Maegan Kirschner CV

Maegan Kirschner

AMK Studio and Services

 Greenville, TX 75189

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EDUCATION                                                                       

Bachelor of Arts in History and minor in American Studies and Art History /   Joplin, MO                                                                                

Missouri Southern State University December 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE                                      

SELF-EMPLOYED                                                          Greenville, TX

Artist (Freelance)                                                     August 2015 – Present

• Manage and produce the online gallery The Artist’s Circle and produce and publish art books

• Design, develop, and deliver art pieces to clients

• Create abstract mixed media for exhibitions across the Dallas/Fort Worth area

Home School Art Teacher Greenville, TX                                               

                                                                                                                                August 2015 – July 2018

• Create lesson plans and instruct for children ranging from 1st grade through high school level

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

• Operate the gallery, curate art shows, and manage the gift shop           January 2018-July2019

EXHIBITIONS                                                                     

• Group Exhibition, Art en Blanc, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX September 2020

• Group Exhibition, VGRAF $100.00 Exhibition, Gallery 8680, Frisco TX August 2020

• Group Exhibition, Eye of the Lens, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX April 2020

• Group Exhibition, RAM Maximum Exposure Photography, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Fort Smith, AR, January 2020-April 2020

• Group Exhibition, The 5% Show, Arcadia, Tyler, TX December-January 2019-2020

• Group Exhibition, State of the Arts, Prairie Village Arts Council, Kansas, October 2019

• Group Exhibition, 22nd Annual Thomas Hart Benton Art Competition, Neosho, MO September 2019

• Group Exhibition, Art en Blanc, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX September 2019

• Group Exhibition, Conduit, Envision Arts Magazine, Frisco Discovery Center, Frisco, TX, September 2019

• Group Exhibition, Me, Myself, and I, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX September 2019

• Group Exhibition, Denton Community Market Pop Up Poster Competition, 2 posters selected

• Group Exhibition, TVAA Member Show, Dallas, TX, June 2019- Best in Show Winner

• Group Exhibition, Artrageous, Frisco Discovery Center, Frisco, TX, June 2019

• Solo Show, Her Endless Love Story, R,G, Endress Gallery, Prairie Village, Kansas, June 2019

• Group Exhibition, 58th Venice Biennial, The Biennial Project, Venice, Italy May 2019-November 2019

• Group Exhibition, RAM Open Invitational, Heart of a Nation, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Fort Smith, AR, April 2019- July 2019

• Group Exhibition, Blue Show, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX April 2019

• Group Exhibition, Spring Open Call, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX March 2019

• Group Exhibition, Love and Hurt, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX February 2019

• Group Exhibition, RED, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX February 2019

• Group Exhibition, Winter Cheer, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX December 2018

• Group Exhibition, TVAA Citation Show, Mesquite, TX November 2018

• Group Exhibition, Mixed Media, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX November 2018

• Solo Exhibition, The Abstract Circle Stories, The Blue Gallery, Allen, TX, October 2018- November 2018

• Group Exhibition, October Open Call, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX  October 2018

• Group Exhibition, AASH Volume3 International Art Show, Arcadia, Tyler, TX September2018- January 2019

• Group Exhibition, September Shadows, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX September 2018

• Solo Exhibition, The Abstract Circle, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Ft. Worth, TX August 2018

• Group Exhibition, Feeling Abstract, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX August 2018

• Group Exhibition, National Identity, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX July 2018

• Group Exhibition, RAM Open Invitational, It’s Alive, Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Fort Smith AR, June-Sept 2018

• Group Exhibition, Gender in Society, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX June 2018

• Group Exhibition, TVAA, Texas Visual Arts Association Membership Show, Medical City, Dallas, TX May-June 2018

• Group Exhibition, Sight Unseen, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX May 2018

• Group Exhibition, Hunt County Fair, Greenville, TX April 2018, 1st in class

• Group Exhibition, Greenville Art League Open Show, Greenville, TX April 2018

• Group Exhibition, TAC Impromtu Invitational, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX April 2018

• Group Exhibition, GREEN, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX April 2018

• Group Exhibition, Odysseus North Texas Orchestra with Gallery 8680, Family Concert Series, Movie Magic, Star Trek and Lilly’s Theme, McKinney, TX March 2018

• Group Exhibition, Elephant In the Room, Main Street Gallery, Tyler, TX March 2018

• Group Exhibition, March Open Call, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX March 2018

• Group Exhibition, Red 2018, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX February 2018

• Group Exhibition, Little Something, Something, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX November-January

• Group Exhibition, Heavy Metal, Main Street Gallery, Tyler, TX November-January 2017-2018

• Group Exhibition, Peavey Tree-Art Mart, Dallas Cultural Bath House, Dallas, TX November 2017

• Group Exhibition, Women of TAC, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX October 2017

• Group Exhibition, Crème De Le Crème, VAGRF-Frisco Discovery Center, Frisco, TX October 2017

• Group Exhibition, When the Mystery of Creativity Appears, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX October 2017- 2nd Place winner

• Group Exhibition, AASH Volume2 International Art Show, Arcadia, Tyler, TX September 2017- February 2018

• Group Exhibition, Mundane to Specific, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX September 2017

• Group Exhibition, Art en Blanc, Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX August-September 2017

• Group Exhibition  I am Woman, Hear Me Roar, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX August 2017

• Group Exhibition  Roots, VAGRF, Frisco, TX July-October 2017

• Group Exhibition  CCCC Plano Art Gallery, VAGRF, Plano, TX July 2017-August 2017

• Group Exhibition  Book Marks, TVAA Gallery, Dallas, TX July 2017- 1st place winner

• Group Exhibition  Artrageous, VAGRF-Frisco Discovery Center, Frisco, TX July 2017

• Group Exhibition  DeSoto City Hall, DeSoto Art League, DeSoto, TX June-July 2017

• Group Exhibition  Corks & Canvas,  Rockwall, TX May 2017

• Group Exhibition   Hunt County Fair, Greenville, TX March 2017- 1st in class/ 2nd in division

Publications­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­__________________________________________________

• Envision Arts Magazine-Online Publication, Fall, November 2019

• Envision Arts Magazine-Online Publication, Teal, October 2019

• Uppercase Magazine- Print Edition Number 41, Fresh Art, Story about Maegan Kirschner and Her Art,  April 2019

• Envision Arts Magazine-Online Publication, For The Love of Art, February 2019

• TreeHouse Arts, For the Artists, By The Artists- Online Publication, New Visual Art: The Abstract Circle Stories, February 2019

• Envision Art Magazine-Online Publication, Abstract Circle Stories, Jan 22, 2019

• Star Media Allen American Newspaper- Print and Online Edition, Allen Grad Returns Home for Blue House Too Exhibit, October 2018

• Voyage Dallas Magazine-East Dallas- Online Publication, Meet Maegan Kirschner of AMK Studio, July 2018

• Royse City Herald Banner and Greenville Herald Banner- Print Edition, Local Artist Gaining Regional Acclaim, June 2018

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Instalation________________________________________________________

Astech/Repairify Office Lobby “Astech” June 2017

Organizations_____________________________________________________

• Member of the Visual Arts Guilds of Frisco- VAGRF

• Member of the Texas Artists Coalition- TAC

• Member Texas Visual Arts Association- TVAA

• Juror and Curator for the Allen Arts Alliance Spring Festival