Bronwyn Merritt is a person of all trades: printmaker, painter, book artist, certified creativity coach and a real estate agent. Please take a few moments to view her resume below.
EDUCATION
Duke University, Durham, NC
B.A. Studio Art and Psychology, 1987
UNC-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
M.F.A. Printmaking, 1991
The Perfect Storm Printing Workshop with Georgia Deal, Penland 2007
Watercolor with Frank Francese, 2007
Water Media with Stephen Quiller, 2006
Portrait Painting with Elizabeth May, 2002, 2003
Polaroid Transfers with Amelia Burch, 2002
Encaustic Tutorial with Martha Petty, 2001
Paper Lantern Forms with Crystal Cawley, 1998
Etching Workshops with Ron Parks, Carrboro Artscenter, 1997
Hand Papermaking Workshops with Robin Williams 1997
Photoshop and Painter Classes, 1996
Book Arts with Robin Williams , 1996
Printmaking with Computers, Penland School of Crafts, 1995
Monoprints on Handmade Paper, Penland School of Crafts, 1994
Engraved Metal Jewelry with Mary Ann Scherr, 1992
Silkscreen Workshop with Lou Stovall, 1989
Jewelry Design and Construction with Nancy Ford, 1985-1987
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Paste Paper Workshops at Hand-to-Eye 1998
Private Print and Paper Workshops, ongoing, 1993-2007
Shibori Paper Dye Techniques at Hand-to-Eye 1998
Book, Paper and Printmaking (private lessons) 1994-1997
Paper Marbling at Hand-to-Eye 1997
Papermaking at Hand-to-Eye, Durham, 1996
Polymer Clay Design, Artspace, 1993
Printing with E-Z Cut Blocks, Artspace, 1993
Batik and Tie-Dye, Wake Tech, 1993
Art History Survey, Guilford Technical Community College, 1992
Painting, Guilford Technical Community College, 1992
Art Appreciation, Guilford Technical Community College, 1992
Art History Survey, Guilford Technical Community College, 1991
Basic Drawing, Guilford Technical Community College, 1991
Batik and Tie Dye, Duke Craft Center, 1988
Silkscreen Workshops, Duke Craft Center, 1987
ART-RELATED EMPLOYMENT
Certified Creativity Coach serving clients locally and nationally, including painter Jim Mott of the Itinerant
Artist’s Project
Arts Writer for The Independent, 2004
Bleecker Street Studios and Gallery, Carrboro, NC 2003-2004 (co-op consultant)
Sizl Gallery, Carrboro, NC 2003 (consultant)
Bronwyn Merritt Gallery, Carrboro, NC 2000-2002 (director/owner)
Blackwood Station Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 1999 (consultant)
The Print Shop, Chapel Hill, NC 1995-1998 (print buyer, sales and framing)
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC 1993-1995 (gallery assistant)
The Artery Gallery, Greensboro, NC 1989-1991 (sales and framing)
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC 1987-1990 (graduate assistant)
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Artspace Juried Exhibition, Purchase Award, 1999
Goldsboro National Juried Art Competition, Third Place, 1997
Ward-Nasse Gallery National Juried Print Exhibition, Honorable Mention, 1995
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Not in Fine Print: Relief Printmaking Invitational. Weatherspoon Museum,
Greensboro, NC 1992.
New Photography, The Artery Gallery, Greensboro, NC, 1992.
BOTA Art Group, bi-monthly exhibitions in Greensboro, 1990-1994
Green Hill Center for Contemporary Art, 1993
East Campus Gallery, Duke University, 1993
The Perfect Storm, Print/Poetry Collaboration, The Corcoran Museum, Sept. 2007
SOLO GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Bronwyn Merritt Studio, Carrboro, NC, 2006-present
Bronwyn Merritt Gallery, ongoing from 2000 to 2002
Allenton Gallery, Durham Arts Council, 1998 and 2003
Carrboro Town Hall, 1999 and 2002
Carrboro Century Center, 2001
Chapel Hill Public Library, 2002
Bleecker Street Gallery, 2004
Carrboro Artscenter, 1995 and 2000
Sizl Gallery, 1999
Blackwood Station Gallery, 1999 and 2000
Artspace, 1995 and 1997
OTHER SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Caffe Driade, 1998 and 2000
Open Eye Café, 1999 and 2001
Pieworks, 1994
Pepper’s, 1995
Judge’s, 1995
West End Wine Bar, 1998
Wild Turtle, 1998
Hel,l 1997-present
Lizard and Snake Café, 1998
Port City Java, 2004
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND RELATED WORKS
Founding Member of Hand-to-Eye, a non-profit arts organization promoting
Book and Paper Arts through free workshops and classes,
Durham, NC, 1996-2000.
Volunteer Curator for the Artscenter Group Shows, 2000-2001
Board Member, Orange County Arts Commission, 2002-2004 and 2006-present
Judge, Centerfest, Durham, NC, 2002
Judge, National High School Art Competition, 2003
Certified Creativity Coach (with Eric Maisel, Ph. D. Instructor) 2005-2006
Judge, Partnership for Young Children’s Art Contest, 2006
Member, Orange County Arts Commission 2000-2004, 2006-present |
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Bronwyn Merritt is a printmaker, painter and book artist who has lived in the Carrboro area for 24 years. She studied art history, psychology and design at Duke University before receiving her MFA from UNC-G. In addition to showing all over NC, she has worked in fine art venues such as the Weatherspoon in Greensboro and Somerhill Gallery in Chapel Hill. In 1997 she and her husband opened the Chapel Hill night club Hell. For two years she owned a gallery in Carrboro and has maintained a studio/gallery for her own work in Carrboro since March of 2000. In 2006 she opened a gallery and Printmaking School in Carrboro, and soon after became a real estate agent. Seeing what a fantastic haven for the arts this little town, lovingly nicknamed “the Paris of the Piedmont”, has become, she has joined with some other creative realtors to form Carrboro Realty in January of 2008.
Bronwyn is currently a certified creativity coach, having trained with renowned coach Eric Maisel. Her real estate specialty is finding affordable, flexible spaces in which artists of all kinds can live, work and raise families.
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