Auteur/autrice : Chris Boicos

Lincoln Perry and Ann Beattie
A Book About Death postcard collection—MoMA NY; Museu Brasileiro, São Paulo; LA County Museum Library
Atlantic City Public Library
William Butler
Centro per gli Scambi Culturali, Rome
Andrew Forge and Ruth Miller
Emilio Gargioni
Donald and Allison Innes
George Nick
Sant’ Anselmo Monestary, Rome
Marco Rinaldi
Alan Shestak
Museo di Giorgio Bassani, Ferrara Italy – Portrait Giorgio Bassani, author
Portrait Franco Citti, actor
Portrait Portia Prebis, president AACUPI
Cover Illustration Fictive Mediation and Mediated Fiction…Giovanni Verga – D.Tench Edwin Mellon Press
Cover Art Man of Smoke Aldo Palazzeschi Italica Press

2015
Conversation with Margaret McCann Painting Perceptions blog 1/15
2014
Contemporary Art’s Body Language Hyperallergic John Seed
CAC’s 25th Annual Juried Show… Las Vegas Review-Journal 4/17
2012
Margaret McCann: A Painter’s Vision of Atlantic City Huffington Post.com by John Seed
Margaret McCann: Interview Painters’ Table.com by Brett Baker
Something for Everyone…and Art at Night at Noyes Museum… Press of Atlantic City
2011
Zeuxis and the Art of the Everyday American Artist Magazine
2010
Just in Time for Summer, Boardwalkers Arrives…Press of Atlantic City 6/3 by L. Drake
2009
Featured Artist of the Month March Discover Jersey Arts.com
2006
Margaret McCann: Alice nel paese del conigli La Repubblica Milano.it by Giovanni Giolla 3/10
2005
Summer Pleasures: Zeuxis… the Modern Still Life The New York Sun 7/7 by Maureen Mularkey
Margaret McCann: Headworks Art New England magazine by Robert Craven
Head Games: Meet the Funky Mind of Margaret McCann Portsmouth Herald 9/15 by Ann Bryant
2004
…Zeuxis Communes with the Inanimate New York Observer (painting featured) 7/19 by M. Naves
What’s Left at Fort Point The Weekly Dig.com
2003
Art in Concord; George Nick Selects Arts Media magazine by William Corbett
2001
21 Reasons to View Still Life New York Observer 9/9 by Mario Naves
2000
Currently Hanging: A Support Group for Painters The New York Observer 7/19
1999
Three Diverse Exhibits at Spartanburg County Museum of Arts Carolina Arts Dec
1998
Show Offers Modern Perspective Into Italy’s Art-History Past LA Times by William Wilson
1997
Painting featured – “Weightlifter” for Still at Large BU exhibition The Boston Globe
Margaret McCann: Donne che debordanno tra le case Corriera della Sera 2/9 by Ermanno Krumm
McCann dipinge il peso del passato La Repubblica 2/12 by Angela Madesani
Margaret McCann:The Difficult Pleasure of Painting SeacoastNH.com by Dennis Robinson
1992
Openings Art and Antiques magazine summer
Painting featured “Earthquake” – House and Garden magazine Dec.
1991
Anthropolities Chicago Women’s Caucus Newsletter
1986
American Figurative Painters in Rome Next magazine by Shara Wasserman

Selected Group Exhibitions

2015
Still Lifes, Landscapes & Fish, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Paxos, Greece.
Dogs and Cats: 21 Artists Unleashed and on the Prowl Mark Miller Gallery, NYC, USA.
Zeuxis: Beyond the Window Norton Center, KY; Bowery Gallery NY; Hogue Gallery, Tulsa OK; Mark
W. Potter Gallery CT, USA.
2014
The Figure and Narrative U. of New Orleans, USA.
2013
Zeuxis: Still Blue Schmidt Art Center, SW Illinois Coll. IL; Wilson Galleries, Anderson U. IN; First
Street Gall. NYC; Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts MD , USA.

2012
Shanghai Cultural Center – Wei Cao, curator – book, China.
Toylanders Noyes Museum of Art, NJ, USA.
Zeuxis: Reflections Lindenwood U. MO; Crisp Museum MO; Coe College IA; Painting Center
NYC; Penn. College of Art and Design PA – catalog; essay by Wm. Corbett, USA.
2010
The Art of Observation Andrews Gallery of William and Mary U. VA, USA.
Visual Voices: Seeing Voices Rutgers-Camden Stedman Gallery, Hopkins House Gallery, NJ, USA.
The Common Object: Zeuxis – Lancaster Museum of Art PA; Peninsula Fine Arts Center VA;
Prince St. Gallery NYC; MICA Meyerhoff Gallery MD – catalog, USA.
2009
Ray Johnson and a Book About Death – The Emily Harvey Ftn. NYC, The Queen’s Museum of
Art NYC, Otis Coll. of Art and Design Los Angeles, USA.
Open City NY Studio School alumni show – Sean Scully, juror, USA.
Confluence Gatewood Gallery UNC-Greensboro NC, USA.
2008
In/Out: Zeuxis traveling show Hobart/Smith Coll. Geneva NY, Broome St. Gall. NYC, USA.
Urban Landscapes, Galerie Beckel Odille Boicos, Paris, France.
Outside the Box: Zeuxis Paints Landscape – Delaware Coll. of Art and Design Market St. Gallery,
SUNY Kingsborough-CC Gallery NY, USA.
2007
On Board, Lori Bookstein Gallery NYC, USA.
Facets of Perception: Zeuxis – Weigand Gall. CA; Newhouse Center, Snug Harbor NY; Schweinfurth
Center NY; Eleanor D. Wilson Museum VA; A. Hogue Gallery OK – catalog, USA.
2005
Poetic Dimensions – Hofstra University NY, Kougeas Gallery NYC – Gabriel Laderman, curator, USA.
2004
Tabletop Arenas: Zeuxis – Colby Coll. Museum ME; Lori Bookstein NYC; UNH Art Museum NH;
Haverford Coll. Gallery PA, Ohr – O’Keefe Museum Biloxi MI – catalog, USA.
2003
Alumni Exhibition NY Studio School NYC – Bill Jensen, juror, USA.
Small Works NYU 80 Wash. Square East Galleries – Tatyana Okshteyn, juror – honorable mention
Common Ground Denise Bibro Gallery NYC, USA.
2002
Nus, Galerie Beckel Odille Boicos, Paris, France.
Landscapes/Mindscapes Long Beach Island Fdtn. Arts and Sciences NJ, USA.
Uncommon Perspectives: Zeuxis – Denise Bibro NYC; Erector Sq. Gall. CT;USA.
After Before, Attleboro Museum MA, USA.
Serial Thinking: Zeuxis – Wright St. U. OH; Kouros NYC; Augustana Coll. IL; Purdue U. IN –
catalog; essay by Lance Esplund, USA.
George Nick Selects Concord Art Association MA, USA.
2001
Figurative Explorations, Monique Goldstrum Gallery NYC, USA.
1999
Collettiva, Museo dei Francobolli, Ancona, Italy.
Still Life, The Human Presence: Zeuxis – U. Wisc./La Crosse; Peninsula Fine Arts VA; Wash. Studio
School DC; Er. Sq. Gall. CT; The Painting Center NYC – catalog; essay by Andrew Forge
Zeuxis at Marywood, Marywood College – catalog essay by Mark Webber, USA.
1998
Invitational, The Painting Center, NYC, USA.
Contempo Italiante: Impressions of Italy – Laband, Loyola Marymount U., Los Angeles; LV, USA.
Art Museum NV – curated by Barbara Strassen and Mary-Kay Lombino, USA.
Texas National S. F. Austin State U. TX – Martha M. Erlebacher, juror honorable mention – catalog
1998
Zeuxis Small Works – Kergyma Gallery NJ, Boston U. Sherman Gallery, USA.
173rd Annual Exhibition National Academy of Design NY, USA.
Figure and Form Chapel Art Center, Saint Anselm’s College NH
1997
Water, Kougeas Gallery Boston, USA.
The Male Figure, Fowler Gallery Provincetown MA, USA.
1996
Genius Loci: A Sense of Place, Maine College of Art, Baxter Gallery, USA.
Contemporary Realism Alexi Gallery Phila. PA – Sidney Goodman, juror, USA.
Small Works, NYU 80 Wash. Sq. East Galleries – Edward Thorp, juror honorable mention, USA.
Personal Visions IV, An Art Place Gallery Chicago – Dan Gustin, juror, USA.
Drawing Invitational Smith College Northampton MA
1995
National Competition First Street Gallery NYC – Sidney Goodman, juror, USA.
Painting Today Erector Square Gallery CT – Wm. Bailey, juror juror’s prize, USA.
Women: Rites of Passage – Wright State U.; Denison U.; Bowling Green U. galleries, OH – catalog, USA.
National Competition Bowery Gallery NYC – Jane Frelicher, juror, USA.
National Competition Cooperstown Art Assoc. NY – Holland Carter, juror, USA.
Figure That: Women’s Translation of the Figure Manchester Institute of Arts NH, UK.
Still Life Olsen-Larson Galleries Des Moines IA, France.
1994
Women Women’s Caucus for Art Boston Museum School Gallery Boston, USA.
Lunatics and Lovers Bromfield Gallery Boston, USA.
New Art ‘94 Kingston Gallery Boston – Bernard Toale, juror, USA.
National Competition Brenda Taylor Gallery Boston, USA.
1993
Salon ’93 Competition Art in General NYC – catalog, USA.
1992
Still Life Today Scot Alan Gallery NYC, USA.
City Life Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery NYC, USA.
National Competition Bowery Gallery NYC – Louis Finkelstein, juror, USA.
Colletiva La Gradiva Gallery Rome, Italy.
Arte 1000 Sala Una Gallery Rome special mention, Italy.
1990
The May Show Cleveland Museum of Art OH, USA.
1988
American Figurative Painters in Rome Temple U. Gallery Rome, USA.

2009
NYU Faculty Resource seminars: Art and Public Policy; Women in Ancient Life; Lost New York
2008
Winner, Eustace Tilley contest, The New Yorker magazine
2003
Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France – artist residency
2001
Blanche E. Colman Award
1999
NH State Council on the Arts Individual Artist Finalist Grant
1998
Wash. U. in St. Louis Alumni Competition Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris – artist residency
1991
Ragdale Art Colony Chicago – artist residency, USA.
1990
Millay Art Colony NY– artist residency, USA.
1990
American Academy in Rome Visiting Artist (6 months) – artist residency, Italy.
1989
Ingram-Merrill Foundation Grant
1985
Fulbright-Hays Grant to Italy

Selected Solo/ Two Persons Shows

2012
From Rome to Atlantic City, University of Virginia Ruffin Hall Gallery – catalog, USA.
2011
What We Worry?, Atlantic Cape Community College, Atlantic City NJ, USA.
2011
Giants on the Boardwalk and Other Stories…, Atlantic City Art Center, USA.
2010
Phantasmas, Mercy College Dobbs Ferry, NY, USA.
2010
Boardwalkers, Atlantic City Art Center, The Boardwalk NJ, USA.
2009
Greetings from Atlantic City, Stockton College Art Gallery, Pomona NJ, USA.
2008
Sampler: Paintings from Now and Then, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton MA, UK.
2007
Out of the Blue, Oxbow Gallery, Northampton MA, UK.
The Art of Losing: Small Works, The Painting Center Project Room NYC, USA.
2006
Lo Straniamento del’ Io Antonia Jannone, Milan – catalog; essay by Fabrizio Dentice
2005
Headworks, Three Graces Gallery, Portsmouth NH, UK.
2003
Grandiosities: Margaret McCann – John Jacobsmeyer, Fraser Gallery Wash. DC, USA.
2003
Margaret McCann – Vera Iliatova, Galleria G8, International School Montecastello di Vibio, Italy.
2002
Visions and Revisions, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth NH, UK.
Galleria G8, International School of Drawing, Painting and Sculp., Montecastello do Vibio, Italy.
1999
Small Giants, Spartanburg County Art Museum SC, USA.
Leviathans, Louisiana State U. Shreveport Gallery LA, USA.
1997
Still at Large, Boston U. Sherman Gallery MA, USA.
Aspettando il 2000, Galleria Antonia Jannone Disegni di Architettura Milan, Italy.
1996
Giants Anonymous, Washington Depot Gallery CT, USA.
1994
Giants at Large, Artemisa Gallery Chicago, USA.
1992
Anthropolities, ARC Gallery, Chicago, USA.
Criptosanti, Tabula Rasa Gallery Rome, Italy.
James Farrelly – Margaret McCann, Temple Abroad/Tyler School of Art Gallery, Rome, Italy.
1991
Saints, Sinners and Icons: Paul Lucchesi and Margaret McCann, Bridgewater Lustberg Gall, NYC, USA.
1987
Margaret McCann RISD EHP, Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy.

American. Lives and works in New York, USA.

Margaret`s fascination with scale dislocation and monumentality developed during 8 years in Rome, where she taught and painted still life as visionary cities, and then placed giant figures in them. A Fulbright brought her there to study depictions of saints and apply their strange fusion of the neurotic and sublime to portraiture – a project that led to criptosanti and eventually headworks – self-portraits with the stuff of thought in architectural configurations piled on her head. The space in her paintings tends toward horror vacui – probably from growing up in a large family. She also likes foreshortening’s cubist contradictions – forms projecting into space while shapes stack up on the picture-plane. Living in Atlantic City inspired much recent work – it’s surprisingly poetic vistas recall Antonioni, and its small scale sculptural quality Rome. But unlike the gravity of The Eternal City, irony is ever-present in an R. Crumb way.

website: http://margaretmccann.com

1985
Yale School of Art, MFA in Painting
1982-83
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture
1979
Washington U. in St. Louis BFA in Painting
1978
Yale-Norfolk Summer School of Music and Art – Ellen Battell Stoekel Fellowship