Meagan Streader pushes the limits of light within sculpture and installation by manipulating, reinterpreting and extending upon the boundaries of constructed spaces. Through site-specific interventions, her multidimensional use of light re-orientates the viewer’s relationship to the pre-existing architecture and scale of a given space. In this way, Meagan’s work reveals the pervasive role of light in governing physical and social navigations of fabricated spaces. Meagan is currently based in Melbourne (Naarm/ Birrarung-ga) and is represented by MARS Gallery.
Meagan Streader completed a BFA/Visual Arts at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane (2010). Streader has exhibited both nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at National Gallery of Victoria: Australia (Melbourne Now, 2023) and Sydney Contemporary (Carriageworks, Sydney, 2023), Conners Conners Argyle Street (Melbourne, 2023), Milani Carpark (Brisbane, 2019), The Spring Hill Reservoirs (Brisbane, 2017), Nicholas Projects (Melbourne, 2017), Footscray Community Arts Centre (Melbourne, 2017), QUT Art Museum (Brisbane, 2016), Metro Arts (Brisbane, 2016) and NARS Foundation (NYC, 2016). Streader has presented major site-specific projects for Dark Mofo (2019), HOTA (2019), Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial (Kyneton, 2018) and notfair Art Fair (Melbourne, 2017), Soft Centre Festival (Sydney, 2017, 2018) and Underbelly Arts Festival, Cockatoo Island (Sydney), Electrofringe (Brisbane, 2015) and Amsterdam Light Festival (Netherlands, 2015). She has held three successful solo exhibitions at MARS Gallery (2019, 2020 and 2022).
Additionally, she has had public works commissioned for Glen Huntly Station (Melbourne), Box Hill, (Melbourne), Adderton: house and heart of Mercy (Brisbane), Maribyrnong Council, (Melbourne), HASSELL Architecture (Brisbane), Gadens Lawyers (Brisbane), Gold Coast University Hospital (QLD), and Gasworks Plaza (QLD). Streader has participated in local and international residencies including Broken Hill Art Gallery Residency (2020-2022), Testing Grounds, Melbourne (2018), Kochi AIR, Kochi, India (2014) and NARS in New York City (2016). Lastly, Meagan Streader’s work has been featured in Art Collector, Sydney Morning Herald, Artichoke, The Design Files, Eyeline Contemporary Art Magazine, The Creator’s Project, mondo*arc and FRAME magazines and ABC’s The Mix program.