Margaret Ann Withers

I will be at the upcoming The Other Art Fair Brooklyn in October - stop by and say Hi!

I usually have some made-up story in my head that runs along with me as I paint. But this story will twist and turn and morph, so that when I'm done with the painting all that I'll have left are some blown apart bits. Narrative icons that are strewn within a curious abstract landscape.

Overall, my paintings are playful and full of joy, with just a hint of melancholy - they are my reaction to the world around me.
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BIO
I have shown my artwork in group and solo shows in New York City and nationwide, and internationally in Brussels, Australia, Berlin, China, Vienna and Russia. My art has been in past exhibits at The Drawing Center Museum in New York, Monmouth Museum in New Jersey, MarinMOCA in California and Attleboro Museum in Massachusetts. I've been awarded residency fellowships at the Millay Colony, MASS MoCA and Vermont Studio Center. My art and short stories been featured in multiple journals including the New England Review, Alexandria Quarterly and the Library as Incubator Project.
My work is included in numerous private and corporate collections, including Truninger AG in Zurich, Switzerland and the Hammond Museum, North Sal...

I'm a self-taught artist but I did take some art classes at CU Boulder and I have a BA in Literature from Texas A&M University. My day job is for the City of New York, where I deploy java code. I’ve been making art for over 30 years.

Solo Exhibitions
2022, Someway, Somehow, Here we are G-Spot Gallery, Houston, Texas
2016, Aren’t we all just here?, G-Spot Gallery, Houston, Texas
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
Two Person Group Show
2013 Striations at G Gallery, curated by Diane Barber, Houston, Texas
Five-Six Person Group Show
2023 In the Mix, The CAMP Gallery, Westport, CT
2016 Something Else, The Painting Center, NY, NY
2014 La Bellone Fait Le Mur! Trésor Caché at La Bellone, Brussels, Belgium
2013 Abstraction at William Baczek Fine Art, Northampton, MA
2013 Connecting the Dots at ISE Cultural Foundation, curated by Lovina Purple NY, NY

Museum Exhibits (Group Shows)
2015 A Diamond Called Outsider Art, pop-up show, curator Alessandro Berni, Queens Museum, NY
2015 36th Annual Exhibition, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
2014 National Fall Exhibition,selected by Betti-Sue Hertz, MarinMOCA, Novato, CA
2014 The Intuitionist curated by Lisa Sigal at The Drawing Center, NY, NY
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