Born in Monroe, LA in 1975, Meredith Pardue is an acclaimed contemporary artistwhose work is widely recognized for its sinuous compositions of abstract formsevocative of botanical and geological elements.Upon earning a B.F.A. in Painting with an Art History minor from the SavannahCollege of Art + Design in 1998, Pardue traveled extensively across the U.S., drawinginspiration from the varied regions and coasts of the South, Southwest, PacificNorthwest, and Northeast, as well as France and the Caribbean.After completing her M.F.A. in Painting in 2003 at Parsons School of Design in NewYork City, Pardue accepted a full-time faculty position at the University of Louisianaat Monroe, where she taught both studio and art history courses in the Departmentof Fine Arts. In 2006 she left the university to devote herself entirely to the cultivationof her work and the advancement of her fine art career, soon establishingrepresentation in galleries throughout the U.S., London, Paris, and Singapore.Today, Pardue’s work continues to gain critical acclaim and is collected globally innotable private and corporate collections including Baylor, Scott + White Children’sHospital, BBVA Compass Bank, ExxonMobil Headquarters, Genstar Capital, J. CrewCorporate Headquarters, Marina Bay Sands Hotel + Casino, The Michael + SusanDell Foundation, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Norwegian Cruise Lines, OceaniaCruise Lines, Ritz Carlton, University of Texas at Austin, University of TexasSouthwestern Medical Center, Savannah College of Art + Design, SCAD FASHMuseum, and SCAD Hong Kong. Her work has been published in periodicalsincluding Architectural Digest, Dwell, Modern Luxury Interiors, New AmericanPaintings, and The Southern Review, and featured in productions of CBS Studios,CBS News Productions, Dreamworks, Echo Films, and FilmNation.Pardue lives and works in Austin, TX.