From Megan McManus:
"My name is Megan Brown McManus. I was born in 1976 in Bangor, Maine and I currently live in South Philadelphia, PA.
I received a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University in 1999. That same year I drove my grandmother's Pontiac LeMans across the country to Los Angeles. A few of my professors thought I would like the art scene there and I thought I needed a break from winter. My Aunt Pam and cousin Michele (co-founder of the Cannibal Flower), welcomed me with open arms. I exhibited my drawings and paintings at several galleries including POST and Angles Gallery. My work was reviewed in publications such as the LA Times and Art in America. In 2003 I enrolled in the MFA program at California State University, Long Beach. From 2006 – 2008 I was as an Assistant Professor of Drawing and Painting at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. After living in Lawrence for a year I moved to Kansas City. Since moving to Philadelphia in September of 2008 I have taught drawing and painting at Moore College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, Tyler School of Art and Main Line Art Center.
Influences: Judy Bamber, Leigh Bowery, Leonora Carrington, Karen Finley, Martin Johnson Heade, Ingres, Constance Mallinson, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Agnes Pelton, Martin Puryear, Rafeal, Julia Randall, Hanneline Rogeberg, Linda Stark, Concept Cars (German, British & Japanese), Origami Paper, Fabric & Succulent Plants."
"My name is Megan Brown McManus. I was born in 1976 in Bangor, Maine and I currently live in South Philadelphia, PA.
I received a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University in 1999. That same year I drove my grandmother's Pontiac LeMans across the country to Los Angeles. A few of my professors thought I would like the art scene there and I thought I needed a break from winter. My Aunt Pam and cousin Michele (co-founder of the Cannibal Flower), welcomed me with open arms. I exhibited my drawings and paintings at several galleries including POST and Angles Gallery. My work was reviewed in publications such as the LA Times and Art in America. In 2003 I enrolled in the MFA program at California State University, Long Beach. From 2006 – 2008 I was as an Assistant Professor of Drawing and Painting at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. After living in Lawrence for a year I moved to Kansas City. Since moving to Philadelphia in September of 2008 I have taught drawing and painting at Moore College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, Tyler School of Art and Main Line Art Center.
Influences: Judy Bamber, Leigh Bowery, Leonora Carrington, Karen Finley, Martin Johnson Heade, Ingres, Constance Mallinson, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Agnes Pelton, Martin Puryear, Rafeal, Julia Randall, Hanneline Rogeberg, Linda Stark, Concept Cars (German, British & Japanese), Origami Paper, Fabric & Succulent Plants."