Margaret Withers

Page 1 | Biography

Born: Austin, Texas USA
Lives: Brooklyn, NY USA

Education
BA, English Literature, 2003, Texas A&M; University

Solo Exhibitions
13 (Nov) One Mind�s Imagining into Another at Landau Gallery, Belmont Hill School, Belmont, MA
2012 Painting the American Anti-Story at Arcilesi & Homberg Fine Art (AHA), Brooklyn, NY
2011 my pockets are full of you, Curator: Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art pop-up show, NY, NY
2010 feeling untethered I laid down my memories at Amos Eno Gallery, NY, NY
2006 ashy tongues whispering in smokey ears at Next Gallery, Denver, CO


Group Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
2013 Connecting the Dots at ISE Cultural Foundation, curated by Lovina Purple NY, NY
2013 A Time in Arcadia at Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
2013 AS Boom and Bloom at The Phatory, curated by Jill Conner, NY, NY
2013 Wide Open 4 at BWAC, juror Carrie Springer, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Gallery 263 Group Show at Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2013 Das Wird Sich Alles Finden at Arts Collinwood, Cleveland, Ohio
2013 Stuck Pop-Up Show by Arcilesi and Homberg Fine Art, curated by Ariel Herman NY, NY
2013 AS Pop-up Show at Studio of La Thoreiel Badenhausen, curated by Jill Conner NY, NY
2012 Das Wird Sich Alles Finden at Bloc Project Space, Sheffield, UK
2012 Recess at Arcilesi & Homberg Fine Art (AHA), Brooklyn, NY
2012 Color at BWAC, juror Brooke Kamin Rapaport,Brooklyn, NY
2012 Works on Paper at Jeffrey Leder Gallery, NY, NY
2012 Remembering at Attleboro Arts Museum, Attelboro, MA
2012 Annual Competition at SAAC, juror Manuela Well-Off-Man, El Dorado, AK
2012 Wide Open 3, juror Charlotte Kotik at BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
2012 WannA Piece?, Curator: Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art pop-up show, NY, NY
2011 Sorry 4 the Wait, Curator: Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art pop-up show, NY, NY
2011 Glimpses Beyond, Curator: Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art pop-up show, NY, NY
2011 110�: 2011 Summer Group Show at Cohn Drennan Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2011 Identity Shift Migration, Identity & Longing, Curator:Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art, NY,NY
2011 Wide Open 2, juror Nathan Trotmanat BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
2011 In Vivid Color at Gallery M, Vienna, Austria
2011 Better by the Dozen at BAU, Beacon, NY
2011 Natural Selection 2.0 at DSU, Madison, South Dakota
2010 Confluences of Culture VI at Walter Wickiser Gallery, NY, NY
2010 Crossroads/Seven Acts at Amos Eno Gallery, NY, NY
2009 Confluences of Culture IV at Walter Wickiser Gallery, NY, NY
2009 Exhibit 0/1 at 25-Kadr Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2006 Open Show at Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2006 Group Open Exhibit at Next Gallery, Denver, CO
2003 Scene/Unscene 03 at Runnels Gallery, ENMU Portales, NM
2003 Black & White at Art Center at Fuller Lodge Los Alamos, NM
Fairs
2011/12/13 Brussels Accessible Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2012/13 Fountain New York, represented by Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art, NY, NY
2012 DUMBO Art Festival, NY, represented by Arcilesi & Homberg Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Affordable Art Fair, NY, represented by Galerie Juliane Hundertmark, Berlin, Germany
2012 Fountain New York, represented by Art for Progress NY, NY
2011/2012Aqua 11/12, represented by William Baczek Fine Arts, Miami, FL
2011 Fountain Miami, represented by Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art, Miami, FL
2011 Berliner-Liste 2011, B-74, Berlin, Germany
2011 Beijing Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Gallery M Beijing, China
2011 Verge Art Fair, represented by Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, NY
Benefit Group Exhibitions
2013 Issue Project Room Art Lottery Fund Raiser, curator Stephen Maine, NY, NY
2011/13 Spring Benefit and Auction for the Learning School, NY, NY
2012 Nurture Art Benefit at Charles Bank Gallery, NY, NY
2012 BWYLove2012 Rema Hort Mann Foundation at The Hole NYC, NY, NY
2011 BWYLove2011 Rema Hort Mann Foundation at Marianne Boesky Gallery, NY, NY
2010 May Day Power to the People group show at Feature, Inc., NY, NY


Bibliography
Born in Austin, Texas, Margaret Withers received her BA in Literature from Texas A&M; University in 2003. In 2004 she attended CU Boulder�s MFA program but did not matriculate, instead deciding to move to New York in 2006. Withers has shown extensively in New York City, around the US, and internationally in Vienna, Berlin, Brussels, Hong Kong and Moscow. Her work is included in multiple private collections and has won numerous awards, including a fellowship for Vermont Studio Residency in 2012 and the Millay Colony in 2013.

Grants/Awards
2013 Residency Fellowship, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
2013 Vermont Studio Residency (Fellowship recipient)
2012 Art Kudos International - �Award of Distinction� judged by David Cohen of ArtCritical
2012 SAAC; Best in Show, awarded by Curator Manuela Well-Off-Man
2012 BWAC; Best Watercolor, awarded by Curator Brooke Kamin Rapaport


Projects
13 (Nov) One Mind�s Imagining into Another - Tin Can phone sound installation at Landau Gallery, Belmont Hill School, Belmont, MA
2003 �Finderskeepers Art Project Texas-19 paintings, one story - you find it you keep it�


Publications
The Artist Catalogue, Summer 2013, Volume 2, Issue 2
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 17 Spring 2012 (selected by: Trevor Richardson)
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 16 Fall 2011 (selected by: Curator Ian Berry)
New American Paintings Northeastern ed. #92 (selected by: MoMA Curator Laura Hoptman)