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Megan Berkheiser

Illustration professor

Education

  • M.F.A., illustration, School of Visual Arts
  • B.F.A., illustration, The University of the Arts

Credentials

  • Full time professor of illustration, 2009-present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Adjunct associate of illustration, 1999-2009, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
    Taught design track senior portfolio, sophomore pictorial foundation, and independent study. Responsibilities included coordination of all guest speakers, field trips, and Portfolio Day at the Society of Illustrators.
  • Adjunct professor of illustration, 1997-1999, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
    Taught beginning and advanced illustration courses and watercolor elective.
  • Head instructor, 1999-2005, After School Art Program, New York, NY
    Taught children ages four through twelve painting, drawing, and sculpture methods.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • 3X3 magazine
  • The Society of Illustrators 45 and 47 Annual
  • American Illustration
  • Three Dimensional Awards Show

Organizations

  • Graphic Artist Guild
  • College Art Association
  • American Institute of Graphic Arts
  • Illustrator’s Partnership of America

Publications and presentations

Exhibition record

  • Creative Quarterly 34, New York, NY, 2014
  • Small Works Exhibition, Savannah, GA, 2014
  • 3x3 Contemporary Professional Illustration Exhibition, New York, NY, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2005, 2004
  • Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, Illustration West 50, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
  • Gallery Nucleus Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA, 2012
  • Winter Exhibition, Morris Hall Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2011
  • Telfair Art Fair, Jepson Center/ Telfair Art Museum, Savannah, GA 2009
  • Being There, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, 2006
  • Right Here In the USA, The Eisner Museum, Milwaukee, WI, 2005
  • Society of Illustrators 47th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, 2005
  • American Illustration 24 Exhibition, New York, NY, 2005
  • Little Art Theater, Solo Exhibition, Yellow Springs, OH, 2005
  • Mentors and Models Exhibition, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2004
  • Heaven and Hell, ICON3, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
  • Sixty Years of Illustration, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
  • The Magazine Rack, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY, 2003
  • Three-Dimensional Awards Show, The Society of Illustrators, New York, NY, 2001
  • Society of Illustrators 42nd Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, 2000
  • Shanghai University Gallery, Catalogue, Shanghai, China, 1999
  • ArtLink-Sothebys, International Young Art, Catalogue, Chicago, IL and Tel-Aviv, Israel, 1999
  • Three-Dimensional Awards Show, The Art Directors Club, New York, NY, 1999, 1998
  • Visual Arts Gallery, Solo Exhibition, New York, NY, 1997
  • MFA Illustration as Visual Essay, The Art Directors Club, New York, NY, 1997
  • After-Words, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1997

Selected publications and commissions

  • AARP Magazine; O, The Oprah Magazine; Rise Advertising Agency, The Village Voice, The New York Times Book Review, Discover Magazine, Washington Post, Time Magazine, Forbes Magazine, US News and World Report, Random House, Billboard Magazine, Popular Science, and The Zoological Society of Philadelphia

Visiting artist lecture

  • Annual presentation of published work, installations, and handmade books to graduate students, 2000-2009, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Collaborative works

  • Heaven and Hell, ICON3, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
  • Designed and fabricated a permanent relief sculpture, Yogi Berra Museum, Montclair, NJ, 2000
  • Designed and fabricated a 5x12-foot hummingbird mobile, The Zoological Society, Philadelphia, PA, 1999