Meghan Boody
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1964
Meghan Boody | |
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| Born | Margaret Liscomb Boody 1964 New York City |
| Education | Georgetown University, Parsons School of Design |
| Known for | Surrealism, Photography, Landscape Photography, Manipulated Photography, Human Figure Photography |
| Website | meghanboody |
Meghan Boody (born 1964) is an American artist. Her work consists largely of digitally manipulated photographs as well as some multimedia sculpture. It is surreal in nature – the surrealism movement began in 1924[1] – and heavily narrative, often focusing on themes of self discovery. The subject is usually a young girl, often elaborately dressed, who is placed in a bizarre setting.[2] In the 1990s she began working with Adobe Photoshop, creating digital work based on composite imagery, and is considered one of the first artists to use this technique effectively.[3]
Meghan Boody, born Margaret Liscomb Boody, was born in New York City in 1964.[2][4] She was the only adopted child of her older parents[5] and was raised on the upper east side.[6] Her father worked at Columbia University and her mother worked as a tester for the Education Records Bureau. She spent much time alone, as she was the only child of two working parents, and created worlds of her own incorporating her toys, dog, and pet mice. Her family spent time in Long Island during the summer and weekends. She says of the experience that she “felt liberated and less alone, roaming the fields barefoot and shirtless, making forts with the neighborhood kids.” In 1995 Meghan married James C. Ayer Jr., who worked as a portfolio manager. He graduated from Yale and Oxford. Their marriage did not last, but they have a son together, who Boody credits as an inspiration to her work. She noticed that after his birth her work became “a little lighter and more reality based”.[4]
Education and training
Meghan Boody went to Georgetown University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and French.[7] She travelled to Paris her junior year to study under famed philosophers Jacques Derrida and Jean François Lyotard.[4] In 1986 she moved to Paris, where she studied fashion design at Parsons. On a whim she enrolled in an introductory photography course and instantly took an interest in the medium. After studying in Paris, she returned to New York where she spent three years as an apprentice for Hans Namuth, a photographer. While working with him she began to incorporate interactive sculpture into her photography practice.[7]
