Sarah Megan Jenkins

Nature provides balance, stress relief, a stronger mentality and can leave one feeling physically refreshed. From weather patterns to the cycles of the season, nature's beauty flows through the earth from top of the atmosphere to the deep ocean bottoms. My work, which ranges in materials, seeks to capture this push and pull of nature's all encompassing energies and remind the viewer that they too can find tranquility through nature's rhythm.

I work from home as a full time artist in the small town of Madisonville, Louisiana.  My studio is constantly filled with many canvases, bags of clay, and plants.


BFA       Memphis College of Art 2010, Painting Major.
                Art History Minor.
       
Awards
Received Award of Excellence in Painting, Memphis College of Art, 2010
Best of Show, 27th Annual September Exhibition, Alexandria Museum of Art, 2014

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Exhibitions 

2023
Animals, Group Show, Twin Steeples Creative Art Center, Ponchatoula, La.
2022
Mother’s Nature, Group Show, Mary C. O’Keeffe Cultural Center, March-May, Ocean Springs,
Ms.
Twin Steeples Art Center, Group Show, Ponchatoula,
2021
Silent Light, Group Show, Walter Anderson Museum, December, Ocean Springs Ms.
2020
Suspension and Release, Group Show, Shainberge Gallery, March, Memphis, Tn.
2019
Water, Water, Group Show, Walter Anderson Museum, Ocean Springs,Ms.
2018
Solo Show, Shainberge Gallery, August, Memphis Tn.
2015
Juried Show, Palladio Group, Group Show, Memphis, Tn.
2014
27th Annual September Exhibition, Group Show, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, La.
2013 
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Group Show, Art for Art Sake, L'entrepot Gallery, Julia Street, New Orleans, La.                                  
Louisiana Contemporary, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Group Exhibition, New Orleans, La.  
“Past, Current, Future – GULF OF MEXICO”, American Society of Limnology/Oceanography, Group Show, New Orleans, La. 
Women's Caucus For Art, Midcity Theater, Group Show, New Orleans, La.
2012 
Women Outreaching Women Exhibit, Group Show, Watson La.
Project Sketchbook Exhibit, Group Show, Memphis, Tn.
Raw Artist, Ensemble, Group Show, Eiffel Society, New Orleans, La. 
Raw Artist, Semi-Finals Awards, Group Show, Howlin' Wolf, New Orleans, La.
2011
Salon des Refuses, Group Show, Trouser House, New Orleans La.
Yokna Bottom Farms Festival, Yokna, Ms
2010
Undergraduate Exhibition Juried by Beth Edwards, Group Show, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, Tn.
South Main, Group Show, Memphis, Tn.
BFA Graduating Class of 2010, Group Show, Memphis College of  Art, Memphis, Tn.
Boobie Trees, Solo Show, Pnh Cafe, Memphis, Tn
2009
Collaboration of Art and Poetry, Memphis, Tn. 
2008  
Flocculent Fems, Group Show, Vini Gallery, Memphis, Tn.

Festivals and Art Markets
Atlanta Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA. Fall 2013
Cooper Young Festival, Memphis, TN. 2008, 2009
Yokna Bottom Farms Festival, Yokna, MS. 2011
FrenchQuarter Festival, New Orleans, LA. 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Jackson Square, New Orleans, LA. Active since 2011, Seasonal. 
Palmer Park Arts Market, Palmer Park, New Orleans, LA. 2014. Seasonal.
Freret Street Festival, New Orleans, LA. 2015
Art in the Pass, Pass Christian, MS. 2015,2016,2017,2018
Bayou City Art Festival Downtown, Houston, TX. 2015,2017,2018
Peter Anderson Festival, Ocean Springs, MS. 2015,2016,2021
Three Rivers Festival, Covington, LA. 2015
Double Decker Festival, Oxford, MS. 2016, 2017
Dogwood Festival, Atlanta ,GA. 2016
Great Gulf Coast Festival, Pensacola, FL. 2017
Gulf Breeze Festival, Gulf Breeze, FL. 2018
Piedmont Park Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA 2018

Publications
Ruminate Magazine, featured cover artist, Issue 31. Spring 2014
Hyphen, Temple University's Undergraduate Literary & Arts Magazine. 2014
Wilde Magazine, Erotica Issue 1, Summer 2014
The Local Voice, Newspaper, Q and A , April 2016

Donations
2013   Zumbathon Charity Event, to raise money for children with life threatening illnesses
2014, 2015  Chairish the Children, Children's Museum of New Orleans. New Orleans, LA.