MEGAN BRADY (Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Pākehā) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.
Working across sculpture, installation, textiles, and sound, Megan’s practice explores the ways we navigate and connect with sites, often responding to the patterns and details of the environment.
Her work combines a deep engagement with themes of whakapapa, history, identity, and the family archive, with a focus on memories held within landscape. Through site-responsive installations, Megan invites viewers to engage with the sensory and sonic dimensions of space, fostering intimate connections between people, place, and the stories that shape both. Each project is a continual exploration of how her identity and artistic expression are influenced by her surroundings and ancestral heritage.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS
2025
The Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award. The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata. Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.
Welcome home. Hutch Gallery. Ōtepoti Dunedin.
... we all become all of these things. Blue Oyster Art Project Space. Ōtepoti Dunedin (solo).
Poipoia te Kākano. Forrester Gallery. Oamaru.
2024
Paemanu: Awa Toi - The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art. Meanjin Brisbane, Australia.
How to make a home. Objectspace. Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
The buildings notice me. Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery. Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.
Undercurrents. Te Ara Ātea. Rolleston.
Korihi te manu (for Reuben), mural commission. Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre. Ōtautahi Christchurch (solo).
2023
Spring Time is Heart-break: Contemporary Art in Aotearoa. Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. Ōtautahi Christchurch.
At home. Te Ara Ātea. Rolleston
Ahi Kōmau. Te Whare Tapere. Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Aerodynamicas. Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Te Mahi Peita. Tini Whetū Project Space. Ōtepoti Dunedin.
Te Hā. The Physics Room. Ōtautahi Christchurch.
2022
Where light and footsteps fold, mural commission. CoCA. Ōtautahi Christchurch (solo).
Matairaki. Blue Oyster Art Project Space. Ōtepoti Dunedin.
2021
Paemanu Tauraka Toi: A Landing Place. Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Ōtepoti Dunedin.
BIKED! The Crypt. Ōtepoti Dunedin.
And always there is a hum (with Cargo Bike Art Space). White Box. Ōtepoti Dunedin (solo).
Kei Waho i te Kēti - Out the gate. Community Gallery. Ōtepoti Dunedin.
Lay in measures (with Ed Ritchie). Enjoy Contemporary Art Space. Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.
Car go, car stop. Cargo Bike Art Space. Ōtepoti Dunedin.
2020
The florist sent the flowers was pleased. Favour. Ōtepoti Dunedin (solo).
we painted the walls with cracks. play_station. Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington.
Silent agreements (with Ed Ritchie). RM Gallery. Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
For today. Adjø. Ōtepoti Dunedin (solo).
2019
Mysterious object at noon. Laurel Project Space. Ōtepoti Dunedin.
Dead Reckoning (with Oliver Perkins). The Physics Room. Ōtautahi Christchurch.
2018
A quiet corner where we can talk. Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Ōtepoti Dunedin (solo).
EDUCATION
2017 Post Graduate Honours (First Class), Dunedin School of Art
2016 Bachelor of Visual Art with Distinction, Dunedin School of Art
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2025 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award - Finalist
2023 Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre Creative Residency, Ōtautahi
2023 Changing Threads Awards - Shortlist
2023 The Sutton House Artist in Residence, Ōtautahi
2016 Top in Sculpture, Dunedin School of Art
COLLECTIONS
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū Collection, Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand
University of Canterbury Art Collection, Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand
Paemanu Collection, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
Private Collections, Aotearoa New Zealand