SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 | Fracture/Fragment: Resilience & Pride in Queer Community, DVAA x Atria, Philadelphia PA
2023 | Fever Dream, Banana Factory Arts & Education Center, Bethlehem PA
2019 | Paintings by Meg Wolensky, A Novel Idea, Philadelphia PA
2016 | Artifact, Eckhaus Gallery, Kutztown University, Kutztown PA
PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS
2019 | "Winged Victory (Work In Progress)" Streets Dept Walls at the Philadelphia Fashion District (901 Market Street)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Inflection Point: Gender Futures, Political Possibilities, Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines IL
Static: 2024 Regional Juried Exhibition, Artisan Alley Fine Art Gallery, Shamokin PA
Little Luxuries, Main Line Art Center, Haverford PA
DVAA on the Streets, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
Dispatches from Kindred Worlds, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
Brick by Brick 2, Off the Wall Gallery, Philadelphia PA
The Woodmere Annual: 82nd Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA
Converge: 9th Annual Benefit Exhibition, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Intimacism, Red 225 Gallery, Nashville TN
Mind Mapping, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
Emergence: Exploring the Art of Transformation, The North Museum of Nature & Science, Lancaster PA
Rolling Resistance, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA
What Women Create: DayDream, Prism Arts Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
In Vulnerability, project ieerie X Woskob Family Gallery, Penn State University College of Art & Architecture, State College PA
(re)FOCUS: Then & Now, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia PA, curated by The Future is Us Collective
That Figure in the Long-Off Fog, Da Vinci Art Alliance, CultureWorks, Philadelphia PA
beLONGING, InLiquid Gallery, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia PA
2023
Texting (View on Artsy), Emerge Gallery, Saugerties NY
Fall 2023 Staff Exhibition, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia PA
Windows to the Inside: Expressions of Mental Health, Woman Made Gallery (WMG), Chicago IL
159th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Painting Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA
14th Annual Jinxed Heart Show, Jinxed South Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
Nurture, FMC | PAFA Art Initiative, Cira Centre South, Philadelphia PA
Wind Fellowship Exhibition 2023, InLiquid Gallery, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia PA
2022
17th Annual Juried Exhibition, William Way LGBT Community Center, Philadelphia PA
AT HOME: Depictions of Queer Domestic Life, Main Line Art Center, Haverford PA
AT HOME: Depictions of Queer Domestic Life, Pearlstein Gallery, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
13th Annual Jinxed Heart Show, Jinxed South Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA
LGBTQIA+ Artists & Makers Exhibition (Sponsored by Welcome Project PA), Abington Art Center, Jenkintown PA
LGBTQIA+ Regional Artists Exhibition, King of Prussia Mall, King of Prussia PA
2020 & 2021
Do You Mind If I Exist? Womxn Who PaintI, University City Arts League (UCAL), Philadelphia PA
First Friday Exhibition, Women's Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter, Philadelphia PA
2019
14th Annual Juried Exhibition, William Way LGBT Community Center, Philadelphia PA
Featured Artist, Root Market, Philadelphia PA
Brick by Brick: Juried Exhibition Celebrating Stonewall 50, Off the Wall Gallery at Dirty Frank's, Philadelphia PA
2018
The "What's Happening?" Happening, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia PA
In Process: Work by Resident Artists, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia PA
Opening Up: Sponsored by the Women's Caucus for Art Philadelphia Chapter, High Five Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Face to Face: Portraits by Women from the Linda Lee Alter collection, William Way LGBT Community Center, Philadelphia PA
Paintings by Santiago Galeas and Meg Wolensky, Presented by the Mayor's Office of LGBT Affairs, Imperfect Gallery, Germantown PA
Being Seen: Paintings by Santiago Galeas and Meg Wolensky, 40th Street Artist-in-Residence Program, Philadelphia PA
Down to Earth, Plays and Players Gallery, Philadelphia PA
155th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Painting Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA
Life / Death, House Puppo, Philadelphia PA
2017
Hello Girls! Material Girls at No Vacancy 3 Gallery, Alt Escape Platform, Brooklyn NY
Of An Age/In These Times, The Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia PA
Strong, Tender, and True, Brob Din Gnag International Gallery, Phoenixville PA
Transformation, Plays and Players Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Fall/Winter 2017 Exhibition, PAFA Northwest, Chestnut Hill PA
Staff Exhibition, Mural Arts Philadelphia, Thomas Eakins House, Philadelphia PA
2017 National Juried Painting Exhibition, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg MS
Wall Ball 2017, Mural Arts Philadelphia, The Fillmore Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA, curated by Conrad Benner (Streets Dept)
The Woodmere Annual: 76th Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA, curated by Harry Philbrick
14th Annual AAGA Art Auction, Westphal Building, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
154th Annual Small Oil Painting Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA
More Delicate Things, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh PA
2016
Close and Lost: Works by Laren Wilcox and Meg Wolensky, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh PA
2016 PHOTOgraphy Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA
Summer Group Exhibition, Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia PA
153rd Annual Small Oil Painting Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA
Paths That Cross, Cameron Street Gallery, Winchester VA
DNCC Installation, Democratic National Convention Committee Main Offices, Philadelphia PA
Made In Philly: 13th Annual AAGA Art Auction, Westphal Building, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
2015 & before
Reflections: November/December Group Exhibition, Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia PA
Eraserhood Forever, PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia PA
Paper Dolls, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA
Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Resident Emergency Fund Annual Resident & Alumni Exhibition, International House, Philadelphia PA
152nd Annual Small Oil Painting Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA
12th Annual AAGA Art Auction, Westphal Building, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
Insider Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
113th Annual Student Exhibition, Fischer-Brooks Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
112th Annual Student Exhibition, Frances A. Maguire Gallery & Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
111th Annual Student Exhibition, Fischer-Brooks Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
Returning Students Exhibition, Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
Anatomy/Academy: Juried Exhibition, Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
RESIDENCIES, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2024 Honorable Mention, Mind Mapping, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis MD
2024 Juror, Compendium: Self Portrait Exhibition, Banana Factory Arts & Education Center, Bethlehem PA
2023 Fellow, Wind Fellowship presented by InLiquid and The Dina Wind Art Foundation, Philadelphia PA
2022 Juror, Summer Juried Exhibition, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown PA
2022 Curator, LGBTQIA+ Artists Exhibition, Abington Art Center & Welcome Project PA, Jenkintown PA
2021 Juror, All That is Purple: 5th Annual Chester County Student Art Contest, Domestic Violence Center of Chester County, Exton PA
2019 Alumni Council Member & Alumni Scholarship Committee Member, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2019 Alumni Studio Fellow, PAFA Alumni Studio Program 2019-2020, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2018 Resident Artist, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh PA
2018 Resident Artist, Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia PA
2017 Curator, More Delicate Things, Bunker Projects, Pittsburgh PA
2017 Special Notice in "Strength" and "Tenderness" Award Categories, Brob Din Gnag International, Phoenixville PA
2017 Alumni Studio Fellow, PAFA Alumni Studio Program 2017-2018 , PAFA, Philadelphia PA
2017 Resident Artist, Bunker Projects Artist Residency Program, Pittsburgh PA
2017 Maurice Freed Memorial Prize for Oil or Mixed Media, 76th Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia PA
2016 Alumni Studio Fellow, PAFA Alumni Studio Program 2016-2017 , PAFA, Philadelphia PA
2016 Honorable Mention, 2016 PHOTOgraphy Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA
2015 Best In Show: Third Award, 152nd Small Oil Painting Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA
2014 Karen Murdoch Memorial Scholarship, Arts Administration MS Program, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
2014 Dean's Fellowship Award, Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
2014 Deena Gu Watercolor Award, PAFA, Philadelphia PA
2013 Selected Speaker & Artist for PAFA 2013 Bacchanal Fundraiser, PAFA, Philadelphia PA
2013 Best in Show: Student Vote, Thouron Prize, PAFA, Philadelphia PA
2013 First Place Non-Curricular Drawing, Charles Toppan Prize, PAFA, Philadelphia PA
2013 Second Place, Susan H. Macdowell Figure Painting Competition, PAFA, Philadelphia PA
2012 First Place, The Packard Prizes, PAFA, Philadelphia PA
2010 PAFA BFA Merit Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia PA
2010 PAFA Academy BFA Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia PA
2010 Caldwell Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia PA
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
"Blood Stains Like Ink: Examining Period Equity Through Art Activism," by Gloria Tang Yuze, the starving artist
“The Women & Gender Studies Collection," West Chester University of Pennsylvania
"Meg Wolensky: Pride & Resilience" by Victoria Fry, Visionary Art Collective
"Meet Meg Wolensky" by Jennifer Salazar, CanvasRebel
“Antlers: Volume I” by Mar and Dev, Antlers Zine
"The Woodmere Annual: 82nd Juried Exhibition" by Staff Writer, Woodmere Art Museum
"Exhibit Explores Creative Expressions Within the Realm of Mental Health" by Creative Commons, Penn State University
"Crawl Space: A Packed Show at Packing Plant and Southern Abstraction at Tinney" by Joe Nolan, Nashville Scene
"The Body Revolts / The Body Aligns: Navigating LGBTQIA+ Identity & the Queer Body Experience" by Gloria Tang Yuze, the starving artist
"Elusive Meaning & Precarious Boundaries in beLONGING" by Christa R. DiMarco, InLiquid
"(re)FOCUS: Then & Now" by Jack Stawowczyk and Isabel Kokko, (re)FOCUS 2024
"InLiquid Gallery opens‘beLONGING’in celebration of past impactful exhibit" by Molly Given, Metro Philadelphia
"New art installation at North Philly's InLiquid Gallery explores queer identities" by Chris Compendio, Philly Voice
"Awards! Creative Capital, USA Fellows, Wind Fellows, Healing Verse Poetry Line, and Mayoral Candidates Forum on the Arts" by Roberta Fallon, Artblog
"Wind Fellowship Show 2023 Exhibition Catalog" by Staff Writer, InLiquid
"Meg Wolensky | Meet the Winds Artist Talk" by Staff Writer, InLiquid
"Wind Fellowship Show 2023" by Staff Writer, InLiquid
"AT HOME" by Leah Appleton, Leonard Pearlstein Gallery at Drexel University
"Multi-disciplinary Artists Explore Queer Intimacy and Domesticity in Drexel’s Fall Gallery Exhibition" by Emily Storz, DrexelNEWS
"11 Philadelphia artists are behind the murals at the Fashion District" by Siani Colón, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Streets Dept Walls: A new Project from Philly's Own Conrad Benner" by Nick Shon, Caldera Magazine
"Everything You Need to Know About Streets Dept Walls" by Conrad Benner, Streets Dept
"The Woodmere 76th Annual Juried Exhibition" by Michael Lieberman, ArtBlog
"A Measure of the Political Climate" by Thomas Hine, The Philadelphia Inquirer
“Woodmere Edition: Celebrating the 76th Annual Juried Exhibition,” Philadelphia Arts and Urban Literary Review (PAUL Review)
"Tour: More Delicate Things" by Tara Fay, Bunker Projects
"Close and Lost: Lauren Wilcox and Meg Wolensky" by Staff Writer, Bunker Projects
"50 Memorable Painters" (Issue #70, p. 14), by John Seed and Didi Menendez, Poets/Artists Magazine
"PAFA's 113th Annual Student Exhibition: A Celebration of Tradition and the Art of Today," CityBizList
"Arty Party: PAFA's 113th Annual Student Art Sale" by Jerome Pryzbylski, Broad Street Review
WORK EXPERIENCE
Moore College of Art & Design
Managing Director of Continuing Education
Continuing Education Program Manager
2019—present
Mural Arts Philadelphia
Exhibition & Project Manager
2016—2019
Drexel Arts Administration Graduate Association
Art Advocacy Director
2014—2016
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Visitor Services Assistant
2015—2016
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Visitor Experience Associate & Development Events Intern
2014—2015
Larry Becker Contemporary Art
Gallery Intern
2013—2014
Freelance
Curator, Juror, Educator, Guest Speaker, Mentor, Writer, Auction Coordinator, Exhibition Manager, Board & Committee Member, Art Handler, etc.
2010—present
EDUCATION
Drexel University
Master of Science, Arts Administration
2014—2016
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting
2010—2014