MARGIE LIVINGSTON
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Solo Exhibitions
2011
Paint Objects, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2009
Riff – New Paintings, Greg Kucera Gallery
2007
Hybrid, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
Betty Bowen Memorial Award Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum
Nexus, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2006
The Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
2005
The Structure Paintings, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
2004
An Introduction, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
2003
Art Center Gallery, Seattle Pacific University
2002
The Berlin Work, Gallery Space, Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA
2001
Personal Nature, SOIL, Seattle

Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Three-Dimensional Line, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirland, WA
Marked, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
Repertoire, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
Bloom and Decay, SOIL, Seattle
2010
Surface Tension, South Bend Museum of Art, Indiana
Show of Hands: Northwest Women Artists 1880-2010, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
Honoring 15 Years of Neddy Artist Fellows, Tacoma Art Museum
2009
Representing Abstraction, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
The 9th Northwest Biennial, juried by Alison de Lima and Rock Hushka, Tacoma Art Museum
2008
The Shenzhen Work, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
The Shenzhen Work, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen, China
Fresh Impressionism, Seattle Art Museum
2006
All in the Painted View, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
Exploded View, SOIL, Seattle
New Works Laboratory, 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle
Particular Places, juried by Bernard Chaet, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
2005
University of Washington School of Art First Annual Alumni Award, Jacob Lawrence Gallery
2004
Northwest Biennial: Buildingwise, juried by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Tacoma Art Museum
2003
Northwest Annual, juried by Esther Luttikhuizen, COCA, Seattle
The Last Judgment Project, curated by Stefano Catalani, Bumbershoot, Seattle
Paying Attention, juried by Susanna Coffey, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Young Seattle Artists, Howard House, Seattle
Flashpoint, SOIL, Seattle
2002
Intersection, Amerika Haus, Berlin, Germany
2001
Five Painters, SOIL, Seattle
2000
Homeland, Shoreline Community College, Seattle
1999
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

In Preparation
2011
LACE, Los Angeles
2012
Greg Kucera Gallery

Selected Awards
2011
Artsfund Annual Poster, Artsfund, Seattle
2010
Arts Innovator Award, Artist Trust, Seattle
Neddy Artist Fellowship for Painting, Seattle
PONCHO Artist-in Residence Award, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle
2009
Individual Artists Program, 4Culture, Seattle
2008
Artist in Residence, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen, China
GAP (Grants for Artist Projects) grant, Artist Trust, Seattle
2007
Contemporary Northwest Art Award Semi-Finalist, Portland Art Museum
2006
Betty Bowen Annual Memorial Award, Seattle Art Museum
City Artist Projects, Seattle
Individual Artists Program, 4Culture, Seattle
2005
University of Washington School of Art First Annual Alumni Award
2004
Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship
GAP (Grants for Artist Projects) grant, Artist Trust, Seattle
2001
Fulbright Scholarship to Germany, 2001–02
1998
Lockitch Scholarship, University of Washington
1996
Artist’s grant, Vermont Studio Center

Print, Online, and Digital Media
2011
Erin Langner. ARTIST VS. STUDIO: MARGIE LIVINGSTON. New American Paintings: JURIED EXHIBITIONS-IN-PRINT >Blog. April 20.
Rosemary Ponnekanti. Free Arts Month: Patterns, prints and paint at Kittredge. The New Tribune, January 19.
Jeannie R. Lee. Margie Livingston. ArtScene.
2010
Gayle Clemens. A High-Five for 130 Years of Female Artists. Seattle Times, July 31.
Barbara Matilsky. What Makes It Art? Whatcom Musuem Magazine, April.
2009
Suzanne Beal. Margie Livingston at Greg Kucera. Visual Art Source, November 23.
Jen Graves. Thoughts from Last Night's Artwalk. Slog, December 4.
Regina Hackett. Margie Livingston—Paint in the Room. Another Bouncing Ball.
Nancy Worssam. Local artists put an abstract spin on landscapes. Seattle Times, October 30.
Rosemary Ponnekanti. Minimal Biennial. News Tribune (Tacoma), February 3.
2007
Mathew Kangas. Margie Livingston at Greg Kucera. Art in America, December.
Gayle Clemens. Vivid Paintings Spring Up All Over. Seattle Times, April 13.
Jen Graves. 2007. Roots & Branches. The Stranger podcast, March 21.
2006
One Shot. Visual Codec.
Sheila Farr. New Works Lab Experiments Mix Old and New. Seattle Times, September 22.
Brian Libby. Mesmerizing Patterns of Form and Shape. The Oregonian, October 20.
2005
New American Paintings: Juried Exhibitions-in-Print, no. 61. Boston: Open Studios Press.
Gary Faigin. Review broadcast on KUOW's The Beat. April 20.
2003
Regina Hackett. Howard House Hits Hot Note with Its Young Artists Show. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 19.
Regina Hackett. Nature Becomes Artificial in the Hands of Artists at SOIL. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 14.

Collections
4Culture, King County Public Art Collection, Seattle
City of Seattle, Portable Works
The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen, China
Seattle Art Museum
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle
Tacoma Art Museum
University of Washington
Whatcom Museum

Professional Activities
Treasurer, Contemporary Art Council, Seattle Art Museum, 2005–2008
Artist in Residence, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, 2004
Member, SOIL Artist Cooperative, Seattle, 2000–present
Fund-raising chair, MFA Thesis Committee, University of Washington, 1998–1999
University of Washington Public Art Commission, 1998–1999

Teaching
Cornish School of the Arts, Seattle, 2010
Vermont College of Fine Arts, artist-teacher for low-residency MFA student, 2010
San Francisco Art Institute, summer MFA program, off-site guided-study mentor, 2008
Gage Academy, Seattle, 2001–2007
University of Washington School of Art, 1998–2007
Bellevue Art Museum School, Bellevue, WA, 2003

Education
1999
Master of Fine Arts, University of Washington


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