Margi Weir

Resume margiweir@aol.com Born:          Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Resides:    Placitas, NM   Education:         1981-83     University of California, Los Angeles, CA; M.F.A. 1979 -81    New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM; M.A. 1974 -75    San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA; B.F.A. 1970 -74    Wheaton College, Norton, MA; B.A. Solo Exhibitions:   2004 Inpost Artspace, Albuquerque, NM 2003 O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, NY Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR 2001  Red Mountain Gallery, Truckee Valley Community College, Reno, NV 2000 Sugar Nymphs Gallery, Truchas, NM 1992 Still Zinsel Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1991 Arnesen Fine Arts Ltd., Vail, CO 1988 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1986 Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College, Whittier, CA 1985 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1984 Mills House Gallery, Garden Grove, CA 1983 James West Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 1981 New Mexico State University, Las Cruces , NM 1978 Mitre Box Gallery, Berkeley, CA   Group Exhibitions:   2004     New Directions in Fiber, CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO 2004     ANA 33, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT 2004     Autumn in America, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY 2004     Texture, Wylie and Mae Louise Jones Gallery, Bakersfield College, Bakersfield, CA 2004     Jungle Fever, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2004     Dimension,2004, Associated Artists Winston-Salem, NC 2003     Inedible Edible, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2003     35th Annual Textile Art Exhibit, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA 2003     16th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper, MSU, Lake Charles, LA 2003     Mute, Cade Art Gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD 2003     Group Exhibition, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WY 2002     Take Something...And Do Something Else With It, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH 2002     Dartmouth Street Gallery 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM 2002     September 11th Retrospective, GreenEggz Gallery, Collingswood, NJ Group Exhibitions (continued):   2002     20th Annual National Small Works Exhibit, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY 2001     Abstraction 9, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2001     Contrasting Rhythms, American River College, Sacramento, CA 2001     Holiday Show, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2000     New Language, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 2000     RED: Colors, Symbols, and Emotions, Makeready Press Gallery, Montclair, NJ 2000     6th Annual Pastel Competition, La Fond Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 2000     12x12x12x2000, San Jacinto College South, Houston, TX 1999     Wings, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 1999     19th Annual Faber Biren National Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association,              Stamford, CT 1999     5th Annual Pastel Competition, La Fond Gallery, Pittsburg, PA 1996     Generations, Watson Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 1987     Just Cows, Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1987     7th Annual Invitational, Eagle Valley Arts Council, Vail, CO 1987     Whittier in Perspective, Whittier Museum, Whittier, CA 1986     Animal Magnetism, Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA 1985     1985 New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX 1985     Orange County Artists, Mills House Visual Arts Complex, Garden Grove, CA     1984     LAVA at Metro Rail Transit Consultants, Los Angeles, CA 1983    Circumstantial Evidence, Interpol Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1983     Faculty Show, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA 1983     Emerging Artists, Frederick Wight Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 1983     L.A./N.Y. Bite the Orange, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA 1983     Plurality: Part II, Gallery 350, Beverly Hills, CA 1983     L.A. Seen, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1982     Globe Tire Show, Eighth Street Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1982     Diversity, Marymount Palos Verdes College, Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA 1982     LAVA 82 West, Los Angeles, CA 1980     Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY 1979     Juried Exhibition, Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, OK 1974     Student Exhibition,  Watson Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA   Bibliography: Catalogues/Books:   New Art International 2002 – 2003 edition, Book Art Press, Woodstock, NY, p.32-33 16th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, catalogue, 2003, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA, p.16 New Languages catalogue, 2000, Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM, p. 56-59 L.A.Seen, brochure, Selma Holo, University of Southern California, March 1, 1983   Bibliography: Newspapers:   ABQ Arts, “Artist to Watch”, Stephanie Gibbons, November 2002 Albuquerque Journal, Wesley Pulka, April 15, 2001 Vail Trail, March 8, 1991 Vail Trail, April 1988 Whittier News, April 1986 Los Angeles Times, Colin Gardener, October 18, 1985   Bibliography: Newspapers: cont’d  Orange County Register, “Exhibit shines the spotlight on OC’s slighted artists”, Cathy Curtis, July 11, 1984 CSULB Daily Union, Lori Hancock, March 10, 1983 Artweek, Robert Ewing, Vol. 14, #7, February 19, 1983  Bibliography: Periodicals:   Gunnison Magazine, Summer 1991 Angeles Magazine, Peter Clothier, October 1988   Awards / Honors:   2004    Best of Show: New Directions in Fiber, CORE New Art Space, Denver, CO 2000    Honorable Mention 6th Annual Pastel Competition, La Fond Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 1987    First Prize / Sculpture 7th Annual Invitational, Eagle Valley Arts Council, Vail, CO   Selected Collections:   First National Bank of Amarillo, Amarillo TX Carnation Collection, Los Angeles, CA Marvin Davis Corporation, Beverly Hills, CA MCA Corporation, Los Angeles, CA Whittier Museum, Whittier, CA New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM Peter Norton, Santa Monica, CA Mr. & Mrs. Feinbloom, Dix Hills, NY Mr. & Mrs. Les Stern, New York, NY & Vail, CO Dan Sandel, Tarzana, CA Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Keith, Pacific Palisades, CA Larry Redman, Minneapolis, MN Richard Bergan, Carpenteria, CA Leeds Levy, Burbank, CA Mr. & Mrs. Paul Sack, San Francisco, CA Ann Mazirow, Hermosa Beach, CA Richard Pulos, Newport Beach, CA Susan Miller, Beverly Hills, CA Elizabeth Goldman, Los Angeles, CA Kathleen Watt & Robert Kent, Bel Air, CA Dr. Christianne Joost-Gaugier, Washington, DC John & Sue Tway, Dallas TX Frank McGeary, Sacramento, CA Richard Johnson, Tahoma, CA Nancy Clark, Beachwood, OH Raman Mehra, Lexington, MA Mrs. Ritttenberg, Beverly Hills, CA Robert Sherwood, Los Angeles, CA C. Marin, Pacific Palisades, CA Donald & Adrian Ohlmeyer, Beverly Hills, CA Naomi Jacobi, Los Angeles, CA Joanne Roberts, Laguna Beach, CA Martha Luttrell, Beverly Hills, CA Holly Hearting, Albuquerque, NM Addie K. Dullea, New York, NY   Artist’s Statement Acrylic paint is a pigment bound in a liquid vehicle, like any other paint.  However, when dry, the acrylic polymer is tougher, more flexible, and has an inherent tensile strength that allows it some independence from the support.  Several years ago, I realized that marks could be made on polyethylene sheeting and when the paint was dry could be removed. That is when I began to see paint as object and brushstroke as sculpture.  Individual marks or lines could be suspended in front of the picture plane.  They interact with and relate to the painted surface of the canvas in a variety of ways.   Initially, I used a grid as a structure to organize the paint marks on each canvas.  I made the grid lines by dipping cotton twine into thinned acrylic paint and snapping a taut line onto the canvas.  This is like a chalk line snapped by carpenters in a building trade.  I found this mark to be a very interesting mark, and it is increasingly becoming figure instead of structure.  The snap line is a record of the violent impact of paint with support.  It suggests an event, an explosion, a reverberation, yet the over spray lends a softness to the line quality that reminds me of dry point intaglio.   Most recently, I have been combining this snapped line with layers of hanging paint lines.  I call these pieces “curtain”.  The hanging lines are kinetic.  The snap lines record an event.  The viewer sees a different piece depending on the viewer’s position in relation to the painting.  These pieces involve and imply action on the part of the artist, the viewer and the paint.                                                                     Margi Weir                                                                 February 11, 2004   Copyright 1998-2004 Dartmouth Street Gallery 3011 Monte Vista NE Albuquerque NM 87106 (505) 266-7751 www.dsg.to