Megan Elizabeth Euker (born 1983) is an Italian and American artist and designer.

Career

Since 2008, Euker has exhibited artwork internationally at museums and galleries (represented by ''Linda Warren Projects''). She did a solo exhibition, ''The Cure'' at The '' International Museum of Surgical Science'' (IMSS) in

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. She has curated three exhibitions of her students work at the IMSS, Chicago, featuring medical devices created under her mentorship. Euker has also been featured at ''Matthew Rachman Gallery'' The ''

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'', ''The Storefront Project'', New York. and other galleries and venues. Euker's artwork has appeared on the covers of

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Bestselling book ''Flight of the Rondone'', by Patrick Girondi published by

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, as well as ''New City'' by Patrick Girondi published Skyhorse Publishing. Her work has also appeared on the cover of ''The Philosophy of Sex'' by Raja Halwani and the music albums ''Orphan’s Return'' and ''Orphan's Final Chapter'' (Patrick Girondi & the Orphan's Dream). Euker works with ''San Rocco Therapeutics'' as the Project Manager in their efforts to bring a safe and accessible gene therapy cure to patients with

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and

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. She has taught at

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; and the

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in Siracusa,

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Education

Euker was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1983. She earned both BFA and MFA degrees from the

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between 2005 and 2007. She is a two-time

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grant recipient to

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References

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