Full CV available on request
Megan Marden is a Connecticut-based painter who works from life, found images, and constructed setups. Her paintings are grounded in careful observation and disrupted by memory and revision.
She exhibits with Oxbow Gallery and has participated in recent group exhibitions at The Painting Center, Silvermine Galleries, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, and First Street Gallery.
Her work has been featured in Art Spiel, Two Coats of Paint, and other publications. She was a Four Pillars Artist-in-Residence at the Mount Gretna School of Art. She earned her BA and MFA in Painting from Western Connecticut State University and completed additional studies at the New York Studio School.
She exhibits with Oxbow Gallery and has participated in recent group exhibitions at The Painting Center, Silvermine Galleries, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, and First Street Gallery.
Her work has been featured in Art Spiel, Two Coats of Paint, and other publications. She was a Four Pillars Artist-in-Residence at the Mount Gretna School of Art. She earned her BA and MFA in Painting from Western Connecticut State University and completed additional studies at the New York Studio School.
One and Two Person Exhibitions
2025: Megan Marden and Amanda Millis, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Ma.
2023: Magic Garden, Minor Memorial Library, Roxbury, Ct.
2023: Landscapes: Marjorie Portnow and Megan Marden, Oxbow Gallery, Easthampton, Ma.
2021: Marjorie Portnow and Megan Marden, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, Ma.
2020: Closer: Megan Marden and Arda Collins, To Cause a Tiger, Easthampton, Ma.
2020: Recent Paintings, Stairwell Gallery, Gunn Memorial Library, Washington, Ct.
2018: All Experience is an Arch, Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, Danbury, Ct.
2017: Canterbury School, New Milford, Ct.
2014: tiny spaces - Founder's Hall Gallery, Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winstead Ct.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025: Let Nature In, The Painting Center, New York, Ny.
2025: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Bill Scott, First Street Gallery, New York, Ny.
2023: The Mirror Blue Night, curated by Patrick Neal, The Church of Heavenly Rest, New York, Ny.
2023: Nocturne, Juror, Susanna Coffey, First Street Gallery, New York, Ny.
2023: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Pamela Salisbury, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
2022: Notes from the Interior, AVS Gallery at UCONN Avery Point, New London, Ct.
2022: New Members, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, Ct.
2021: AoNe, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, Ct.
2021: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Sangram Majumdar, Prince Street Gallery, New York, Ny.
2021: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Catherine Kehoe, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
2021: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Clintel Steed, Bowery Gallery, New York Ny.
2020: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Janice Nowinski, Bowery Gallery, New York, Ny.
2020: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Susan Lichtman, Prince Street Gallery, New York, Ny.
2020: Four Pillars, The Community Room on King, Lancaster, Pa.
2019: The Edible Landscape, Mount Gretna, Pa.
2019: Up With People, Curated by Patrick Neal, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, Ny.
2018: JuxtaPositions - The Painting Center, New York, Ny.
2018: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, John Yau Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
2017: In Retrospect, Art and Frame, Danbury, Ct.
2017: Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
2017: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Stuart Shils, Prince Street Gallery, New York, Ny.
2017: Out of Darkness, Cultural Alliance Western Connecticut, Danbury, Ct.
2017: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Priscilla Vail Caldwell, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
2017: Do Not Pass Go, Washington Art Association, Washington, Ct.
2016: Blocks and Letters, Trailer Box Gallery, Danbury, Ct.
2016: Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
2016: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Lori Bookstein, First Street Gallery, New York, Ny
2016: 3 Artists, Trailer Box Gallery, Danbury, Ct.
2015: 3+1, Trailer Box Gallery, Danbury, Ct.
2015: Marden & Kara, Art & Frame, Danbury, Ct.
2014: Self-Ease, Invitational Exhibition Whitney Center, Hamden, Ct. (Arts Council of New Haven)
2014: Young Talent, Washington Art Association, Washington, Ct.
2013: A Crew in Interests, CT ArtList Exhibition, The Mill at Trinity College, Hartford Ct.
2013: Washington Art Association Member's Show (1st Prize Painting Award), Washington Ct. (Cathleen Chaffee, Juror)
2012: EmergeCT II, Invitational Exhibition UConn Stamford Art Gallery, Stamford, Ct.
2012: M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
2025: Megan Marden and Amanda Millis, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Ma.
2023: Magic Garden, Minor Memorial Library, Roxbury, Ct.
2023: Landscapes: Marjorie Portnow and Megan Marden, Oxbow Gallery, Easthampton, Ma.
2021: Marjorie Portnow and Megan Marden, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton, Ma.
2020: Closer: Megan Marden and Arda Collins, To Cause a Tiger, Easthampton, Ma.
2020: Recent Paintings, Stairwell Gallery, Gunn Memorial Library, Washington, Ct.
2018: All Experience is an Arch, Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut, Danbury, Ct.
2017: Canterbury School, New Milford, Ct.
2014: tiny spaces - Founder's Hall Gallery, Northwestern Connecticut Community College, Winstead Ct.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025: Let Nature In, The Painting Center, New York, Ny.
2025: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Bill Scott, First Street Gallery, New York, Ny.
2023: The Mirror Blue Night, curated by Patrick Neal, The Church of Heavenly Rest, New York, Ny.
2023: Nocturne, Juror, Susanna Coffey, First Street Gallery, New York, Ny.
2023: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Pamela Salisbury, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
2022: Notes from the Interior, AVS Gallery at UCONN Avery Point, New London, Ct.
2022: New Members, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, Ct.
2021: AoNe, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, Ct.
2021: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Sangram Majumdar, Prince Street Gallery, New York, Ny.
2021: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Catherine Kehoe, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
2021: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Clintel Steed, Bowery Gallery, New York Ny.
2020: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Janice Nowinski, Bowery Gallery, New York, Ny.
2020: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Susan Lichtman, Prince Street Gallery, New York, Ny.
2020: Four Pillars, The Community Room on King, Lancaster, Pa.
2019: The Edible Landscape, Mount Gretna, Pa.
2019: Up With People, Curated by Patrick Neal, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, Ny.
2018: JuxtaPositions - The Painting Center, New York, Ny.
2018: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, John Yau Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
2017: In Retrospect, Art and Frame, Danbury, Ct.
2017: Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
2017: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Stuart Shils, Prince Street Gallery, New York, Ny.
2017: Out of Darkness, Cultural Alliance Western Connecticut, Danbury, Ct.
2017: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Priscilla Vail Caldwell, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
2017: Do Not Pass Go, Washington Art Association, Washington, Ct.
2016: Blocks and Letters, Trailer Box Gallery, Danbury, Ct.
2016: Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
2016: National Juried Exhibition, Juror, Lori Bookstein, First Street Gallery, New York, Ny
2016: 3 Artists, Trailer Box Gallery, Danbury, Ct.
2015: 3+1, Trailer Box Gallery, Danbury, Ct.
2015: Marden & Kara, Art & Frame, Danbury, Ct.
2014: Self-Ease, Invitational Exhibition Whitney Center, Hamden, Ct. (Arts Council of New Haven)
2014: Young Talent, Washington Art Association, Washington, Ct.
2013: A Crew in Interests, CT ArtList Exhibition, The Mill at Trinity College, Hartford Ct.
2013: Washington Art Association Member's Show (1st Prize Painting Award), Washington Ct. (Cathleen Chaffee, Juror)
2012: EmergeCT II, Invitational Exhibition UConn Stamford Art Gallery, Stamford, Ct.
2012: M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, Ny.
