Margaret Zox Brown

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

      As I have evolved as an artist, my paintings have gone through various transitions and series. My most recent series, the exploration of the body in individual people has been wonderful for me. With this series, I have attempted to break down the human form to its more simple abstract self and to use it as the complex form, both literally and figuratively that would engage the viewer to explore my entire canvas. It has been a truly, satisfying, emotional ride for me.

      I feel so pleased with how far I have come with my art through all my different series. I have developed my own color language with which I am genuinely confident and comfortable. My drawings, which I have been focusing on for several years now are clearly skilled and graceful and carry my own, personal countenance. And the paintings I have been creating are most definitely color journeys with color being the true subject and my subject matter being the introductory and emotional form that has lead the viewer through each painting.

      Now, though, I am, once again, looking to challenge myself and move beyond what I feel I have successfully worked through. And while I still use my loose black and white, pen sketches as the bases for all my paintings, copying them onto each canvas that I have already given a wash of colors from my entire palette, my approach and ultimate destination are different. I no longer am seeking the finished painting; my finished expression of color, emotion, line and shape, paint application, light and depth, subject or mood. Now, it is the process of drawing, my drawing and painting, my painting that I am exploring and seeking as an end in and unto itself.

      My inspirations are as they have always been; the beauty I see in nature, the serenity I feel when observing a Still Life, the intrinsic nature of the human spirit, a line, a shape or a gesture. Now, what it feels to me will be revealed by the raw means of what I do well and will continue to refine; my drawing and painting.

      As always, my paintings are rich and thought provoking and emotionally stimulating. There are moments of excitement, a rush as well as moments of calm and familiarity, with a continual discovery of something new. And now, most important, the viewer can feel the privilege of being an integral part of each painting since the impetus for each piece is what I am yearning to uncover. The viewer gets to take in more than merely a finished painting. He or she is able to see and follow my drawing and painting processes as it is the integrity of those that I am ultimately seeking now with my art.

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2011 * Knapp Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010              * American Art Gallery, New York, NY

*American Art Gallery at the Path Cafe, New York, NY

2009 *Mather Art Space, Homecoming 2009, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

*Fashion District Space for Public Art, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions:

2010 *Narrowland Gallery, Chatham, Cape Cod, MA

*  S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT

2009              * HK:ArtiST-09, Hell’s Kitchen Artists in Studio Tour ’09, New York, NY

*Gallery 8, New York, NY

*GalleryFresca.com, International Online Gallery

*SOLO at Artexpo New York 2009, New York, NY

*Fashion District Arts Festival, New York, NY

2008            *Fashion District Arts Festival, New York, NY

*Spring Juried Show, 92^nd Street Y, New York, NY

*Pedro Ruivo Foundation, Faro, Portugal

*Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT

*Galeria de Arte Pintor Samora Barros, Albufeira, Portugal

*Red Gate Gallery, London, England

2007            *Fashion District Arts Festival, New York, NY

*Arts Alive 21^st Annual Juried Fine Art Gallery Show, Kennedy-Douglas

Center for the Arts, Florence, Alabama

*Sylvester & Co., Amagansett, NY

2006            *The Water Mill Museum, Water Mill, NY

2005            *75^th Anniversary Juried Exhibition, 92^nd Street Y, New York, NY

2004            *Art Lovers, New York, NY

2003            *Community Options, Inc., New York, NY

*Art Lovers, New York, NY

2002            *Art Lovers, New York, NY

2001            *Guild Hall through The Artists' Alliance of the Hamptons, East Hampton, NY

*Art Lovers, New York, NY

2000            *Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY

1998            *Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY

*Ashawagh Hall, Springs, East Hampton, NY

1997            *The Water Mill Museum, Water Mill, NY

1996            *Ansonia Gallery, New York, NY

*Ashawagh Hall, Springs, East Hampton, NY

*The Broome Street Gallery through the Contemporary Artists Guild, New York, NY

1995            *The Ansonia Gallery, New York, NY

*The Broadway Mall Community Center through

the Westside Arts Coalition, New York, NY

*The 92^nd Street Y, New York, NY

1994            *The 92^nd Street Y, New York, NY

Art Related Events & Positions

2010

*Interviewed for Art BLOG http://tinyurl.com/3absfej

* Artist's online Interview, http://whopple.blogspot.com/

* KHND 1470 AM Radio Interview, program, "Into the Night"

* Artist's Interview through Art Re-Source www.stevegray.com

2009

*   Artwork featured in film, “I Want You to Love Me,” produced by Lotus & Phoenix Productions

LLC and aired through Centric, a merger with VH1 Soul

*   Keynote Speaker, Homecoming weekend, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

*   Artwork featured on Poster promoting Art at Fashion District Arts Festival and

Gallery 8 Juried  Exhibition, New York, NY

*   Artwork featured on Invitation for Gallery 8 juried exhibition, New York, NY

*   “Gatherers of Scattered Goods” Exhibition in conjunction with the play “Give Us Bread”

by the  Anthrolpogists, Clemente Soto Velez Center, New York, NY

*   Interview with Margaret Zox Brown, given by Fresca Gallery at

http://frescagallery.blogspot.com/

2008

*   Artwork featured on banners around New York City during 2008

Fashion District Arts Festival http://fashioncenter.com/DDistrictArtists.html

2007

*  Cover Spot used in promotional piece for www.juriedartcomp.com

2003

*  Painting Featured in MGM’s movie “Uptown Girls”

2002

*  Participating artist in RXArt Ball's holiday auction, Barneys New York Co-Op, New York, NY

*  Paintings Featured in episodes of NBC's TV Show "Ed"

 

Awards

2010 Showcase Winner, Artslant.com

1999/1998/1997/1996 Award of Excellence Manhattan Arts International's Annual Cover Competition

Collections

Les Chipies, New York, NY

The Marena Studios, New York, NY

Brill Securities, Inc., New York, NY

 

Publications

Best of American Oil Volume II

New Haven Register, Page D1 4/13/2008

Connecticut Art Scene, CTArtScene.Blogspot.com, By Hank Hoffman, 3/19/2008

Guilford Courier, Front Page, Living Section, 3/27/2008

New York Resident, Cover, 5/28/2001, 3/26/2001

The East Hampton Star, 5/4/2000

Dan's Papers, 12/4/1998, 11/27/1998

The Southampton Press, 11/19/1998

The East Hampton Star, 11/19/1998

 

Education

1987 – Present, 92^nd Street Y, New York, NY, Advanced Painting class

1976-1980, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, B.S. Psychology