Education
2012-2014 MFA Visual Arts, University of Victoria, BC
2006-2010 BFA, Painting, Alberta University of the Arts
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018
Benign Antonyms, Ledge Gallery, Calgary
2017
Stringent Fettes, Calgary Allied Arts Foundation Artist in Residence Program, Calgary
2015
Debutantes and Scamps, AVALANCHE! Institute of Contemporary Art, Calgary
2014
Underdogs, Fifty Fifty Gallery, Victoria, BC
2013
Traipsey, Audain Gallery, University of Victoria
2011
Perimeter;Vessel, Stride +15 Gallery, Calgary
Line Dance, Untitled Art Society, Calgary
2009
New Drawings, The Wallor Gallery, AUArts
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
The Sense Economy, The Laboratory for Spatial Bemusement: Megan Dyck + Tia Halliday, Kamloops Art Gallery
2018
Routine Maintenance, The Laboratory for Spatial Bemusement: Megan Dyck + Tia Halliday, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary
2017
Handgerdir Minjagripir, Bílskur Gallerí, Blönduós Iceland
2015
The Rumpus Room, Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB
Faculty Exhibition, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC
2014
In Your Eyes, University of Victoria MFA 2014 Graduate Show, Victoria
Under New Management: Video Store, *various locations: Third Space Gallery, St John,NB (2014); Judith & Norman Alix Gallery, Sarnia, ON (2014); Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2013); ODD Gallery, Dawson City, Yukon (2013).
2013
Encoding Identities, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB
Offspring, Upstairs Gallery, University of Victoria
2012
The Sketch Book Project: Various Locations
2011
Bump\Shift, Satellite Gallery, Calgary
The Abstract Drawing Show, Satellite Gallery
Mediating Perceptions, Studio C, Calgary
The Sketch Book Project: USA Tour, Various location
2010
For Louise: In Honour of the Life and Work of Louise Bourgeois, Untitled Art Society
Alberta College of Art + Design Grad Show, AUArts
8 x 8 x 8, Gallery 371, AUArts
ArtaWEARness X Wearable Art Extravaganza, ACAD main mall
2009
Holiday Show, The New Gallery, Calgary
3 > 2: a Sculpture Show by Painting & Drawing Majors, Gallery 371
Not in Nottingham, Gallery 371
Expensive Expansive Group Show, The Ralph Klein Gallery, AUArts
Teaching Experience
2023-2015
ACAD 310: Colour: Affect & Perception, AUArts (winter 2023, winter 2022, winter 2021)
VSCM 102: Design Colour Fundamentals, AUArts (winter 2023, fall 2022, winter 2022)
Painting 101, AUArts (winter 2022, fall 2021, winter 2020, fall 2019, winter 2018, fall 2017, fall 2016, fall 2015)
Pre-College Drawing Program, AUArts (summer 2022, summer 2021, summer 2020)
Art 103: Design Principles, University of Calgary (Presently — ongoing: fall, winter, and spring *since fall 2015)
Drawing 110, AUArts (fall 2021, fall 2020, fall 2017)
Painting 223: Methodologies and Methods, AUArts (fall 2021)
Painting 402: Painting Senior Studio III, AUArts (Winter 2021)
Painting 302: Painting Studio III, AUArts (Winter 2021)
Painting 400: Senior Studio I, AUArts (fall 2020)
Art 365: The Body, Gender, and Social Media, University of Calgary (summer 2020)
Painting 401: Painting Senior Studio II, AUArts (winter 2020, winter 2019)
ACAD 310: The Human Figure in Phantasmagorical Imagery, AUArts (winter 2020, winter 2019)
Painting 300: Painting Studio I, AUArts (fall 2019)
Contemporary Art: Origins and Themes, University of Calgary (fall 2019, fall 2018)
Painting 301, AUArts (fall 2018)
Drawing 212: Anatomy Drawing, AUArts (fall 2018)
Drawing 120: Contemporary Investigations, AUArts (winter 2018, fall 2015)
Drawing 204: The Human Figure, AUArts (fall 2017, spring 2016, fall 2015)
Humanities 110: Art + Design Now, AUArts (winter 2017, fall 2016, winter 2015)
Painting 213: Formal & Conceptual Issues, AUArts (winter 2016)
2015
Introduction to Installation Art, Vancouver Island School of Art, Victoria, BC
Sculpture 200: Ideas and Processes, Vancouver Island School of Art
Critical Studies II, Vancouver Island School of Art
2014
Sculpture 100: Introduction to Materials, Vancouver Island School of Art
Art History 215: Minimalism to End of Century 1965-2000, Vancouver Island School of Art
Drawing 202, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
2013
Teaching Assistant, Foundation Sculpture: Material Methods, (Megan Dickie), University of Victoria
2012
Teaching Assistant, Intro to Contemporary Art Theory: Practice and Criticism, (Matt Trahan), University of Victoria
Academic Tutor, AUArts, (2011-2012)
Instructor, various art classes, Studio C, Calgary (Fall 2010-Summer 2012)
Professional Activities in Teaching and Learning
2020
Contributor: Online Teaching Exchange: Strategies for Teaching Studio Art in Virtual Contexts, Hospitality in Teaching: An Antidote to Anxiety in the Online Learning Environment, University of Calgary Art Department
2018
Artist Mentor for Mauve Martineau, RISE Emerging Artist Program, Canadian Mountain Arts Foundation, artsPlace Gallery, Canmore
Invitational Speaking Engagements
2023
Guest Lecture (with Lia Golemba), High Chroma Low Times, Daughter Collective, Calgary
2018
Itinerant Keynote Speaker, The Alberta Society of Artists Group Exhibition: Geometry, The Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton, AB
Professional Activities
2023
Workshop: Electric Eel: Experimental Lexicons and the Playful Practice of Colour Naming, Alberta Colleges & Institutes Faculties Association (ACIFA) Conference, Lake Louise, AB
2022
Workshop: The Shape of Colour, AIC Sensing Colour 2022 Conference (Association Internationale de la Couleur), Ontario College of Art & Design University, Toronto
Workshop: Local Colour, AUArts Administrative Faculty, AUArts, Calgary
Workshop: Coloured Pencil Portraiture, BSide Studio, Calgary
2021
Workshop: Creative Strategies for Overcoming Artist Block, Megan Dyck + Tia Halliday, Kamloops Art Gallery
Workshop Series: We Are Made of Colour: Detecting Undertones & Applying Colour Theory in Figurative Representation, National Access Arts Centre, Calgary
2020-2019
Contributor: Online Teaching Exchange: Strategies for Teaching Studio Art in Virtual Contexts, University of Calgary Art Department
Workshop Series: Drawing & Anthropomorphic Perception, TELUS Spark Science Centre
2019-2017
Board Member, The New Gallery, Calgary
2011
Workshop: Utilizing Found Objects in Sculptural Production, Prospect Human Services
Artist Talks
2021
The Sense Economy, Megan Dyck + Tia Halliday, Kamloops Art Gallery
2018
The Body on Repeat, Ledge Gallery, Calgary
Interview by Claire Coutts: “Megan Dyck”, Art AF Podcast, CJSW Calgary
2017
Textîlsetur Îslands Artist in Residence Program, Blönduós, Iceland
2015
The Rumpus Room, Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB
2014
Surface Development, Megan Dickie's Sculpture 104 class, University of Victoria
2012
Experimental Fibre, Art Recruits: A Division of Prospect Human Services, Calgary
2011
Found Objects for Mark-Making, Menno Simons school, Calgary
Free Sculpture, Prospect Human Services
Residencies
2017
Summer 2017 — Textîlsetur Îslands Artist in Residence Program, Blönduós, Iceland
Spring 2017 — Calgary Allied Arts Foundation Artist in Residence Program, Calgary
Spring 2017 — Gushul Artist in Residence Program, Blairmore, AB
Grants and Awards
2023
Individual Faculty Research Project Grant, AUArts Faculty Professional Affairs Committee (also received in 2022 & 2017)
2018
Individual Project Grant *with Tia Halliday, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2017
Visual Arts Individual Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
2010
Painting 4rth year Award, AUArts Access to the Future Fund
Art Central Studio Prize, AUArts and Art Central