Meira Pomerantz has lived in Fort Lee, New Jersey for more than forty years. Growing up in Chicago she attended classes at the School of the Art Institute, became a fine arts major at University of Illinois, moved east to explore the possibilities of New York City and continue doing art for many years through self-discovery. Later attaining both a BS and MA in teaching from CCNY though making art was always a part of her life. After retiring from a career as a special educator she pursues printmaking, watercolor and other media. Meira has been acknowledged with a number of awards. These include First Place in Printmaking for the Tri-State Juried Group Show, 2024, Art Center of NNJ; First Place in Non-Professional Printmaking in the State of NJ Senior Art 2019, 2018 Competition; Second Place for both 2017, 2016 in the State of NJ Senior Art Competition. Meira was honored as a New Jersey Emerging Artist in 2019-2020 where she was awarded a solo exhibit by the Monmouth Museum. Since then she has participated in numerous exhibits in New Jersey and virtually.
Some recent exhibitions showing her artwork include:
September 2024-January 2025 NJ Arts Annual;
Exploring Our Connections, Montclair Art Museum
June - August 25, 2024 Center for Contemporary Printmaking: 9th Biennial FOOTPRINT International Competition, Norwalk, CT
June, 2024 Summer Spectrum: A Celebration of Light. Tri-State Juried Group Show, Art Center of NNJ
November 2023- Jan. 2024 Monmouth Museum Members Collective, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
October, 2023- Sisters In Art, Creative Mix, Group Show, Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ
Sept. 2023-August 18, 2024- Art Of Healing: Collaborative Exhibition, The Art School at Old Church and Englewood Health, Englewood Hospital, Englewood, NJ
September 2023 Sisters In Art, Creative Mix, Johnson Library, Hackensack, NJ

