BIOGRAPHY

Megan Welch is a painter and educator residing in Northeast Florida. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art & Design, Megan holds an M.F.A. in Painting. She completed her B.F.A. in Fine Art with a concentration in Painting and Drawing at the University of North Florida. During her time at UNF, she studied in the Tuscany region of Italy and completed an art therapy internship with Art With a Heart for Children at Wolfson Children’s Hospital.

Megan’s paintings and drawings have been shown regionally in the Northeast and Central Florida area. Recent career highlights include her work as an Alumni Atelier Associate at the Savannah College of Art + Design, being included in the Museum Of Contemporary Art Jacksonville’s FIFTY exhibition, a juried exhibition at World of Wonder Gallery in Los Angeles, completing an internship with the Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville in their Public Art program, and having an essay published in Women’s Caucus for Art’s annual Pulse Newsletter.

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

2019 M.F.A. Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

2006 B.F.A. Fine Arts: Painting and Drawing, University of North Florida, Jacksonville FL

ONE AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2018 – Stay Where I Can See You – SCAD M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Holly Blanton Art Studio & Gallery. Atlantic

Beach, FL

Postcards from Swamplandia-  Vandroff Gallery, Jewish Community Alliance. Jacksonville, FL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 – Figures and Faces – St Augustine Art Association, St Augustine, FL

               Here and There – Honorable Mention, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL

2025-   Spring Members Show – St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL

Heavyweight – Florida Mining Gallery, Jacksonville, FL

Figures and Faces – 3rd Place St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL.

Out of Place – Honorable Mention, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL

Marvelous Miniatures – St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine FL.

Ho, Ho, Ho Group Show – Touche Gallery, Jacksonville, FL

2022 – Fabulous Florida – St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL.

Fifty – An Alumni Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL.

Honors Show – St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL.

Marvelous Miniatures – Most Creative Award – St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL

Honorable Mention, Figures and Faces, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL

2021 – Rivers Exhibition, Women Writing for (a) Change, Jacksonville, FL

2nd Place, Annual Honors Invitational, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL

Best in Show, Figures and Faces, St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL

Branches Exhibition, Women Writing for (a) Change, Jacksonville, FL

2020 – Art in City Spaces, City Hall, Ocala, FL

2020- Spring Featured Artist, Concourse A, Jacksonville International Authority, Jacksonville, FL

2020- W.A.V.E. Women Artists of Northeast Florida, Jacksonville International Airport, Jacksonville, FL

2019 – Arts on Deck: A Group Skateboard Show, City Hall Gallery, Ocala, FL

Three Oaks Law Firm’s Open House and Art Show, Jacksonville, FL

2018 – Arts on Deck: A Group Skateboard Show – 1904 Music Hall. Jacksonville, FL

2017 – Muse Gala Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL

Surviving Group Show. World of Wonder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Works, Bold Bean Coffee Roasters, Jacksonville, FL

Learn to Read Gala, Featured Artist. Jacksonville Main Library, Jacksonville, FL

Dangerous Women, Five and Dime Theatre Company, Jacksonville, FL

2016 - Northeast Florida Art Educator’s Group Show, Jacksonville, FL

I’m Board- A Group Skateboard Art Show, CoRK Arts District, Jacksonville, FL

2015 - Mixed Media Group Show, Saint Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL 2014 – Group Show, Gallery 725, Atlantic Beach, FL

 Botanical Studies Riverside Fine Arts. Jacksonville, FL

PUBLICATIONS

Jerry Saltz Has A Female Problem, Women’s Caucus for Art, September Artlines Newsletter 2017

PRESS

For Women Who Roar Volume II, Featured Artist 2019

Nest Notes, University of North Florida Alumni Association Newsletter, October 2017

WAPE Studios: Babecast Podcast, Episode 37: Megan Welch. Jacksonville, FL, December 2017

Interview with an Artist, St John’s Magazine, October 2017

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2021-2022, Foundations (2D Design and Drawing) Adjunct , University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL

2022- Present, Art Educator, Beachside High School, St. Johns, Florida

2013- 2022, Art Educator, Allen D. Nease High School, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

2017 –Mixed Media Workshop Presenter, Indigo Art Therapy, Jacksonville, FL

2016 – Reduction Linocut Printmaking Workshop Presenter, Florida Art Educator Association Fall Conference, Naples, FL

2011-2015 – Summer Art Educator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida

2006-2013 – Art Educator, Itinerant Art Teacher, Duval County Public Schools

PROFESSIONAL INTERNSHIPS, TRAINING  & RESIDENCES

2026 – College Board AP Scoring Leader for the 2025-2026 AP 2D Design and Drawing Exams – Louisville, Kentucky

2026 – Savannah College of Art & Design – Summer Educator Forum – Workshop Instructor – Landscape Painting Workshop, Savannah, Georgia

2025 – Savannah College of Art & Design – Summer Educator Forum – Workshop Instructor – Surrealist Painting Workshop, Savannah, Georgia

2023 – CPALMS Curriculum Writer for Learning Systems Institute at Florida State University

2022 – SCAD Alumni Atelier Associate – Forsyth House, Savannah, GA

2022 – SCAD DIG Educator Forum Participant, Savannah, GA

2021– 20 hours of Capturing Kids Hearts training program

2021 – 30-hour College Board AP Art History Workshop

2021 – 30-hour College Board AP Art & Design Workshop

2019 – 30-hour College Board AP Art History Workshop 

2018 – Professional Experience Intern, Louise Freshman Brown.,Jacksonville, FL

2017- Public Art Intern, Cultural Council of Greater Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL

2017 – 30-hour College Board AP Art & Design Workshop

2006 – Art With A Heart in Healthcare, Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Jacksonville, FL

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

2015 – Present – St. Augustine Art Association

2013-Present – St John’s Education Association

2009-2010 – President Elect, Duval Art Teachers Association 

2010-2012 – President, Duval Art Teachers Association

2012-2013 – Past President, Duval Art Teachers Association