Meghan DeRoma

Meghan DeRoma
Los Angeles, California, USA

STATEMENT

Unbounded joy expands from the center outward as a reflection on human becoming.

I work in mixed media collage using found papers and artifacts, personal ephemera, paint, fabric, and archetype. My practice begins with the gathering of color, paper fragments, threads, and images on the muddy path of the constant unfolding of being a woman. I weave the stories of the past, of both personal and collective memory, of the land, and of myth with the present moment in service of a soulful future. Through the process of the deconstruction of found fragments and then the painting and reconstruction of them, archetypal symbols and new patterns emerge.

I explore themes of the intricacy and nuance of human relationships—our relationship to Self, to “other”, women’s relationship with nature, and as an animal species, our inherent wildness. In all of these relationships, there are fractals to be found, and patterns interrupted, but stepping back, they all converge in a picture of wholeness. I want to see myself unfold, and in doing so, allow others to see themselves and to be seen.

BIO

Meghan DeRoma (b. 1978, Chicago, Illinois, USA) is a visual artist working in collage, painting, sculpture, storytelling, and psyche. Also a mother and a wife, she currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

DeRoma received her BFA in sculpture/minor in psychology from Miami University in Ohio in 2000. After an evolving career in graphic design, branding, and creative direction, she founded a sustainable toy company in 2016 and began to write and illustrate children’s books. This was a turning point, a return to art. Throughout her journey, and alongside her art practice, she has maintained personal studies in Jungian psychology, spirituality, Buddhist philosophy, and consciousness. She has done coursework in the arts at the Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia University, Chicago, depth psychology research through Animas Valley Institute and the CJ Jung Institute of Los Angeles, and creative writing at Harvard University.

DeRoma’s work has been shown at Tryst 2023 and Nomad II 2023 with the Torrance Art Museum, Dorado 806 Projects (solo show, group shows) where she is also a founder and curator, the Venice Art Walk, Gallery 825, the Women United Art Magazine (cover artist, Women Artist Prize finalist), The Other Art Fair, 100 Pieces, The Assistance League of LA, Casa LA Wine + Art, a private show at CHTV curated by Yiwei Lu, and the Society of Illustrators Museum in New York and Taos Abstract Artists Collective (forthcoming). Her varied work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Booooooom, Design Sponge, and Communication Arts.

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