Meredith Pardue

Biography

Meredith Pardue was born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1975. She earned her B.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 1998, and M.F.A. from Parsons School of Design in 2003. She currently lives and work in Austin, TX.

Her work has been published in numerous publications and also collected by many corporations including Community Trust Bank, Mariott Hotel (Atlanta, GA), Northern Trust Bank (New York), Westin Hotel (Atlanta, GA) etc.

"I combine the random actions of painting with controlled, deliberate mark making to describe each form in my work, which often appears plantlike in structure. The canvases are composed of organic forms that are similar to  and possibly even derivative of those found in nature. But ultimately the paintings are a visual record of an unplanned dialog between myself and a blank canvas. Together the marks and forms create a visual language that reads as something unique to each viewer.

I could say that i intimate a certain relationship between physical and phsychological space in my work, because in a sense that is true. But my approach to making a painting is much more comfortable, intuitive and personal than that. And so the result of this visual investigation - the painting - reflects that process. I am most interested in extracting singular experiences from life's endless cycles of growth and decay, and in transforming the public worlds of nature and human dynamic into a place of private knowledge." - Pardue, on her work.


Exhibition

2011: Isis: K Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
         Visible Spectrum: Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
         Super Flow: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
         Translucent Vision: with Allison Stewart, Jules’ Place, Boston, MA

2010: Revolutions: Jean-Marc Fray, Austin, TX
         Pages: A True Story by Meredith Pardue: Judith Costello Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC
         Decade: Jean-Marc Fray, Austin, TX
         Sheer Splendor: Susan Davidoff, Meredith Pardue, Sara Schneckloth, Chicago Art                     Source, Chicago, IL

2009: Unbound: Seven Parts of a Rainstorm, Jean-Marc Fray, Austin, TX
         Rogue Spaces: Ann Connelly Fine Art, Meredith Pardue + David Humphries,         Baton, Rouge, LA
         Sea Change: Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
         All for 1: Lounge Art, Jackson, MS

2008: LA Lush: Arender Gallery, Monroe, LA

2006: Fossil Portraits: Jenkins Connelly Gallery, New Orleans, LA
         Strange Ground: Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA

2004: OPEN: Meredith Pardue + Joey Slaughter, New Gallery, Monroe, LA
         New Paintings: Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA

2003 Selections from the Blackwater: The New Gallery, Monroe, LA


Collections

Community Trust Bank, Forsythe Avenue Location, Monroe, LA
Grace and Hebert Architecture, Baton Rouge, LA
Iberia Bank, LA
J. Crew Corporate Headquarters, New York, NY
Lamar Corporate Headquarters, Baton Rouge, LA
Mariott Hotel, Atlanta, GA
Northern Trust Bank, New York, NY
Oceania Cruise Lines, Miami, FL
Office Links, Sears Tower, 95th Floor, Chicago, IL
Regions Bank, Monroe, LA
St. Joseph’s Candler Hospital, Neuroscience Center, Savannah, GA
Saligram Ltd., Moscow, Russia
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Scott + White Children's Hospital, Temple, TX
University of Louisiana, Monroe, LA
Westin Hotel, Buckhead, Atlanta, GA
Westin Hotel, Cincinnati, OH