ABOUT

Biography

Meghan Lacey was raised in sunny and warm climate of Central Florida and has spent the last ten years living in the beautiful foothills of Georgia. She credits her mother, Lyn Lacey, as her inspiration for her artistic endeavors. While still in high school, Meghan received classical drawing and oil painting instruction from Chris DiDomizio from 2008-2012 and watercolor painting instruction from Dylan Scott Pierce from 2009 until 2012. From 2014 to 2015, Meghan took private lessons from portrait artist Leah Burchfield Mantini. She has taken workshops from artists such as Don Sondag, Jordan Sokol, Amaya Gurpide, Patrick Okrasinski, Mia Bergeron, Anne Blair Brown, Dylan Scott Pierce, Brett Weaver, and Suzy Schultz. During the fall semester of 2016, she studied abroad at Oxford University through the Scholars' Semester at Oxford, where she studied History of Art as a registered visiting student. Meghan graduated with her B.A. in Art and Design, with a Concentration in Painting and a Minor in Art History at LaGrange College in May of 2017. During the growing season of 2020, she learned the art of organic farming at Serenbe Farms, GA. As of Fall 2024, Meghan is currently completing her M.F.A. in Painting, through the Academy of Art University, in San Francisco, CA. She was recently privileged to have her artwork featured in British Vogue's April, May and June 2021 and House and Garden UK's February, March and April 2023 issues. Recently, she has begun a body of work of oil paintings depicting Florida seascapes. In this series, she desires to capture her love for Florida beaches by showing the beauty that can be experienced in moments undisturbed in solitude at the seaside.

CV/RESUME

b. 1991

Education

Expected 2025 Master of Fine Arts, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing and Painting, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
Fall 2016 Scholars' Semester Abroad, History of Art, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
2009-2012 Watercolor Painting Program, with Dylan Scott Pierce, DiDomizio's Art Center, Atlanta, GA
2006-2012 Drawing and Painting Program, with Chris DiDomizio, DiDomizio's Art Center, Atlanta, GA

Exhibitions

2024

Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

2023

Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

2022

Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Continuity and Change: Alumni Exhibition, 1963-2021, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA

2021

Spring Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA

2017

Senior Exhibition, “Wood Between the Worlds”, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
Student Exhibition, The Donald W. Nixon Centre for Performing and Visual Arts, Newnan, GA

2015

Student Exhibition, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA

2012

Reflections, Genema Gallery, Christ Church Presbyterian, Atlanta, GA

2010

Hope for Haiti, DiDomizio’s Art Center, Atlanta, GA

Memberships

Portrait Society of America
Oil Painters of America
American Impressionist Society

Awards and Honors

2017

Needham Avery Award, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
William and Elezida Hope Art History Award, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
LaGrange College Art Award, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
Dean's List, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA

2016

Josephine Case Scholarship, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
LaGrange College Art Award, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
Dean's List, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA

2015

LaGrange College Art Award, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
Dean's List, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA

2014

Dean's List, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA

Publications

2023

"Art Edit", House and Garden UK, March 2023, Print Issue

"Art Edit", House and Garden UK, April 2023, Print Issue

"Art Edit", House and Garden UK, May 2023, Print Issue

H&G Shops, www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/h-g-shops-art

2022

"Spring Show 2022", Academy of Art University, Department of Fine Art, San Francisco, CA. springshow.academyart.edu/schools/fine-art/students/meghan-lacey

2021

"Letters to the Lord: How Majestic is Your Name in All the Earth!", guest writer/artist, author Elizabeth Musser's Blog, December 29, 2021. elizabethmusser.wordpress.com/2021/12/28/letters-to-the-lord-how-majestic-is-your-name-in-all-the-earth/

"Letters to the Lord: The Goodness of God", guest writer/artist, author Elizabeth Musser's Blog, August 3, 2021. elizabethmusser.wordpress.com/2021/08/03/letters-to-the-lord-the-goodness-of-god/

"Spring Show 2021", Academy of Art University, Department of Fine Art, San Francisco, CA. springshow.academyart.edu/schools/fineart/students/meghan-lacey

"Vogue Gallery", British Vogue, June 2021, Print Issue.

"Vogue Gallery", British Vogue, May 2021, Print Issue.

"Vogue Gallery", British Vogue, April 2021, Print Issue.

"Letters to the Lord: The God Who Heals", guest writer/artist, author Elizabeth Musser's Blog, April 13, 2021. elizabethmusser.wordpress.com/2021/04/13/letters-to-the-lord-the-god-who-heals/

2020

"Letters to the Lord: Introducing Meghan Lacey", guest writer/artist, author Elizabeth Musser's Blog, December 8, 2020. elizabethmusser.wordpress.com/2020/12/08/letters-to-the-lord-introducing-meghan-lacey/

2017

"Citations 2017, Senior Exhibition 2017, Art and Design Faculty Sponsors: Prof. John Lawrence, Prof. Marcia Brown, Prof. Margaret Reneke and Prof. Al Waller, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA.

"Citations 2017, 'Ask Iris Love: Cnidus, Aphrodite and Unorthodox Archeology' by Meghan Lacey, Art and Design Faculty Sponsor: Prof. Dorothy Joiner, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA.