Margaret Grimes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
The Marsh King's Daughter,
72x48" oil on linen, 2000

 "The Woods at Night" 60"x60" Oil on Canvas
collection, National Academy of Sciences
Margaret Grimes pays homage to nature through close observation of her landscape near her studio in Washington, Connecticut.  She captures nature's complexity in images of tangled branches, profuse foliage and thickets of vines.  Motifs assume a majestic presence once reserved for representations of the human figure.

Janice Tomlinson
Arts in the Academy
National Academy of Sciences

 

 

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Education
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, M.F.A. 1980
Notre Dame University, Women Artists-in -Residence Workshop -1976
Governors State University, Chicago, ILL., B.A., M.A. 1972-75

One - Woman Exhibitions
The Silo, New Milford, CT 2002
National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC 2001
Washington Art Association, Washington, CT 2000
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 2000
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT 1998
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1998
“Landscape Paintings Of The Nineties", Samuel Chen Center For The Arts, Central CT State University,
     New Britain, CT 1997
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1996
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1994
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1992

Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA 1990
Western CT State University, Danbury, CT 1990
Washington Art Association, Washington, CT. 1990
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1990
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1988

Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1986
Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY 1986
Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA 1986
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1984
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1982
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1980

Green Mountain Gallery, New York, NY. 1979

Selected Group Exhibitions
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 2002
Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 2001
"Pride of Place" Gunn Museum, Washington, CT 2000

"Green Woods and Crystal Waters; The American Landscape Tradition”, 
     Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK 2000
     Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL 2000
    
Davenport Museum, Davenport, IA. 2000
Western CT State University, Danbury, CT 2000
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City. September 1999
Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 1999 
"Celebrating the Millennium", Bachelier-Cardonsky, Gallery Kent, CT. 1999
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1998
"Our Tenth Anniversary", Bachelier-Cardonsky, Gallery Kent, CT. 1998
Western CT State University, Danbury, CT 1998
Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 1997
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1997
Western CT State University, Danbury, CT 1996
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1996
"A Chaos of Delight", Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, Delaware. 1996
"Thirty Mile Circle" (with Jasper Johns, Jim Dine, Frank Stella, Peter Poskas, etc.), Bachelier-Cardonsky
      Gallery, Kent, CT. 1996
"Drawn to N.Y." Selected University of Pennsylvania Alumni, Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY. 1996
Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 1995
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NYBlue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1995
"The Four Seasons", Park Avenue Atrium, New York, NY. 1995
"Five Aspects of The American Landscape", Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, MA. 1995
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1994
Western CT State University, Danbury, CT 1994
"American Realism and Figurative Painting" curated by John Arthur (with Georgia O'Keefe, Elaine de Kooning, Andrew Wyeth, Neil Welliver, etc.) 1994
“Contemporary American Landscape", Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT. 1994
Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 1993
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1993
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1992
Western CT State University, Danbury, CT 1992
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1991
Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 1991
Western CT State University, Danbury, CT 1990
Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 1989
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY Annually 1980 - 1989
"79 Annual American Painting Show", Newport Museum, Newport, R.I., 1988
Western CT State University, Danbury, CT 1988
Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 1987
Katherina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York City 1987
Fischbach Gallery, New York City 1986
Fischbach Gallery, New York City 1985
Selected Alumni Exhibit, University of Pennsylvania, Gutman Center, New Hope, PA 1984
"Women Painters Today", The Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI 1983
“Painted Light", sponsored by the Artists Choice Museum, New York, traveled to the Reading Museum,
      Reading, PA. And Queens Museum, New York, NY 1983
"Rudy Burckhardt and Friends", (with Neil Welliver, Alex Katz and Willem de Kooning)
      Blue Mountain Gallery, New York City, 1981
Green Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 1979
"Works on Paper" Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown, MA 1978
"37th Annual Painting Exhibit" Woodmere Museum and Art Center, Philadelphia, PA 1977
"International Women's Art Festival" sponsored by the Ford Foundation, New York, NY 1976
College Art Associations of America CCA Convention, Chicago, IL 1971

Upcoming Exhibits
One Hundred Pearl Gallery, Hartford, CT Fall, 2002
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY 2003

Works Chosen For Publication
The Marsh King's Daughter V Connecticut Review (cover), Fall 2001
The Woods at Night, Green Woods and Crystal Waters Catalogue,
     University of Washington Press 1999

Dante 1, Jeff Wright, “Cover" Magazine, 1999
Bittersweet and Hemlock, The Artist in The American Landscape, John Driscoll,
     First Glance Books, 1998

Wild Grape, Paintings of New England, Carl Little, Down East Press, 1996
Forsynthia, Wilmington News-Journal, February 25,1996
Midsummer Icon, review of one-person exhibit “Cover" Magazine, Bill Sullivan, 1996
The Woods at Night, catalogue of “Contemporary American Realism and Figurative Painting”
     Exhibit, John Arthur.

Bittersweet and Hemlock review of one-person exhibit "Cover" Magazine, Eric Holzman.
Forsynthia, reproduced with interview with Fractals: The Patterns of Chaos, John Briggs,
     Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Bill's Porch Contemporary Women Artists Datebook, San Francisco, CA. 1988
Dwarf Apple New York Graphic Society, 1985.

Selected Collections
National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC
Andrew Forge and Ruth Miller, Washington, CT
Connecticut Insurance Group of North America, Hartford, CT.
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, Pittsburgh, PA.
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Welliver, Lincolnville, ME.
Mr. Lee Copeland, Dean, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, PA.
United States Tobacco Company, Greenwich, CT.
Bellvue Hospital, New York City
Queen City Savings Banks, New Jersey
Ethan Allen Inc., Danbury, CT

Awards and Honors
Connecticut State University/AAUP Research Grant 1995
Connecticut State University/AAUP Research Grant 1992
Connecticut State University Professorship, 1992 (Lifetime Distinguished Professor Award)
Connecticut State University/AAUP Research Grant 1990
Henry Barnard Foundation Distinguished Lectureship Award, 1990
Connecticut State University/AAUP Research Grant 1985

Teaching/Lecturing
Coordinator Master of Fine Arts Program, WCSU 2000-Present
Professor, WCSU, Danbury, CT 1980-Present
Visiting Artist- Hendrix College, Conway, AK Spring 2002
Visiting Artists - American University (MFA BFA Art in Italy) Corciano, Italy, Fall 2002
Guest Lecturer- Gunn Museum, Washington, CT 2000
Guest Lecturer (with Wolf Kahn and Barbara Rothenberg) Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, CT 1998
"Art and Nature: Response to Crisis" (other speakers included Lois Dodd, Hugh O'Donnell and
     Rainer Wittenbom) WCSU, Danbury, CT 1998
Guest Lecturer - Central CT State University, New Britain, CT 1998
"Conference on Liberal Arts and the Education of the Artists" School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 1998
Visiting Critic - Tanglewood Institute, Lenox, MA 1997
Visiting Critic - Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 1995
Artist/Critic - Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, VT 1995/1996
Guest Lecturer - Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA 1990

 

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