Merrily Tompkins

(American, born 1947, died 2018)

Artist Merrily Tompkins (1947-2018) created narrative, figurative sculpture and jewelry out of found objects and also worked with paper.

Tompkins was born in Everett, Washington. She studied at the University of Washington in Seattle and Central Washington University in Ellensburg. Tompkins served as a jewelry instructor at Seward Park Art Studio in Seattle, Centrum Foundation in Port Angeles on the Olympic Peninsula, and the Factory of Visual Art in Seattle. She served as an artist-in-residence at The Evergreen State College and Yakima Public Schools.