MARGIE LIVINGSTON
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Solo Exhibitions
2011
Repository, annual meeting of the Visual Artists Network, Tampa
Twenty Gallons, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE)
Paint Objects, Luis De Jesus Los Angeles
2009
Riff—New Paintings,Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
2007
Hybrid, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
Betty Bowen Memorial Award Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum
Nexus, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2006
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
2012
Matter in Transit, Kunstruimte 09, Groningen, the Netherlands
2011
Splash! Liquid Energy Spattered, Carnegie Museum, Oxnard, CA
Poncho Scholarship Exhibition, Pratt Gallery at the Tashiro Kaplan Building, Seattle
Three-Dimensional Line, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA
Marked, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma
Repertoire, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
Bloom and Decay, SOIL, Seattle
2010
Surface Tension, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, 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
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, University of Washington, Seattle
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 Music & Arts Festival, Seattle
Paying Attention, juried by Susanna Coffey, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Young Seattle Artists, Howard House, 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

Exhibitions in Preparation
2012
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle

Selected Awards and Commissions
2012
Artist in Residence, residency.ch (International Artists in Bern), PROGR: Zentrum für Kulturproduktion, Bern, Switzerland
CityArtist Projects grant, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
2011
Commission to create annual limited-edition poster for Artsfund, Seattle
Individual Artists Program grant, 4Culture, Seattle
2010
Arts Innovator Award, Artist Trust, Seattle
Neddy Artist Fellowship in Painting
2009
Individual Artists Program grant, 4Culture, Seattle
2008
Selection as Artist in Residence, Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen, China
GAP (Grants for Artist Projects) grant, Artist Trust, Seattle
2007
Contemporary Northwest Art Award, semifinalist, Portland Art Museum
2006
Betty Bowen Annual Memorial Award, Seattle Art Museum
CityArtist Projects grant, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs
Individual Artists Program grant, 4Culture, Seattle
2005
First Annual Alumni Award, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle
2004
Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission fellowship
GAP (Grants for Artist Projects) grant, Artist Trust, Seattle
Selection as Artist In Residence, Museum of Glass, Tacoma
2001
Fulbright Scholarship to Germany, 2001–2002
1998
Lockitch Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle
1996
Artist’s grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Media
Suzanne Beal, "Margie Livingston at Greg Kucera," Visual Art Source (website), November 23, 2009.
Gayle Clemens, "Vivid Paintings Spring Up All Over," Seattle Times, April 13, 2007.
_______, "A High-Five for 130 Years of Female Artists," Seattle Times, July 31, 2010.
Gary Faigin, review on The Beat broadcast, KUOW radio, Seattle, April 20, 2005.
Sheila Farr, "New Works Lab Experiments Mix Old and New," Seattle Times, September 22, 2006.
Jen Graves, "Roots & Branches," review on podcast sponsored by The Stranger, March 21, 2007.
_______, "Thoughts from Last Night's Artwalk," Slog (blog sponsored by The Stranger), December 4, 2009.
Regina Hackett, "Nature Becomes Artificial in the Hands of Artists at SOIL," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 14, 2003.
_______, "Howard House Hits Hot Note with Its Young Artists Show," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 19, 2003.
_______, "Margie Livingston—Paint in the Room," Another Bouncing Ball (blog), 2009.
Tracey Harnish, "Margie Livingston: Paint Objects," Artweek.LA, January 31, 2011.
_______, "Margie Livingston," LA Art Diary (blog), February 9, 2011.
_______, "Top 10 Art Shows of 2011," Artweek.LA, January 20, 2012.
Matthew Kangas, "Margie Livingston at Greg Kucera," Art in America, December 2007.
Erin Langner, "Artist vs. Studio: Margie Livingston," New American Painting: Juried Exhibitions-in-Print (blog), April 20, 2011.
Jeannie R. Lee, "Margie Livingston," ArtScene (website), 2011.
Brian Libby, "Mesmerizing Patterns of Form and Shape," The Oregonian, October 20, 2006.
Barbara Matilsky, "What Makes It Art?," Inside Whatcom Museum (quarterly newsletter), April 2010.
Featured in New American Paintings: Juried Exhibitions-in-Print, no. 61. Boston: Open Studios Press, 2005.
Featured in One Shot. Seattle: Visual Codec, 2006.
Elizabeth Parker, "National Performance Network Brings Unfamiliar Art Through POD Installation," St. Petersburg Times, December 7, 2011.
Rosemary Ponnekanti, "Minimal Biennial," News Tribune (Tacoma), February 3, 2009.
_______, "Free Arts Month: Patterns, Prints and Paint at Kittredge," News Tribune (Tacoma), January 19, 2011.
Noah Simblist, "Margie Livingston: The Archaeology of Practice," Daily Serving: An International Publication for Contemporary Art (website), June 9, 2011.
Nancy Worssam, "Local Artists Put an Abstract Spin on Landscapes," Seattle Times, October 30, 2009.

Collections
EnCap Investments, Houston
4Culture, Seattle
Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
King County Public Art Collection, Seattle
Portable Works collection, City of Seattle
Polyclinic, Seattle
Seattle Art Museum
Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, Shenzhen, China
Swedish Medical Center, Seattle
Tacoma Art Museum
University of Washington, Seattle
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA

Professional Activities
2005–2008
Treasurer, Contemporary Art Council, Seattle Art Museum
2000–present
Member, SOIL (artist-run gallery), Seattle
1998–1999
Fund-raising chair, MFA Thesis Committee, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle
Member, Public Art Commission, University of Washington, Seattle

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

Education
MFA, University of Washington


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