Meredith Pardue
Meredith Pardue
Meredith Pardue is widely known for her dynamic, large-scale compositions
featuring colorful abstract forms derived from nature. Born in Monroe,
Louisiana and based in Austin, Texas, Pardue holds an M.F.A. from Parsons
School of Design in New York and a B.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art
and Design. Following her studies, Pardue traveled extensively throughout
the United States. Her work draws inspiration from the varied flora and
landscapes of the American South, the Caribbean, and Central America,
recalling the transparency of water, the translucency of petals, and the
opacities of foliage.
As a painter Pardue combines intuitive gesture with deliberate mark making.
Often starting from a pale ground, she builds up her surfaces with successive
layers of paint in colorful applications that range from delicate ink stains to
more pigment rich brushstrokes. The varied textures and layered coloring of
Pardue’s plantlike forms reflect the history of this cumulative and organic
process.
The work of Meredith Pardue is prominently displayed in several notable
private and corporate collections, including Exxon Mobile Corporate
Headquarters, J. Crew Corporate Headquarters, Genstar Capital, BBVA
Compass, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, University of Texas at
Austin, UT Southwestern Medical Center, New York Presbyterian Hospital,
Lamar Corporate Headquarters, Marina Bay Sands Singapore, SCAD Fash
Museum, and the Savannah College of Art & Design. Her work has been
exhibited worldwide and published in Architectural Digest, Modern Luxury
Interiors Texas, Luxe Magazine, Traditional Home, Elle Decoration South
Africa, Dwell, and New American Paintings.
EDUCATION
2003 New School University: Parsons School of Design, M. F. A. , Painting, New York, NY
1998 Savannah College of Art and Design, B. F. A. , Painting, Savannah, GA
SOLO + TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 TBD: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2018 Songs Unsung: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2018 Intersections: with Sarah Wiseman, St. Tammany Art Association, Covington, LA
2017 Asteria: Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2017 Cenote Falls: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2017 Paint: Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA
2017 The Liberation of Light and Shadow: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2016 All the Emerald Oceans: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2016 The Body Electric: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2015 Veritas: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2015 Fragments: Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA
2015 Vitali: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2015 Wild and Free: Jean-Marc Fray, Austin, TX
2014 Love and Muses, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2014 Nova Supernova: Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, NY
2014 Stardust to Stardust: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2014 Edge + Surface: with Claudia Meyer, Fresh Paint Gallery, Culver City, CA
2013 The Elysian Fields: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2013 Eden: Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2013 This Cloud: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2012 Terrain: Jean-Marc Fray, Austin, TX
2012 Intuitions: Meredith Pardue + Andrea Shapiro, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, Bridgehampton, NY
2012 Native: Ann Connelly Fine Art, Baton Rouge, LA
2012 Sojourns: Part II: Smink, Dallas, TX
2012 Sojourns: Part I: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2011 Isis: K Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2011 Visible Spectrum: Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2011 Super Flow: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2011 Translucent Vision: with Allison Stewart, Jules’ Place, Boston, MA
2010 Revolutions: Jean-Marc Fray, Austin, TX
2010 Pages: A True Story by Meredith Pardue: Judith Costello Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC
2010 Decade: Jean-Marc Fray, Austin, TX
2009 Unbound: Seven Parts of a Rainstorm, Jean-Marc Fray, Austin, TX
2009 Rogue Spaces: Ann Connelly Fine Art, Meredith Pardue + David Humphries, Baton Rouge, LA
2009 Figment: Steven Daluz + Meredith Pardue, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston ,TX
2009 Sea Change: Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2006 Fossil Portraits: Jenkins Connelly Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2006 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
1998 Journey: Café Metropole, Savannah, GA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Ablaze: Cube Gallery, London, UK
2017 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
2013 Gratitude, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2013 See: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2012 Three Graces: Connie Noyes + Meredith Pardue + Mary Rousseaux, Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL
2012 Flora & Fauna: Pryor Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2011 New American Paintings #88: Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA; Atlanta, GA
2010 Sheer Splendor: Susan Davidoff + Meredith Pardue + Sara Schneckloth, Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL
2010 Small Works Invitational: The Painting Center, New York, NY
2010 10th Anniversary Exhibition: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2009 Diversion: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2009 Meredith Pardue + Marissa Star, + Alexander Stolin: Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston TX
2009 2 x 2 for AIDS + Art: Rachofsky House, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2009 46th Annual Juried Exhibition: Masur Museum of Art, Juror: Miranda Lash, Monroe, LA
2009 Smooth Finish: Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah, GA
2009 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
2004 31st 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
2002 Laboratorium: Gallery 28, Starland Dairy, Savannah, GA
2001 The Drawing Show: Graduate Faculty Building, New School University, New York, NY
2001 4th Annual 1 Show: Hartford, CT
2000 Artists of the Starland Dairy: Chateau Élan, Atlanta, GA
2000 Hilton Head Collections: A Public View: Walter Greer Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC
2000 Starland Dairy Inaugural Group Exhibition: Savannah, GA
ART FAIRS
2017 Context: Laura Rathe Booth, Miami, FL
2016 Context: Laura Rathe Booth, Miami, FL
2016 Art Hamptons: Laura Rathe Booth, Bridgehampton, NY
2016 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Laura Rathe Booth, Houston, TX
2014 Houston Fine Art Fair, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2014 Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX
2014 Dallas Art Fair, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas, TX
2013 Houston Art Fair, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2013 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, April Issue, Houston Edition
2017 Luxe Magazine: January Issue, Chicago Edition
2017 SCAD The Architecture of a University, Assouline Press, New York, NY
2017 Song to Song: A feature film directed by Terrence Malick, a FilmNation Production
2017 House Beautiful: “The Color Issue,” March Issue
2016 Luxe: “Ripple Effect,” November/December issue, Austin/Hill Country Edition
2016 Luxe: “Stylemaker: Artist Meredith Pardue,” June/July issue, Austin/Hill Country Edition
2015 Elle Decoration, “Meredith Pardue,” South Africa Edition
2015 Traditional Home, “Light and Easy,” July Issue
2015 Modern Luxury Interiors Texas, “Abstract Beauty” Summer/Fall Issue
2015 P A I N T, Meredith Pardue, Blurb Publications
2014 FAMO, “E se tu Scruterai a Lungo in un Abisso…Meredith Pardue”, Rome, Italy
2014 Luxe Magazine, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX
2014 Bungalow Magazine, Winter Issue
2013 Austin Home Magazine, May Issue
2013 Boston Globe Magazine, "South End Remodel," February 3 Issue
2013 Luxe Magazine, Courtesy of Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas edition, February Issue
2013 Austin Home Magazine, March Issue
2013 D Home, "Home Again," January/February Issue
2012 Professional Artist, "Balancing a Family and a Creative Life," Brenda Zappitell, December Issue
2012 Architectural Digest, "High Contrast," September Issue
2012 Southern Review, Meredith Pardue [cover/featured artist], Summer Issue, LSU/Baton Rouge, LA
2012 Luxe Magazine, "Red Hot," [W Hotel Residence: Austin],Houston, TX
2012 Luxe Magazine, Courtesy of Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston, TX edition, October Issue
2010 Anthology Magazine, “Southern Comfort,” September (Premier) Issue
2010 Glossy: Austin American Statesman, "The Shape of Things," Artist Interview, Becca Hensley, Austin, TX
2010 House Beautiful, “Lindsey Bond Interior,” October Issue
2010 New American Paintings, Southern Edition, June/July
2009 Austin Monthly Home, Cover + “Matthews Residence,” September Issue, Austin, TX
2009 Southern Living, “Big Ideas from the Big Easy,” July Issue
2009 Louisiana Homes & Gardens, “Ann Connelly at Home: Artfully Green,” April Issue
2009 Louisiana Homes & Gardens, Cover + “Baton Rouge’s Best Kept Secret: Jeff Woosley,” April Issue
2009 Louisiana 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
2007 Coastal Living Magazine, “The Captain’s House at River Dunes”, November Issue, Oriental, NC
2007 Domino Magazine, “Top 10 Designers: Margaret Ann McEver,” April Issue
2007 Dwell, “Roadside Attraction, Baird Residence,” March Issue
2005 Tribeza, "Louisiana Artists at Jean-Marc Fray," November Issue, Austin, TX
2005 Southern Living, "Idea House at Squire Creek," August Issue
2004 House & Home Magazine, “Mid-City Art: Meredith Pardue & Karoline Schleh,” Baton Rouge, LA
2004 Traditional Home, "Barry Dixon's Monticeto, California Showhouse," September Issue
2003 New Orleans Art Review, "The Three," March issue, New Orleans, LA
2003 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, TX
University of Texas, Callaway House, Austin, TX
Community Trust Bank Corporate Headquarters, Dallas, TX
Community Trust Bank, Monroe, LA
Exon Mobile, Houston, TX
Fontainebleau, Miami Beach, FL
Four Seasons, Las Vegas, NV
Genstar Capital, San Francisco, CA
Grace + Hebert Architecture, Baton Rouge, LA
Grenada Grand Beach Resort, St. George, Grenada
Iberia Bank, Essen Lane Location, Baton Rouge, LA
Iberia Bank, Highland Park Location, Baton Rouge, LA
Iberia Bank, Oliver Road Location, Monroe, LA
Iberia Bank, Texas Street Location, Shreveport, LA
J. Crew Corporate Headquarters, New York, NY
Lamar Central, Austin, TX
Lamar Corporate Headquarters, Baton Rouge, LA
Marriott Hotel, Atlanta, GA
Michael 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, GA
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion, Atlanta, GA
Skyhouse, Houston, TX
Turnberry Isle Resort, Miami, FL
Baylor, Scott + White Children's Hospital, Temple, TX
University 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