About The Artist:
Bio:
Margaret Montgomery is a New York City based artist. Who sometimes works directly from life, but also uses photos as source material. She is both a studio and plein air painter. Her subject matter includes cityscapes/landscapes and still lifes (which she thinks of as "tablescapes").
Montgomery is a Realist painter. Her paintings explore the limitations and illusory aspect of perception. The influence of living in a big, and often impersonal place can be seen in Montgomery's approach to her subject matter: Her paintings project a psychological distance----a sense of anonymity.
Educational Background:
She studied art at The Art Students' League of New York; The National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, residency program. Additionally, she has a bachelor's degree from New York University----where she majored in philosophy.
Exhibition History:
Solo Exhibitions:
2014:
Close Calls: 10 Floral Paintings. A Solo Exhibition of Watercolors by Margaret Montgomery. August 4 - August 29. Presented at Berlitz Language Center/Rockefeller Center, 40 West 51st Street, New York City.
Wildlife: 9 Still lifes. A Solo Exhibition of Watercolors by Margaret Montgomery. May 27 - June 28. Presented at Berlitz Language Center/Rockefeller Center, 40 West 51st Street, New York City.
2013:
Fresh Produce: Eight Still Lifes. A Solo Exhibition of Watercolors by Margaret Montgomery. July 15 - August 10. Presented at Berlitz Language Center/Rockefeller Center.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024:
Blooming of the Vernal Equinox: Exhibition presented by the West Side Arts Coalition at the Bloomingdale Library. NYC.
Back to Basics Exhibition presented by the Philadelphia Plastic Club. Phila, PA.
Works on Paper, presented by the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Phila, PA.
Visions of Peace and Joy. Presented by Flushing Bank in partnership with the National Association of Women Artists. Avenue J Flushing Bank branch, Brooklyn.
2023:
Small Worlds. Presented by the Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA.
Works Under $250. Presented by the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Phila, PA.
Philadelphia Open Studios Tour, organized by the Center for Emerging Artists. Phila, PA.
Picture/Book vol.2: An exhibition of art and literary selections. Presented by the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors at the New Amsterdam branch, NYC.
Philadelphia Sketch Club's Annual Members' Exhibition, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Phila., PA.
Nocturne: First Street Gallery juried exhibition, NYC.
The Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors' Annual Exhibition. Presented at the Prince Street Gallery, NYC.
The National Association of Women Artists' Annual Members' Exhibition. Presented at One Art Space, NYC.
Big, Bold & Beautiful: A National Association of Women Artists' exhibition presented in partnership with Flushing Bank at the Havemeyer Street, Brooklyn Branch.
Saving Nature, Saving Ourselves. A West Side Arts Coalition exhibition presented in conjunction with the Goddard Community Center at the Bernie Wohl Arts Center, NYC.
The annual Art of the Flower exhibition presented at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Phila., PA.
Big City, Bright Lights, presented by the Plastic Club, Phila., PA.
Below 14th Street: An exhibition of plein air drawings and paintings presented by Urban Sketchers NYC at the New Amsterdam Library, NYC.
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit Sale. Presented at Ortuzar Projects, NYC.
2023 Online Exhibitions:
Allied Artists of America, 110th Online Associates Exhibition.
2022:
Picture/Book: An Exhibition of Artworks and Literary Selections. Presented by the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors at the New Amsterdam Library Branch, NYC.
Philadelphia Open Studios Tour, organized by the Center for Emerging Visual Artists. Phila, PA.
The National Association of Women Artists' 133rd Annual Exhibition. Presented at One Art Space, NYC.
Jonathon Miller Spies Fine Arts, LCC Booth at the Fall Affordable Art Fair, NYC.
The Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors Annual Exhibition. Presented at the Prince Street Gallery, NYC.
Cityscapes: Presented by NAWA in partnership with Flushing Bank, Flushing Bank Branch, NYC.
Harmony: Presented by the Crayola Gallery, the Banana Factory Art Center, Bethlehem, PA.
On the Edge: Presented by Gallery 26, Vendue Art Hotel, Charleston, SC.
Art on the Corner 4: Presented by Art on the Corner, NYC.
Searchlight: Presented by the Art Students League in partnership with ChaShaMa at the ChaShaMa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Art Students League Booth at the Spring Affordable Art Fair, NYC.
Shape Up: Presented by the Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA.
2022 Virtual Shows:
Florescence: Presented by the Federation of Modern Painters and Sculptors on the artspaces.kunstmatrix site.
Travels from Home. Presented by the Plastic Club (Philadelphia)
Postcards from the Edge, Benefit Sale. Presented by Visual AIDS online.
2021:
The National Association of Women Artists' 132nd Annual Members' Exhibition, presented at One Art Space, NYC.
SCNY, Open Painting, Sculpture & Graphics Exhibition, presented at the Salmagundi Club, NYC.
SCNY, Open Cityscapes Exhibition, presented at the Salmagundi Cub, NYC.
2020:
The Art of the Flower, 2020. Presented at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia.
Winter Serenade, presented by the West Side Artists Coalition, NYC.
2020 Virtual Shows:
Art Essex Gallery Invitational Exhibition. Juried by George Billis of the George Billis Gallery.
The National Association of Women Artists' 131st Annual Members' Exhibition.
The Gift of Art, presented by the West Side Artists Coalition.
October Offerings, presented by the West Side Arts Coalition.
2019:
Shades of Purple. Presented by the Plastic Club, Philadelphia.
2019 Summer Invitational. The George Billis Gallery, NYC.
South Philly: Pretty & Gritty. The Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia.
The Art of the Flower, 2019. Presented by the Philadelphia Sketch Club. Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia.
Postcards from the Edge. Benefit Sale. Bortolami, NYC.
2018:
Pop Up Art Show. Presented by Perspective Collective, NYC.
[stARTup]: A Benefit Auction for the Art Students League of New York. Presented at the Art Students League, 215 West 57th Street, NYC.
American Watercolor Society, 151st International Exhibition. Presented at the Salmagundi Club, NYC.
Women by Women, The Blue Door Art Center Gallery, Yonkers, NY.
7th Annual Spring Art Exhibition, A Benefit for New York City's Homeless, Grand Central Neighborhood Social Services Corp., NYC.
Going Postal, A Benefit for Artists Talk on Art (a nonprofit). Hosted by the Salmagundi Club, NYC.
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS. Hosted by Gallery 524, NYC.
Greenpoint Gallery: "Grand Salon Show," (01/26/'18)., Brooklyn.
The 9th Annual Small Works Exhibition, Presented by the Manhattan Borough President's Office, NYC.
2017:
Summer Invitational: George Billis Gallery, NYC.
City Views: Presented by the Manhattan Borough President's Office, NYC.
Monitors' Exhibition, Art Students League of New York Cafeteria, NYC.
6th Annual Spring Art Exhibition: A Benefit for NYC's Homeless, Grand Central Neighborhood Social Services Corp, NYC.
New York International Arbitration Center (June 2016 to March 2017), NYC.
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual Aids, hosted by Metro Pictures, NYC.
The 8th Annual Small Works Exhibition. Presented by the Manhattan Borough President's Office, NYC.
2016:
Monitors' Exhibition, The Art Students League of New York cafeteria, NYC.
5th Annual Spring Art Exhibition: A Benefit for NYC's Homeless, Grand Central Neighborhood Social Services Corp,, NYC.
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS, hosted by Sikkema Jenkins & Co., NYC.
2015:
Seventh Annual Small Works Exhibition, Presented at the Manhattan Borough President's Office, NYC.
22"x 30": Featuring various artists from the Art Students League. Presented at the Manhattan Borough President's Office.
4th Annual Spring Art Exhibition: A Benefit for NYC's Homeless. Presented at Grand Central Neighborhood Social Services Corp., NYC.
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS, hosted by Luhring Augustine, NYC.
2014:
Sixth Annual Small Works Exhibition, Manhattan Borough President's Office, 1 Centre Street, NYC.
Musical Notes: A Group Show at Hospital for Joint Diseases, NYU Langone Med. Ctr., NYC.
Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS," hosted by Luhring Augustine, NYC.
2013:
Small Works Exhibition, Manhattan Borough President's Office, NYC.
2nd Annual Summer Exhibition, Manhattan Borough President's Office.
Red Dot Exhibition, The Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, The Art Students League.
2nd Annual Spring Art Exhibition: A Benefit for NYC's Homeless, Grand Central Neighborhood Social Services Corp, NYC.
2012:
The 4th Annual Small Works Exhibition, Manhattan Borough President's Office, NYC.
Painting Governors Island, Building 315A, Governors Island, NY.
Benefit for the Homeless, Ten 10 Studios, Queens.
2011:
The 3rd Annual Small Works Exhibition, Manhattan Borough President's Office.
The Inaugural Student and Faculty Exhibitions, National Academy Museum & School, East 89th Street, NY, NY.
Painting Governors Island, Nolan Park, Governors Island, NY.
Monitors' Show, The Art Students League of NY.
Publications & Awards:
2023:
My painting Jefferson Market III is published in the West Side Arts Coalition February Newsletter (wsacny.org).
2022;
My Painting DUMBO is published in the West Side Arts Coalition June newsletter (wsacnyc.org).
My painting "Petunias" is published in the WSAC May newsletter (wsacnyc.org).
My painting "Daffodils & Caterpillars" is published in the WSAC April newsletter.
2020:
My painting "Gothic Bridge" is published in the West Side Artists Coalition December Newsletter.
My painting "Tribeca Gothic" is published in the West Side Artists Coalition October Newsletter.
2017:
My painting: "Cyclone, View from the Street, 2016" is published in Lines from the League, Spring 2017.
2013:
"Best in Show," The Art Students League of New York.
