About
Megan Leah Gottfried (b. 1998, USA) is a jewish contemporary painter and fiber artist based in Seattle, Washington. She earned her MFA in Painting and Drawing from Penn State University and has exhibited in galleries and museums internationally. Her recent solo exhibition venues include the Museum of Museums (WA), Woskob Gallery (PA), Art Zowie (WA) and Buinho (Messejana, Portugal).
Megan’s work explores color theory, human perception, and creativity. In addition to her studio practice, she has taught fine art at Penn State University, North Seattle College, the Freedom Education Project Puget Sound at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), and Pratt Fine Arts Center. She spends many hours in her 57’ Biscayne art studio developing new work, and remains committed to making meaningful contributions to Seattle’s art community through her practice, using painting as a means of exploration, technique and healing.
Resume & CV
EDUCATION
2022 M.F.A., School of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University,
Drawing and Painting
2020 B.F.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Painting Concentration,
Minor in Interdisciplinary Art and Social Practice
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2024-Present Painting and Drawing Instructor, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2025-Present Instructor, North Seattle College, Continuing Education, Seattle, WA
2025-Present University of Washington Robinson Center Summer Program Assistant, Saturday Instructor, WA
2025-Present PreK Afterschool Instructor and Substitute, St. Catherine School, Seattle, WA
2023-Present Instructor, Au Pair Weekend, accreditation through Seattle Central College, WA
2025 Adjunct Professor, Freedom Education Project Puget Sound at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), Gig Harbor, WA
2023-2024 Art Tech, Chihuly Garden and Glass, Seattle, WA
2022-2024 Adjunct Professor, Pennsylvania State University, Hybrid
2022 CTY Johns Hopkins Senior Resident Assistant, Ursinus College, PA
2021-2022 University Instructor for ART20 Introduction to Drawing,
Pennsylvania State University
2021 Summer Art Exhibitions Intern, HUB-Robeson Galleries, PA
2018-2020 Gatewood Gallery and Studio Assistant, University of North Carolina Greensboro
2017-2018 Duke TIP Residential Advisor, Duke University & Davidson College, NC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Dancing Girl, Guided by Wonder, Messejana Portugal
2025 For Us, Seattle Aquarium, Seattle WA
2025 Bedscapes, Art Zowie, Seattle, WA
2023 Echo, Base Camp Studios and Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Recollection Bug, Museum of Museums, Seattle, WA
2022 Buttercups Can’t Fly, Bellefonte Art Museum, Bellefonte, PA
2022 Room to Room, Woskob Gallery, State College, PA
2022 Memory Hoarder, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, State College, PA
2021 Life Cycles, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, State College, PA
2016 Breadth, Watauga Arts Council Gallery, Boone, NC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Perspectives on Orientation, Graphite Arts Center, Edmonds, WA
2026 Seattle Print Arts Winter Exhibition, Kirkland Art Center Gallery, Kirkland, WA
2025 Please Touch: What Sustains You?, Fogue Studio and Gallery, Seattle, WA
2025 The True Butterfly Effect, Slip Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 Please Touch: Together, Breaking Barriers, ARTS at King Street Station Gallery, Seattle, WA, Presented by ReVision Arts
2024 Member’s Show, A/NT Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 Embodied, The Fishbowl Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023-24 Coalescent of Art; Northwest Artists, Aljoya Gallery, Mercer Island, WA
2023 -24 Work Work Work, Chihuly Garden and Glass, Seattle, WA
2023 Treading Water, The Fishbowl Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Viral Imaginations, Palmer Museum of Art, State College, PA
2022 Cohorts - Alone Together, Juried Exhibition, University of Montana
Graduate Research Exhibition, HUB-Robeson Galleries, State College, PA
2021-22 Unprecidemic, MFA Exhibition, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, State College, PA
2021 Illuminated, 1st Year MFA Exhibition, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, State College, PA
2020 Self to Others, Greensboro Cultural Arts Center, Greensboro, NC
2019 A Walk Through Womxn’s Worlds, Guilford College Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2019 Drawn Together, Greensboro Project Space, Greensboro, NC
2018 Untitled, Annual Tri-State Sculpture Exhibition and Conference, Concord, NC
CURATION
2026 Pratt Instructors Exhibition, 57’ Biscayne 3rd Floor Gallery, Pioneer Square, Seattle WA
2025 Expressions of Liberation, Artwork made in Incarceration, Pratt Fine Arts Center Window Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023-24 The Illusion of Reason and Time: A Coast-to-Coast Exhibition of SoVA Alumni, School of Visual Arts showing at Fishbowl Gallery, Seattle, WA
2023 -24 Curation of the Palladian Hotel, Seattle, WA
2022 F*ck Scotus We’re Doing it Anyway, Base Camp Studios, Seattle, WA
2022 Lost in Plain Sight, Base Camp Studios, Seattle, WA
2021 FRESH, HUB-Robeson Galleries, State College, PA
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Midsummer, Jorge Valcarcel, J.P. Morgan Private Bank Collection, Artist Trust Benefit Art Auction 2025
Lunch Time, Private PNW Collection, 2024 Movement Voter Project Benefit, 57 Biscayne
AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS
2024 Recipient of The Great Idea Grant
2023-24 Elected SoVA Alumni Exhibition Committee Chair
2023 Recipient of The Curator’s Pick, Women United Art Magazine
2023 Puget Sound Group Northwest Artists Membership Acceptance
2021 Recipient of John Roe Sustainability Award Nomination
2020-23 Penn State Teaching and Research Assistantship
2020 Recipient of UNC-Greensboro Student Excellence Award, Fine Art
2019 Recipient of the Salem Art Works Residency Scholarship
2018 Recipient of Bronze Leadership Award, UNC-Greensboro
2016-22 University Dean’s List
2016 Awarded the John Preston Davis Art Scholarship
RESIDENCIES AND CONFERENCES
2026 Buinho Artist Residency, Messejana, Portugal
2024 PACCIN Preparators Conference, Nelson-Atkins Museum, MO, USA
2020 Overland Artworks Residency, NC, USA (Remote)
2019 Salem Art Works Residency, NY, USA
2018 Tri-State Sculptors 40th Annual Conference, NC, USA
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
2024-25 Seattle Channel TV & News, Seattle, WA
2024 Seattle Times, Seattle’s too Expensive for Artists; Artist Contributor, Seattle, WA
2023 Women United ART MAGAZINE | ISSUE IV
2022 MetalSmith Magazine, Eugene, OR
2022 Daily Collegian, State College, PA
2021 Centre Arts September/October Issue, State College, PA
2019 UNC-Greensboro News, Greensboro, NC
2019 The Carolinian, Greensboro, NC
2017 Incunabula Literary Magazine, Winston Salem, NC
2016 Watauga Democrat, Boone, NC
2016 The Asheville Citizen Times, Asheville, NC
EDUCATION ABROAD
2019 Jerusalem, Israel
2018 Art History Study Abroad, Stuttgart, Germany
2017 Art Experience and History Study Abroad, Quito, Ecuador
VOLUNTEER COMMITMENTS
2024-Present UW Medicine, The 3 Wishes Project, Seattle, WA
2022-25 Seattle Aquarium, Interpretation and Mammals
2020 Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC