pierce bio

MFA Pratt Institute 1978
MA Columbia University 1969
BA College of New Rochelle 1968
Teacher of Art - Herricks Public Schools, 1969-2001

John Ringling Towers Fellow "Individual Artist :Visual Art"

2009- 2010 

Hermitage Artist Retreat/

Fine Arts Society of Sarasota Residency 2010

Weir Farm Artist Residency/ Wilton, CT February 2012        

selected exhibits

Morean Art Center St Petersburg, FL "Upcycled" Jan 2012

Chautauqua Institution NY "54th Contemporary Art "July 2011

Saw Palm: florida literature and art:University of South Florida 2011

Selby Gallery Ringling College, Sarasota "WCA Juried" (Merit) 2011

Art Center Sarasota Florida "Uncommon Threads" Dec 2010

Bolivar Art Gallery Sarasota, FL 2011

MOSI Tampa, FL "The Unseen" group 2010

Big Arts Sanibel Island FL FLAG Symposium (Award) 2010

Amory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida Artists Sept 2009

Leepa-Ratner Museum, Tarpon Springs "FLAG Exhibit" May 2009

Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersberg, FL March 2009

Manatee Community College, Bradenton, FL "WCA Project 4x6" Feb 2009 group

Studio at Gulf and Pine, Anna Maria FL " Nature of Florida" Nov 2009 group

Peter Paul Gallery Sarasota, FL Oct 2007 "On the Edge"group

Sarasota Arts Council FL June-July 2007 "Seeking a Center" solo

Harmony Gallery, Sarasota, FL  Oct 2006 "Map, Maze & Mandala solo
Essex Art Center, Laurence, MA  Mar 2005 “Mandala-Seeking a Center” group
Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL Feb 2005 “Abstract Show” group (Merit Award)
Omni Gallery, Uniondale,NY Dec-Jan 2004  “Winter” group
South Huntington Library, NY Nov-Dec 2003 “ Mandalas”  group
Islip Museum, Islip, NY July- August 2003 “Noah’s Ark: Animals Among Us” group
Manhasset Public Library, Manhasset, NY June 2003 “Oils from the 80’s & 90’s” solo
Gallery North, Setauket, NY March 2003  “Seeking A Center” group
Washington Square East Galleries NYU, NY February 2003 “26th Small Works” group
Graphic Eye Gallery, Port Washington, NY May 2002  “Map, Maze and Mandala” solo
NYC Fire Museum, Soho, NY September 2002  “9/11 Memorial” permanent collection
Islip Museum, Islip, NY July 2002   “Considering the Garden” group
Nese Alpin Gallery Roslyn, NY July 2002   “Visual Ideas: Conceptual II” February 2000 group
Graphic Eye Gallery, Port Washington, NY March 2002 “Meg Pierce & Barbara Kingsley”
Sea Cliff Village “Art at the Beach”August 1999 solo
Heckscher Museum “Art of Long Island”  May 1998  group
Sea Cliff Library  November 1996 solo