Ethan Meyers (b. North Carolina, United States) is a contemporary figure painter. He has a BFA from Appalachian State University, focusing in Oil painting. Ethan explores interpretations of figures, scenery, and emotions through an interplay of abstraction and realism. Current work orbits around the idea of what it means to be human and the delicacy of life and death.
Ethan was awarded the Grand Prize in the Robbie’s Hope 2025 Hall of Personal Expression contest with his oil on canvas piece, pictured below, titled “Calm”, and is part of the Robbie’s Hope Hall of Personal Expression collection.
Ethan was selected in both SILA 64s and Communication Arts 2026 illustrator magazines, and won a south east regional ADDY award. Recent exhibitions he’s been featured in include “Through Their Eyes” at the DMCA, “Mend The Gap” group exhibition at the Smith Gallery, the “Sonder” group exhibition at the Nth Gallery, and several others. He’s been featured in the 2024 and 2023 Vision Fever zine of emerging artists as well as being featured in the latest release of Riot Productions Magazine.
“My art is a language I use to speak with my grief. In the quiet aftermath of loss, when words fail or feel too small, I turn to visual expression as a way to navigate absence, memory, and healing. Each piece I create is a conversation with what is no longer here, a way of holding onto what once was, and a space for transformation.
Through painting, I explore the textures of sorrow, the weight of silence, and the subtle moments where light returns. Grief is not a singular event but an ongoing process—and my work lives in that in-between space: the tension of remembering and the effort of moving forward.
My hope is not only to honor what has been lost but also to offer viewers a space to reflect on their own journeys through grief, in whatever form it takes.” – Ethan
Follow Ethan at https://ethanmeyersart.squarespace.com/
