BORN
1979, Coshocton, OH
EDUCATION
2000 BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Watershed,” Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2022 “Light Season,” Claire Elizabeth Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2021 “Refuge,” Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2020 “New Works,” Moremen Gallery, Louisville, KY
2017 “Saving Space,” Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2014 "From These Roots," SKyPAC, Bowling Green, KY
2014 "Private Landscapes," Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2013 "Documenting the Landscape," Pomerene Center for the Arts, Coshocton, OH
2012 Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2012 Gateway Arts Council, Sidney, OH
2010 Matre Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009 “A Place Within,” River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2008 “Sense of Place,” Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2008 “A Quiet View,” Aliya Linstrum, Atlanta, GA
2007 “Mystic Fields,” Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2007 “Divided,” Flying Solo, Nashville International Airport
2006 “New Works,” Michael Orr Gallery, Columbus, OH
2005 “Landscapes,” Belle Meade Gallery, Nashville, TN
2004 “New Beginnings,” Michael Orr Gallery, Columbus, OH
2004 “Safe Places,” Bockrath Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2003 “New Paintings,” Michael Orr Gallery, Columbus, OH
2000 solo exhibition at Pomerene Center for the Arts, Coshocton, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Art of Place,” Claire Elizabeth Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2023 “Scenic Route,” Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2023 “Light Between the Leaves,” Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2022 “Autumn Unfolding,” Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2022 “Forces of Nature,” Claire Elizabeth Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2022 “RepresenTENN,” Channel to Channel, Chattanooga, TN
2022 “Fresh,” Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2021 “Lay of the Land,” Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2020 “Beyond the Horizon,” Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2020 “Designing Space,” Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2020 “En Plein Air,” Cheekwood, Nashville, TN
2019 “Xanadu,” Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2019 “Terra Firma,” Lipscomb University
2019 “Field of Vision,” Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2018 "A Year at Fort Negley,” Fort Negley, Nashville, TN
2018 “Artists at Work,” Browsing Room Gallery, Nashville, TN
2017 “Wearable Surfaces,” Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2017 “Natural Beauty,” Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2016 “Grafted to the Past,” Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH
2015 “Small Works,” Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2015 Southern Living Showcase Home, Charlottesville, VA
2014 “Blottr,” Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2014 "Essence of the Landscape," Art Access Gallery, Bexley, OH
2013 "New Work/New Space," Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2012 "Guest Work," Ann Long Fine Art, Charleston, SC
2012 "Southern Artists Paint Southern Scenes," Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2012 "Exhibit Your Symptom," Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2011 "Inspired by Coshocton," Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH
2010 "Fresh Air," Matre Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2009 “Art in Open Spaces,” Terrazzo/Zeitgeist, Nashville, TN
2009 “Draw!” Linstrum + Matre Artworks, Atlanta, GA
2008 “Dialogues: Painting,” Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2007 “New Views,” Aliya Linstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2007 “Altered Vision,” Nashville Public Library
2006 “Small Wonders,” Aliya Linstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006 “New Works,” Firewalker Gallery, Marshall, NC
2006 “Beauty,” Joanna Burke Consultants at Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2006 “Grillin & Chillin,” Aliya Linstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2005 ARThouse [06] Atlanta, GA
2005 “New Landscapes,” Michael Orr Gallery, Columbus, OH
2004 “Recent Works,” with Brent Oglesbee, Swanson Reed Contemporary, Louisville, KY
2002 “Standing Their Ground,” Gallery of Franklin, Franklin, TN
2002 “Creating Spaces,” Michael Orr Gallery, Columbus, OH
2001 Ohio Art League Annual Exhibition
2000 “Re-Evolution,” Tribeca Arts Club, New York, NY
1999 “The Visual Letter,” Art Director’s Club, New York, NY
RESIDENCIES AND TEACHING/ LECTURE EXPERIENCE
2019 Plein air painting workshop at Frist Museum, Nashville, TN
2017-2019 Artist-in-residence, Downtown Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN
2017 Artist-in-Residence at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Whiskeytown, CA
2017, 2018 Workshop at Channel to Channel Gallery
2011-12 Workshop series at Pomerene Center for the Arts
2003, 2007 Watkins College of Art and Design, Community Education Dept.
2002 Ohio University, guest lecturer
2000-2002 Artist-in-Residence, Pomerene Center for the Arts, Coshocton, OH
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Music City Center
40 for 40 (Metro Nashville Courthouse Collection)
FirstBank (The Ayers Foundation)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Fearing’s at the Ritz-Carlton, Dallas
Martha Ingram
Kix and Barbara Brooks
Brown-Forman Group
The Turner Family Foundation
OMS Records
Coshocton Public Library
ARTICLES/ REVIEWS/ FEATURES
February 2020 featured artist, Claire Elizabeth Gallery, New Orleans
Featured in House Beautiful Magazine’s Whole Home Nashville, 2019
"Art Access Gallery: Pastoral Scenes in Paintings Soothe Soul," The Columbus Dispatch, April 13, 2014, Christopher Yates
Unconventional-- Nashville's Music City Center, released 2014
Documenting the Landscape: Views from Coshocton County, exhibition catalog, Pomerene Center for the Arts
“Wide Open Spaces,” Critic’s Picks, Nashville Scene, April 5, 2012, Joe Nolan
“Zeitgeist Gallery Looks West with Megan Lightell’s Dramatic Vistas,” The Tennessean, April 1, 2012, MiChelle Jones
“Megan Lightell, Contemporary Tonalist,” Nashville Arts Magazine, March 29, 2012, Daniel Tidwell
“Variety Makes for Compelling Viewing,” Columbus Dispatch, August 7, 2011, Amy Davis
Featured on Blog Cabin 2009, DIY Network
“Flying High,” Southern Living Magazine, June 2007
ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition, four paintings featured in the Hawkins home, October 2006
“Summer Painter Becoming One for All Seasons,” Columbus Dispatch, September 2006, Christopher Yates
“Painter’s Landscapes Reflect Versatility,” Columbus Dispatch, March 2004, Christopher Yates
“Land Lover,” Cleveland Scene, January 2004, Nadia Michel
“Landscapes Reveal Portrayer’s Inner Self,” Columbus Dispatch, April 2003, Christopher Yates
CMYK vol. 15 featured artist