CURRICULUM VITAE
Meghan Bogden Shimek | b. 1979, Flint, MI | living Oakland, CA
EDUCATION
2007 BS, Dietetics: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2002 BA, History: Oakland University, Rochester, MI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Hello Stranger, Oakland, CA
2017 Fiber Works, Edo Salon, San Francisco, CA
Esqueleto, Oakland, CA
Portland Garment Factory, Portland, OR
I AM THAT, Portland, OR
Incarnadine, Glass Rice Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Poketo, Los Angeles, CA
The Line Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Transformation, Local Language Art, Oakland, CA
Deactivated History, The Mill, San Francisco, CA
2016 Little Paper Planes, San Francisco, CA
Re-search, Stumptown, Portland, OR
Interactions, Makers Mess, Los Angeles, CA
Not So Alone, Strangematter, Lansing, MI
2015 Esqueleto, Oakland, CA
Bell Jar, San Francisco, CA
ROVE, Seattle, WA
Onyx, San Francisco, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Pure Not Proper, Los Angeles, CA
Decorator Showcase, San Francisco, CA
2017 Corner Apartment, San Francisco, CA
Material Musings, Bank of America, Houston, TX
Peep Show, Mule Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 The Artisans, La Villa Rose, Paris, France
Show and Tell, Los Angeles, CA
Yael Design, Ross, CA
West Coast Craft, San Francisco, CA
Thread and Colour, The Gallery, Paddington, Australia
Fibers of Design, San Antonio, TX
Hanging Out, Nido Living, San Francisco, CA
2015 Closest to Clouds, Have Company, Grand Rapids, MI
2014 QRNRMRKT, Velouria, Seattle, WA
Gradient Pink, Ogaard, Oakland, CA
2013 Closed Circuit, LoveCityLove, Seattle, WA
RESIDENCIES
2017 Local Language Art, Oakland, CA
2015 Ogaard Textile Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 Have Company, Grand Rapids, MI
LECTURES/WORKSHOPS
2018 Panelist, The Assembly, San Francisco, CA
2017 Panelist, Workshop, The Weaving Kind, Boulder, CO
Speaker, Athena Conference, Bozeman, MO
Workshop, Portland, OR
Workshop, Seattle, WA
Workshop, Santa Cruz, CA
Panelist, West Coast Craft, San Francisco, CA
Workshop, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Artist Talk, Poketo, Los Angeles, CA
Workshop, The Line Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
Workshop, Handcraft Studio School, El Cerrito, CA
Artist Talk, Anthropologie, Walnut Creek, CA
2016 Workshops, Handcraft Studio School, Emeryville, CA
Workshop, Good Manners, Paris, France
Workshop, Makers Mess, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Workshops, Handcraft Studio School, Emeryville, CA
Workshop, Fancy Tiger, Denver, CO
Workshop, Velouria, Seattle, WA
Workshop, Makers Mess, Los Angeles, CA
Workshops, Have Company, Grand Rapids, MI
Workshop, Foggy Notion, San Francisco, CA
Workshop, Makeshift Society, San Francisco, CA
Workshop, Knitterly, Petaluma, CA
2014 Workshop, Makeshift Society, San Francisco, CA
Workshop, Ogaard Textile Gallery, Oakland, CA
Workshop, Knitterly, Petaluma, CA
Workshop, Little Paper Planes, San Francisco, CA
Workshop, Have Company, Grand Rapids, MI