Margo Perkins

Margo Perkins is a Southern Appalachian, Atlanta-based multidisciplinary artist known for her process-orientated, mixed-media practice in painting, mural, and sculpture work.

Today, Perkins creates expressionistic, abstract paintings by exploring an intuitive, movement-based approach. In her practice, she incorporates the skills and traditions passed down to her from generations, often merging disciplines such as painting, drawing, sculpture, and textile mediums. Her work explores childhood memories' nostalgic, freely associative qualities through spontaneity and playfulness.

Moving quickly and curiously, she manipulates her materials at the moment while working with their unique characteristics through oil, acrylic, and watercolor mediums. She creates texture by applying dynamic brushstrokes, sometimes incorporating fabric and paper collages into her pieces.

The tangibility of her methods allows Margo to be more attuned to physically processing memories from the past through repetitive movements. Building in layers and patterns, her paintings evolve from cathartic gestures into a spirited expression of the world around her.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing
The University of Tennessee

Bachelor of Science, Digital Media
East Tennessee State University