Boston, United States
Meryl Prendergast is an artist that works at the intersection of textiles and photography to make art that sparks change. Prendergast holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with Minors in Photojournalism and Global Fashion Studies at Northeastern University. Prendergast is, at her core, a storyteller. S
he seeks to use textile and photographic work to make contemporary issues like climate change more understandable and potent. Her process begins with photography, oftentimes leading to the photographs being used to create a textile print or cyanotype. She is fascinated by how a material can be manipulated to tell a different story, and loves the magic process of making things slow by hand.
Blonduos, Iceland
My focus will be learning loom work and natural dyeing using the tools present at the Icelandic Textile Center to create textile experimentations inspired by the intense landscapes of Iceland.
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
minors in Global Fashion Studies and Photojournalism
United States
Drove 20,000 miles across the U.S. twice conducting creative research on the U.S. environmental crisis.
Designed a 24-look fashion collection on the U.S. environmental crisis, contrasting its beauty and its destruction.
Organized travel logistics for a team of eleven creatives for six-week film shoot
across twenty U.S. states.
Constructed twelve fashion looks to models’ proportions using pattern grading techniques and multiple fittings.
Edited and color graded one hour fashion film to be presented at month long solo art exhibition.
