Megan Gorham is an artist currently based in San Francisco, California. Drawn to the possibilities of uncertainty, her photographs act as an obsessive record of the constant flux and change in our surroundings. She received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and a BA in the History of Art from McGill University. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including exhibitions at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Photographic Center Northwest in Seattle and the Zentrum für Kunst and Urbanistik in Berlin, Germany. She is the recipient of a Brooks Fellowship from the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado and was selected to take part in the Picture Berlin artist residency program in Berlin, Germany.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2017 21st Juried Exhibition, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA. Juried by Sandra S. Phillips.
2016 Ohrwurm, Meinblau Projektraum, Berlin, Germany.
Openhaus, Zentrum für Kunst and Urbanistik, Berlin, Germany. Derive, tête, Berlin, Germany.
Her Justice Annual Photography Auction & Benefit, New York, NY.
2015 Back to the Future 4, Little Lodge, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Harley Lafarrah Eaves.
Jug Life: New Contemporary Still Life, Park Life Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Andrew Schoultz and Patrick Martinez.
2014 The Open Road Aperture Foundation Benefit Party and Auction, Terminal 5, New York, NY.
Emerging Photographers Auction, iGavelAuctions.com, Curated by Daniel Cooney of Daniel Cooney Fine Art. Space//Squared,
White Walls Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Curated by Sven Davis.
Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR.
2013 Buddy System Invitational, Breeze Block Gallery, Portland, OR.
Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA.
inMotion 2013 Annual Photography Auction & Benefit, New York, NY.
2012 Visions of Yore, Gallery Hijinks, San Francisco, CA.
In Nature’s Garden: Observed by Photographers, Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, NY. Curated by Cathy Kaplan.
2011 Aperture Foundation 2011 Benefit & Auction, The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, New York, NY.
1st Annual Juried Exhibition, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, Detroit, MI. Juried by Nancy Barr.
Echoes of the Sublime, Emily Amy Gallery in conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Atlanta, GA. Curated by Stephanie Dowda.
2010 Aperture Foundation 2010 Benefit & Auction, The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, New York, NY.
Daydream Nation: 1st Annual Contemporary Photography Competition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA. Juried by Jock Reynolds and Joshua Chuang.
2009 Spring Show 2009, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
New Urban Studies, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA.
Golden Rope Photography Collection, Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2016 Picture Berlin Residency. Berlin, Germany.
2014 Chalk Hill Residency. Healdsburg, CA.
2009 Paul Sack Photography Award. San Francisco Art Institute. Juried by Paul Sack and Linda Connor.
2008 Brooks Fellowship. Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO.
2006-08 San Francisco Art Institute Merit Scholarship. San Francisco Art Institute.
PUBLICATIONS
2019 illetante vol. 4, illetante collective, San Francisco, CA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nagaoka, Ricardo. Megan Gorham, Aint-Bad, April 21 2016
Feaster, Felicia. Echoes of the Sublime is full of natural wonders, Creative Loafing Atlanta, September 23 2011
Cullum, Jerry. Review: Photographers in ‘Echoes of the Sublime’ remake ‘sublime’ for the 21st century, at Emily Amy Gallery, ArtsCriticATL.com, September 20 2011
Juarez, Kristin. The Fringe: Echoes of the Sublime Inspires Challenging Conversations, Burnaway.org, September 14 2011
EDUCATION
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2003 Bachelor of Arts in Art History, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
2002-03 Affiliate Study in Art History, University College London, London, England