07/30/2026
Let's give a warm welcome to our new Education Outreach Coordinator Melih Meric! . We're excited to have them join the team. As they step into the role, we also want to thank Nyki Fetterman, who previously served as our Education Outreach Coordinator, for their contributions to Summit Artspace. We wish them all the best in their next chapter.
Learn more about Melih and his work:
website: https://www.melihmericstudio.com/
Recent Exhibition: https://www.printcenternewyork.org/new-voices-2026
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Artist Bio: Melih Meric (b.1998, Istanbul/Turkey) is a printmaker and educator. They received their MFA in Print Media from Cranbrook Academy of Art, and BA from Bennington College in Printmaking. Melih has been an educator through the Essential Experiences program in partnership with APS, serving as a Gallery Teacher at the Akron Art Museum and previously as Educator at the Akron Children’s Museum.
Their visual arts practice explores a spiritual journey through Islamic geometric abstraction. Using printmaking as their main medium, they create works that talk about diaspora, assimilation and a combination of Middle Eastern traditional practices. Their works combine traditional pattern making and a contemporary way of creating editions of prints. With a passion for pattern and paper, they use innovative methods of printmaking and textile arts to create stitched editions and embossed works on paper. Their works have been exhibited in NYC, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Vermont, Texas and internationally in Germany, Australia, Netherlands, Austria, and Turkey.
They received the Individual Excellence in Visual Arts Award by the Ohio Arts Council in 2025, and serve as a member of the selection committee for Waterloo Arts Gallery in Cleveland.
We're proud to say the Summit Artspace team is 100% artist-led.
