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Megan G. DeShields Detroit, MI 989-280-0576
Education
2024 MFA, Wayne State University
2017 BFA, Sculpture, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2008-2011 Michigan State University, Education/Special Education Major
Group Exhibitions
2025 2025 Emerging Women Artists of Metro Detroit, Anton Art Center, Mount
Clemens, MI.
2024 “9” Annex Gallery, 333 Midland St, Det, MI.
2024 Tribute to The Sculpture Gods, Biennial, Annex Gallery, 333 Midland, Det, MI.
2024 Shaping The Future, National Showcase of Emerging Sculptors, Pittsburgh, PA
2024 Unseen Domains, Wayne State Art Dept Gallery, Detroit, MI.
2023 Actual Size Exhibition, Detroit Contemporary, Detroit, MI.
2023 Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Marshall M.
Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw MI.
2022 Tribute to the Sculpture Gods Exhibition, 333 Midland Det, MI.
2021 Depth and Density Dual Exhibition, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, MI.
2020 Plus One Exhibition, Annex Gallery 333 Midland, Detroit, MI
2019 Spectra, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2019 97TH Annual All Media Exhibition, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI
2019 Spark, Annex Gallery 333 Midland, Detroit, MI
2019 Hatchback 13, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
2019 Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition Scarab Club,
Detroit, MI.
2018 Place Installation Exhibition, Norwest Gallery of Art, Detroit, MI.
2018 Regional Biennial Juried Sculpture Exhibition, Marshall M.
Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw MI.
2018 Maker, Mentor Exhibition, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit MI
2017 In*formation , Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
2017 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition
2017 Hatchback 11 Juried Exhibition, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
2017 Women Exhibition, The Carr Center, Detroit, MI
2017 Graduating Seniors Exhibition, WSU, Detroit, MI
2016 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, WSU, Detroit, MI
Solo Shows
2019 Collective Manifestations, Motor City Brewing Works, Detroit MI
Residencies
2017-2020 Fortress Studios, Detroit, MI
2020-2022 555 Arts Nonprofit, Detroit, MI
Awards
2024 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award
Recipient, International Sculpture Center/Sculpture Magazine
2023 WSU Art Activity Award, Detroit, MI.
2021-2022 Rumble Fellowship Recipient, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
2022 WSU Art Activity Award, Detroit, MI.
2018 Maker, Mentor Exhibition, Third Place, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI.
2017 Sultanoff Scholarship, WSU, Detroit, MI
2016 WSU Art Activity Award, WSU, Detroit, MI
2015 WSU Art Activity Award, WSU, Detroit, MI
Professional Experience
Present Inspiration is Key LLC. Glass Art Sales Assistant
Present Michigan Glass Project Visual Art Project Manager and Curator
2024 Facilitating Artist, Friendship Circle, West Bloomfield, MI.
2024 Adjunct Professor, Beginning Sculpture, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2024 Adjunct Professor, Foundry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
2021-2022 AP Nordin Fine Art Stained Glass Fabricator
2016-2018 Glaze Room Technician, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, MI
2015 – 2016 Studio Technician, Sculpture, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
2015 – 2016 Teaching Artist, 313 Workshops, Heidelberg Project, Detroit, MI
2015 – 2016 Community Art Class Instructor, Berkley, MI
Workshops
2024 Women Who Weld, Detroit, MI
Services
2019 Instructor’s Assistant, Sculptural Blacksmithing, Touchstone Center for Crafts
2015-2022 Glass Sales Assistant, Michigan Renaissance Festival, Holly, MI
2016 Noel Night Ice Carving Artist, Detroit, MI
2015 Detroit Design Festival House of Soul Installation Assistant, Detroit, MI
2013-2015 Michigan Glass Project Event Volunteer, Detroit, MI