MARGARET ANN WITHERS | SOMEWAY, SOMEHOW, HERE WE ARE
Please join us for an artist reception, Saturday, June 4th, 6P to 8P.
Artist Profile
Originally from Texas, Withers has exhibited her work throughout the country and internationally in Brussels, Australia, Berlin, London, China and Russia. Her artwork is included in multiple private and corporate collections, including Truninger AG in Zurich Switzerland and the Hammond Museum in North Salem, New York, and has won numerous awards including a 2016 Artist in Residence, The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), 2013/2015 resident fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center, a 2013 fellowship to the Millay Colony, and a 2013 USA Project Grant.
She grew up in Texas and moved often because her father worked for an oil company. Because of all the moving and a general lack of supervision she learned how to entertain herself with her own stories and creations. She graduated from Texas A&M University with a BA in Literature in 2003. She currently lives and works in New York city.
To get there, you follow a passage, not like this sentence is a passage, but instead, like a line is a passage, and you know that the road is there because you can see the houses, and you look up and down the line and see the telephone poles with the telephone lines that snap in some breeze unfelt, at least by you, and listening, you hear the party lines hum with gossip and pig futures.
Do you see the eyes? They’ve been there all this time, just staring at you, as if they’re waiting for their cue, and you think you know what this is all about, that you’ve seen this written down on scraps of paper that were crumbled up and tossed in a trash can, where you repeatedly dug them out and smoothed them on your knee while mumbling to yourself that, really, it’s ok to move on.
Well, the mouth, you understand, it’s just a souvenir, picked up at a Stuckey’s store somewhere in West Texas, where afterwards, you pulled out of the parking lot and back onto the road, snapping your eyes up from the mesmerizing pull of the telephone lines as they stretch from pole to pole, rolling down into the curve and back up, click, and down, then back up, click, keeping time with the purr of the tires on the blacktop, and beyond that you see the flat darkness of the fields, corn rows fanning out in the curve of each line, and before long a house interrupts this flow and you see your own tired eyes reflecting back at you in the glass.
You quickly roll down the window just to feel the cool breeze and you stare straight ahead and somehow you know that this image is just a passage moving through this curious American landscape and that, if you look away now, you might just miss that someway, somehow, here we are.
(This series is inspired by the times that we find ourselves in and by the opening sentence of All The Kings Men by R.P. Warren)
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Someway, Somehow, Here We Are, At GSpot Contemporary, Houston, Tx
2021 Newport Curates, At the Sarah Langley Gallery, Hammetts Hotel, Newport, RI
2016 Adrift, G-Spot Contemporary Art Space, Houston, Texas
2015 Curious American Landscapes, in the Main Gallery at Port Washington Public Library
2013 One Mind’s Imagining into Another at Landau Gallery, Belmont, MA
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
2017 The Plot Thickens, The Institute Library, New Haven, 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)
2017 Inspirations, Hammond Museum & Japanese Garden, North Salem, 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
2012 Remembering at Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
Group Exhibitions
2019 Ornament: Ho Hum All Ye Faithful #3, at BravinLee Programs, NY, NY
2019 Dream Again at Plaxall Gallery curated by Norma Hombergs, LIC, Queens, NYC
2017 Mythology at Ann Street Gallery curated by Virginia Walsh, Newburgh, NY
2017 Sanctuary Landscapes at Art&Lounge curated by Glasshouse,Newark, Newark, NJ
2016 The Warmth of Winter, at National Arts Club, NY, NY
2016 Surrealism at Spaightwood Gallery, Upton, MA
2016 Wide Open 7 at BWAC, juror Beth Saunders, Brooklyn, NY
2016 20th Anniversary Exhibition, at William Baczek Fine Art, Northampton, MA
2015 Big Small at The Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ
2015 Summer Musings at Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance, Ranch Santa Fe, CA
2015 Black & White at BWAC, juror Christiane Paul, NY, NY
2015 Summer 2015 pt 1 at William Baczek Fine Art, Northampton, MA
2015 Spring into Art at Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance, Ranch Santa Fe, CA
2015 All Good Things at Arcilesi & Homberg Fine Art (AHA), New York, NY
2014 Déjà vu, NoOSphere Gallery, curated by ArtForProgress, NY, NY
2014 SelfPublished, Cohn Drennan Contemporary, curated by Lanny Quarles, Dallas, TX
2014 Home, Therese A. Maloney Art Gallery, curated by Ginny Butera, Morristown, NJ
2014 Shifting Alterity:Otherness in our Social Landscape,Skylight Gallery,curator:Vida Sabbaghi,NY, NY
2014 Annual Landscape Exhibition, William Baczek Fine Art, Northampton, MA
2014 AS | Orchard, curated by Jill Conner at Orchard 33, NY, NY
2014 Layers, curated by Aimee Hertog at City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
2014 balls to the wall at Arcilesi & Homberg Fine Art (AHA), Brooklyn, NY
2014 Viewpoints, selected by Sue Scott at Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, NJ
2014 Wide Open 5 at BWAC, juror Paulina Pobocha, Brooklyn, NY
2014 The Democracy of Drawing at AirSpace Projects, Sydney, Australia
2014 Other Worlds at Skylight Gallery, curated by Jill Slaymaker, NY, NY
2013 Salon at Jeffrey Leder Gallery, LIC, Queens, NY
2013 AS | AP DUMBO group show at 111 Front St., Curated by Jill Conner, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Summer Camp at Cohn Drennan Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
2013 Unhinged at Pierogi Gallery, NY, NY
2013 bigger is not always better at Arcilesi & Homberg Fine Art (AHA), Brooklyn, NY
2013 Summer Group Show at William Baczek Fine Art, Northampton, MA
2013 A Time in Arcadia at Curious Matter, Jersey City, NJ
2013 AS Boom and Bloom at The Phatory, curated by Jill Conner, NY, NY
2013 Wide Open 4 at BWAC, juror Carrie Springer, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Gallery 263 Group Show at Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
2013 Das Wird Sich Alles Finden at Arts Collinwood, Cleveland, Ohio
2013 Stuck Pop-Up Show by Arcilesi and Homberg Fine Art, curated by Ariel Herman NY, NY
2013 AS Pop-up Show at Studio of La Thoreiel Badenhausen, curated by Jill Conner NY, NY
2012 Das Wird Sich Alles Finden at Bloc Project Space, Sheffield, UK
2012 Recess at Arcilesi & Homberg Fine Art (AHA), Brooklyn, NY
2012 Color at BWAC, juror Brooke Kamin Rapaport,Brooklyn, NY
2012 Works on Paper at Jeffrey Leder Gallery, NY, NY
2012 Annual Competition at SAAC, juror Manuela Well-Off-Man, El Dorado, AK
2012 Wide Open 3, juror Charlotte Kotik at BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
2012 WannA Piece?, Curator: Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art pop-up show, NY, NY
2011 Sorry 4 the Wait, Curator: Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art pop-up show, NY, NY
2011 Glimpses Beyond, Curator: Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art pop-up show, NY, NY
2011 110°: 2011 Summer Group Show at Cohn Drennan Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2011 Identity Shift:Migration, Identity & Longing, Curator:Francesca Arcilesi, NY,NY
2011 Wide Open 2, juror Nathan Trotman at BWAC, Brooklyn, NY
2011 In Vivid Color at Gallery M, Vienna, Austria
2011 Better by the Dozen at BAU, Beacon, NY
2011 Natural Selection 2.0 at DSU, Madison, South Dakota
2010 Confluences of Culture VI at Walter Wickiser Gallery, NY, NY
2010 Crossroads/Seven Acts at Amos Eno Gallery, NY, NY
2009 Confluences of Culture IV at Walter Wickiser Gallery, NY, NY
2009 Exhibit 0/1 at 25-Kadr Gallery, Moscow, Russia
2006 Open Show at Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2006 Group Open Exhibit at Next Gallery, Denver, CO
2003 Scene/Unscene 03 at Runnels Gallery, ENMU Portales, NM
2003 Black & White at Art Center at Fuller Lodge Los Alamos, NM
Art Fairs
2021 ArtFair14C, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2021 Summer, The Other Art Fair, New York, NY
2019 Spring and Fall, The Other Art Fair, New York, NY
2018 Spring and Fall, The Other Art Fair, New York, NY
2017 Spring and Fall, The Other Art Fair, New York, NY
2017 Art on Paper, flatfiles with Arcilesi|Homberg Fine Art, NY, NY
2017 Art-Rooms London, London, UK
2016 Accessible Art Fair, New York, NY
2015 Aqua Miami, with Arcilesi|Homberg Fine Art, Miami, FL
2015 Cambridge Art Fair, respresented by David Alexander – GAT, Cambridge, England
2015 Art Southamptons, represented by Sergott ContemporaryArt, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
2015 Art Hamptons, represented by Sergott Contemporary Art Alliance, Rancho Santa Fe, CA
2015 Select Art Fair NYC, Twist Collective, NY, NY
2014 Scope NYC, represented by C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
2014 Fountain Art Fair, represented by Arcilesi|Homberg Fine Art, NY, NY
2014/2013/2012/2011 Aqua Miami, represented- William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
2014/13/12/11 Brussels Accessible Art Fair, Brussels, Belgium
2013 Scope Miami, represented by C. Emerson Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
2013 Affordable Art Fair, Seattle, represented by C. Emerson Fine Arts
2013/12 Fountain New York, represented by Arcilesi | Homberg Fine Art, NY, NY
2013/2012 DUMBO Art Festival, NY, represented by Arcilesi | Homberg Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Affordable Art Fair, NY, represented by Galerie Juliane Hundertmark, Berlin, Germany
2012 Fountain New York, represented by Art for Progress NY, NY
2011 Fountain Miami, represented by Francesca Arcilesi Fine Art, Miami, FL
2011 Berliner-Liste 2011, B-74, Berlin, Germany
2011 Beijing Contemporary Art Fair, represented by Gallery M Beijing, China
2011 Verge Art Fair, represented by Amos Eno Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, NY
Benefit Group Exhibitions
2013 Issue Project Room Art Lottery Fund Raiser, curator Stephen Maine, NY, NY
2014/13/11 Spring Benefit and Auction for the Learning School, NY, NY
2012 Nurture Art Benefit at Charles Bank Gallery, NY, NY
2012 BWYLove2012 Rema Hort Mann Foundation at The Hole NYC, NY, NY
2011 BWYLove2011 Rema Hort Mann Foundation at Marianne Boesky Gallery, NY, NY
2010 May Day Power to the People group show at Feature, Inc., NY, NY
Public Art Installations
2014 NYC Poetry Festival, installation of the Transliteration Project, Governors Island, NYC
2014 ArtPrize; Grand Rapids, MI
2014 On the Table,coordinated with The Drawing Center at GreenPoint Library, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Finderskeepers Art Project Texas-19 paintings, one story – you find it you keep it
Publications/Interviews
New York Lifestyle Magazine, New Artist put the A into Big Apple, August, 2016 Print edition
New England Review, cover art, Volume 37, Number 1, 2016
Poets & Artist Magazine, 50 memorable painters for 2015 selected by art critic, John Seed
Interview with curator & artist Grant Creegan of Edinburgh, UK. November, 2015, http://
www.moma.co.uk/margaret-withers-interview/
Curve Art & Architecture Magazine, On the Radar, 2015 June Print Ed (United Arab Emirates)
Alexandria Quarterly, Online March 2015 and Anthology Print Ed. 1 (May 2015)
Library as Incubator Project, March 2015 featured Artist & Writer for Curious, USA
San Francisco Peace and Hope, Ch 6, Inaugural Print Edition ISBN 978-0-9862829-0-4
New England Review, cover art, Volume 35, Number 4, 2015
ARTiculAction, Biennial Edition, Interview, Feb 2015
Drawing Papers 116, The Intuitionist, Edward Hallum Tuck Publication, 2014, New York,NY
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 27 (selected by: Carl Beltz)
The United States Transliteration Project, Blurb Press/Apple Ebook, ISBN1320050026
The Artist Catalogue, Summer 2014, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2014
Interview,Critic Michael K. Corbin, 2014, artbookguy.com/margaret-withers-in-progress_778.html
Underground Books, Dec/Jan Featured Artist, 2013
The Traveling Poet, December Featured Artist, 2013
Lunch Ticket, Antioch University, Featured Portfolio,Winter/Spring 2014
New York Optimist, Featured Artist, November 2013
New England Review, cover art, Volume 34, Number 2, 2013
The Artist Catalogue, Summer 2013, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2013
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 17 Spring 2012 (selected by: Trevor Richardson)
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 16 Fall 2011 (selected by: Curator Ian Berry)
New American Paintings Northeastern ed. #92 (selected by: MoMA Curator Laura Hoptman)
Residencies and Awards
2016 Artist in Residence, The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA)
2015 Artist Grant Vermont Studio Residency
2014 BWAC, Best in Show, Gold, Awarded by curator Paulina Pobocha of MoMA
2013 USA Project Grant for “one mind’s imaging into another”, New York
2013 Fellowship, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz NY
2013 Artist Grant Vermont Studio Residency
2012 Art Kudos International – ‘Award of Distinction’ judged by David Cohen of ArtCritical
2012 SAAC; Best in Show, awarded by Curator Manuela Well-Off-Man
2012 BWAC; Best Watercolor, awarded by Curator Brooke Kamin Rapaport
Collections
Hammond Museum & Japanese Garden, North Salem, NY
Truninger AG, Zurich, Switzerland
Education
BA, English Literature, 2003, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Flat Files/Viewing Programs
2012-2014 The Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York, NY
2012-present Pierogi Gallery FlatFiles, Brooklyn, NY