Megan Hosmer is an American artist, teacher, and a 2023 graduate of the NSCAD MFA program in Mi'kma'ki (Halifax). As an experimental analogue photographer, her work primarily centers around feminist questions of identity, disability, and community through photographic portraiture.
Megan has exhibited locally and internationally as a Nova Scotia transplant from Oklahoma. Her work was selected for Motherhood Unveiled, an international juried exhibition, at Stitches and Pics Gallery in Sackets Harbor, New York. In 2022 Megan was awarded the Research Nova Scotia: Scotia Scholars master's grant for her work in destigmatizing endometriosis through art and storytelling. Megan’s work has also been featured in various print publications such as Visual Arts News.
EDUCATION
2021- 2023: Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, Halifax, NS
2015 – 2019: Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in Art History, Minors in Photography and Sociology, Museum Studies Certificate, the University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
Winter 2019: School for International Training: Arts and Social Change in the Czech Republic | Semester Study Abroad Program
EXHIBITIONS
2023: MYCELIA, Group Show, Anna Leonowens Gallery, May 5 - 18, 2023
2023: Small Things, Group Show, The Bus Stop Theatre, April 26 – June 25, 2023
2023: Blood Relations, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Anna Leonowens Gallery, April 4 – 15, 2023
2023: Blood Relations, Instagram Exhibition, EndoAct Canada
2023: Threadbare, Craft: Visual Arts News, Exhibition Article by Caleb Freeman, Winter 2023
2022: Strata, MFA Group Show, Anna Leonowens Gallery, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS
2022: Gathering, Anna Leonowens Gallery, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS July 13 – 18, 2022
2022: Threadbare, Anna Leonowens Gallery, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS, June 21 – 25, 2022 – Exhibiting artist and curator
2022: and/and/and/, Anna Leonowens Gallery, K’jipuktuk Halifax, NS, January 18 - 22, 2022
2019: Undergraduate Exhibition, Henry Zarrow Center for Art and Education, Tulsa, OK (Curated by University of Tulsa School of Art, Art History, and Design Faculty)
2019: Fruit, Flowers, Feminism oh my! End of Semester Abroad Exhibition, Prague, Czech Republic (Curated by Alena Kotzmannová, visiting professor and artist represented by Hunt Kaster Gallery in Prague, Czech Republic)
2016-2018: Stylus Journal of Art and Writing, Volume 16, 17, 18
2018: The Tulsa Voice, September 5th Issue , Contact Sheet, pages 38-39
2018: Motherhood Unveiled, International juried exhibition, Stitches and Pics Gallery, Sackets Harbor New York
2017: Competitive Selection Process, President’s Select, TU President’s Mansion, Tulsa, OK (1st annual Undergrad Exhibition in the University of Tulsa Presidential Mansion)
2017: 49th Annual Gussman Juried Student Exhibition, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, OK (Juried by Jennifer Scanlan, Curatorial and Exhibitions Director at Oklahoma Contemporary)
2016: 48th Annual Gussman Juried Student Exhibition, Alexandre Hogue Gallery, Tulsa, OK (Juried by Donna Davies, director of SOFA Chicago)
EXPERIENCE
2020 – Present: Freelance photographer: Weddings, Events, Local Publications — Published in The Chronical Herald & New Territory Magazine
2022-2023: Decolonizing and Activist Artists Archive, Research Assistant for Dr. Carla Taunton, NSCAD
October 2022: Nocturne at Pier 21, Photography Workshop: Through the Lens of Yousuf Karsh
Fall 2022: Portraiture As Politics, Undergraduate Course Appointment (ICA), NSCAD
August 2022: Tidal Breath: Yoga Retreat, Yoga Teacher
July 2022: Pier 21 Photography Workshop: Through the Lens of Yousuf Karsh, PRIDE Event
June 2022: Photography Workshop: Family Picture Day, Every One Every Day Kjipuktuk / Halifax: A project of the Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre.
March 2022: Pier 21 Photography Workshop: Through the Lens of Yousuf Karsh, March break 2022
2021-2022: Teaching Assistant: Advanced Photo Critique; Feminist Film, NSCAD
2019-2021: Ahha Tulsa: Analog Photography Teacher, Darkroom Technician, Tour Guide and Educator, Any Given Child program for Tulsa Public Schools.
2018-2021: Yoga Instructor, I AM Yoga Tulsa
2019: Tulsa Foundation for Architecture: Program Coordinator, Office and Communications Manager, and Archival Assistant
2018: Administrative Assistant, 108 Contemporary (hired on as an employee following a paid internship; 2017 – 2018)
AWARDS
2022: Reznick Family Fund, Grant Recipient, NSCAD
2022: Master’s Scotia Scholars Award, Grant Recipient, NSCAD
2021: Roloff Beny Graduate Scholarship, NSCAD
2021: Graduate Fellowship, NSCAD
2018: 1st Place, Photography, Stylus Journal of Art and Writing, Volume 17
2016-2019: President’s List & Dean’s list recognized for earning a 3.5-4.0 GPA, TU
2017: D’Arcy Fellowship Recipient, Facilitating Arts Intern, 108 Contemporary