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  • About

    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

  • Education

    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

  • Group Exhibitions

    2015

    • Still Lifes, Landscapes & Fish, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Paxos, Greece.
    • Série Bestiaire, Maison des compagnons, Fontainebleau, France.

    2014

    • ΙΧΘΕΙΣ – Creatures of the sea, Chris Boicos Fine Arts , Paxos, Greece.
    • Poseidon, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Paxos, Greece.
    • Landscapes & Myths II, Chris Boicos Fine Arts , Paxos, Greece.

    2013

    • Landscapes and Myths, Chris Boicos Fine Arts , Paxos, Greece.

    2012

    • Maison des Compagnons, Fontainebleau, France.
    • Galeria Il Novecento, Salerno, Italy.

    2011

    • Galeria Il Novecento, Salerno, Italy.
    • Paola Dal Ferro Gallery, Thiene, Italy – Padua Art Fair, Padua, Italy.
    • Cremona Art Fair, Cremona, Italy.
    • Pordenone Art Fair, Pordenone, Italy.

    2010

    • Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boïcos, Paris, France.

    2009

    • Noël Baroque Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boïcos, Paris, France.
    • Van Brunt Gallery Beacon NY, USA. (also 2008)

    2008

    • Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT, USA (also 2002, 2000, 1999)
    • Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boïcos, Paris, France (also 2007, 2006, 2004)
    • Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY, USA.

    2007

    • Andreeva Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, USA.

    2004

    • Fischbach Gallery, New York NY, USA (also 2003).

    2001

    • New York Academy of Art, New York NY, USA.

    2000

    • Hackett-Freedman Gallery, San Francisco CA, USA (also 1993).

    1999

    • Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC, USA.

    1997

    • Galerie Cornette-Pajarin, Paris, France.
    • Mokpo Museum, Mokpo, South Corea.
    • Mairie du IVème Arrondissement, Paris, France.

    1995

    • Parsons School of Design, Paris, France.

    1994

    • Lizan-Tops Gallery, New York NY, USA.

    1992

    • New York Academy of Art, New York NY, USA.
    • Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, USA.

    1990

    • Jayne H. Baum Gallery, New York NY, USA. (also 1985).
    • National Academy of Design, New York NY, USA.

    1987

    • Espace Baudelaire, Rillieux-la-Pape, France.

  • Group Exhibitions

    2017
    Société des artistes français, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
    2016
    American School of Paris, Saint-Cloud, France.
    Fondation des EtasUnis,Cité Universitaire, Paris, France.
    2015
    The Big Messy Christmas Show, Chris Boïcos Fine Arts, Le HUIT, Paris, France.
    Ελιά !, curated by Chris Boicos Fine Arts & Corfu Gallery, Paxos Municipal Gallery, Loggos, Paxos, Greece.
    Still Lifes, Landscapes & Fish, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Paxos, Greece.
    2014
    Salon Comparaisons, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
    Salon du Cercle Municipal des Gobelins et des Beaux-Art, Marie du 13ème, Paris, France.
    2013
    Salon Comparaisons, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
    2012
    Salon Comparaisons, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
    2011
    Galería Ámbit, Barcelona, Spain.
    Salon Comparaisons, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
    2010
    Salon Comparaisons, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
    2009
    Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boïcos, Paris, France.
    2008
    Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boïcos, Paris, France.
    Selection du Salon d’Automne à Compiègn, Galerie Raison d’Art, Lille, France.
    2007
    Salon d’Automne, Paris, France.
    Paysages, Pont-l’Evêque et Beaumont-en-Auge
    2004
    Galerie Artemisia, Paris, France.
    Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boïcos, Paris, France.
    2003
    D.F.N. Gallery, New York, USA.
    Redwing Fine Art Gallery, Yarmouth, MA
    Rona Gallery, London, UK.
    2002
    Salon d’Etampes, Paris, France.
    Redwing Fine Art Gallery, Yarmouth, MA
    Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boïcos, Paris, France.
    D.F.N. Gallery, New York, USA.
    2001
    Salon d’Automne, Paris, France.
    Works on Paper, Espace Belleville, Paris, France.
    Salon de Saint Cloud, Paris, France.
    Salon de Garches, Paris, France.
    American Embassy Art Show, Paris, France.
    Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boïcos, Paris, France.
    D.F.N. Gallery, New York, USA.
    2000
    Salon de Saint Cloud, Paris, France.
    American Embassy Art Show, Paris, France.
    D.F.N. Gallery, New York, USA.
    Salon d’Automne, Paris, France.
    Salon de Saint Cloud Honors Show, Paris, France.
    Philharmonic Center, Naples, Florida, USA.
    1999
    Salon d’Automne, Paris, France.
    D.F.N. Gallery, New York, USA.
    Zenith Gallery, Washington, USA.
    Salon de Saint-Cloud, Paris, France.
    American Embassy Art Show, Paris, France.
    Kiron Espace, Paris, France.
    Galerie Liliane R, Deauville, France.
    1998
    Salon d’Automne, Paris, France.
    D.F.N. Gallery, New York, USA.
    Zenith Gallery, Washington, USA.
    Salon de Saint-Cloud, France.
    American Embassy Art Show, Paris, France.
    Prix International d’Art Contemporain, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
    « Montmartre Aux Artistes » at the Mairie du 18ème, Paris, France.
    Carpeaux 18, Paris, France.
    1997
    Figuration Critique, Paris, France.
    Le Nu et L’Âme, Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boïcos, Paris, France.
    The Art Gallery at the Registry, Naples, Florida, USA.
    Itinéraires, Levallois-Perret, France.
    Salon d’Automne, Paris, France.
    1996
    The American Embassy Art Show (Guest of Honor), Paris, France.
    Salon d’Automne, Paris, France.
    The Art Gallery at the Registry, Naples, Florida, USA.
    Indigo Galleries, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
    1995
    Galerie Vallois, Paris, France.
    Figuration Critique, Paris, France.
    1994
    Galerie Vallois, Paris, France.
    The Art Gallery at the Registry, Naples, Florida, USA.
    Prix International d’Art Contemporain, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
    1993
    L’Art à l’Ecole, Paris, France.
    The Art Gallery at the Registry, Naples, Florida, USA.
    1989
    L’Art à l’Ecole, Paris, France.
    Centre Culturel d’Orly, France.
    Galerie Caplain-Matignon, Paris, France.
    Galerie L’Entrée des Artistes, Barbizon, France.
    Salon de Lisieux, France.
    1998
    Salon d’Octobre, Brive, France.
    Fondation W.I.C.E., Paris, France.
    1987
    The Naples Art Gallery, Naples Florida, USA.
    1986
    Salon de Rouen (Prix Spécial du Jury), France.
    Comparaisons, Paris, France.
    Galerie Philip Frégnac, Paris, France.
    The Naples Art Gallery, Naples Florida, USA.
    1985
    Figuration Critique, Paris, France.
    1984
    Figuration Critique, Paris, France.
    Galerie Philippe Frégnac, Paris, France.
    Salon d’Angers, France.
    Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, Florida, USA.
    1983
    Figuration Critique, Paris, France.
    1981
    Art Vivant, Paris, France.
    Centre d’Action Culturelle, Macon, France.
    Holford Gallery, London, UK.
    1980
    Peindre et le Réel, Poitiers and Pont-à-Mousson, France.
    Les Ateliers Imaginaires, Paris, France.
    Journée du Soleil, Paris, France.
    Galerie Philippe Frégnac, France.
    Salon de Montrouge, France.
    1979
    Grands et Jeunes d’Aujourd’hui, Paris, France.
    Peindre et le Réel, Chartres, Fougères and Châteaudun, France.
    Art Vivant, Paris, France.
    Salon de Montrouge, France.
    1978
    Grands et Jeunes d’Aujourd’hui, Paris, France.
    Figuration Critique, Paris, France.
    Galerie Liliane, François, Paris, France.
    Salon de Montrouge, France.
    Salon de Vitry, France.
    1977
    Grands et Jeunes d’Aujourd’hui, Paris, France.
    1975
    Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.
    1974
    Art International, Allonnes, France.
    Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.
    1972
    Foundation des Etats-Unis, Paris, France.
    1970
    Fondation Maeght, Saint Paul de Vence, France.

  • Personal Exhibitions

    2015
    « Hyperréalistes » with Jacques Bodin,Expo Flash, Galerie Anna-Tschopp, Marseille, France.
    2013
    American School of Paris, France.
    2012
    Fondation Taylor, Paris, France.
    2011
    Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boïcos, Paris, France.
    2010
    ARTSZ, Galerie Suzanne Belaieff, Monaco.
    Galerie Anna-Tschopp, Marseille, France.
    2006
    Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boïcos, Paris, France.
    Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris, France.
    2005
    Galerie Catherine et André Hug et Galerie Eric Monbel, Paris, France.
    2004
    Rona Gallery, London, UK.
    2003
    Galerie Artemisia, Paris, France.
    2002
    Rivier College Art Gallery, Nashua, New Hampshire, UK.
    DFN Gallery, New York, USA.
    2001
    Royal Street Gallery, Paris, France.
    2000
    DFN Gallery, New York, USA.
    1999
    Boutique Hughes Chevalier, Paris, France.
    Royal Street Gallery, Paris, France.
    Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boïcos, Paris, France.
    1998
    Galerie Mouvances, Paris, France.
    Zenith Gallery, Washington, USA.
    1997
    Zenith Gallery, Washington, USA.
    1996
    American School of Paris, France.
    Galerie Toft, Paris, France.
    1990
    American School of Paris, France.
    1983
    Galerie Philippe Frégnac, Paris, France.
    1981
    Galerie Philippe Frégnac, Paris, France.
    1979
    Galerie Philippe Frégnac, Paris, France.
    1974
    Conservatoire National d’Art Dramatique, Paris, France.
    1971
    Fondation des Etats-Unis, Paris, France.

  • About

    About

    Ronald Bowen was born in 1944. He grew up in Lake Placid Florida, a quiet town surrounded by lakes, citrus groves, and ranches. From an early age he showed a talent for drawing.

    From 1962 to 1967 he studied art, along with music and languages, at Florida State University in Tallahassee, completing his final year at their study center in Florence, Italy. This first contact with Europe was a turning point for him.

    Finished with his university studies, he taught art for a year at his former school in Lake Placid. In 1968 he chose to return to Europe to teach and continue his art studies, spending a summer in Paris, then a year teaching in a small boarding school in England followed by a year in Nice, France, enrolled as a full-time painting student at the Ecole nationale des arts décoratifs.

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    In 1970 he returned to Paris as « Artist in Residence » at the Fondation des Etats-Unis, a scholarship offered by the Woolley Foundation. The scholarship was renewed for a second year. In 1973 he began teaching art classes part-time at the American School of Paris and has since made that city his home, retiring from the school in 2008. In 2010 he was awarded the Monique Corpet Prize for painting from the Taylor Foundation in Paris. In 1993 Ronald Bowen received French Nationality, making him a citizen of both the U.S. and France.

    The artist lives and works in Paris, France.

    website: http://www.ronaldbowenart.com

  • Artwork

    Watermelons & Peppers:

  • Group exhibitions

    2016
    Estampes, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Galerie Oberkampf, Paris, France.

    2015
    Still Lifes, Landscapes & Fish, Chris Boicos Fine Arts, Paxos, Greece.

    2014
    ΙΧΘΕΙΣ – Creatures of the sea, Chris Boicos Fine Arts , Paxos, Greece.
    Polysémie du pot, Galerie Terres d’Aligre, Paris, France.

    2013
    ON Y VA, Galerie Beckel Odille Boicos, Paris.

    2011
    Group show, Galerie du Canal, Brussels, Belgium.

    2010
    Noel Baroque, Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos, Paris.

    2009
    Flowers, Galerie Guedj, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

    2007
    Design d’artistes, Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos, Paris.

    2006
    Sacre du Printemps, Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos, Paris.

    2001
    ART-PARIS 2001, Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos, Paris.

    2000
    ART-PARIS 2000, Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos, Paris.
    ARTUEL, Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos, Beirut, Lebanon.
    Atelier de l’Orme, Salon Rue des Libraires, Mairie du XIXème, Paris.
    Journées Portes Ouvertes des ateliers d’artistes de Belleville : Creation of L’Imprimeur Gourmand, portfolio of prints and cooking recipes.
    Salon « Rue des Libraires » : Mairie du XIXème, Paris.

    1999
    Paysages, Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos, Paris. 
    Gravure, Galerie Beckel Odille Boïcos, Paris.
    ARTUEL, Beirut, Lebanon.

    1996
    Salon Empreinte Galerie Pascal Odille, Paris.
    SAGA – Galerie Pascal Odille, Paris.

    1992
    Jeune Peinture, Grand Palais, Paris.

  • Still Lifes, Landscapes & Fish

    Still Lifes, Landscapes & Fish

    Our summer season in Paxos opens with an exhibtion with art by Ronald Bowen (USA), David Loeb (USA), Margaret McCann (USA), Jorge Rodriguez de Rivera (Spain), Nicola Villa (Italy) and ceramics by Emmanuelle Mellot (France) and Simone Perrotte (France).

    Chris Boïcos and Sofia Kouva:
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    Gaios gallery, June 2015 show:
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    Ceramics by Emmanuelle Mellot, paintings and pastels by David Loeb:
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    Drawings by Ronald Bowen, painting by Margaret McCann:
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    Fish relief by Nicola Villa:
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    Collages by Jorge Rodriguez de Rivera, porcelain by Simone Perrotte:
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    Window with porcelain by Simone Perrotte:
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    Colored pencil drawings by Ronald Bowen:

    Paintings and pastels by David Loeb:

    Painting by Margaret McCann:

    Collages by Jorge Rodriguez de Rivera:

    Reliefs and paintings by Nicola Villa:

    Ceramics by Emmanuelle Mellot:

    Porcelain by Simone Perrotte: