Contemporary Surrealist Circus Oil Painting by Megan Williamson

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Megan Williamson (she/her) is a Chicago-based painter.

Her work has been shown in Italy, Ireland, Canada, and in dozens of … Read more Megan Williamson (she/her) is a Chicago-based painter.

Her work has been shown in Italy, Ireland, Canada, and in dozens of venues across the United States. Her artwork has been featured in Artsy, New Art Examiner, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, American Artist, Art New England and more. An interview on her100 Zoom Portraits project was broadcast nationally on Scripts Media and also featured on WTTW, Chicago’s PBS station. In 2023 The Swope Museum hosted an exhibition of the 100 Zoom Portraits. .
Williamson’s work is in the collections of The Midwest Museum of American Art, Illinois Museum, The Swope Art Museum, The Newberry Library, The Joan Flash Book Collection at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and in private and corporate collections throughout the country.

She was awarded an Innovation Fellowship with the National Science Foundation in 2014 and a DCASE Grant in 2015. She has received 3 CAAP grants from the City of Chicago.

She taught landscape painting in Italy at The International School of Art in Umbria and lectured at Projecto Perugia. She has been a visiting artist in institutions across the United States including the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, University of Michigan, Mt. Gretna School of Art, Columbia College, University of Dallas, and more.
In 2025 Williamson oversaw a session of The Art and Culture in Italy residency program in Umbria and will do again in 2026.

She attended the New York Studio School for two years, received a BA from Knox College, and did further study at Yale’s Norfolk Program and Queens College Landscape Painting Program. See less