Robert Meganck
Sound Affects
March 27 - April 18, 2026
Digital Archival Prints
Limited Edition, Signed and numbered
The “Sound Affects” exhibition consist of three sections, each presenting a connection between word (spoken or written) and image.
“Setlist” is a poster series highlighting different music genres. Each poster is a signed limited-edition 18 x 24-inch print. The “s” series of 100 are screenprints, the “g” series of 25 are archival pigment prints.
“See What I Hear” is a portfolio of images inspired by song lyrics. Each image is part of a 16x16 inch, limited edition, signed, archival pigments print series.
“I Heard It Through the Grapevine” is a portfolio visualizing quotes (mostly famous, some not so much). Each image is reproduced as 10x10-inch archival pigments print.
Artist Statement
Drawing is linear mark making. Drawing is a way of understanding the world and to record our ideas. Drawing is a personal activity. I illustrate to communicate an idea to an audience, but I draw for me. I visualize spoken and/or written text as an interpretive exercise. Illustration is simply drawing with a point – a point of view. You can doodle abstract lines on paper and identify it as a drawing, but if those same lines are drawn as a map for the purpose of giving someone directions, it is an illustration. The term “illustration” shares the same root and meaning as the word “illumination” (to shed light on, to explain). I am hopeful that this exhibition can help shed light on songs, music genres, and the written word.
— Robert Meganck
Robert Meganck, “Rock ‘n’ Roll,” 2026 Pigment Print, 24”x18”
Biography
Robert Meganck is Professor Emeritus of illustration, graphic design, color theory, and digital imaging in the Department of Communication Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, and a freelance editorial and children’s book illustrator. He is a former chair of the department and past president of Communication Design, Inc. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan, and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Robert has received over 300 regional, national, and international awards for his research and professional practice in illustration and graphic design, He has also been recognized for excellence by such organizations as The Society of Illustrators New York, The Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, American Illustration, and The Illustrators Club of Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia. His work has been included in a variety of national reviews, including Communication Arts Magazine’s Illustration and Design Annuals, American Illustration Annuals, Print Magazine’s Regional Design Annuals, The Society of Illustrators Annuals, and 3×3 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration.
Style Weekly (September 5, 2007) named Robert Meganck one of Richmond’s top 25 most influential artists.
Visit our SHOP to purchase artwork from this exhibition from March 27 - April 18, 2026.
“Locomotive Breath”, Pigment print, 16x16 inches
“Jazz”, Screen print, 18x24 inches
“Hallelujah”, Pigment print, 16x16 inches
“Bohemian Rhapsody”, Pigment print, 16x16 inches
“Blues”, Screen print, 18x24 inches