Bio
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Megan Little works with paper, wire and light to sculpt forms that delight the eye and invite curiosity. With a BA in Arts in the Visual Arts from Houghton College, and a Masters of Theological Studies from McMaster Divinity College, Megan combines her dual passions for art and theology in her current work.
Megan works, plays, and creates in Hamilton ON where she is serves with the Greater Ontario House of Prayer (GOHOP). She co-leads ASAH Creativity & Prayer Studio, a monthly gathering to explore the relationship between art, prayer and imagination. Prior to moving back to Canada, Megan lived in Nashville, TN, where she served as President and sat on the board of the non-profit print studio Platetone, Printmaking, Book and Paper Arts. She taught numerous workshops at libraries, schools, and events with the non-profit Turnip Green Creative Reuse and also taught printmaking workshops for adults and children in the Nashville, TN area. |
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Artist Statement
I believe that the richest and truest forms of art spring unashamedly from the soil at the center of a human being. The pulsing core of my life is not a solitary self-defined ‘me’ but rather a complex and beautiful friendship with my brother and the lover of my whole self: Jesus.
It is my life’s delight to wake up day by day and meet with God. To meet him in the pages of his sacred love letter: the scriptures. To hear his quiet voice in the stillness and the inner landscape of imagination. To receive his warm love healing my heart, renewing my mind, and casting out all fear. And to see his face in all the everyday encounters with the people and creation he loves.
It is my life’s work to tend and water all the good things that spring from this good dirt. The most valuable of these good fruits are the hidden ones; a kind word, an ever softening heart, a good deed done in love. As someone who oozes creativity from every pore in my body, these good fruits are also artistic. My creative work is an attempt to give language to the great dance of love at the centre of my life; a humble yet fiercely determined act of visual, poetic, and literary storytelling.
The language of my art is at once universally symbolic and intensely personal. My desire is, through an ever emerging vocabulary of image and word, to communicate across barriers formed by our societies and barriers formed by our own fears and drive for self-preservation. By nature of our shared humanity, the language of my heart is, in some mysterious way, also the language of others’. The ebb and flow and unexpected twists and turns of my own story are, in profound ways, like those of all people.
My impulses to explore, collect, and see the beauty in little things drive my inclusion of a variety of materials and found objects. I thrive in playful and experimental combinations of materials and techniques in ways I have not tried before or not seen others try. Perfection in design or craft are never my goals. I am more interested in creating art that is always experimenting, always maturing and never shy to show the hand of the artist at play.
In much of my work, I explore the frontier of parallel meaning-making in both visual and poetic language. It is a constant challenge to thwart my innate desire for the text to explain the art, as an artist's statement explains a work of art, or for the art to explain the text, the way an illustration explains a scene in a story. Rather, I want text and visuals to play off one another, both revealing and obscuring in a way that invites the audience to wonder, ask questions, and bring their own meaning into the conversation.
Ultimately, my hope is that tasting this feast will make my audience curious and awaken their desire to encounter their Creator through beauty and in the joyful and messy act of creating.
“You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” (Psalm 16:11)
It is my life’s delight to wake up day by day and meet with God. To meet him in the pages of his sacred love letter: the scriptures. To hear his quiet voice in the stillness and the inner landscape of imagination. To receive his warm love healing my heart, renewing my mind, and casting out all fear. And to see his face in all the everyday encounters with the people and creation he loves.
It is my life’s work to tend and water all the good things that spring from this good dirt. The most valuable of these good fruits are the hidden ones; a kind word, an ever softening heart, a good deed done in love. As someone who oozes creativity from every pore in my body, these good fruits are also artistic. My creative work is an attempt to give language to the great dance of love at the centre of my life; a humble yet fiercely determined act of visual, poetic, and literary storytelling.
The language of my art is at once universally symbolic and intensely personal. My desire is, through an ever emerging vocabulary of image and word, to communicate across barriers formed by our societies and barriers formed by our own fears and drive for self-preservation. By nature of our shared humanity, the language of my heart is, in some mysterious way, also the language of others’. The ebb and flow and unexpected twists and turns of my own story are, in profound ways, like those of all people.
My impulses to explore, collect, and see the beauty in little things drive my inclusion of a variety of materials and found objects. I thrive in playful and experimental combinations of materials and techniques in ways I have not tried before or not seen others try. Perfection in design or craft are never my goals. I am more interested in creating art that is always experimenting, always maturing and never shy to show the hand of the artist at play.
In much of my work, I explore the frontier of parallel meaning-making in both visual and poetic language. It is a constant challenge to thwart my innate desire for the text to explain the art, as an artist's statement explains a work of art, or for the art to explain the text, the way an illustration explains a scene in a story. Rather, I want text and visuals to play off one another, both revealing and obscuring in a way that invites the audience to wonder, ask questions, and bring their own meaning into the conversation.
Ultimately, my hope is that tasting this feast will make my audience curious and awaken their desire to encounter their Creator through beauty and in the joyful and messy act of creating.
“You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.” (Psalm 16:11)
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Awakenings: MDC Artist Series, 2022, McMaster Divinity College
2017 Afloat and Gleaming, Green Gallery
2017 Travel Watercolors and Monoprints, Patricia Gordon Memorial Gallery
2016 August Exhibit, Patricia Gordon Memorial Gallery
2017 Afloat and Gleaming, Green Gallery
2017 Travel Watercolors and Monoprints, Patricia Gordon Memorial Gallery
2016 August Exhibit, Patricia Gordon Memorial Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 GOHOP GALA EXHIBITION: Greater Ontario House of Prayer
2022 Art in the Workplace Exhibit 35: McMaster Innovation Park
2019 Tread lightly, Eucharist Church
2018 Fur & Feathers, Shells and Scales, Patricia Gordon Memorial Gallery
2017 This, That, and Another Thing: Platetone at Belmont, Gallery 121
2016 Pop-Up Exhibition, Picture This Creative Framing and Gallery
2016 Many Hands Make Light Work, Blend Studio
2015 Our Journey, 40AU Gallery
2015 Platetone Exhibition, Green Hills Library
2014 Flying Solo, Nashville Airport
2014 Past, Present and Future: Platetone 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Harpeth Hall Gallery
2013 Alumni Exhibit, Ortlip Gallery
2022 Art in the Workplace Exhibit 35: McMaster Innovation Park
2019 Tread lightly, Eucharist Church
2018 Fur & Feathers, Shells and Scales, Patricia Gordon Memorial Gallery
2017 This, That, and Another Thing: Platetone at Belmont, Gallery 121
2016 Pop-Up Exhibition, Picture This Creative Framing and Gallery
2016 Many Hands Make Light Work, Blend Studio
2015 Our Journey, 40AU Gallery
2015 Platetone Exhibition, Green Hills Library
2014 Flying Solo, Nashville Airport
2014 Past, Present and Future: Platetone 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Harpeth Hall Gallery
2013 Alumni Exhibit, Ortlip Gallery
Artist Residencies
2019 Artist Residency at Eucharist Church in Hamilton ON CA
2017 Artist Residency at Turnip Green Creative Reuse in Nashville TN USA
2017 Artist Residency at Turnip Green Creative Reuse in Nashville TN USA