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Throwing the Brick, Oil and watercolor pencil on canvas
16in x 20in
2026
Meg Wolensky (b. 1992) is a queer artist, curator, and educator based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Meg's work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, universities, and cultural spaces across the United States. In 2023, they were awarded InLiquid’s Dina Wind Fellowship by a jury of distinguished curators, artists, and arts leaders from the Greater Philadelphia region. In 2025, they curated Homecoming, an intergenerational exhibition featuring 20 LGBTQIA+ artists, presented in partnership with the Lansdowne Arts Committee and the Lansdowne Economic Development Corporation.
In addition to teaching in Drexel University’s Master of Science in Arts Administration program, Wolensky serves as the Director of Continuing Education & Community Programs at Moore College of Art & Design. There, they are committed to designing accessible arts experiences and creating work-readiness opportunities for creative people of all ages. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (BFA ’14) and Drexel University (MS ’16), Wolensky also provides curatorial, grant-writing, and arts administration support to artists, students, organizations, and community-based initiatives.
I am a still-life painter exploring queer identity and ancestry through the layering of objects, lived experiences, and historical documentation of queer existence. My paintings unfold intuitively, weaving together cross sections of color, pattern, and trompe-l'œil elements that mark the passage of time and signal progress amid persistence.
Inspired by Fragments of Sappho, my work reveals some—but not all—of what has been lost, silenced, or reimagined. Fragments of affirming memories, myths, dreams, and archival materials from queer resistance histories rise to the surface, contending with the undercurrents of systemic violence that shape our collective past and present.
Through this visual language of queer ancestry, I work to reconstruct a sense of home—one where every part of my identity can exist freely and be celebrated. My paintings assert that queer people are here now, as we have always been: resilient, evolving, and deeply rooted in history.
Throwing the Brick, Oil and watercolor pencil on canvas
16in x 20in
2026
Meg Wolensky (b. 1992) is a queer artist, curator, and educator based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Meg's work has been exhibited in galleries, museums, universities, and cultural spaces across the United States. In 2023, they were awarded InLiquid’s Dina Wind Fellowship by a jury of distinguished curators, artists, and arts leaders from the Greater Philadelphia region. In 2025, they curated Homecoming, an intergenerational exhibition featuring 20 LGBTQIA+ artists, presented in partnership with the Lansdowne Arts Committee and the Lansdowne Economic Development Corporation.
In addition to teaching in Drexel University’s Master of Science in Arts Administration program, Wolensky serves as the Director of Continuing Education & Community Programs at Moore College of Art & Design. There, they are committed to designing accessible arts experiences and creating work-readiness opportunities for creative people of all ages. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (BFA ’14) and Drexel University (MS ’16), Wolensky also provides curatorial, grant-writing, and arts administration support to artists, students, organizations, and community-based initiatives.
I am a still-life painter exploring queer identity and ancestry through the layering of objects, lived experiences, and historical documentation of queer existence. My paintings unfold intuitively, weaving together cross sections of color, pattern, and trompe-l'œil elements that mark the passage of time and signal progress amid persistence.
Inspired by Fragments of Sappho, my work reveals some—but not all—of what has been lost, silenced, or reimagined. Fragments of affirming memories, myths, dreams, and archival materials from queer resistance histories rise to the surface, contending with the undercurrents of systemic violence that shape our collective past and present.
Through this visual language of queer ancestry, I work to reconstruct a sense of home—one where every part of my identity can exist freely and be celebrated. My paintings assert that queer people are here now, as we have always been: resilient, evolving, and deeply rooted in history.
