Megan Tan

Hailing from Melbourne, Megan is a visual artist with a vocational background in accountancy. She has a BFA in Visual Art from Victorian College of the Arts, a BFA Honours from Monash University and a Graduate Certificate of Professional Accounting from RMIT University. She has received a Stuart Black Memorial Scholarship, a National Gallery of Victoria Women’s Association Award and the Daniel Dorall Prize. Megan’s essays have been published by Melbourne art imprints Discipline and un Projects. She is preoccupied with developing a curated program of artistic e-ink implementations in Melbourne and Chicago. The AFNGA AusArt Scholarship supports her MFA in Art at University of Illinois Chicago, where she will develop a thesis on printmaking and conceptual art’s potential for impactful monetary interventions. The MFA research is informed by Chicago’s history as a vital center for trade in the Midwest and an epicenter for global economic policy change.