Margaret Grimes N.A.
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860.868.7497
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Education 
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; M.F.A. 1980
Notre Dame University, Women Artists-in-Residence Workshop; 1976
Governors State University, Chicago, IL; B.A., M.A. 1972-1975
 
One-Woman Exhibitions 
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY; 2018
The Secret Life of Trees, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 2017
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 2014
Retrospective- Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT; 2013,
            traveled to Hendrix College, Conway, AK; 2013
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; biennially 1980 – 2010 
100 Pearl Street Gallery, Hartford, CT; 2003
Weir Farm National Trust, Wilton, CT; 2003
The Silo, New Milford, CT; 2002
National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC; 2001
Washington Art Association, Washington, CT; 2000
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT; 1998
Landscape Paintings of the Nineties- Samuel Chen Center for the Arts, Central Connecticut
            State University, New Britain, CT; 1997
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA; 1990
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT; 1990
Washington Art Association, Washington, CT; 1990
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 1990
Provincetown Group Gallery, Provincetown, MA; 1986
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 1986
Fischbach Gallery. New York, NY; 1986
Green Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 1979
 
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Invitational Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY; 2019
BIG, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY; 2018
In and of the Land II: Curated by Ann Finholt, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT. (With Ruth Miller, Martha Armstrong, Marjorie Portnow, Henry Finkelstein, Jillain Jones, et al) January, 2016.
Painting in the Garden:  Curated by Steven Harvey, Judy Black Memorial Park, Washington Depot, CT (with Gideon Bok, Susanna Coffey, Andrew Forge, Ruth Miller, Alison Hall, et al), July 2016
“The Annual 2014: Redefining Tradition,” National Academy of Design; 2014
Invitational, Art Strand Gallery, Provincetown, MA; 2013
Invitational, Behnke Doherty Gallery, Washington, CT; 2013
“From Protest to Process; Recent Acquisitions by Women Painters,”
            National Academy of Design, New York, NY; 2012
“Creativity & Compassion”, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT; 2012
“A Certain Light”, Julie Heller Gallery, Provincetown, MA; 2011
“Evolution of a Gallery: Green Mountain to Blue Mountain 1968–2010” 
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 2010
“Gallery Selections”, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT; 2010
“Chautauqua: A Continuum of Creativity (Invitational 25th Anniversary Show)
            Denise Bibro Gallery, New York, NY; 2010
“Past, Present, Future” Hunt Hill Farm, New Milford, CT; Fall 2009 
“Group Show”, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT; 2009
Farewell Show, Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT; Fall 2009
“4 Landscape Painters”, Chautauqua Art Gallery, Chautauqua Institution, 
            Chautauqua, NY; 2008
“Group Show”, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT; 2008
“A Salon Show with Henri Matisse”, Ober Gallery, Kent, CT; 2007
Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT; 2006
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 2006
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 2005
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 2004
National Academy of Design, Juried Invitational; recipient Benjamin Altman Prize
“Landscape Visions”, The Silo, New Milford, CT; 2004
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 2003
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 2002
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 2001
Central 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, Iowa; 2000
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT; 2000
“Celebrating the Millennium” Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT; 1999
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 1999
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT; 1999
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 1998
“Our Tenth Anniversary” Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT; 1998
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT; 1998
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT; 1997
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 1997
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT; 1996
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 1996
“A Chaos of Delight” Center for Contemporary Art-Wilmington, DE; 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
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT; 1995
Blue 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 Connecticut 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
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT; 1993
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 1993
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 1992
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT; 1992
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 1991
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT; 1991
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 1990
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT; 1990
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT; 1989
Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; Annually 1980-1989
79th Annual American Painting Show-Newport Museum, Newport, RI; 1988
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT; 1988
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT; 1987
Katherina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY; 1987
Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY; 1986
Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY; 1985
Selected Alumni Exhibit-University of Pennsylvania, Gutman Center-New Hope, PA; 1984
“Woman Painters Today” The Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, WI; 1983
“Painted Light” sponsored by the Artists choice Museum, New York, NY, 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, NY; 1981
Green Mountain Gallery, New York, NY; 1979
Works on Paper Provincetown Art Association Museum, 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 Association of America CAA Convention, Chicago, IL; 1971
 
Works Chosen For Publication:
Red October, Forsythia, 4 A.M. Harrington, ArtCritical, 2013
Forsythia, Artscope, 2013
Baldwin Hill Road, February 2010 Gallery + Studio, Nov/Dec/Jan 2011
Rosy Dawn, Catalog, Evolution of a Gallery: Green Mountain to Blue Mountain; 2010
Crying in the Wilderness Gallery and Studio; 2007
Dark Entry IV Art in America, May 2004
Bittersweet and Hemlock (detail) Art New England, August/September issue
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 I, Cover Magazine; 1998
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
Forsythia 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, curated by John Arthur
Bittersweet and Hemlock review of one-person exhibit Cover Magazine, Eric Holzman
Forsythia reproduced with interview with Fractals: The Patterns of Chaos
John Briggs, Simon & Shuster; 1992
Bill’s Porch Contemporary Women Artists Datebook San Francisco, CA; 1988
Dwarf Apple New York Graphic Society; 1985
     
Selected Collections:
Ms. Susanna Coffey, New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lewis, Leeds MA
Hendrix College, Conway, AK
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
David Hall Gallery, Dover, MA
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
Bellevue Hospital, New York, NY
Queens City Savings Banks, New Jersey
Ethan Allen Inc., Danbury, CT
     
Awards and Honors:
The Hassam, Speicher, Betts, and Symons Purchase Award from The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY; 2019
Member, National Academy of Design, New York, NY; 2011
Artist-in-Residence Grant, Weir Farm Trust, 2004
Benjamin Altman Prize, National Academy of Design, 2004
Henry Barnard Foundation Distinguished Lectureship Award, 1990
Connecticut State University/ AAUP Research Grant, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2000,   
2005
Connecticut State University Professorship-Lifetime Distinguished Professor Award, 1992
 
Teaching /Lecturing
Weir Farm Lecturer and Visiting Artist, Western Connecticut State University, 2018
New York Studio School, Final Critiques, Spring and Fall Semester, 2017
Chautauqua School of Art, Visiting Faculty, 2014, 2016, 2018
Distinguished Professor Emerita; 2013, Western Connecticut State University, 2013
Coordinator, M.F.A. Program Western Connecticut State University, 2000 – 2012
Professor - Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT. 1980 – 2013
Hendrix College, Conway, AR Visiting Artist, Spring 2011, 2013
Haverford College, Haverford PA, Visiting Artist, Spring 2010
School of the Art Institute of Chicago-guest lecturer, 2004, 2005
American University Art in Italy Program, Artist in Residence, 2003
American University, Washington, D.C., Visiting Artist, 2003
Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua Institute, NY; 2003, 2005, 2007 – 2009, 2012, 2013
Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas; Visiting Artist, Spring 2002
American University (M.F.A.; B.F.A. Art in Italy) Corciano, Italy,
Visiting Artist, Fall 2001, 2002, 2003
Gunn Museum- Guest Lecturer, Washington, CT 2000
Weir Farm National Historic Site Wilton, CT 1998- Guest Lecturer 
            (with Wolf Kahn and Barbara Rothenberg)
Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT 1998- “Art and Nature: Response to Crisis” (other speakers included: Lois Dodd, Hugh O¹Donnell and Rainer Wittenbom)
Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 1998-Guest Lecturer
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY 1998-Guest Lecturer Conference on Liberal Arts and the     Education of the Artist
Tanglewood Institute-Lenox, MA 1997-Visiting Critic
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT 1995- Visiting Critic
Vermont College of Norwich University, Montpelier, VT 1995/1996-Artist, Critic
Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA 1990-Guest Lecturer
 
Panels
Curator Conversation, Five Points Gallery, January, 2016.
Opposites Attract: Abstraction and Representation in Conversation, moderated by Jennifer Samet, Judy Black Memorial Park, July, 2016
 
Bibliography
ArtCritical: “Pick of the Week,” March 15, 2014
Jennifer Sachs Samet, “The Connective Sublime: A Retrospective for Margaret Grimes”, ArtCritical, March 2013
Kirsten Nord, “Margaret Grimes”, Artscope, March, 2013
Ed McCormack, Gallery + Studio, Nov/Dec/Jan 2011
Ed McCormick, Gallery and Studio, Summer 2007
Paul Smith, Art in America, May 2004
Steve Starger, Art New England; August 2003
Connecticut Review 2001, 2002
Frank Merkling, Danbury News Times; April 2002
Jeff Wright, Cover, November 2000
Tracey O’Shaughnessy, “Nature on The Wild side: A Sense of Awe”, Waterbury
            Republican- American, February 10, 2000
John Arthur, Green Woods and Crystal Waters: The American Landscape Tradition
University of Washington Press, 1999
John Driscoll, The Artist in the American Landscape. First Glance Press, 1998
Jeff Wright, Cover, 1998
Jude Schwendenwien, “Grimes Paintings Close to Nature” Hartford Courant, October 25, 1997
John Arthur, Margaret Grimes: Landscape Paintings Of The Nineties Exhibition Catalogue, 1997
John Arthur, “New England Landscape Painting” Art New England, June/July 1997
Carl Little, Paintings of New England, Down East Press, 1996
Bill Sullivan, Exquisite and Terrible Scene that Stretches Around Us, Cover, summer 1996
Charles Hix, Roxbury Artist Embraces Chaos Litchfield County Times Magazine, April 1996
Gary Mullinax, “When Worlds Collide” Wilmington News Journal, February 25, 1996
Miles Unger, “Five Aspects of the American Landscape” Art New England, December 1995
Nancy Stapen, Boston Globe, September 28, 1995
John Arthur, catalogue of Contemporary Realism and Figurative Painting, 1994
Eric Holzman, Cover, May 1994
Eric Fleishman, New Haven Register, December 6, 1992
John Briggs, Fractals: The Patterns of Chaos Simon & Schuster, 1992