Megan Sharkey

Statement

Megan Sharkey is an artist whose work explores presence, memory, and the physicality of time. Using hand-stitched and lace-making techniques, she creates mostly abstract 2D and 3D pieces that give form to intangible experiences. Rooted in materiality, care, and light, her work invites pause and reflection. Originally from Wales, she lives and works in Porto and has exhibited her work in solo and group shows internationally.

GlogauAIR Project

During this residency, I would like to further explore the three-dimensional forms I’ve been developing over the past year. I’m particularly interested in how different structures or ‘containers’ – using light, layered fabric, and hand-made lace – can create an emotional and immersive encounter between the viewer and the work. I plan to experiment with how these pieces can shift in scale and form, and to explore the responses they evoke. This project will continue to centre themes of emotion, presence, connection, and ritual.

CV Summary

• 2025 – Group Exhibition,XI WTA Biennial – The Four Elements, Miami Institute of Fine Arts, Miami, USA
• 2025- Group Exhibition, Between the light and the invisible, MACS, Porto, Portugal
• 2024 – Solo Exhibition,TEMPO, Museu Quinta de Santiago, Porto, Portugal
• 2024 – Awarded,First Award – The 15th International Textile and Fibre Art Biennial “Scythia”, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine
• 2024 – Duo Exhibition,‘Protected Areas / Áreas Protegidas’, Biblioteca Municipal de Santa Cruz da Graciosa, Azores, Portugal
• 2024 – Group Exhibition,Biennale Objet Textile à La Manufacture, Roubaix, France
• 2023 – Artist Residency,Biennale Internationale de Lin du Portneuf, Quebec, Canada
• 2022 – Group Exhibition,‘Unfinished Exhibition’, OKNA Eastern European Centre, Porto, Portugal
• 2022 – Solo Exhibition,‘Tales from tall stones’, Hotelier-O Art Space, Porto, Portugal

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