc, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX

I am Woman, Hear Me Roar, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association)Dallas, TX

Roots, Frisco Discovery Center, Frisco, TX

Collin County Community College VAGRF Exhibition, Plano, TX

Book Marks, TVAA(Texas Visual Arts Association)Dallas, TX- 1st place winner

Artrageous, Frisco Discovery Center, Frisco, TX

DeSoto City Hall, DeSoto, TX

Corks and Canvas, Rockwall, TX

Hunt County Fair, Greenville, TX-1st in class, 2nd in division

Publications

2020 Envision Arts Magazine, Medusa

Envision Arts Magazine, Fall

2019 Envision Arts Magazine, Teal

Uppercase Magazine Vol. 41, Fresh Art

Envision Arts Magazine, For the Love of Art

TreeHouse Arts Online Magazine, The Abstract Cirle Stories

Envision Arts Magazine, The Abstract Circle Stories

2018 Star Media Allen American Newspaper, Allen Grad Returns Home for Blue House Too Exhibit

Voyage Dallas Magazine-East Dallas, Meet Maegan Kirschner of AMK Studio

Royse City Herald Banner and Greenville Herald Banner, Local Artist Gaining Regional Acclaim

Organizations

2022 Secretary for the Texas Chapter of the Women’s Caucus in Art

Texas Artists Coalition-TAC

Visual Art League of Allen

2021 Member of MAC, non-profit gallery, Dallas, TX

2019 Juror and Curator for the Allen Arts Alliance Spring Festival

Texas Visual Arts Association-TVVA

Visual Art Society of Bryan-College Station

Visual Arts Guild of Frisco-VAGRF