Meg Holgate

Meg Holgate, a painter originally from the East Coast, has made her home in the Pacific Northwest for the past 27 years. Raised in both New York and London, her childhood was spent drawn to the parallel universes of the old masters and the more contemporary works of the mid-century modernists. By the time she was 12 years old she knew she was an artist and could be found wandering the halls of some of the cities’ greatest museums. Years later she would support herself and her three children with a successful career in decorative art; painting murals and trompe l’oeil for clients from New York, Florida, Idaho and Washington. In 2006 Holgate had her first solo show in Seattle, setting off the next 20 years of artistic exploration.

Holgate has participated in artists residencies at Bullseye in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood, Washington; and North Lands Creative Glass in Lybster, Scotland. Holgate’s exhibitions in Washington State include: Coastal Alchemy, Museum of Glass, Tacoma; Accreted Terrane, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner; School with Joseph Rossano, Schack Art Center, Everett; and A Precarious Edge, with Steve Klein, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, and Schack Arts Center, Everett. For the last five years Holgate has been engaged with Earth Creative bringing her artistic vision to inform and raise awareness in the climate change conversation.