Born: Massachusetts 1974
Resides: Portland OR
Contact: 503.236.3898

Solo Exhibitions

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

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

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