Meg Wroe graduated in Fine Art from Central St Martins College of Art, University of the Arts, London.
Her painting, 'Gurpreet – Team India, Street Child World Cup, is selected for the 2011 Threadneedle Prize Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.
It will be displayed there from 22nd Sept – 3rd Oct 2011. As part of the 'People's Prize' the public are invited to vote for the painting of their choice.
Based in Holloway, North London, Meg combines her work as a freelance artist and creative workshop leader with a part-time post as an Occupational Therapist, working with children with special needs.
Her interest in street children initially came from a trip in 2006, when she visited Durban with the human rights organization Amos Trust, to see the work of a partner charity Umthombo. She saw at first hand the way this small charity enabled children forced to live on the streets to find a new start in life. While in Durban, she made drawings of the children, which, along with photos, she later used as the basis for her paintings.
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