Resume

MARGARET WALL-ROMANA

mwallromana1@gmail.com

MFA The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
BA University of California, Davis

One-Person Exhibitions:

2012 “Tangle and Sensation” March 31 – May 5, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles

“The Sensorium of Painting” November 7 – December 8, Archer Gallery at Clark College, Vancouver WA

2011 “Taking Time” September 17 – October 23, North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks ND

“Painting Before and After Words: Margaret Wall-Romana”
January 20 — April 3, Minneapolis Institute of Art

2007 “The Spaces” Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004 “Distillations” Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 “Up Against Gravity” Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 “Decompositions” Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 “Recent Work” Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Selected Two-Person/Group Exhibitions/Art Fairs:

2017 A new body of work included in “Into the Weeds”, at the North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks ND, August 2017 – Jan 2018

2012 Red Dot Art Fair, Miami (George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles)

2011 Red Dot Art Fair, Miami (George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles)

2010 “Movement-Process-Reflection” Paintings by Jil Evans and Margaret Wall-Romana at Bethel University’s Johnson Gallery, St.Paul, MN September-November 2010

2009 “ARTmn 2009, The Precious Object” Hennepin County Central Library, Cargill Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2008 “Landscape, Nature & Space”, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA February 22 -March 22

2007 Aqua Art Miami (all Art Fairs 1999-2007 courtesy Bucheon Gallery, SF)
2003 Scope LA, The Affordable Art Fair, NYC
2002 Art Chicago, The Affordable Art Fair NYC, San Francisco Int’l Art Expo
2001 Fast Forward Miami
1999 Die Erste Internationale Hotel-Kunstmesse, Vienna, The Art Exchange, NYC

Grants, Fellowships

2017 Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant

2012 Nominee, Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant

2011 Finalist, McKnight Artist Fellowship

Public Collections

St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN

North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND

Artist Talks, Panels, Visiting Artist

August 1-19, 2014, North Dakota Museum of Art, McCanna House Artist in Residence

November 5-7, 2012, Vancouver WA: Visiting artist in conjunction with “The Sensorium of Painting” at Clark College. Q & A and discussions with individual painting/drawing classes in the gallery. Painting demonstration. Public slide talk.

September 17, 2011, Grand Forks, ND: Conversation and Q & A in the gallery with Director Laurel Reuter during the opening for “Margaret Wall-Romana, Taking Time” at the North Dakota Museum of Art.

February 17, 2011, Minneapolis, MN: Artist talk in the gallery during “Painting Before and After Words – Paintings by Margaret Wall-Romana” at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

October 5, 2010, St Paul, MN: Slide presentation in conjunction with “Movement-Process-Reflection, Paintings by Jil Evans and Margaret Wall-Romana” at Bethel University’s Johnson Gallery, followed by discussion with the artists and Christina Schmid, Twin Cities writer, teacher, editor and critic.

October 27, 2009, Minneapolis MN: Slide presentation and panel discussion at the Hennepin County Central Library, during “ARTmn -The Precious Object,” at the library’s Cargill Gallery. “Margaret Wall-Romana, Kristin Van Dorn, Erik Waterkotte and Michon Weeks discuss process, the mark of the hand and the blending of contemporary and historical influences in their work.” Moderated by Scott Stulen, artist/curator/writer and mnartists.org’s Project Director.