Timeline

2017

John Kinross Scholarship
Open Contemporary Young Artist Award
RSA New Contemporaries Selected Artist

2018

HIX Award, Shortlisted Artist

2020

The Bricks That Built The Houses, Copeland Park, London, UK (solo)

2021

As in Facade, curated by Rajaa Paixao, Janet Rady Fine Art, online
These Boots Are Made For Walking, Studi0, Zurich, Switzerland
Rough Around The Edges with Matteo Santacroce, curated by The Artists Contemporary, online Works on Paper 3, Blue Shop Cottage, London, UK
Art Maze Magazine Issue 22
The Artists Contemporary podcast

2022

Water Is Not For Sale, Bloom Galerie, St Tropez, France
Art on a Postcard, September Auction
Cool, Fresh, Sweet Waters, exhibiting alongside Nina Silverberg and Becky Tucker, The Tub, London, UK
Art Maze Magazine Issue 27
Artsinsquare Magazine Issue 1

BA (honors), in Fine Art, Edinburgh College of Art

Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, University of the Arts, London

Megan Rea studied fine art at Edinburgh College of Art. Her paintings focus on the uninhabited spaces and artifacts of life once lived, celebrating fictitious cityscapes in medieval frescoes by reimagining them as architectural fragments. Drawing inspiration from 13th-15th century Italian works, fountains and crenellations that once peered from behind bustling crowds are brought to the fore and lent a mystical sovereignty. Rea’s work was the subject of a solo exhibition, The Bricks That Built The Houses, at Copeland Park in London, UK. Group exhibitions include those at Bloom Galerie, St. Tropez, FR; Janet Rady Fine Art, London, UK; The Tub, London, UK; and, Studi0, Zurich, CH. Her work has been published twice in Artmaze Magazine. She was also a recipient of the John Kinross Scholarship, an RSA New Contemporaries selection and the Open Contemporary Young Artist Award, and shortlisted for the HIX Award. Rea lives and works in East London.