Ever-Present Whiteness
Inheritance: Ever-Present Whiteness explores my family's intimate history as enslavers in a pre-civil war era, my parents' willingness to fly a confederate flag today despite the horrific meaning behind the symbol, and my own inherited racism that makes itself known through actions. Whiteness as a visual representation, especially one that is tangible, is important to my work. It serves as a constant reminder that whiteness in America is deeply
complicated and inescapably terrible.
Inheritance
The Women Who Loved and Hurt Me
Film - 4 x 5, 35mm, 6 x 9
The Presence of Conviction
Castleberry Hill
NOLA
84, 68
Wasted
The Lines Project
Things Seen
Book Arts & Textiles
The Book Seller
Snakes
Drawings, Collage & Paintings
3D Sculpture
Video
Car Wash - ©Megen Porter, 2021
Women's Business ©Megen Porter, 2021
The Womb ©Megen Porter, 2021
Glitch in America ©Megen Porter, 2021
The Artist
Atlanta Photographer
Megen Porter is an Atlanta-based artist creating work about what it is to be white in America, and how she deals with the terrible history of her ancestors through art, communication, and giving back to the black community.
Black artists are important, please check out these emerging artists (Included are the 2022 GSU BFA Candidates):
https://www.chipmoodyphoto.com/
https://yaniquenorman.com/home.html
https://gsuphotobfa.wixsite.com/seniors2022
The CIILS Scholarship Foundation is currently being set up to uplift marginalized communities in Nelson County, Virginia, where her ancestors enslaved black people. Two annual scholarships will be awarded to Black or Native American high school or adult college-bound students, with the hope of raising more funds to benefit more communities.
CV
Grab interest
Education
2022 Studio BFA Photography Candidate, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
2018 Associate of Arts, Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, Georgia
2011 Art Institute of Atlanta, Commercial Diploma: Photography, Atlanta, Georgia
2000 Piedmont Virginia Community College
1997 Virginia Commonwealth University
Selected Exhibitions
2022 I Descended Out of Nothing Into Green, ExLucis, Juried Show, Juried By Yanique Norman
2022 Ernest G. Welch Juried Show, Juror
2022 GSU Spring BFA Student Show
2021 Inside/Out, Test Strip Gallery, Collaboration CCA & SF Camerawork, San Francisco, California
2021 Gallery 2, Kristofer Laméy Gallery, Atlanta Georgia
2021 Earnest G. Welch Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Atlanta Georgia, Juror Theo Tyson
2021 Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita Kansas, Juror Linda Robinson
2020 PushPIN 2020, Atlanta Photography Group, Atlanta Georgia
2019 People, Places, Things, Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison Georgia, Juror Dr. Samuel Gerace III, Atlanta Photography Group
2019 Sky High Skies, Transpace Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal Illinois, Curator Anthony Hamilton (website)
2019 2F is for Photo, Cage Space, Georgia State University
2018 Synchronicity, Solo Exhibit, Georgia State Perimeter College, Dunwoody, Georgia
2018 Photo Buckhead, Buckhead Library, Juror Michael James O’Brien, APG
2012 Encore: A Look at Music, The Kiernan Gallery, Curator Kat Kiernan, Lexington, Virginia
2011 Paducah Photo 2011, Paducah, Kentucky
Relevant Experience
2020 – Present Darkroom Lab Assistant, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
2020 - Present Equipment Management, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
2020 - Present Print Lab Assistant, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
2020 - Present ExLucis, Vice President, Georgia State University Photography Club, Atlanta, Georgia
Permanent Collections
2021 Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Publications
2020 Black and White Magazine, Children Category/Single Image, Special Issue
2020 Girls Life Magazine, December, 7 Things not to say to disabled people, GLM (Illustrations)
2019 Love What Matters, Sarah Todd Hammer (Illustrations)
2019 Girls Life Magazine, Feb/March 2019 – 11 Things I want you to know about living with a Disability (Illustrations)
2019 City Lifestyle Magazine, The Public House inside Hotel Indigo, formerly Vinings Lifestyle Magazine (Illustrations)
2016 City Lifestyle Magazine, How the Cookie Crumbles, formerly Vinings Lifestyle Magazine (Illustrations)
2016 Equally Wed, When you can’t wait a moment longer to propose, January, EW Website
2013 Spring/Summer/Winter Issues, Shepherd Spinal Column Magazine
2012 Encore: A Look at Music, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, Virginia
Awards
2022 Ernest G. Welch Photography Scholarship
2022 Newcombe Scholarship Award
2022 Georgia State University Research Conference, 3rd Place Artistic Displays
2021 Excellence in University Assistantships Program Award, Scholarship
2017 Tamron Student Showcase, Honorable Mention
2016 Photographer’s Forum Best of College Photography, Honorable Mention
2016 Photographer’s Forum Best of Photography, Honorable Mention
2015 Popular Photography Readers’ Photo Contest, Honorable Mention
2014 Roswell Photographic Society Honorable Mention
2013 Photographer’s Forum Best of Photography, Honorable Mention
2011 Photographer’s Forum Best of Photography, Honorable Mention
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