ARTIST
BIO
Tina Rose Rea Meister is an interdisciplinary artist and writer whose work centers around queer archive and world-making through the lens of domestic and ecological spaces. Her current work utilizes quilting and fiber arts, paintings, and experimental film to explore a nuanced, layered dynamic between the interior and exterior. Through patterned florals woven into paintings and film, fragmented text embroidered onto household objects, and imagined futures and dreams rendered on the surface of blankets, her practice explores the ways in which interior, psychological, and relational identities are externalized into both the most precious, curated spaces of the home, along with the tensions between that intimate space and the wider world. Her community practice is currently engaged in a queer experimental film series, and a collection of textiles documenting the lesbian home archive.
For all professional inquiries, acquisitions, or research interest, please contact me at tinarosemeister@gmail.com
Education
2026
2023
Master of Fine Arts, Visual Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
(Expected)
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction, Painting, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Professional Experience
2025-2026
2024-2025
2023-2024
2023
2022
2021-2022
Studio Manager — ART House 360, Verona, WI
Drawing 1 Fundamentals — Instructor of Record, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Introduction to Art — Instructor of Record, University of Wisconsin-Madison
History of Graphic Design & Typography — Grader of Record,University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sophomore Painting — Teaching Assistant, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Creative Art Therapy Assistant — Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Fellowships and Residencies
2025-2026
2025
2022 & 2023
University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate Fellowship
Residency — Ós Textíllistamiðstöð, Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland
Residency — Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
Selected Exhibitions
2025
2025
2025
2024
2024
2024
2024
2024
2024
2024
2023
2022
2022
2022
Friends of Dorothy, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
Solo Exhibition, This Heart a Tender Chamber, Gallery 7, Madison, WI
Wherever Home Is, James Watrous Gallery, Madison, WI
Looking Backward, Looking Forward: 7th MassArt Alumni Biennial Juried Exhibition, Doran Gallery, Boston, MA
Echo // Ode, Backspace Gallery, Madison, WI
Metamorphosis Fashion Show, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
Solo Exhibition, Queer Joy Community Quilt, Kohler Art Library, Madison, WI
As Much As Humanly Possible, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
Body Language, Art + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
Solo Exhibition, I’ll tuck you in each night, Fluno Center, Madison, WI
Fruit by the Foot, Backspace Gallery, Madison, WI
Around the Bend, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Curator, Personal Time Machine, Frances Euphemia Thompson
Gallery, Boston, MA
ECHOLAND, Installation Space Gallery, North Adams, MA
Presentations & Conferences
2025
2025
2025
2023
2021
“Soft Places: Preserving the Lesbian Home Archive,” Panelist,
Lesbian Lives Conference, CUNY, New York City, NY
“An Interdisciplinary Review,” Artist Talk, Icelandic Textile
Center, Blönduós, Iceland
“Dreaming the Archive: Interdisciplinary Approaches,” Artist
Lecture, UW Art Colloquium, University of Wisconsin— Madison, Madison, WI
“Records of Wear: Visible Mending Workshop,” Facilitator,
Climate & Justice Teach-In, Massachusetts College of Art and
Design, Boston, MA
“Vampire, Vampire, Vampire: An Examination of Edvard
Munch's Iterative Process,” Featured Research Presenter,
University Massachusetts, Boston, NY
Grants & Professional Awards
2025
2024
2024
2023
2023
Global Engagement Office Summer Research Award
Division of the Arts Artivism Grant
Alegre Young Emerging Artist Scholarship
Eugene F. Dana Graduate Student in Art Scholarship
MassArt Departmental & Academic Honors