Born 1973, Los Angeles, California.
Lives and works in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


EDUCATION

2002 - Master of Fine Arts, with Distinction - Visual Studies
Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minnesota

1996 - Bachelor of Arts - Visual Arts
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

1995 - Painting, Drawing, Art History, and Critical Theory courses
Istituto Lorenzo de' Medici, Florence, Italy



SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2010
(solo) Sound Signals - Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN

War Works: Artists Engage Iraq and Other Wars - Sandow Birk, Combat Paper, Daniel Heyman,
John Risseeuw, Ehren Tool, Megan Vossler
College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH

2009
(solo) Megan Vossler: Displacements - The McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN

War Works: Artists Engage Iraq and Other Wars - Sandow Birk, Combat Paper, Daniel Heyman,
John Risseeuw, Ehren Tool, Megan Vossler
Carleton College Art Gallery, Northfield MN

Touch: A Survey of Contemporary Drawing - Catherine G. Murphy Gallery, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN

2008
MCAD/McKnight Artists 2007-08 - MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (catalog)

Pay Attention: GM08 - The Soap Factory, Minneapolis, MN (catalog)

Draw Too: A Drawing Show in Four Acts - Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

2007
War Mediated: Camille Gage, Justin Newhall, Megan Vossler - Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program,
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, MN

The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection - de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (catalog)

2006
National Image  - Sherman Gallery, Boston University, MA

MCAD/Jerome Artists 2006 - MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (catalog)

March - Electro Lift Artworks, Minneapolis, MN

2005
Ten Times Out  - MCAD Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Untitled 4  - Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis 55408 - Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN

2004
(solo) Fresh: New Paintings and Drawings - Douglas-Baker Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Draw - Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

...in the Summer - Haley Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA

Engage! - Haley Martin Galleries / Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA

 

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS and AWARDS

2009
Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant

2007-2008
McKnight Artists Fellowship for Visual Artists

2005-2006
Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists

2003
Faculty Support Grant - Minneapolis College of Art and Design

2001 & 2000
Trustees Award - Minneapolis College of Art and Design

1993
Roberta Joslin Award for Excellence in Art - Brown University



PUBLICATIONS

2007
Vossler, Megan. “Drawing as Witnessing.” (peer-reviewed) TRACEY: The Journal of Contemporary Drawing Research.
Loughborough University, UK. [ link ]



BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008
Abbe, Mary. Poignant Narratives. Minneapolis Star-Tribune. July 11, 2008 (image)  [pdf]
Abbe, Mary. Pencil Pushers. Minneapolis Star-Tribune. July 18, 2008 (image)
Adamson, Morgan. "Cinematic/Narrative." The Soap Factory Presents PAY ATTENTION: GM08.
    Exhibition catalog. September 2008
Helms, Marisa. Personal and cultural narratives drive McKnight Fellows. MinnPost.com. July 1, 2008.  [pdf]
Klefstad, Ann. Story's Triumph. mnartists.org. July 28, 2008. (image)
O'Neill-Butler, Lauren. MCAD/McKnight Artists 2007-08. Catalog essay. July 2008  [pdf]
Rose, Thomas. "Place." The Soap Factory Presents PAY ATTENTION: GM08. Exhibition catalog. September 2008
Schmid, Christina. Monsters, Maps, and Marginalia. The Rake (rakemag.com). July 7, 2008 (image)  [pdf]
Smith, Matthew. Pay Attention: GM08. City Pages. October 10, 2008
Sturdevant, Andy. Five highlights from 2008. Secrets of the City (secretsofthecity.com). December 31, 2008 (image)

2007
Abbe, Mary. War at a Distance. Minneapolis Star-Tribune. September 21, 2007
Anglin Burgard, Timothy, Karin Breuer, and Jill D'Alessandro. The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection.
    San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2007.
Combs, Marianne. "Artists Explore Images of War." Morning Edition. Minnesota Public Radio. October 8, 2007
Cook-Romero, Elizabeth. Voyeur at Beauty's Ragged Edge. The New Mexican. November 1, 2007
Klefstad, Ann. The Art of War. The Rake. August 2007
Makholm, Kristin. Megan Vossler: Aftermath. The Rake: 10,000 Arts quarterly issue. Winter 2007 (image)
Perlman, Tamatha Sopinski. The Terrible, Beautiful Images of War. Arts Magazine. July/August 2007 (image)
Perlman, Tamatha Sopinski. War Mediated. Catalog essay. August 2007
Smith, Rod. A-List: War Mediated. City Pages. August 29, 2007

2006
Abbe, Mary. See-Worthy: Jerome Winners. Minneapolis Star-Tribune. October 13, 2006
Atkins, Christopher. Salad Days Sunset: 2006 MCAD/Jerome Artists. mnartists.org. October 19, 2006
Makholm, Kristin. MCAD/Jerome 2006. Catalog essay. October 2006
McQuaid, Cate. National Interest. Boston Globe. November 23, 2006
New American Paintings, Volume 65. 2006 Midwestern Edition.
Powers, Keith. Arts Agenda: Homeland Insecurity. Boston Herald. November 10, 2006
Priesmeyer, Molly. A-List: MCAD/Jerome Artists 2006. City Pages. October 11, 2006 (image)

2005
White, Collier. Wants To Be Your Dog: "Untitled" at SooVac. mnartists.org. August 18, 2005

2004
Briggs, Patricia. Rediscovering the Gestural Mark in Contemporary Painting. Presented in the session Down and Dirty: The Sanitization of Painting in the 21st Century, Mid-America College Art Association annual conference, University of Minnesota.



INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES and WORKSHOPS

2003
Resident Artist, La Cipressaia - Montagnana, Italy

2002
Resident Artist, Michaelis School of Fine Art - Cape Town, South Africa

1999
Resident Artist, La Cipressaia - Montagnana, Italy

1996
Resident Artist, La Cipressaia - Montagnana, Italy



CURRENT TEACHING

Visiting Assistant Professor, Art - Macalester College - Saint Paul, MN
 


COLLECTIONS

De Young Museum, San Francisco, CA