Megan Chapman

Artist

Give me a charcoal line and I will show you my heart’s story. Pair that line with paint and I will show you my life. 

This is a delicate balance- this calling. I gingerly walk on a high, fine line. My faith in the alchemy of art guides each step. I am here for the mystery and the freedom. I am here because I know this is where I belong and it is through painting that I find myself and my community. This is my lineage. This is my family tree made of charcoal dust.

My paintings are in collections throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. A selection of my prints were purchased by the American cable network HBO, and used in season three of their award-winning series, “True Detective.” 

My paintings have been selected for several projects by PAPER+WHITE, award-winning international interior design and art consultancy based in England with studios in London’s East End and Cambridgeshire.

I was born and raised in Fayetteville Arkansas, earned a BFA with honours in painting from the University of Oregon, and currently live and work in Edinburgh Scotland.

• 2022 Divinations, Declarations and Whispers, Starling & Campbell (Online)
• 2022 Abstractionistas: Paper, Granton Hub, Edinburgh
• 2022 Abstractionistas: Awakenings, Detour Espresso, Edinburgh
• 2021 Abstractionistas: DuSt, Bannockburn House, Bannockburn
• 2021 Abstractionistas: Advancing the Abstract, Gallery Two, Edinburgh Palette
• 2020 The Space Between, Helensburgh Art Hub, Helensburgh, Scotland (Online)
• 2019 Art Walk Porty, Artist Bookmakers' Market, Dalriada, Portobello, Edinburgh
• 2019 To Tell You Everything, The Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh
• 2018 Between Memory and Story, The Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh
• 2016 A Delicate Balance, The Tide, Edinburgh
  
• 2014 The Ghosts of the Past Exposed, Anne Kittrell Gallery, University Of Arkansas
  
• 2013 The Ghosts of the Past Exposed, Abbey Mount Centre, Edinburgh
  
• 2013 Through time and distance, Cross Street Arts, Standish, England
  
• 2012 Hush, Reading Room, Fayetteville Public Library, Arkansas
  
• 2012 A Place Called Home, Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, Arkansas
  
• 2012 I Thought I Would Find You Here, NWACC, Bentonville, Arkansas
  
• 2011 A Certain Trajectory, Blue Moon Gallery, Hot Springs, Arkansas
  
• 2011 Sometimes I Love You and Other Stories, Fayetteville Underground, Arkansas
  
• 2010 Falling Into Sound, Fayetteville Underground, Arkansas
  
• 2009 Selective Evidence, DDP Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2009 Fire and Noise, River Market ArtSpace, Little Rock, Arkansas
  
• 2008 Evidence of the Disappearance, Blue Moon Gallery, Hot Springs, Arkansas
  
• 2007 Secrets Revealed, Remy Fine Art at the Town Club, Fort Smith, Arkansas
  
• 2007 Spellbound, Julie Wait Designs Gallery, Rogers, Arkansas
  
• 2007 Intuition, DDP Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2007 The Path That Light Takes, Mullins Library, University Of Arkansas
  
• 2007 According to the Vapors, Gallery Fraga, Bainbridge Island, Washington
  
• 2006 New Works, A.I.R Studio, Paducah, Kentucky
  
• 2006 Unearthed, Blue Moon Gallery, Hot Springs, Arkansas
  
• 2004 Within the Twilight, Arts Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, Arkansas
  
• 2004 Within the Twilight, Tulsa Artists' Coalition, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  
• 1999 Books, BFA Terminal Exhibit, Laverne Krause Gallery, University of Oregon
  

• 2024  The 30th Anniversary Exhibition, The Out of Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh
• 2023 A Closer Look, The Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh
• 2023 Outside + In, The Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh
• 2022 Inception II, Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith
• 2021 Inception, Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith,
• 2021 Front Room Gallery, Helensburgh Art Hub, Helensburgh
• 2021 Recycle-Age, Granton Hub, Edinburgh
• 2020  132nd Annual Paisley Art Institute Exhibition, Paisley, Scotland (Online)
  
• 2020 A Place to Breathe, Irving Gallery, Oxford, England
• 2020 First Impressions, Solo Gallery, Innerleithen, Scottish Borders
  
• 2020 Where the Shadows Come to Play, The Velvet Easel Gallery, Portobello, Edinburgh
• 2019/2020 Winter Warmth Exhibition, The Dancing Light Gallery, West Linton, Edinburgh
• 2019/2020 Of Night and Light, The Velvet Easel Gallery, Portobello, Edinburgh
  
• 2019 Christmas Collection, John Doyle Art, Glasgow
• 2019 Art in Granton Exhibition, Granton Hub, Edinburgh
• 2019 Have you accepted art into your life? John Byrne Award Online, Scotland
• 2019 Inaugural Exhibition, John Doyle Art, Glasgow
• 2019 The 25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Out of Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh
• 2019 The Stars Go Waltzing,The Velvet Easel Gallery, Portobello, Edinburgh
• 2019 Spring Exhibition, The Dancing Light Gallery, West Linton, Edinburgh
• 2019 Off the Wall, The Velvet Easel Gallery, Portobello, Edinburgh
• 2018 5 Years, The Velvet Easel Gallery, Portobello, Edinburgh
• 2018 Summer Garden Party, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2018 Defying Sameness, The Velvet Easel Gallery, Portobello, Edinburgh
• 2018 Spring, Thy Name is Colour, The Velvet Easel Gallery, Portobello, Edinburgh
• 2018 From the Ashes, Fenix Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
• 2017 Connection, &Gallery, Edinburgh
• 2017 Winters Edge, The Velvet Easel Gallery, Portobello, Edinburgh
  
• 2017 Welcome to the Jungle, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
  
• 2017 Fenix, The Chancellor, Fayetteville, Arkansas
• 2017 Portobello Mon Amour, The Velvet Easel Gallery, Portobello, Edinburgh
  
• 2017 The Colour Purple, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
  
• 2017 Fenix & Friends, Walker Stone House, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2016 ReUnion, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
  
• 2016 Abstract ARt, Zarrow Center, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  
• 2015 Presents/Presence, Cuppola Contemporary Art, Sheffield, England
  
• 2015 Abstract ARt, Art Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, Arkansas
  
• 2014 Sit in/Take away, Society of Scottish Artists, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
  
• 2014 Christmas Exhibition, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
  
• 2014 Abstract ARt, Kresge Gallery, Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas
  
• 2014 Here we are, Little Ox Gallery, Edinburgh
  
• 2014 Royal Blind Week Exhibition, Gallery Seventeen, Edinburgh
  
• 2013 Abstract ARt, Butler Center Atrium Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas
  
• 2013 Summer Tenants Exhibition, Arts Complex, Edinburgh
  
• 2013 Arkansas artists and their work, Boswell Mourot Fine Art, Little Rock, Arkansas
  
• 2012 Snowflake Salon Biennial Winter Invitational, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
• 2011 Winter Wonderland, Union Gallery, Edinburgh
  
• 2011 Art for the Holidays III, Fayetteville Underground, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2011 9th Annual 5 by 5 Art Exhibition, Art Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, Arkansas
  
• 2011 5x5, Tulsa Artists Collective, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  
• 2010 Snowflake Salon, 110 Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
• 2010 Thirteen Underground, Shift Gallery, Seattle, Washington
  
• 2010 More Than a Picture, Vault Gallery, Fayetteville Underground, Fayetteville Arkansas
  
• 2010 Chaosmos, View Two Gallery, Liverpool Independents Biennal, Liverpool, England
  
• 2010 Crafting Place, Sugar Gallery, Bentonville, Arkansas
  
• 2010 Panache, Art Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, Arkansas
  
• 2009 20th annual small and miniature works, Aaron Gallery, Washington, D.C
  
• 2009 Now and Again, DDP Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2009 Selected Works, Wear Art Thou, Austin, Texas
  
• 2007 The Holiday Show, M2 Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas
  
• 2007 The Best of the Northwest, M2 Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas
  
• 2007 The Blue Moon Gallery 10th Anniversary show, Hot Springs, Arkansas
  
• 2006 Small Works, DDP Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2005 Keep the Promise, Anne Kittrell Gallery, University Of Arkansas
  
• 2005 Ladies Only, Blue Moon Gallery, Hot Springs, Arkansas
  
• 2005 Tabriz XIX, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
  
• 2005 38th Annual Ball and Auction, Art Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, Arkansas
  
• 2005 Artists Hands With Open Hearts, J Gallery, Fayetteville Arkansas
  
• 2004 10th Annual Artists of NW Arkansas Exhibition, ACO, Springdale, Arkansas
  
• 2002 8th Annual Artists of NW Arkansas Exhibition, ACO, Springdale, Arkansas
  
• 2001 7th Annual Artists of NW Arkansas Exhibition, ACO, Springdale, Arkansas
  
• 2001 Exposure, Anne Kittrell Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 1998 The Mayors Art Show, Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center, Eugene, Oregon
  
• 1997 Art for all Seasons, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon
  
• 1996 New Talent, Lane Community College Gallery, Eugene, Oregon
  
• 1995 Annual Lane County Art Show, The New Zone Gallery, Eugene, Oregon

• 2020 ButterBiggens Prize, Glasgow, Scotland
• 2002  Stan & Eleanor Krueger Award, Annual Artists of NW Arkansas Exhibition
  
• 1999  The Phillip Halley Johnson Scholarship, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
• 1998  McCosh Scholarship in Painting, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon

• 2022 LESS 4: a paper of degrowth, radical sufficiency and decolonisation in Scotland
  
• 2021 LESS 3: a paper of degrowth, radical sufficiency and decolonisation in Scotland
  
• 2017 Interim: a Journal of Poetry and Poetics, cover, Volume 34, Issue 3
  
• 2016 Sogo Magazine, The Beautiful Mind Laid Open, Review by Brian McFie, Glasgow
  
• 2014 Letters,Yale University Institute of Sacred Music and Yale Divinity School 
  
• 2012 Calyx Journal, Volume 27:1
  
• 2008 Olivine and Secrets Revealed, Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 1
  
• 2007 A Small Gathering, Art Galleries & Artists of the South, Volume 5, Issue 1
  
• 2004 Five Works, River City: The University of Memphis Literary Arts Magazine
  
• 2001 Four Untitled Works, Exposure: The University of Arkansas Literary Arts Magazine

• 2021 Megan Chapman: This is Our Family Tree of Charcoal Dust, P3DRO, England
• 2020 Megan Chapman: Selected Works and Interview, ButterBiggens Prize, Glasgow
  
• 2018 Megan Chapman: Abstract Painter, Jackson's Art Supply Blog, London
• 2018 Megan Chapman: A Strange Alchemy. Painters Tubes Magazine
• 2017 Artist Interview: Megan Chapman, Art Scotland 
  
• 2016 Meet the artist Megan Chapman, Portfolio Oomph, Scotland
  
• 2012 A view from the easel, Hyperallergic, Brooklyn, New York
  
• 2012 A place called home, The Free Weekly, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2012 A place called home, The City Wire, Fort Smith, Arkansas
  
• 2012 Two Artists With One Goal, NW Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2012 Chapman-Bremner show, Arkansas Times, Little Rock, Arkansas
  
• 2012 A painter at no loss for words – Hailey Ray, University of Arkansas
  
• 2012 Artists search for home in joint show – ACO's Callboard, Springdale, Arkansas
  
• 2012 I thought I would find you here, NW Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2009 Small Works & Miniature Show, Aaron Gallery, Washington D.C.
  
• 2006 Light Through Windows, NW Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2006 Light Through Windows, The Springs Magazine, Hot Springs, Arkansas
  
• 2006 Unearthed, The Sentinel-Record, Hot Springs, Arkansas
  
• 2006 Light through Windows, Art Notes, Arkansas Times, Little Rock, Arkansas
  
• 2006 Unearthed, Fayetteville Free Weekly, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2005 Lagoon by Megan Chapman, Art Notes, Arkansas Times, Little Rock, Arkansas
  
• 2005 Once Upon a Blue Moon, AY Magazine, Little Rock, Arkansas
  
• 2005 Hot Springs Spring Appeal, AY Magazine, Little Rock, Arkansas
  
• 2005 Artists seek venues, collectors, Arkansas DemGaz, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2004 Imaginary Journeys, Northwest Arkansas Times, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2003 The Artists Eye, Fayetteville Free Weekly, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  
• 2001 The Art Zone Online, Northwest Arkansas Morning News, Springdale, Arkansas

• HBO, True Detective, Los Angeles, California
• First National Bank, Berryville, Arkansas
  
• Legacy National Bank Headquarters, Springdale, Arkansas

• Solo Gallery, Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, Scotland
• Front Room Gallery, Helensburgh, Scotland
• Irving Contemporary, Oxford, England
• The Velvet Easel Gallery, Edinburgh
• John Doyle Fine Art, Glasgow
• Dancing Light Gallery, Edinburgh
• Union Gallery, Edinburgh
• &Gallery, Edinburgh
• Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield, England
• Fenix Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
• Boswell-Mourot Fine Art, Little Rock, Arkansas
• Boswell-Mourot Fine Art, Miami, Florida
• Blue Moon Gallery, Hot Springs, Arkansas
• The Fayetteville Underground, Fayetteville, Arkansas
• DDP Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
• Gallery Fraga, Bainbridge Island, Washington
• J Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
• M2 Gallery, Little Rock, Arkansas
• Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky
• River Market Art Space, Little Rock, Arkansas
• Rocky Creek Art Gallery, Fayetteville, Arkansas
• Wear Art Thou, Austin, Texas

• 1999  University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, BFA Painting, Cum Laude