Megan Rye
Education
2005 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
2003 MFA, Painting, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
1998 BFA, Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
1998 Art History Concentration, Rhode Island School of Design
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Foundling: 100 Days, Weisman Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Foundling: Portraits of Citizenship, Spencer Museum, Lawrence, KS
2011 I Will Follow You Into the Dark, Forum Gallery, New York City, NY
2008 Long Night’s Journey into Day, Burnet Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2007 I Will Follow You Into the Dark, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
Artists By Artists, Forum Gallery, New York City, NY.
2017
The American Dream, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany.
2016
American Views, Forum Gallery, New York City, NY.
2015
Cartography of a Collection, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN.
2014
Man’s Best Friend, Sommerville Manning Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware.
Unforgetting Iraq: In Search of Recovery, New Century Art Guild, Kimballton, IA.
2013
Texas Contemporary, Houston, TX.
Aquatic: A Day at the Beach, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia.
2012
Five Decades of Art and Artists at Forum Gallery, New York City, NY.
Texas Contemporary, Houston, TX.
Wounded City, Regis Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
2011
artMrkt Hamptons, Bridgehampton Historical Society, Bridgehampton, NY.
Fresh, curated by Jennifer Phelps, Burnet Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
ROJO/RED, Galeria Omar Alonso, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Peace on Earth: Art Against War, Forum Gallery, New York City, NY.
Navigating the Aftermath, Regis Center, Minneapolis, MN.
2010
Pig Paintings, Galeria Omar Alonsa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
The Art of Conflict, Tarnish and Gold Gallery, Minneapolis, MN.
2009
Selections, Forum Gallery at Four Seasons Hotel, New York City, NY.
McKnight Foundation Fellows, MCAD, Minneapolis, MN.
2007 An Eye for Detail, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2006
New Faces, Forum Gallery, New York City, NY.
Art Chicago, Butler Field, Chicago, IL.
2005
Jerome Foundation Fellows, MCAD, Minneapolis, MN.
The Figurative Impulse, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Art of the 20th Century, Seventh Regent Armory, New York City, NY.
Selected Bibliography
2022
Yoo, Sharon, "Found and claimed," Kare11, March 29, 2022
Thurston-Hamerski, Susan, "Foundling Exhibit Focuses on International Adoption,"
CLA, Celebrating Woman's History Month, March 10, 2022.
Eler, Alicia "Leave the house and see some art: 4 Minneapolis gallery shows worth checking out," Star Tribune, February 3, 2022.
Brault, Shannon "Weisman Art Museum Reopens with Two Exhibits," Mpls St Paul Magazine, January 26, 2022.
Regan, Sheila "The Stories Behind Foundling: 100 Days," mnartists.walkerart.org,
January 12, 2022.
2019
Kaufmann, Gina “Foundling on Central Standard,” NPR/KCUR, October 15, 2019.
Chisholm, Nan, “Megan Rye Foundling,” KCStudio, August 30, 2019.
2018
Gross, Daniel, “Art on Paper Folds Together Elegance and Unruliness,” Hyperallergic,
March 9, 2018.
2014
“First for Friday,” PBS/WHYY, November, 7, 2014.
2011
McElroy, Steven, “New Art Fair to Mix Charity and Contemporary Works,” The New York Times,
July 8, 2011.
Bindley, Katherine, “Megan Rye Paints Scenes From Iraq,” The Huffington Post,
June 2011.
2009
Clayton, Chris, “We Like You. Here’s 25,000,” Twin Cities Metro Magazine, June 2009.
Blocker, Jane, “Megan Rye McKnight Artists catalogue essay,” August, 2009.
2008
Combs, Marianne, “Painting the beauty and ambiguity of the Iraq war,” Minnesota Public Radio, November 25, 2008.
Marsh, Steve, “Megan Rye’s Long Night’s Journey Into Day @ Burnett Art Gallery,” mspmag.com, November 15, 2008.
Hornbacher, Marya, “Essay: Seeing War Through Borrowed Eyes,” guernicamag.com,
November 13, 2008.
2007
Abbe, Mary, “Art Review : War at a Distance,” Minneapolis Star-Tribune, September 21, 2007.
Klefstad, Ann, "I Will Follow You Into the Dark," The Rake, September 2007.
Abbe, Mary, “See-Worthy : War Mediated,” Minneapolis Star-Tribune, August 30, 2007.
Handelman, Marc, “Essay: One Way Mirror, On the Paintings of Megan Rye,” August, 2007.
Perlman, Tamatha Sopinski, “The Terrible, Beautiful Images of War,” Minneapolis Institute of Arts Magazine, July/Aug 2007.
2006
Abbe, Mary, “See-Worthy Jerome Winners,” Star-Tribune, October 13, 2006.
Makholm, Kristin, “Jerome Artists 2005-06,” mnartist.org, October 4, 2006.
2005
Hornbacher, Marya, “A Cacophony of Color,” Mpls St Paul Magazine, October 2005.
Public Collection
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Awards
2022 Minnesota State Arts Board, Creative Support for Individuals Grant
2021 Minnesota State Arts Board, Creative Support for Individuals Grant
2019 Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist Initiative Grant
2010 Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship
2009 PVArt Studio Residency, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2008 McKnight Visual Artist Fellowship
2007 Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist Initiative Grant
2005 Jerome Foundation Artist Fellowship
2004 Minnesota State Arts Board, Artist Initiative Grant
2002 University of Minnesota, Graduate Research Grant
2000 University of Minnesota, Graduate School Fellowship