{"id":167,"date":"2024-12-17T16:57:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T16:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mariameyer.co.uk\/?page_id=167"},"modified":"2026-03-29T11:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T10:07:24","slug":"contact-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mariameyer.co.uk\/?page_id=167","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Text &#038; Image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.mariameyer.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mugshot-maria-meyer-bW-651&#215;1024.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;mugshot maria meyer b+W&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Noto Serif JP|&#8211;et_global_body_font_weight|||||||&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;12px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><em><b>About<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the heart of Meyer\u2019s practice is the charge released when objects and images enter each other\u2019s orbit. Drawing from the breadth of material culture, she works as an aggregator of images and objects, maintaining a continuously evolving personal archive from which combinations are drawn and tested for their alchemical potential.<\/p>\n<p>These artefacts and images carry the weight of the moments that produced them, their significance shifting as they move through different eras and social spaces.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>In the resulting works, things are brought into collision, each with its own agency capable of disrupting meaning with the smallest intervention.<\/p>\n<p>The relationships proposed are deliberately ambiguous, close enough to suggest meaning, open enough to refuse it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Education<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>MA Fine Art<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>University of Hertfordshire, 2021<\/p>\n<p><b>BA Fine Art<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/b>Middlesex University, 1994<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Solo Exhibitions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>2025<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>Fragile Light<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>Collective Gallery<\/strong>, St Albans, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2025<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>Thingchronicity<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>St Albans Museum and Gallery<\/strong>, St Albans, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2022<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>Wafted from Paradise<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>Departure Lounge Gallery<\/strong>, Luton, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2022<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>Strange Strangers<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>Broadway Gallery<\/strong>, Letchworth, UK<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Selected Group Exhibitions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>2026 <em>Enchanted Alchemies<\/em>\u00a0 <strong>Art + Design Gallery<\/strong>, University of Hertfordshire, UK<span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>2025<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>inSite\/exSite<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>Art + Design Gallery,<\/strong> University of Hertfordshire, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2025<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>Ordinary Things<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>Workplace<\/strong>, London, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2024<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>Gradient Descent<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>Gossamer Fog<\/strong>, London, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2024<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>Biophilia<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>Collective Gallery<\/strong>, St Albans, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2024<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>Collective Visions<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>Collective Gallery,<\/strong> St Albans, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2024<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>Warm Up<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>Collective Gallery,<\/strong> St Albans, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2023<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>The Wild Collective<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>OmVed Gardens<\/strong>, London, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2021<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>Correspondence 01.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span>E<strong>xeter Phoenix Gallery<\/strong>, Exeter, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2020<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>Mayday<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>Surface Gallery<\/strong>, Nottingham, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2020<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>Women&#8217;s Work<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>Rhodes Gallery<\/strong>, Margate, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2019<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span><i>a:tension<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/i><\/span><strong>Masons Yard Gallery<\/strong>, London, UK<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Awards &amp; Residencies<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>2024<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Artist in Residence, <strong>Collective Gallery<\/strong>, St Albans, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2024<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Shortlisted, <strong>Tagli<\/strong> Artist Award<\/p>\n<p><span>2022<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Critics Choice Bursary, <strong>Broadway Gallery<\/strong>, Letchworth, UK<\/p>\n<p><span>2021<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Artist in Residence, <strong>Bayfordbury Observatory<\/strong> and Pinetum, UK<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Collections<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>University of Hertfordshire Art Collection, UK<\/p>\n<p>Email: mariameyerstudio@outlook.com<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About At the heart of Meyer\u2019s practice is the charge released when objects and images enter each other\u2019s orbit. 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