Meredith Bergmann is a sculptor who for over 45 years has been making work that deals with complex themes in an accessible, beautiful and stimulating way. She works both on public monuments and on a private scale. She works for social justice and historical redress through her public art, and seeks out public commissions that explore issues of history, race, human rights and disabilities, as well as the power of poetry and music.
Nick Capasso, director of the Fitchburg Museum, has written: “As a contemporary artist, Meredith Bergmann relies on her knowledge of history and art history, as well as her considerable talent as a figurative sculptor, to forge enriching links between the past and the concerns of the present. Her success as a creator of public art stems from her ability to make free, imaginative use of the forms and symbols of traditional sculpture to address, in complex yet accessible ways, the multi-layered personal and societal concerns of modern life.”
Her public commissions include the 2020 Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument for NYC’s Central Park, the 2021 FDR Hope Memorial for Roosevelt Island, NYC, and the 2003 Boston Women’s Memorial on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston’s Back Bay. Her bronze Memorial to September 11th was installed in New York City’s Cathedral of St. John the Divine in 2012. She has recently unveiled Something Is Being Done, the first women’s memorial in the historic center of Lexington, MA, and is working on sculptures for Fitchburg, MA.
Bergmann’s articles, essays and reviews have appeared in The American Arts Quarterly, The New York Review of Art, The Tri Quarterly Review, and Sculpture Review. Her poems have appeared in many journals and anthologies. A Special Education was published in 2014 by EXOT Books and the self-illustrated The Dying Flush was published by EXOT in 2025.
She enjoys engaging with the public and sharing her love of history, art history, and the process of making public art through workshops, slide talks, tours, and site visits.
Boston Women's MemorialRicardo BarrosPhillis Wheatley, Boston Women's Memorial 2003Meredith BergmannWomen's Rights Pioneers Monument, 2020Meredith BergmannMemorial to September 11th for the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, NYCMeredith BergmannMarian Anderson, 2006Meredith BergmannFDR Hope Memorial, 2021Meredith BergmannHISTORIA TESTIS TEMPORUM: Pinky, 2010Michael BergmannFrances Perkins, 2024Meredith BergmannWomen's Liberty Monument, Lexington, MA: "Something Is Being Done", 2024Meredith Bergmann
