Megita Denton
- Interdisciplinary 2026
Megita Denton is a Indigenous/French Intermedia artist hailing from the Texas and embedded into the Pacific Northwest region and cultures.
Megita exists and works in Oregon, Rhode Island, and Texas as each place holds artistic endeavors and roots. Megita was born on her grandmother’s couch in Galveston, Texas in 1979 and has been living and creating unconventionally ever since. Megita Denton’s Intermedia practice is grounded in the land, motivated by connection, and sculpted for positive social impact. Her recent site-specific public works are the next evolution of a practice that includes film, sound, metal and mixed media sculpture, painting, woodworking, fiber arts, photography, printmaking, large scale public murals, performance, composition, resilient landscape design, and artistic research.
Working to re-create and restore human connection to the natural world, Denton draws on her Indigenous perspective, her farmer’s knowledge of the land, and her diverse community collaborations. Making work that speaks of the traditions of the past and responds to the challenges of the present, Denton anchors our evolution and survival in our care of the land, offering alternative perspectives on the future.
Denton’s work is site responsive, collaborative, research based and is in conversation with all of these whilst aiming to evoke a balance to mediate the gravity of the contemporary social situation by introducing elements of play, rest, empathy, and curiosity.
Denton’s offer to view, interact with, share, and be in conversation with her work is an invitation to experience the interconnectedness of all beings. Her work has been shown in print publications, online platforms, and in a plethora of exhibitions such as: The City of Carlsbad Cannon Gallery, Fiber Arts Now Magazine, Oregon Contemporary Biennial, Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, and is currently a member of the Cyme Collective (PDX), Carnation Contemporary Collective, and The Yelling Choir.
Working to re-create and restore human connection to the natural world, Denton draws on her Indigenous perspective, her farmer’s knowledge of the land, and her diverse community collaborations. Making work that speaks of the traditions of the past and responds to the challenges of the present, Denton anchors our evolution and survival in our care of the land, offering alternative perspectives on the future.
Denton’s work is site responsive, collaborative, research based and is in conversation with all of these whilst aiming to evoke a balance to mediate the gravity of the contemporary social situation by introducing elements of play, rest, empathy, and curiosity.
Denton’s offer to view, interact with, share, and be in conversation with her work is an invitation to experience the interconnectedness of all beings. Her work has been shown in print publications, online platforms, and in a plethora of exhibitions such as: The City of Carlsbad Cannon Gallery, Fiber Arts Now Magazine, Oregon Contemporary Biennial, Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, and is currently a member of the Cyme Collective (PDX), Carnation Contemporary Collective, and The Yelling Choir.