Megan Sharkey is an artist working with textiles, known for her innovative use of traditional hand-craft techniques.
Her intricate art pieces capture her unique take on the human experience, emphasising the interconnectedness of individuals and their surroundings.
Fascinated by how we belong and behave in the world, she delves into what it means to be – exploring memories, emotions, and our relationships with each other and our bodies.
Megan transforms these intangible ideas into a very physical and grounded practice, mainly using a needle and thread. Through slow, repetitive stitching and lace-making, she creates abstract forms in two and three dimensions, merging simplicity with complexity.
Originally from Wales, UK now living in Porto, Portugal.
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2025
Group Exhibition, XI WTA Biennial – The Four Elements, Miami Institute of Fine Arts, Miami, USA
Featured In, Suboart Magazine, April 2025
2024
Solo Exhibition, TEMPO, Museu Quinta de Santiago, Porto, Portugal
Awarded, First Award – The 15th International Textile and Fibre Art Biennial “Scythia”, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine
Duo Exhibition, ‘Protected Areas / Áreas Protegidas’, Biblioteca Municipal de Santa Cruz da Graciosa, Azores, Portugal
Group Exhibition, The 15th International Textile and Fibre Art Biennial “Scythia”, Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine
Group Exhibition, Biennale Objet Textile à La Manufacture, Roubaix, France
Group Exhibition, 23rd Textile miniature FLASH, Slovak association of textile artists – TXT, Bratislava, Slovakia
Group Exhibition,‘Damage Exhibition‘, Ruth Singer’s Maker Membership, online
Artistic Residency, Luz, Graciosa, Azores, Portugal
Finalist, Creative Fellowship Award 2024, The Textile Seekers x The Lissome
Featured In, Fiber Art Now Magazine, Summer 2024
2023
Artist Residency, Biennale Internationale de Lin du Portneuf, Quebec, Canada
Group Exhibition, ‘Sans Domecile Fixe’, Biennale Internationale de Lin du Portneuf, Quebec, Canada
Group Exhibition, ‘Winter Warmers‘ Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, UK
Featured In, Embroidery Magazine, Volume 74
Featured In, ‘20 ans d’art actuel’ Book, La Biennale Internationale du Lin De Portneuf
2022
Group Exhibition, ‘Unfinished Exhibition’, OKNA Eastern European Centre, Porto, Portugal
Group Exhibition, The Contemporary Textiles Fair, Teddington, UK
Solo Exhibition, ‘Tales from tall stones’, Hotelier-O Art Space, Porto, Portugal
Group Exhibition, 100×100 BobCat Gallery, London, UK
Selected Artist, Orrbbitt, online
2021
Began initiative, Textile Tales, online
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