University of Michigan, School of Art & Design/LSA, BA

Institute of Transpersonal Psychology,  PhD

Meghan Lewis MacLeod, PhD

Fine Art

ICB Building

Studio 278C

480 Gate 5 Road

Sausalito, CA 94965

c: 510.508.2976

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CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, PhD in Clinical Psychology with Specialization in Eco-Feminist, Creative Arts-based Counseling, Palo Alto, CA, 2000

University of California, Berkeley Extension, Art Therapy Program, Berkeley, CA, 1997

University of Michigan, School of Art & Design and College of Literature, Science & the Arts, BA, Ann Arbor, MI, 1993

Grand Rapids Junior College, Black & White Photography, Instructor, Johnathan Russel, Apprentice to Ansel Adams, Grand Rapids, MI, 1987

SELECT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Teaching— Contemplative Creativity: Exploring Archetypes through Intuitive Abstraction, 2024-Current

Exhibitions Committee Member, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, 2023-Current

Creative Arts-based Coach and Consultant, SF Bay Area, CA, 2000-Current

ICBAA Board Subcommittee Member— Community Projects and Investments, 2024

East Bay Express, Columnist, Oakland, CA, 2015-2016

Suzanne Lacy, Fine Art Business Assistant, Oakland, CA, 1998-1999

AWARDS

3rd Place Award, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, exhibition, Driven to Abstraction, Juror, Carl Heyward, 2025

Top Five Artist Award, San Francisco Open Studios, ArtSpan Juror, Petra Schumann, Former ArtSpan Executive Director, 2024

Red Dot Miami Alternate, Juried by Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2023

Distinguished Alumni Award for Commitment to Community Service, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology/Sofia University, Costa Mesa, CA, 2022

PERMANENT COLLECTION

UCSF Precision Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA, Curated by Cynthia Perlis, 2025

RESIDENCIES

Winter Artist Residency On-line, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, on ARTSY, 2023

SOLO  EXHIBITIONS

Modern Tartan, Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce, Mill Valley, CA, 2025

Marelli Gallery, San Rafael, CA, Curator, Cynthia Pepper, 2023

Serenity: Nature & Nurture, Solo Show, 5th Floor, UCSF Women’s Health Center, SF, CA, Curated by SFWA Gallery, Susan Kirshenbaum, and Jean Brodie, 2023-2024

DUO EXHIBITIONS

Serendipity, two-artist show, Uptown Fine Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, Gallerist, Natalie Williamson, 2023

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

FourSquared, Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Invitation to exhibit by Curator, Micheal Yochum, 2025

Marin Open Studios, ICB Studio 278C, Sausalito, CA, 2025

Breaking the Rules, Village Theater and Art Gallery, Danville, CA, 2025

Artists at Work, ICB Open Studios, Studio 278C, Sausalito, CA, 2025

LymeLight Foundation Dart for Art, Computer History Museum, Mountain View, CA, 2025

Women’s 10xTEN, Faultline, Oakland, CA, Curated by Ryan McJunkin, 2025

Driven to Abstraction, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Curated by Carl Heyward, 2025

GAIA 2025, on ARTSY.net, Toronto, Ontario, CA, Curated by Gallerium, 2025

2024

SF City Art Cooperative Gallery, Gallery Member Exhibitions, April, May, December, and January, San Francisco, CA, 2024-2025

Winter Open Studios, ICB, Sausalito, CA, Sausalito, CA, 2024

Artist’s at Work Open Studios, Fall, ICB, Sausalito, CA, 2024

Room & Board, Juried Host Venue for ArtSpan’s 50th Anniversary San Francisco Open Studios, San Francisco, CA, 2024

Mixing Identities, Invitation to exhibit in the Canvas Art Fair at Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello, Venice, Italy during the 60th Venice Biennale, Curated by Giulia Tassi, 2024

International Women’s Festival, Rock Ink Gallery, Lesbos, Greece, Curated by Stacy Miller, 2024

Art for AIDS, UCSF Alliance Health Project, Fundraiser Auction, San Francisco, CA, 2024

Lobby and Lounge, Office of the San Francisco District Attorney, Brooke Jenkins, San Francisco, CA, 2024-2025

Food Chain, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA, Curated by Courtney Norris and Renée DeCarlo, 2024

Radiating Pride, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juried by Kaytea Petro, 2024

Nimbash Art Auction, Charles Krug Winery, St. Helena, CA, Juried by Chandra Cerrito, Matt Rodgers, and Nancy Willis, 2024

ArtSpan Benefit Auction, Heron Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2024, Juried by:

Kevin B. Chen, Curator at Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco State University

Renée DeCarlo, Artist & Founder of The Drawing Room

SF, Karen M. Gutfreund, Curator, Consultant, Artist Janna Keegan, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art and Programming at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Tova Lobatz, Gallery Director at Heron Arts

Michelle Mansour, Executive Director of Root Division Owen Christoph, Artist Liaison at Jessica Silverman Gallery

Shiva Pakdel, Executive Director of Sausalito Center for the Arts

Andrea Schwartz, President of Andrea Schwartz Gallery

Meg Shiffler, Director of Artist Space Trust

ICB Artists at Work Open Studios, Sausalito, CA, Spring, 2024

San Francisco City Hall, Office of District 7 Supervisor, Myrna Melgar, San Francisco, CA, Curated by San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, 2024

2023

Holiday Gayla & Auction, Golden Gate Chamber of Commerce Fundraiser, Oakland, CA, 2023

Holiday Art Pop-Up, West Elm Showroom Featured Artist, Emeryville, CA, 2023

Space Between, Arc Gallery on-line, San Francisco, CA Juried by Karen Gutfreund, 2023

Red Dot Miami Alternate, Juried by Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2023

All About Women, Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA, Juried by Lori Austin, 2023

Call & Response: Art and Poetry, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Juried by Prartho Sereno, Poem by Suz Lipman, 2023

Portals, Arc Studios & Gallery, San Francisco, Juried by Karen Gutfreund, 2023

Celebrating Pride, West Elm Featured Artist, San Mateo Showroom and Pop-Up Artist, Emeryville, CA, 2023

Postcards from Paradise, Voss Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juried by Haylee Barsky, Curator and Founder of Visionary Projects, NY, 2023

Nimbash Art Auction, Charles Krug Winery, St. Helena, CA, Juried by Chandra Cerrito, Matt Rodgers, and Nancy Willis, 2023

CAKE, CAMi Vineyards Art + Wine Gallery, Calistoga, CA, Juried by Laurie Sheldon, 2023

SF City Art Cooperative Gallery, Gallery Member Exhibitions, May, June, September, November, and December, San Francisco, CA, 2023

ArtSpan Benefit Art Auction,111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juried through SF, 2023 Juried by:

Michelle Delaney, Co-Owner, 111 Minna Gallery

The Institute of Contemporary Art, SF

Griff Williams, Founder, Gallery 16

Stephen Gilbert, Art Collector

DeeDee Hunt, Owner, Hunt & Gather Gallery

Roberto Martinez, Exhibitions Director, Richmond Art Center

KT Seibot, Co-Founder, Moth Belly Gallery & Studios

Taking Shape: Abstraction to Figuration, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Juried by Jen Tough, on ARTSY.net, 2023

Believe, Gallerium, Toronto, Ontario, 2023

Art & Cultures of the World,  Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA, Juried by Diane Williams, 2023

Zephyr, Pour-d Gallery, Rockford, MI, Juried by Tree Anderson, 2023

True Beauty, Exhibizone, Toronto, Ontario, 2023

Roe 2.0, Woman Made Art, Chicago, IL, Curated by Pritika Choudhury and Jae Green, Green, 2023

Space, Rock Paper Scissors Collective Gallery, Oakland, CA, Juried by Pam Kohler, 2023

Water, Marin Society of Artist, San Rafael, CA, Juried by Kim Eagles-Smith, Director, Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 2023

Into the Light, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, Juried by Laura Sanders, on ARTSY.net, 2023

Shapes and Colors, Gallerium, Toronto, Ontario, 2022

Holiday Spirit, San Francisco Women Artist Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Juried by Philip M. Bewley, 2022

Embodiment, Red Door Gallery, Alameda, CA, Juried by Yolanda Cotton Turner, 2022

JURYING EXPERIENCE

Access: An Ordinary Notion, NCWCA, Arc Studios & Gallery, Juror and Curatorial Assistant with Co-curators: Elizabeth Addison and Karen Gutfreund, San Francisco, CA, 2024

Sheridan Prize for Art, Juror, Category: LGBTQ Artists, Alameda, CA, 2023

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

Lobby and Lounge, Office of the San Francisco District Attorney, Brooke Jenkins, San Francisco, CA, 2024-2025

ACCESS: An Ordinary Notion, NCWCA at Arc Studios & Gallery, Juror and Curatorial Assistant with Co-curators Elizabeth Addison and Karen M. Gutfreund, San Francisco, CA, 2024

Queer Pride Family Portrait Photography Exhibits:

Natural Resources, San Francisco, CA, 2018

Qulture Collective, Oakland, CA, 2018

Oakland LGBTQ Community Center, Oakland, CA, 2017

PRESS

ACCESS: An Ordinary Notion, NWCA Exhibit at the Arc Gallery, SF, 2024 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rNkJv4-ZgoEqmlkFX8eXiHj8VzOpSlB2-x0Gejtv4Ls/edit

Roe 2.0, Woman Made Gallery Press Release

https://womanmade.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/press-roe-2.0-2023.pdf

Wallace, Elizabeth, Pride Beyond Parades: How the LGBTQ Ccelebration is Enjoyed around the US, CNN, April, 2019

PUBLICATIONS

ACCESS: An Ordinary Notion, Karen Gutfreund Publication, 2024

Space Between, Karen Gutfreund Publication, 2023

Portals, Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art, Monee, IL, 2023

The Book of Arts: Believe, Gallerium, Toronto, Ontario, 2023

The Book of Arts: Shapes and Colors, Gallerium, Toronto, Ontario, CA, 2023

Artistonish Contemporary Art Magazine, 30th Issue, Vancouver, British Columbia, CA, 2023

East Bay Artists Book, ArtPush, Alameda, CA, 2022

We’Moon Calendar Planner, Mother Tongue Ink, Wolf Creek, OR, 2000

Artists as Midwives in the Cultural Rebirth of Contemporary Goddess Iconography: An Ecofeminist and Heuristic Inquiry, Doctoral Dissertation, Meghan Lewis, University of Michigan Press, 2000

MEMBERSHIPS

ArtSpan

Marin Society of Artists

National Women’s Caucus for Art

Northern California Women’s Caucus for Art

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts

San Francisco City Art Cooperative Gallery

San Francisco Women Artists Gallery

Woman Made Gallery