MEREDITH PARDUE (American) Born in Monroe, LA, Meredith Pardue is an acclaimed contemporary artist whose work is widely recognized for its abstract botanical forms and scenes derived from nature.Upon receiving a B.F.A. from Savannah College of Art & Design in Georgia, she was accepted and completed her M.F.A. at Parsons School of Design in New York. Following her art studies and education, Pardue travelled extensively across the U.S., finding and drawing inspiration from the varied regions and coasts of the South, Pacific Northwest, and Northeast.Today, Pardue’s work continues to gain critical acclaim and are prominently displayed in several private and notable corporate collections including ExxonMobil Houston Headquarters, J. Crew Corporate Headquarters, Genstar Capital, BBVA Compass Bank, The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Oceania Cruise Lines, Ritz Carlton at Tyson’s Corner Virginia, Baylor, Scott + White Children’s Hospital, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital, and the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her work has been exhibited worldwide and has been published in a variety of periodicals including Modern Luxury Interiors Texas, Architectural Digest, Dwell, and New American Paintings.EDUCATION 2003 Parsons School of Design: New School University: M. F. A. , Painting, New York, NY 1998 Savannah College of Art and Design, B. F. A. , Painting, Savannah, GA SOLO + TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2019 Earthrise : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX2018 Bold As Love : laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX Songs Unsung : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX 2017 Asteria: Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA Cenote Falls : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TXPaint : Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA The Liberation of Light and Shadow : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX 2016 All the Emerald Oceans: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX The Body Electric : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX 2015 Veritas: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX Fragments : Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA Vitali: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX Wild and Free : Jean-Marc Fray, Austin, TX 2014 Love and Muses , Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX Nova Supernova: Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY Stardust to Stardust: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX Edge + Surface : with Claudia Meyer, Fresh Paint Gallery, Culver City, CA 2013 The Elysian Fields : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TXEden : Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA This Cloud : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX 2012 Terrain : Jean-Marc Fray, Austin, TX Intuitions : Meredith Pardue + Andrea Shapiro, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, Bridgehampton, NYNative : Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA Sojourns: Part II : Smink, Dallas, TX Sojourns: Part I : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX 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 2009 Unbound: Seven Parts of a Rainstorm , Jean-Marc Fray, Austin, TXRogue Spaces: Ann Connelly Fine Art, Meredith Pardue + David Humphries, Baton Rouge, LA Figment : Steven Daluz + Meredith Pardue, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston ,TX Sea Change: Bryant Street Gallery , Palo Alto, CA 2006 Fossil Portraits : Jenkins Connelly Gallery, New Orleans, LA Strange Ground : Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA 2003 Selections from the Blackwater : with Emily Wooding Sartor, Brunner Gallery, Covington, LA 2001 Generation 3: Hashai Series , Starland Dairy, Savannah, GA 1999 Root: Galerie Lumiere, Savannah, GA 1998 How to Build a Problem : Levee Gallery, Monroe, LA Journey : Café Metropole, Savannah, GA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019: Here and Now: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX 2018 Number 5 : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX 2017 Ablaze : Cube Gallery, London, UK Vanguard : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX 2016 Momentum : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX 2015 Seeing Double : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX 2013 Articulate, Global Art and Design, Tally Beck Contemporary, New York, NY Gratitude , Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX See : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX2012 Three Graces : Connie Noyes + Meredith Pardue + Mary Rousseaux, Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL Flora & Fauna : Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA 2011 New American Paintings #88 : Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA; Atlanta, GA2010 Sheer Splendor : Susan Davidoff + Meredith Pardue + Sara Schneckloth, Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL Small Works Invitational : The Painting Center, New York, NY 10th Anniversary Exhibition : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX 2009 Diversion : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX Meredith Pardue + Marissa Star, + Alexander Stolin : Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston TX 2 x 2 for AIDS + Art: Rachofsky House, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX46th Annual Juried Exhibition : Masur Museum of Art, Juror: Miranda Lash, Monroe, LA Smooth Finish : Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah, GA Sounding Out : Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL 2008 2 x 2 for AIDS + Art : Rachofsky House, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX 2007 The View from Above : Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA 2004 Selections from the Collection of Pamela M. Baker : Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 31 st National Juried Competition : Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 2003 Gleem : Parsons School of Design, Aronson Gallery, New York, NY 2002 Generations : A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY Laboratorium : Gallery 28, Starland Dairy, Savannah, GA 2001 The Drawing Show : Graduate Faculty Building, New School University, New York, NY 4 th Annual 1 Show : Hartford, CT 2000 Artists of the Starland Dairy : Chateau Élan, Atlanta, GA Hilton Head Collections: A Public View : Walter Greer Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SCStarland Dairy Inaugural Group Exhibition : Savannah, GA ART FAIRS 2018 Context Miami : Laura Rathe Booth, Miami, FL Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Laura Rathe Booth, Houston, TX2017 Context Miami : Laura Rathe Booth, Miami, FL 2016 Context Miami : Laura Rathe Booth, Miami, FL Art Hamptons : Laura Rathe Booth, Bridgehampton, NYTexas Contemporary Art Fair, Laura Rathe Booth, Houston, TX 2014 Houston Fine Art Fair , Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX Dallas Art Fair , Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX 2013 Houston Art Fair , Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX Dallas Art Fair , Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX 2008 Prospect 1: Gerrie Bremmerman, New Orleans, LA SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 2018 Luxe Magazine: Laura Rathe Fine Art, July Issue, Austin + Hill Country EditionLuxe Magazine: Laura Rathe Fine Art, April Issue, Houston Edition 2017 Luxe Magazine: January Issue, Chicago Edition SCAD The Architecture of a University , Assouline Press, New York, NY Song to Song : A feature film directed by Terrence Malick, a FilmNation Production House Beautiful : “The Color Issue,” March Issue 2016 Luxe : “Ripple Effect,” November/December issue, Austin/Hill Country Edition Luxe: “ Stylemaker: Artist Meredith Pardue,” June/July issue, Austin/Hill Country Edition2015 Elle Decoration , “Meredith Pardue,” South Africa Edition Traditional Home , “Light and Easy,” July Issue Modern Luxury Interiors Texas, “Abstract Beauty” Summer/Fall Issue P A I N T, Meredith Pardue , Blurb Publications2014 FAMO, “E se tu Scruterai a Lungo in un Abisso…Meredith Pardue”, Rome, Italy Luxe Magazine , Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX Bungalow Magazine , Winter Issue 2013 Austin Home Magazine , May Issue Boston Globe Magazine , "South End Remodel," February 3 Issue Luxe Magazine , Courtesy of Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas edition, February IssueAustin Home Magazine , March Issue D Home , "Home Again," January/February Issue2012 Professional Artist , "Balancing a Family and a Creative Life," Brenda Zappitell, December Issue Architectural Digest , "High Contrast," September Issue Southern Review , Meredith Pardue [cover/featured artist], Summer Issue, LSU/Baton Rouge, LA Luxe Magazine , "Red Hot," [W Hotel Residence: Austin],Houston, TX Luxe Magazine , Courtesy of Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX edition, October Issue2010 Anthology Magazine, “Southern Comfort,” September (Premier) IssueGlossy: Austin American Statesman , "The Shape of Things," by Becca Hensley, Austin, TX House Beautiful, “Lindsey Bond Interior,” October Issue New American Paintings , Southern Edition, June/July 2009 Austin Monthly Home , Cover + “Matthews Residence,” September Issue, Austin, TX Southern Living , “Big Ideas from the Big Easy,” July IssueLouisiana Homes & Gardens , “Ann Connelly at Home: Artfully Green,” April Issue Louisiana Homes & Gardens , Cover + “Baton Rouge’s Best Kept Secret: Jeff Woosley,” April IssueLouisiana Public Broadcasting, “Meredith Pardue,” Artist Interview, Baton Rouge, LA 2008 New York Times, Savannah College of Art & Design Print Ad 2007 New Orleans Homes and Lifestyles , “At Home in the World,” July Issue Coastal Living Magazine , “The Captain’s House at River Dunes”, November Issue, Oriental, NC Domino Magazine, “Top 10 Designers: Margaret Ann McEver,” April Issue Dwell , “Roadside Attraction, Baird Residence,” March Issue 2005 Tribeza , "Louisiana Artists at Jean-Marc Fray," November Issue, Austin, TX Southern Living, "Idea House at Squire Creek," August Issue 2004 House & Home Magazine , “Mid-City Art: Meredith Pardue & Karoline Schleh,” Baton Rouge, LA Traditional Home , "Barry Dixon's Monticeto, California Showhouse," September Issue 2003 New Orleans Art Review , "The Three," March issue, New Orleans, LA House Beautiful , "New Orleans Showhouses," September Issue 2001 Austin Magazine , "Jean Marc Fray," June/July, Austin, TX CORPORATE COLLECTIONS 3800 Lamar Building, Austin, TX BBVA Compass Bank Corporate Headquarters, Houston, TX CBRE Investment Group, Houston, TXUniversity of Texas, Callaway House, Austin, TX Calabrese Budner Law, Dallas, TXCommunity Trust Bank Corporate Headquarters, Dallas, TX Community Trust Bank, Monroe, LA Creed and Creed Law Firm, Monroe, LAExon Mobile, Houston, TX Fontainebleau, Miami Beach, FL Four Seasons, Las Vegas, NV Gaedeke Group, Plano, TX Genstar Capital, San Francisco, CA Grace + Hebert Architecture, Baton Rouge, LA Grenada Grand Beach Resort, St. George, Grenada Hilton Orlando Resort, Orlando, FL Iberia Bank, Essen Lane Location, Baton Rouge, LA Iberia Bank, Highland Park Location, Baton Rouge, LAIberia Bank, Oliver Road Location, Monroe, LA Iberia Bank, Texas Street Location, Shreveport, LAImagery Estate Winery, Healdsburg, CA J. Crew Corporate Headquarters, New York, NY Lamar Central, Austin, TXLamar Corporate Headquarters, Baton Rouge, LA Marriott Hotel, Atlanta, GAMichael and Susan Dell Foundation, Austin, TX Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Casino, Singapore Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Miami, FL New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY Northern Trust Bank, New York, NY Norwegian Cruise Lines, Miami, FL Oceania Cruise Lines, Miami, FL/Barcelona, Spain Office Links, Sears Tower, 95th Floor, Chicago, IL Ritz-Carlton, Tyson’s Corner, VA St. Joseph’s Candler Hospital, Neuroscience Center, Savannah, GA Saligram Ltd., Moscow, Russia Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GASavannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA Savannah College of Art and Design, Hong Kong SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion, Atlanta, GA Skyhouse, Houston, TX State Farm Arena: Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta, GATurnberry Isle Resort, Miami, FLBaylor, Scott + White Children's Hospital, Temple, TX University of Iowa Hospital, Iowa City, IowaUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX University of Texas, Callaway House, Austin, TX Westin Hotel, Atlanta, GA Westin Hotel, Cincinnati, OH Westin Hotel, Dallas, TX Wyndam Grand Desert, Las Vegas, NV