Meredith
Dittmar
Meredith Dittmar
Artist Meredith Dittmar takes a freeform, unencumbered approach to her work, exploring the immediate moment and whatever arises in it. Small experiments in polymer clay and paper, gather and merge spontaneously into larger images, animations, wall pieces, or installations. At the heart of her practice is an urge to express the nature of reality directly and clearly, while at the same time, there exists a wild playfulness that pushes at the edges of things, craves innovation, and plumbs the unknown. She uses art making as a way to explore, illuminate, and break down the boundaries of the conditioned self and grapple with the external demands of the identities we assume.
Meredith got her start as an artist in the art toy scene in the early 2000s. Her characters “My Guys” were featured in many books and magazines and spread much joy to their collectors. A compulsive drive to innovate and create, helped her to push the medium of polymer clay to places it had never been before, landing her solo shows in Mexico City, Istanbul, LA and Portland. With an education primarily in engineering, computer science and sociology, professional careers in interactive and design, and over ten years as a full-time artist, she now harnesses all her selves, past and present, to bring complex projects of all kinds to life.
Born: Massachusetts 1974
Resides: Oregon City
Education
University of Massachusetts Amherst BS Sociology, Minor: Computer Science, Minor: Mathematics
Solo Exhibitions
2021
"The Texture of Awareness" MAIA Contemporary / Mexico City
2017
"Between our Eyes" - Mirus Gallery / San Francisco
2014
"The Tangled Truth: Mayhem in the Mystery" - Fifty24MX / Mexico City
2021
"The Texture of Awareness" MAIA Contemporary / Mexico City
2017
"Between our Eyes" - Mirus Gallery / San Francisco
2014
"The Tangled Truth: Mayhem in the Mystery" - Fifty24MX / Mexico City
2012
"Transmutation" - Toy Art Gallery / Los Angeles
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
2023
"TREMOR" MAIA Contemporary / Mexico City
2022
"Night Birds /Yohaultotomeh" MAIA Contemporary / Mexico City
2021
"Boundless Space... The Possibilities of Burning Man" - Sotheby's / New York
2021
Zona Maco "Reset" - MAIA Contemporary / Mexico City
2018
"Deliciouso Monstera" - MAIA Contemporary / Mexico City
2016
Scope Art Fair - Mirus Gallery / Miami
2015
Context Art Fair - Fifty24MX / Miami
2014
LA Art Fair - Fifty24MX / Los Angeles
2014
Zona Maco Art Fair - Fifty24MX / Mexico City
2013
Scope Art Fair - Fifty24MX / Miami
2011
"Five Year Anniversary Group Show" - FIFTY24PDX / Portland, OR
2011
Zona Maco 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
“MF Toy Show 2006” – MF Gallery / NYC
2005
“Guys vs. Ghosts : Meredith Dittmar & Mark Bodenar” - Wootini / Carborro, NC
2005
“Flaunt” - Junc Gallery / LA, CA
Selected Bibliography
2021 Polymer Week Magazine 1/21, Feature/Interview
2018 The Polymer Arts Magazine, Summer Issue. Feature
2016 Polymer Journeys, Tenth Muse Art
2015 Tall Trees of Portland, by Matt Wgner / Overcup Books
2013 Hi Fructose Hard Cover Collected Edition 1
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