b. 1995
Meg Hahn is an artist and arts organizer based in Portland, ME. Her work has
been included in exhibitions at Dunes, Zero Station, Able Baker Contemporary,
SOIL, Perimeter Gallery, and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, among
others. Meg has attended residencies at Surf Point, the Sam and Adele Golden
Foundation, the Vermont Studio Center, Hewnoaks Artist Colony, and the
Monhegan Artists’ Residency. She currently works as the Development &
Special Projects Manager at SPACE and is also a co-director of the curatorial
collective, Border Patrol. She received her BFA in painting with an art history
minor from Maine College of Art & Design.
“Meg’s practice is rooted within the process of painting and drawing, and
influenced by the formal qualities found from her surroundings. She is drawn to
patterns, shapes, and colors that she collects through observation, such as
architectural moments, cast shadows, and scenes from the everyday. She then
builds forms through drawing and cut paper, layering and composing geometric
shapes together. By using a limited palette, she hopes to create an invitation for
viewers to look more closely and slowly. She views painting as an intuitive back
and forth between organizing a steadiness and then a disruption.”
Q. If you could offer your younger self any advice at the start of your artistic career, what would it be?”
A. “Follow your interests and what makes you curious, let that lead your work.”