Meredith Mulhearn

Artist Statement & Bio

Ridgefield, Connecticut based conceptual artist, Meredith Mulhearn, has been using the artistic process to push the boundaries of traditional botanical illustration. Meredith has had a lifelong passion for art, and began feverishly creating from the moment she could grasp a crayon. In fact, her pediatrician foretold Meredith’s future as an artist, based on her fine motor skills as a young child. 

Meredith focuses on the human struggle to maintain our connection to the natural world. Her work features unconventional materials, from glass fragments to thermo-chromic paint that changes color with human touch (yes, she actually allows the viewer touch some of her artwork).

Meredith is most well known for her work around the topic of plant blindness: the inability to see or notice the plants in one’s own environment. This phenomena has far reaching implications in terms of plant conservation, which she also explores through her work. The current environment, one of technological advancement and busy lives, hinders our fragile relationship with plants that we once engaged with daily. 

Meredith’s work takes the viewer on a journey of self-exploration, considering their own vulnerability to this phenomenon. In doing so, she aspires to foster a new appreciation and understanding of our need to engage with the plants that sustain our lives. Meredith graduated cum laude from Wake Forest University with a major in studio art and a minor in art history. Additionally, she studied botanical illustration at the New York Botanical Gardens. She holds an MA in Art Therapy from New York University. Meredith is a member of the RPAC Art Center and the Ridgefield Guild of Artists. Meredith is a local artist based in Ridgefield CT.