Photo credit Phoebe Kuo
Meg Roberts Arsenovic is an artist based in Mathews, Virginia. She received her BFA in Craft/Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her work has been exhibited in solo shows at the Appalachian Center for Craft (TN) and Quirk Gallery (VA), as well as group shows and traveling exhibitions across the country including Massey Klein Gallery (New York, NY), The Muscarelle Museum of Art (VA), The Virginia Biennial at The Museum of Contemporary Art (VA), The Taubman Museum of Art (VA), Sienna Patti Contemporary (MA), Fiberart International (PA), ARTFIELDS (SC), and The Chapter House LA (CA). She has been awarded both a Haystack Studio Residency and a Monson Arts Residency. Her work is included in multiple corporate and private collections including the internationally distinguished collection of Bill and Pam Royall.
I currently live with my young children on the remote rural edge of the Chesapeake Bay, on top of a 35 million year old buried crater. Inspired by the phenomenon of this nearby meteor strike, as well as cartography and geopolitics, I abstract powerful ‘impact events’ and the tensions and vulnerabilities that remain in the landscape. I often obscure seemingly familiar objects like maps, survey materials, and knots to selectively reveal, surprise and invite a closer look. As a third generation map-obsessed sailor, my work is steeped in nautical imagery including neon beacons, bold stripes, and the ripple of water. With eyes darting between the past and the horizon, I borrow from art history and weather radar, distinct childhood memories and my current surroundings. Using radiating patterns and textures that lull and pulse, my work reflects on the joys and jolts of growing in a place with deep and layered history.