EDUCATION
Arts and Culture Strategy Course, University of Pennsylvania and National Arts Strategies
MFA Painting, Landscape Studies Minor, New Mexico State University
BFA Painting, State University of New York, College at New Paltz
Foundation Program, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
GALLERY AFFILIATION
Rosalux Gallery, 315 West 48th Street, Minneapolis, MN
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Don’t Go Into The Light, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2019 Invisible Present, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (Catalog)
2019 Intersection 53, Waseca Art Center, Waseca MN (Catalog)
2016 Present Tense, Marian Gallery, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI (with artist Betsy Alwin)
2013 Nearer Than Eden, Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery, Providence College, Providence, RI
2012 Intimate Distance, Bing Gallery, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA
2011 Seven Paintings, No Globe Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Vis⋅it, Transverse Gallery, Morse Historic Site, Poughkeepsie, NY
2003 My Olana, a site-specific work created for Limited Web, Queens, NY (Jonathan Santos, curator)
2001 The New Mexico Paintings, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
2000 The Visible and the Visual, Corbett Center Gallery, Las Cruces, NM (with artist Frank Rimbach)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Analog, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2019 A Fusion of Art and Science, Coffman Gallery, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, MN
2019 The Water Show, Schroeder Hall Art Gallery, Illinois State University, Normal, IL (Invitational)
2015 Arcadia: On the Contemporary Pastoral, Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts (Steve Locke, curator)
39X17, La Galleria at LaMaMa, New York, NY (Elise Giardella, curator)
Artists On Site, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, CT (Invitational)
2014 Rising Waters, Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY
2013 Farm to Table, Barter Town (Trading Post XI: The Magic Feathers), Dumbo Arts Festival, NY (Heather Hart, curator)
Land Ho!, Virginia Commonwealth University Fine Arts Gallery, Richmond, VA (Ridley Howard, curator)
2012 Sativum?Sativum, Barter Town (Trading Post X: Tomorrow-morrow Land), Dumbo Arts Festival (Heather Hart, curator)
2010 Grey Matter, The Painting Center, New York, NY (Catalog, Matthew Farina and Rachael Wren, curators)
Black & White, Gallery 61, NYIT, New York, NY (Jennifer Mitchell, curator)
2007 Chain Mail, Samson Projects, Boston, MA (Invitational)
Winter, Gallery 61, NYIT, New York, NY (Jennifer Mitchell, curator)
2003 PMA Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (Catalog, Ellen Miller, Johnnie Winona Ross, Judith Stein, jurors)
2001 Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
Cuchifritos Benefit Exhibition, Sarah Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY (Invitational)
PMA Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME (Catalog, Lois Dodd, Harry Philbrick, Mary Ryan, jurors)
Landscapes: Real and Imagined, Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY (Anthony Grant, juror)
Skowhegan Alumni Exhibition, Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY (Invitational)
2000 Scene/Unseen, Runnels Gallery, Eastern New Mexico State University, Portales, NM (William T. Wiley, juror)
Bowery Gallery Annual Exhibition, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY (Joan Snyder, juror)
Contemporary Painting, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT (Andrew Forge, juror)
New American Paintings: The MFA Annual, Open Studio Press (Klaus Kertess, juror)
1999 Brave New World, McCray Gallery, Western New Mexico State University, Silver City, NM
En Plain Air, Desert Crossing Gallery, El Paso, TX
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND RESIDENCIES
2022 Creative Support for Individuals Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board
2021 Creative Support for Individuals Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board
2019 Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board
2018 Artist in Residence, Cedar Creek Ecological Science Reserve, Bethel, MN (March 1 – Dec. 31)
2009 Artist in Residence, MacDowell, Peterborough, NH (January 7 - 21)
Future Leadership Fellow, National Arts Strategies, Washington, DC
Artist in Residence, Weir Farm Art Center, Weir Farm National Historic Park, Wilton, CT (May 18 - June 14)
2007 Artist in Residence, MacDowell, Peterborough, NH (July 10 - August 10)
2006 Project Grant, For The Record, Beacon, NY
2005 Artist in Residence, Henry Street Settlement, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2001 Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY
2000 Fellowship Grant, Stobart Foundation, Beverly, MA
Rulon-Miller Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME
Artist in Residence, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1999 Scholarship, El Paso Community Foundation
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2023 Faculty, Pre-College Summer Session, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN
2023-17 Photography Program Manager, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, MN
2022 Faculty, Chautauqua Visual Arts, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York
2021-22 Faculty, Pre-College Summer Session, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, MN
2016-18 Graduate Mentor, Minneapolis College of Art & Design MFA Program, Minneapolis, MN
2014-16 Faculty, Art New England, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
2007-14 Director, Fabrication Laboratory, School of Architecture and Design, New York Institute of Technology, NY, NY
2005-06 Sculpture Associate, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
2001-03 Dean, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 Photography Instructor, Minneapolis College of Art & Design Pre-College Program, Minneapolis, MN
2022 Painting Instructor, Chautauqua Visual Arts, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York
2021 Photography Instructor, Minneapolis College of Art & Design Continuing Education, Minneapolis, MN
2020-21 Drawing Instructor, Minneapolis College of Art & Design Pre-College Program, Minneapolis, MN
2017-22 Photography Instructor, Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska, MN 2017-2022
2014-16 Painting Instructor, Art New England, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA
2005-14 Adjunct Drawing Instructor, School of Architecture and Design, New York Institute of Technology, New York, NY
ARTIST PRESENTATIONS
2022 Sarah Lawrence College, Department of Art, Gallery Talk via Zoom, November 9
2020 Sarah Lawrence College, Department of Art, Online, October 14
2019 Cedar Creek ESR, University of Minnesota, October 5
2018 Cedar Creek ESR, University of Minnesota, September 22
2017 Graduate Program, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM March 29
2016 Art New England, Bennington VT, July 28
Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI Thursday, Sept. 29
2015 Art New England, Bennington VT, August 6
"Varieties of Nature Experience - a Monologue," Presenting at 17, New York, NY, July 26
2014 Art New England, Bennington VT, July 24
2012 Gallery Talk, Bing Gallery, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, IA, January 12
2011 Gallery Talk, No Globe Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY, December 3
2009 Wilton Library, Wilton, CT, June 10
2006 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, East Madison, ME, July 8
2005 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, East Madison, ME, July 9
2003 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, East Madison, ME, July 5
2002 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, East Madison, ME, July 6
2001 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, East Madison, ME, July 7
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, March 14
2000 "The City as Wilderness in Early 20th Century Painting," Art and Environment seminar, NMSU, Las Cruces, NM
VISITING CRITIQUES
2022 Senior Studio, Sarah Lawrence College, Yonkers, New York, Wed, November 16
MFA Review, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, March 28
2021 MFA Review, Minneapolis College of Art & Design, Minneapolis, Wed, March 24
2016 Career Seminar, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee, WI, Friday, Sept. 30
2014 MFA Seminar, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Wednesday, April 30
2013 Senior Seminar, Providence College, Providence, RI, Thursday, March 21
2010 MFA Seminar, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Tuesday, April 20 2010
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE
2023 Public Program, Climate Resilient Landscapes, Audubon Chapter, Minneapolis, MN, March 282023
2022 Public Program, Radical Resilience, Rosalux Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, November 19 2022
2020 Juror, Minnesota Nature Photography Club, Minneapolis, MN
2020 Juror, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve AIR Program, East Bethel, MN
2019 Juror, Arboretum Photography Society, Chaska, MN 2019
Juror, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve AIR Program, East Bethel, MN
2012 Panelist, Weir Farm NHP Long Range Interpretive Planning Conference, Wilton, CT
2011 Juror, Selection Panel, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY
Trail Crew, New York New Jersey Trail Conference, Bronx, NY
Woods Restoration Crew, Prospect Park Alliance, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Curator, “Reaganography,” No Globe Exhibition Space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Residency Program Consultant, Weir Farm National Historic Site Artist in Residence Program, Wilton CT
2008 Juror, Selection Panel,Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY
2000 Landscape Designer, Habitat For Humanity Home, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Art Acquisitions Committee, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nicole Thomas, “Artists and Gardens: Shelterwood Gardens” MPLSART.COM, August 9, 2023 (online article) https://www.mplsart.com/written/2023/08/artists-and-gardens-shelterwood-gardens
Ellen Mueller, “Questions on “Don’t Go Into the Light” by Frank James Meuschke at Rosalux “ Art Sprawl, November 16, 2022 https://art-sprawl.com/2022/11/16/questions-on-dont-go-into-the-light-by-frank-james-meuschke-at-rosalux/
Hailey Almsted, “Photographer Weaves Together Art and Environmentalism at Cedar Creek” Lake Minnetonka Magazine, Minneapolis, MN, March 2020 issue (article) https://lakeminnetonkamag.com/photographer-weaves-together-art-and- environmentalism-cedar-creek
Natalie Rademacher, “Art exhibit in Coffman Union highlights work at the U's Cedar Creek” Minnesota Daily, Minneapolis, MN, January 16, 2020 (article) https://www.mndaily.com/article/2019/11/n-art-exhibit-in-coffman-union-highlightswork- at-the-us-cedar-creek
Sheila Regan, “Coco Fusco in Northfield, Halloween at the Walker, and Other Art Happenings” City Pages, Minneapolis, MN, October 29, 2019 (preview) http://www.citypages.com/arts/coco-fusco-in-northfield-halloween-at-the-walker-and-other-art-happenings-this-week/564038831 (link 404)
Emily Chapman, “In the Present Moment: Work by Frank Meuschke and Betsy Alwin,” Arches, Milwaukee, WI, October 6, 2016 (interview) http://archesnews.com/in-the-present-moment-work-by-frank-meuschke-and-betsy-alwin/
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Cate McQuaid, "Painter Locke Focuses Tension Between Natural World and Culture," Boston Globe, Boston, MA, August 18, 2015 (review) https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2015/08/18/galler/wiuaJfyIcHUumE86497sFO/story.html
Cate McQuaid, Exhibition announcement with image, Boston Globe, Boston, MA, July 8, 2015 (announcement) https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2015/07/08/week-aheadarts.html (link 404)
Steve Locke, "One Question," Art and Everything Thereafter, January 2014 (online interview) http://artandeverythingafter.com/one-question-frank-meuschke/ (link 404)
Mike Sorgatz, "Grey Matter at the Painting Center," Art in New York City, June 22, 2011 (announcement) http://www.artinnewyorkcity.com/2011/06/22/grey-matter-at-the-painting-center/
Joy Wang, "Last Chance Foods" WNYC.org, May 27, 2011 (accompanied radio interview) http://www.wnyc.org/story/137216-last-chance-foods-pea-shoots-pea-scores/
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Kevin Regan, "The US President That Just Won't Go Away," Hyperallergic, November 11, 2009 (online review) http://hyperallergic.com/1014/reaganography
Kate Murphy, "Lead Is a Concern for Urban Gardens," New York Times, May 13, 2009. Page D1, New York Edition (article) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/14/garden/14lead.html