• DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1966, Pensacola, Florida.
• EDUCATION: BA Art, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida.
• HONORS/AWARDS:
26th. Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, Jurors Choice Award. Lee County Alliance of the Arts, Lee County, Florida, 2012.
Society of News Design Award of Excellence Information graphics/Portfolios Non-breaking or features. 2006.
• SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Of Water—Shining: The Art of Megan Kissinger The Museum of the Everglades, Everglades City, Florida, January, 2013.
Edison’s Garden Illustrated Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, Florida, Fall 2010-Spring 2012.
Natives & Other Endangered Species, Recent Works by Megan Kissinger WildChild Art Gallery, Matlacha, Florida, 2011.
A Living Splendor—Florida’s Wildlife Illustrated One-person show, Ave Maria University Canizaro Library, Naples, Florida, September 2010.
The Art of Megan Kissinger Sydney and Berne Davis Art Center, One-person show, Fort Myers, Florida, May 2009.
• EXHIBITIONS
26th. Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition Jurors Choice Award. Lee County Alliance of the Arts. Lee County, Florida, 2012.
Blossom II Naples Museum of Art, Susan K. Black Foundation’s annual flower art show. Naples, Florida, 2011.
“The Past in Paintings, the Edison & Ford Era” An exhibit with work by Florida artists Florence Keene Sansom, Buell Lee Whitehead and Megan Kissinger.
Women In Art William North Gallery, Estero, Florida, 2009.
The Formers Alumni Artists of Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, 2009.
• COMMISSIONS
The Everglades Conservation Atlas, Legacy Institute for Nature and Culture, One of only 10 artists chosen to represent the Florida Everglades in a project underwritten by National Geographic and the Royal Bank of Canada. The art is featured within the greater Geomap in the online version of the National Geographic Magazine, 2012.
The Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, Florida, Multi-year project to illustrate all of the historical plants on the grounds of Thomas Edison’s 1885 winter estate and the Edison Botanic Research Corporation Laboratory and research gardens, founded in 1927 by Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone.
Mural “Everglades Eden,” for the Hahn Studio, LaBelle, Florida.
• GALLERY REPRESENTATION:
WildChild Art Gallery, 4625 Pine Island Road, Matlacha, FL 33993 (239)-283-6006. www.wildchildartgallery.com