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Meredith Dittmar is an artist living and playing in Portland OR. Born near Boston Mass, she grew up in a world of pet pigs, horses, hay-forts and spy games . Follow this with an education in computer science, a career in interactive design, a compulsive need to create, and a drive to Seek and you get the major elements of her person and work.

Dittmars human-animal-plant-energy amalgams contain threads of common elements and colors to express deep levels of union across themes of biology, technology, and consciousness . Her characters are frequently involved in quiet expressive moments, or lounge facing their audience so they can share their inner space. Dittmar believes it is this space we recognize in ourselves, and through convening in that space, the interconnectedness of all things is revealed. She sees the act of spontaneous artistic creation as part of a larger practice of being present, and a way to better understand herself and reality.

Dittmars work is featured in the books Dot dot Dash and Mascotte 2, along with numerous magazines and online publications. In conjunction with her artwork she works as an independent character designer and maintains her company Corporatepig, through which she continues to create thousands of unique handmade characters called "My Guys". Read Less

Solo Exhibitions

2011 "NOW you see it, NOW you dont" - Upper Playground / Fifty24MX /Mexico City
2009 "The Meta Perspective" - Upper Playground / Fifty24MX /Mexico City
2009 "Grey Area" - Milk Gallery /Istanbul, TR
2007 "The Evolution of Psychepolymereganics" - Compound Gallery /Portland, OR
2006 Genuine Imitation / Portland, OR
2005 “Polymer Playground” – Compound2 / Portland, OR
2005 Schmancy / Seattle, WA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2011 "Five Year Anniversary Group Show" - FIFTY24PDX / Portland, OR
2011 Zona Moca Art Fair - Fifty24MX / Mexico City
2010 "2020 Group Show"- Above Second / Hong Kong
2009 "Beach Blanket Bingo - A Summer Mixer" - Jonathan Levine Gallery / NY, NY
2009 "Kunst im Tresor" - Intoxicated Demons / Berlin, DE
2008 "Winter is Coming" Meredith Dittmar, Betsy Walton - Labo101 /Culver City, CA
2008 "Biome" Theodore Watson, Emilie Gobeille, Meredith Dittmar - Riviera / Brooklyn, NY
2007 Aqua Art Miami - Hotcakes Gallery / Milwaukee, WI
2006 “Lions, Tigers Bears etc.” - Wootini / Carborro, NC
2006 “MF Toy Show 2006” – MF Gallery / NYC
2005 “Rainbow Connection” - Moshi Moshi / Portland, OR
2005 “Fresh Produce 05” - Gallery AD / San Hose, CA
2005 “Guys vs. Ghosts : Meredith Dittmar & Mark Bodenar” - Wootini / Carborro, NC
2005 “The Affair @ the Jupiter” - Compound / Portland, OR
2005 “Flaunt” - Junc Gallery / LA, CA
2004 “Character by Design” - Grey Matters Gallery / Dallas, TX
2004 “Read Between the Lines: Meredith Dittmar & Eric Wixon” - Gallery CO7 / Portland, OR
2004 “M+art = D+art” Meredith Dittmar & Drew Anderson – Nocturnal / Portland, OR

Selected Bibliography

2011 Mid-Fi by Emil Kozak, Index Books
2011 Surface (China) Issue 26. Studio Visit and Interview
2011 dpi vol 12 - Meticulous Art, Taiwan. Feature and Interview
2010 Juxtapoz #113 Full feature and Interview
2010 Illustration Play 2: Craving for the New Extrordinary. Victionary, Ginko Press.
2010 Calle20 March/10 #46, Spain. 1 of 6 featured in article "Sculptors of Dreams"
2010 Espoarte 63 Contemporary Art Magazine, Spain. Feature and Interview
2009 YORUKOBU enero 2010, Spain. Feature and Interview
2009 NYLON Jan 2010, Mexico. Feature and Interview
2009 Crackpot Weekly Calendar 2010 edited by R. Klanted, M. Huebner, distributed by Dgv
2009 Art-Toys: Photographs by Brian McCarty, Baby Tattoo Publishing
2008 Frankie Magazine Nov/Dec 08, Australia. Feature, Interview
2008 ROJO Magazine ®gumbo instant magic
2008 Bant Magazine #41, Turkey. Feature & Interview
2008 Toys 2008 Wall Calendar: from STRANGEco, MTV Books and McCarty Photoworks
2007 Iniciativa Colectiva Nov No2. Vol 1, Feature and Interview
2007 "Clay Nation", Portland Tribune, Feature and Interview
2007 Orlo | Bear Delux Magazine No 26.
2007 The Polymer Clay Techniques Book by Sue Heaser, Quarto Publishing
2007 dpi Magazine vol 93, Taiwan. Feature and Interview
2006 Dot Dot Dash! : Designer Toys, Action Figures and Character Art editied by R. Klanted, M.
Huebner, distributed by Dgv.
2006 Mascotte 2 compiled by Delicatessen distributed by Happy Books.
2006 Hi-Fructose Vol2,
2006 Lifelounge Magazine, Aug
2005 Crafters Coast to Coast, Home & Gardens Network.
2005 Washington Post , Dec
2005,6 Willamette Week, Dec
2004 The Dallas Morning News, July

Grants

24 second Film Contest Winner – Converse Chuck Taylors
Winning film received Grant and Film ran as ad on MTV

Related Professional

Freelance Character Designer / 3d Illustrator working on local, national, and international campaigns
Maintain Corporatepig LLC in which I sculpt original and cloned characters sold in museum giftshops, art-toy stores and corporatepig.com

Education

University of Massachusetts BS: Sociology, Minor: Computer science, Minor: Mathematics Read Less