Artists Meagan Killian
SUMMER 2026 RESIDENT · MAY – AUG
Meagan Killian
Architectural physiology
Meagan Killian is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores what she calls “architectural physiology,” the meeting point between the human body and the built environment. She completed her MFA at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York, and joined Manchester AIR at The Factory on Willow in Manchester, New Hampshire, for the Summer 2026 session.
About the work
Killian’s research centers on the parallels between anatomy and cathedral architecture: ribs and vaults, spines and naves, the structures that hold a body upright and the ones that hold a building aloft. Her work asks how sacred architecture mirrors the body, and how the body might be read as a kind of architecture in its own right.
Selected highlights
MFA, University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Recognized for her MFA thesis project at the University at Buffalo’s 2025 Celebration of Student Academic Excellence
