Megan Rye

"In August 2004, Rye's younger brother, Ryan Rye Nosek, was deployed in Iraq as a U.S. Marine, where he supervised the regional detention facility in Fallujah and ran convoys for detainee operations within the Sunni Triangle until his return home in March 2005. During these months, he took approximately 2,000 photographs, which he entrusted to his sister. The photographs have inspired Rye's paintings ever since."

- Kristin Makholm, from the MCAD/Jerome Artists 2005-06 catalog

Education
2003 M.F.A., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
1998 B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I.

Exhibitions

• 2007 Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (solo, forthcoming)
• 2006 New Faces, Forum Gallery, New York
  Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Chicago
• 2005 The Figurative Impulse, Forum Gallery, Los Angeles
  Art of the 20th Century, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York
• 2003 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• 1998 B.F.A. Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Rome

Awards and Grants

• 2005 MCAD/Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists
• 2004 Minnesota State Arts Board Grant
• 2002 Graduate Research Grant, University of Minnesota
• 2000 Graduate School Fellowship, University of Minnesota