Exhibitions | Megan Coyle: Artist & Illustrator

August 6, 2011January 29, 2017

Opening for MiniSolos

Last night was the opening reception for the “MiniSolos” exhibition at Touchstone Gallery in Washington, DC. The exhibit runs from August 4th until the 27th, and features the work of 37 area artists. I was pleased to be a part of this group exhibition. Above is a quick snapshot of myself in front of my artwork in the show.

Above and below are images of my artwork in the show. Since all the artwork was hung salon-style, I didn’t want to crowd my wall space so I only included three collages framed in 16″x20″ frames. The collages in the show included “One, Two, Three Giraffes,” “Goldfish Pond,” and “Koala Bear.”

The opening was pretty packed – quite a few folks were perusing the artwork and even mingling right by the main entrance on the sidewalk outside.

It’s been a busy couple of days. Soon I’m going to start thinking about different ways to promote my book Duck & Fish – once all my exhibit work is finished up in the next couple of months I’ll have some more time. Anyway, I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

August 4, 2011March 22, 2018

MiniSolos

Koala Bear by collage artist Megan Coyle — “Koala Bear.”
Collage on paper. 16″x12″
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August 4th – 27th, 2011
Touchstone Gallery; Washington, D.C.
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Opening Reception: Friday, August 5th from 6:00 – 8:30p.m.

Megan Coyle’s “Koala Bear,” “Goldfish Pond,” and “One, Two, Three Giraffes” collages were on display at Touchstone Gallery’s “MiniSolos” group exhibition. “MiniSolos” featured the work of several artists working in a variety of mediums. The “mini shows” were hung salon style around the gallery.

Coyle’s “Koala Bear” collage made its first appearance in an exhibition at the “MiniSolos” show. Previously, she had made the collage so it would be part of the animal series for the Goodwin Gallery solo exhibition, but later decided to save the piece for a future show.

This was also the first time in a couple of years that Coyle displayed her work in a Washington, D.C. gallery. Previously she has shown her work at the Smithsonian Ripley Center in 2008.

August 1, 2011March 21, 2018

Select Works from Duck & Fish: A Children’s Book Written and Illustrated by Megan Coyle

August 1st – 31st, 2011
Arlington Central East Gallery; Arlington, Virginia
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To celebrate the completion of Megan Coyle’s first children’s book, Coyle displayed select illustrations from Duck & Fish at Arlington Central East Gallery. This was the first solo exhibition that featured artwork Coyle made for the story she wrote and illustrated. Each work of art was made entirely from magazine strips.

The illustrations tell the tale of a mallard duck who meets a flying fish at the beach. The two animals tell one another about the joys of flying in the sky or swimming underwater. Once they go their separate ways, Fish finds himself imagining what it would be like to fly while Duck ponders life underwater. What would happen if they could live such different lives? Would they be happy?

Coyle’s artwork takes you on an adventure with two animals that explore new, wondrous worlds. Coyle completed about thirty different works of art for the book Duck & Fish, however, only a few of the illustrations were on display at the gallery.

The exhibit gave viewers a chance to see the works of art in-person.

Duck & Fish is available online via Coyle’s online store

August 1, 2011January 29, 2017

Select Works from Duck & Fish

Duck and Fish by collage artist Megan Coyle

Today was a busy day of installing artwork. The exhibit “Select Works from Duck & Fish” at Arlington Central Library went up as well as a couple of group exhibits. “Select Works from Duck & Fish” features nine of the collages that were created to illustrate my first children’s book, Duck & Fish. We managed to install the exhibit fairly quickly. Above you can see an image of five of the pieces side-by-side.

Here’s the collage from the first page of the book – “Duck Meets Fish.”

“Duck Talks About Flying” next to “Fish Talks About the Ocean.”

There’s a bit of a glare here, but the collage on the left is “Fish Dreams of Flying, Duck Dreams of Swimming” next to “Duck Goes Sightseeing in the Ocean.”

“Duck Meets the Creatures of the Ocean Floor” next to “Fish Runs into a Flock of Geese.”

“Fish Flies Over an Airport”

And the last collage in the exhibit, “Duck and Fish Say Goodbye.”

It was nice that a couple folks were curious about my artwork as the show was installed, and they asked me a couple questions about the artwork. I was able to tell them a bit more about how the pieces were made and that they are illustrations from my first children’s book.

Aside from stopping by Arlington Central Library today, we also made a visit to Touchstone Gallery to drop of my work for the “MiniSolos” show and dropped off a couple of pieces for the Gallery without Walls Del Ray Artisans’ exhibit. The Del Ray Artisans decided to extend the “Made in the U.S.A.” exhibit by having selected pieces displayed in a local business.

So all in all, it was a very busy and productive day. I’m looking forward to an upcoming week of art making.

July 14, 2011August 24, 2017

Opening for Collage: Painting with Paper

I just received some photos from the opening of my current solo show, “Collage: Painting with Paper,” which took place on July 7th. I’ll have to swing by the space again sometime soon to take some installation pictures.

Some of the guests mingling – I’m in the background here. We had a great turn-out and it was definitely a fun evening.

Here I am talking to one of the guests.

It was a fun night! And I was surprised to see that my brother made the trip all the way from NYC for the opening. Anyway, now I’m off to get started on planning my next show. Whew, always busy!

July 4, 2011March 21, 2018

Made in the U.S.A.

Megan Coyle Made in the USA exhibit

Yesterday I did some gallery sitting for the Del Ray Artisans. They currently have their “Made in the U.S.A.” exhibition on display. The show runs from July 1st until the 22nd, and features artwork inspired by U.S. people, places, and things.

As usual, I had to take a few installation pictures of my collages in the exhibit – “Lincoln Memorial” and “Washington Monument.”

Megan Coyle Made in the USA exhibit

There’s a bit of a funny story behind my two pieces in this show. Apparently the labels got mixed up so that “Lincoln Memorial” was beside the Washington Monument while “Washington Monument” was beside the Lincoln Memorial. Apparently lots of visitors noticed this mix-up and kept approaching the gallery sitters to let them know that the labels needed to be fixed. The curator wasn’t sure if I wanted the labels to be this way – if I was trying to prove some sort of point. Eventually they switched them so the collages were properly labeled. It was pretty amusing to hear how many people took note of the mistake and almost demanded that the labels get fixed on the spot.

Megan Coyle Made in the USA exhibit

Above is an image of the gallery with the “Made in the U.S.A.” artwork on display.

Made in the USA Del Ray Artisans Exhibit

And this is the ad that is being used to advertise the exhibit.

I hope everyone is having a Happy Fourth of July! The Del Ray Artisans exhibit is definitely very fitting for the holiday.

July 1, 2011March 22, 2018

Made in the U.S.A.

July 1st – 22nd, 2011
Nicholas Colasanto Center; Alexandria, Virginia
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Opening Reception: Friday, July 1st from 7:00 – 10:00p.m.

Megan Coyle’s “Washington Monument” and “Lincoln Memorial” collages were on display at the Del Ray Artisans’ “Made in the U.S.A.” group exhibition. Both collages were previously on display in the “Local Scene” group exhibition at National Harbor.

“Made in the U.S.A.” featured artwork inspired by U.S. people, places, and things. The show included the work of several local artists working in a variety of media. Aside from the artwork being inspired by different U.S. subjects, several of the works of art were also made from U.S.-made materials.

July 1, 2011March 21, 2018

Collage: Painting with Paper

Blue Rhino by collage artist Megan Coyle — “Blue Rhino.” Collage on paper. 9″x12″
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July 1st – 31st, 2011
Gallery Thirteen; Alexandria, Virginia
The Firebricks and Frames Exhibition Series
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Opening Reception: Thursday, July 7th at 7:00p.m.

Megan Coyle was the featured artist for July for Gallery Thirteen and RedRocks’ new exhibition series: “The Firebricks and Frames Exhibition Series.” Gallery Thirteen created a partnership with RedRocks of Old Town Alexandria to develop and manage the series which was hosted at RedRocks.

Megan’s “Collage: Painting with Paper” exhibit included several of her animal, portrait, landscape, and cityscape collages. This was the first exhibit in the area that included such a range in the subject matter of Megan’s work. The exhibit also showcased her unique style of “painting with paper.”

June 19, 2011January 29, 2017

Drawing Inspiration from the Figure

This weekend I stopped by the Del Ray Artisans to check out the “Drawing Inspiration from the Figure” group exhibition. My collage “Man at the Market” is currently on display at the show. The exhibit opened on June 3rd and will run until the 26th.

Man at the Market collage by Megan Coyle

Above is an image of my collage on display.

Man at the Market collage by Megan Coyle

And here’s another angle of it.

Things are slowly but surely coming together with my children’s book, Duck & Fish. I’m running a giveaway for the book that ends on June 28th – find out more about it here. At the moment I’m working through a few more revisions. Once I’m finished with a couple more rounds of editing, it should be complete. Aside from my book work, I’ve been busy planning future exhibitions.

Anyway, I hope everyone had a great weekend and a Happy Father’s Day!

June 8, 2011January 29, 2017

The Firebricks & Frames Exhibition Series

Front view

Back view

A couple months ago I heard that I was accepted to be part of a new exhibition series in the area – “The Firebricks & Frames” exhibition series. The series is managed by Gallery Thirteen and RedRocks. From June until December of this year, a different artist will be featured every month. The art exhibitions and receptions will be hosted by RedRocks but planned and organized by Gallery Thirteen. Above is the postcard for the series – my “Blue Rhino” collage is the image I’m using to advertise my solo show.

Tonight we’re having a launch party for the series. I’m going to be the featured artist for July, so I won’t have any work up during the launch party, although I will have an opening reception during the first week of July when my work is installed.

In other news, it will be a little while before I have any blog posts up with new artwork. I haven’t gotten around to making new work since I started revising my children’s book and working on marketing upcoming shows. So much to do, so little time…but soon I’ll have some time to devote to art making. More to come later!

Anyway, I’m off to celebrate with other artists at the launch party!