Vat Ring 1, 2026
Megan Koeppel (she/they) is a visual artist originally from Milwaukee, WI. Her current practice centers on soft sculptures that combine natural dye and quilting techniques.
She was selected to participate in the artist-in-residence program at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts from 2022-2023. Since participating in this residency she has been a visual artist fellow at Civitella Raneri (Umbertide, Italy 2023), a Bresler Resident at VisArts Center (Rockville, MD 2023), received the annual Trawick Prize Emerging Artist Award (Bethesda, MD, 2023), and was a 2022 Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize Finalist (Baltimore MD). Koeppel has exhibited work at notable institutions such as The Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, MD 2022), the University of Wisconsin Madison Main Gallery (Madison, WI 2019) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (Philadelphia, PA 2018). She recently graduated with an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University.