MEG GRIFFITHS
Meg Griffiths, Rosa y guava, 2014
Meg Griffiths was born in Indiana and raised in Texas. She received two B.A.’s from the University of Texas in Cultural Anthropology and English Literature and earned her Master of Fine Arts in Photography from Savannah College of Art and Design. Meg’s photographic research currently deals with domestic, cultural, historical and economic relationships in various regions in the United States and Cuba. Her work has been shown in multiple venues around country, including: Columbia Museum of Art, Center for Fine Art Photography, Museum of Living Artists in San Diego, Griffin Museum in Boston, Houston Center for Photography, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Candela Gallery in Richmond, Virginia, and Rayko Gallery in San Francisco. Her work was recently featured on the cover of Oxford American, and has been published in Boston Globe, Photo District News, South X Southeast Magazine, Lenscratch, Le Journal de la Photographie, and Fraction Magazine. Her work is a part of many private collections as well as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, the Center for Fine Art Photography, and Middle Tennessee University.
She was honored as one of PDN 30’s: New and Emerging Photographers in 2013, named one of eight Emerging Photographers at Blue Spiral Gallery in 2015, Atlanta Celebrates Photography’s Ones to Watch 2015, awarded the Julia Margaret Cameron for Best Fine Art Series in 2017, and 2nd Place at PhotoNOLA in 2018.
She currently lives in Denton, Texas where she is an Assistant Professor of Photography in the Department of Visual Art at Texas Woman's University.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Casa de fruta y pan, Edelman PR Gallery, Dallas, TX
2017 Casa de fruta y pan, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
Casa de fruta y pan, SRO Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2016 Casa de fruta y pan, Capitol One, West Commons Gallery Richmond VA
Casa de fruta y pan, Anastasia Gallery, Columbia, SC
2015 Casa de fruta y pan, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, SC
Casa de fruta y pan, Middle Tennessee University, Mufreesboro, TN
2013 Casa Particular, Serenbe Photography Center, Atlanta, GA
2012 Casa Particular, Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, GA
JURIED/ GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 2020 Juried Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
Fractured, Photo-eye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Qualities of Light, Center for Creative Photography, Tuscon, AZ
2019 Undercurrents, Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH
The Norick Hall Galleries, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK.
Current Art Fair, Hohman Design, Scott’s Addition, Richmond, VA
Size Matters, Medium Photo Festival, Sparks Gallery, San Diego, CA
Cambridge Art Association 2019 Photo Exhibit, University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Coming Together, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO(three person)
Human Representation, Midwest Center for Photography, Whichita, KS
Vision in Photography, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
Inaugural, SAMple Gallery, University of North Carolina, Chappel Hill, NC
Long Time First Time, Quaid Gallery, Tampa, FL
PhotoZurich, Zurich-Oerlikon, GERMANY
2018 Co/Action, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX (two-person)
Interlude/Inquiry, University of Alabama AEIVA Art Museum, Birmingham, AL
And light followed the flight of sound, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA
Small Works Show, Art Room, Ft. Worth, TX
5th Biennial of Fine Art & Documentary Photography, Barcelona, SPAIN
Re/Member/Construct, Filter Photo Festival, Chicago, IL
Faculty Exhibition, East Gallery, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2017 Click Bait, The Front Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Society for Photographic Education South Central Juried Educators Exhibition, Art Center of Waco, Waco, TX
Julia Margaret Cameron Award International Photography Exhibition, Gallery
Vivid Photo, Barcelona, SPAIN
Pingyao International Festival of Photography, Pingyao, CHINA
Chiang Mai Photo Festival, Chiang Mai University Art Museum, THAILAND
2016 Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary, Altanta, GA
Current Art Fair, Hohman Design, Scott’s Addition, Richmond, VA
Aint-Bad: Vision to Reality, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
In the Real World, Hathaway David Contemporary, Atlanta, GA (three person)
Combined Caucus Juried Exhibition, Living Arts, Tulsa, OK
22nd Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Art, Winchester, MA
Aint-Bad: Vision to Reality, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
Indie Photobook Showcase, Candela, Richmond, VA
Pro’ject LA MOPLA, Leica Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Context 2016, Filter Photo Festival, Chicago, IL
SPE Combined Caucus Juried Exhibition, Red Rocks Resort, Las Vegas, NV
Family Ties, South Carolina Women Photographers, McKissick Museum, SC
2015 Artbook, MOMA PS1, Long Island, New York
Inagural Artist in Residency Showcase, Zebulon, GA
Off the Web and on The Wall, SPE National Office, Cleveland, OH
SPE Combined Caucus, University of Central Florida Gallery, Orlando, FL
SPE Combined Caucus, New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA
Coming into Focus, A Survey of Emerging Southern Photographers, Blue Spiral
1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
Regarding Beauty, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Columbia Now, Four Photographers Show Us Our City, Columbia Museum of Art
Columbia, SC (four person)
2014 USC Faculty Exhibition, Tapp’s Art Center, Columbia, SC
Breaking Ground: Contemporary Photography at the College of William and
Mary, Williamsburg, VA
Slow Exposures Main Exhibition, Zebulon, GA
2013 13th Annual Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition, Denton, TX
USC Faculty Exhibition, Tapp’s Art Center, Columbia, SC
Center Forward, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Art of Photography Show, Museum of Living Artists, San Deigo, CA
19th Juried Exhibition, Griffin Museum of Art, Winchester, MA
Interior Spaces, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC
2012 Click 646, Greenwood, SC
Gift of Gift of, hosted by Caroline Collective, Houston, TX
3oth Annual Jurried Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for
Photography, Houston, TX
Un(Familiar), Curator’s Voice Exhibition, 1st Prize, Carte Blanche Gallery,
San Franciscio, CA
Silver and Ink, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
Fraction Magazine, Three Years in the Making, Rayko Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Silver and Ink, SCAD River Club, Savannah, GA
Members Competition Show, 2nd Place, Texas Photographic Society, Austin, TX
2010 Family Thread, Oglethorpe Gallery, Savannah, GA (two person)
Uncommon Portrait, Photo Place Gallery, Middlebury, VT
Silver and Ink, SCAD River Club, Savannah, GA
GRANTS
2020 School of the Arts, Faculty Scholarship Enhancement Grant
Higher Education Funding (Photography- Lighting Equipment)
2019 Creative Arts and Humanities Grant (Submitted)
2018 Higher Education Funding (Photography- Large Format Equipment)
2015 South East Regional Society for Photographic Education National Grant
AWARDS
2018 Second Place Prize PhotoNOLA, Somewhere within and without
2017 Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Best Fine Art Series, Casa de fruta y pan
2015 Second Place Prize PhotoNOLA, Casa de fruta y pan
Lenscratch Favorite Book of 2015
Honorable Mention, Regarding Beauty, Center for Fine Art Photography
2013 PDN 30’s 2013: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch
2012 Serenbe Gallery Solo Exhibition Award, Atalanta Celebrates Photography
1st Prize, Un(familiar), APA SF Curator’s Voice Exhibition, Carte Blanche Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, Savannah College of Art and Design
2011 2nd Place Members Competition Show, Texas Photographic Society, Austin, TX
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2019 “Mothering on the Tenure Track,” SPESC, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
2016 “Casa de fruta y pan,” Grant Recipeint Talk, SPESC, Eyes of the South,
Columbus, GA
2015 “Publishing: AB Editions,” Plays Well With Others, SPESE, Greenville Tech,
Greenville, SC
2012 “Casa Particular,” End of the World, SPESE, Daytona, FL
INVITED ARTIST LECTURES
2020 “Family and Connection in Uncertain Times” Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
“Finding Ground: family, connection and stepping into the unknown,” Colby College, Waterville, ME
2018 “Early Photograpic Inventions and Processes” Art History, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
“Talbot and Writing with Light,” Art Education, Texas Woman’s Univeristy, Denton, TX
“Communities, Connection and the Art of Collaboration,” University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
“Communities, Connection and the Art of Collaboration,” Southern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
“Stitching Together, Communities and Art of Connection,” Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, TX
“On Nostalgia, Kitsch and Notions of Time,” Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
2017 “Artistic Collaboration and Community Engagement: Creating site specific public art with local non-profits,” Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
“Three Graces: On Inspiration, questioning and the challenge,” Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2016 Artist Lecture, Capitol One West Commons, Hispanic Heritage, Richmond, VA
Artist Lecture, Atlanta Contemporary Museum, Atlanta, GA
Artist Lecture, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
Artist Lecture, ACP Young Collectors Club, Atlanta, GA
2015 Artist Lecture, Eastern Carolina Universtiy, Greenville, NC
Artist Lecture, Middle Tennessee University, Baldwin Photographic Gallery,
Mufreesboro, TN
Artist Lecture, Greenville Technical College, Greenville, South Carolina
Master Lecture Series, Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, ME
Salon Talk, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
2014 Artist Lecture, PhotoStock 2014, Harbor Springs, MI
2013 Artist Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Visiting Artist Lecture, Art Institute, Austin, TX
2011 Artist Lecture, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
BOOKS
2018 “And light followed the flight of sound,” Limited Editon, Multi-Artist Book, One Day Projects, October
2018 Nothing that Falls Away, Zatara Press, April
2015 Casa de fruta y pan, Aint Bad Editions, Monograph, November
ARTIST BOOKS
2019 “Like a slow white rose,” Limited Edition, Artist Book, Peppergrass Press, May
2017 Moon struck, Limited Editon, Artist Book, Peppergrass Press, April
2015 Honeymilk, Limited Editon, Artist Book, Peppergrass Press, September
2013 Mother, Limited Edition, Artist Book, Peppergrass Press, December
2012 Casa Particular, Limited Edition Artist Book, Peppergrass Press, May
PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN JOURNALS/ ACADEMIC MAGAZINES
2020 “Digital Conversations: Visual Literacy and Collaboration,” Exposure Magazine,
SPE Publiction, Feb. Issue
2018 Focal Plane Journal: Issue 6, Urban Domestic, “Student Feature-Theresa Newsome,” October, print.
Focal Plane Journal: Issue 6, Urban Domestic, “Digital Conversations,” October, print
Focal Plane Jouirnal: Issue 6, Urban Domestic (Cover) “Meg Griffiths, Casa Particular,” October, print.
TEXTBOOKS, MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS
2019 Oxford American, Summer Issue, June 2019, print
2018 Make Better Pictures: Truth, Opinions and Practical Advice, print, November
Oxford American, (Cover), June 2018, print.
2017 Fisheye Magazine, (Paris, FR), July 2017, print.
2016 Oxford American, June 2016, print.
Photo District News, April 2016, print.
Jasper Magazine, March 2016, print.
The Plate, National Geographic, February 2016, print.
Frankie Magazine (Australia), February 2016, print.
2015 Paprika Southern, September Issue, pg. print.
The State, April 2015, print.
Aiken Standard, February 2015, print.
Free Times, February 2015, print.
2014 Flat Hat News, October 27, print.
2013 Boston Globe, August 2013, print.
Garden and Gun, July 2013, print.
PDN 30’s 2013: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, March 2013, print.
South X Southeast Magazine, March 2013, print.
Art Takes Miami, SCOPE Miami, Selected Artist, print.
2012 Silver and Ink, Savannah College of Art and Design, print.
2010 Silver and Ink, Savannah College of Art and Design, print.
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
2019 Lenscratch, PhotoNOLA: Meg Griffiths: Somewhere within and
Without,” 19 February 2019, web.
What will you Remember, “Winter’s Silent Songs,” 29 January 2019, web.com
Lenscratch, “Nothing that Falls Away: A Conversation with Eliot Dudik and
Meg Griffiths,” 10 January 2019, web.
2018 Don’t Take Pictures, Featured Artist, October 11, web
2017 Mother F Stop, 30 April 2017, web.
This is Paper, (London, UK) 17 March 2017, web.
2016 Medium, 28 March 2016, web.
2015 Booooooom, 30 April 2016, web.
Hawk and Handsaw, 22 April 2015, web.
Aint Bad Feature, 8 April 2015, web.
2014 Lenscratch, 16 October 2014, web.
Oxford American, Eyes on the South, September, web.
2013 Light Leaked, 21 October 2013, web.
Southern Photography, March 2013, web.
Lenscratch, Featured Artist, January, web.
2012 Journal de la Photographie, Featured Artist, July, web.
2011 Fraction Magazine, Issue 22, Featured Artist, web.
2010 Geronimo Projects,Featured Artist, web.
COLLECTIONS
University of Connecticut
Center for Creative Photography
Virginia Common Wealth University
Ringling College of Art +Design
Texas Christian University
University of Iowa
Savannah College of Art and Design
Maryland Institute College of Art
University of Virginia
Viginia Museum of Fine Art
Duke University
University of Kentucky
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
Clemsen University
Washington and Lee University
Aint Bad Collections
Capitol One Collection
Middle Tennessee University
Center for Fine Art Photography
Museum of Fine Arts Houston
