This April, STATE Gallery and Studios at The Forge Nashville is proud to present Hide and Seek: The Work of Meg ‘Pie’ Pollard. Meg is a 2022/2023 recipient of the STATE Gallery and Studios Scholarship Program, supported by The Tennessee Titans Foundation, The LaRoche Family Foundation and The Hays Family Foundation among others. 

The exhibition will open with a public reception on Saturday, April 15th from 6pm to 10pm, and run through Tuesday, May 9th. STATE Gallery at The Forge is open to the public for viewing Monday through Friday from 10am to 6pm, or by appointment with the Artistic Director. 

Meg ‘Pie’ Pollard is a painter and muralist originally from Nashville, TN. Her work, instantly recognizable for its ornate take on street-art aesthetic and resolute focus on portraiture, is both finely rendered and deeply expressive. 

As its title suggests, the meaning behind Hide and Seek is both shrouded and on full display - whether symbolic or self-evident, Meg’s references are intentionally playful, dropped in like little hints along our journey in viewing.  

Her characters become a way to express various sides of her greater self - demonstrating the ability of art to manifest physically our more intangible, inner worlds. Clever for their dual nature - simplicity and complexity, revealed and concealed, derivative and personal - the works are a way for Meg to make real the reflections she feels inwardly. 

As she states, “I’m telling a lot without telling a lot. You can see it if you’re looking for it. I’m decoding myself by painting how I feel or what I want to look at by making it a visual. I like to be playful and paint what my younger self would like to see.”

Hide and Seek opens to the public on Saturday, April 15th from 6pm to 10pm; we hope that you can join us for the reception, sponsored by Bearded Iris Brewing, and feel free to reach out with any further inquiry utilizing the contact information below.