MARGO RAY CURRICULUM VITAE www.margoray.com 64-5217 Mokuloa Dr., Kamuela, HI 96743 (808) 443-1870 [email protected]

Education 2003-2006 Concordia University, Master of Fine Arts, Print Media. Montreal, Quebec

1999-2002 University of Hawai’i at Hilo, Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art. Graduated with Honors. Hilo, Hawai’I

Selected Exhibitions 2020 Lancaster Museum of Art and History, 655 W. Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, CA April 25-June Collaborate and Create’curated group exhibition

The Loft at Liz’s, 453 La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA Jan 28 – Mar 1. ‘Collaborate and Create’curated group exhibition

Hui No’eau Visual Art Center, 2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao, Maui Jan 18 -Feb 21 Annual Juried Exhibition’

Kahilu Theatre Gallery, 1186 Lindsey Rd., Kamuela, HI Sept 25 -Nov 8. ‘Kipapai Fellows 2020’, curated group exhibition

2019 Lancaster Museum of Art and History, 655 W. Lancaster Blvd, Lancaster, CA December 1-February 20 “Peace on Earth” Group Exhibition.

Hawaii State Art Museum, 250 South Hotel St. , HI September 7, 2019 “In Hawai’i”, group exhibition.

University of Hawai’i at Art Gallery, Honolulu Printmakers Annual Exhibition

Wailoa Art Center , 200 Poipoi St, Hilo, HI. Oct 2-29 Jan Ken Po Printmaking Exhibit, Juror and solo exhibition,

2018 East Hawai’I Cultural Center, 141 Kalakaua St., Hilo, HI “Hawaii Contemporay Art Exhibition”, First Place Award Winner. September 6- 27, 2018

2016 Schaefer International Gallery at the MACC, One Camerson Way, Kahului, HI June 5-August 4 “The Rat and Octopus”, AGGROculture Collective exhibition.

2015 Hawaii State Art Museum, 250 South Hotel St. Honolulu, HI September 4-Aug 31 “Hawai’i:Change and Continuity”, group exhibition.

2013 Honolulu Museum School of Art, 1111 Victoria St., Honolulu ,HI February 21-March 15 “85th Honolulu Printmakers Annual Exhibitiion Gift Print Artist

Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa , HI February 12-April 15 “Cycles of Life”, group exhibition.

2012 Fishcake, 307 Kamani St, Honolulu, HI April 2-June2 “Aggro Roadshow”

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Honolulu Museum School of Art, 1111 Victoria St, Honolulu, HI “84th Annual Honolulu Printmakers Exhibition” Award for Excellence in Printmaking

2010 The Arts at Mark’s Garage, Nu’uanu Ave, Honolulu, HI “alterna-APEC”, Group exhibition

Fishcake, 307 Kamani St. Honolulu, HI “Loose Women”

2010 at First Hawaiian Center, 999 Bishop Street, Honolulu, HI. July 16-Oct.15 “Between Worlds, Waters Flow”, solo exhibition

Second Street Gallery, 115 Second St. SE, Charlottesville, Virginia. June 4-July 10 “Sublime Spaces, Forgotten Places”, solo exhibition

DIVA Center, Eugene, Oregon “Regionalism: New Art By North American Printmakers” group exhibition

The Arts At Mark’s Garage, Nu’uanu Ave, Honolulu, HI “AGGROculture” Four person exhibition.

2009 Centre D’Exposition De Val David , 2495 rue de L’Eglise, Val-David, Quebec. Sept 19- Nov 15, “Seconde Nature” , three person exhibition.

Hui No’eau Visual Art Center, 2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao, Maui Aug 21-Sept “Postcards, Snapshots and Collected Lamentations”, solo exhibition

IdSpace, Kurtistown, HI Jan1-Feb15 , “Containment Landscapes”, solo exhbition

Hawai’I State Art Museum, 250 Hotel st, Honolulu, HI “Accession 09’: Recent Acquisitions from the Art in Public Places Collection” Group exhibition.

Professional Experience 2016-present Kahilu Theatre Foundation, Kamuela, HI Gallery Director 2015-present Island Eclectic, LLC Kamuela, Hawaii Co-Owner, Operator of Art and Design business. 2019-present Donkey Mill Art Center, Board Member Holualoa, Hawaii 2017 – present Hawai’I State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Visual Arts Consultant

2006-2015 Ironwood Custom Framing and Design, Kamuela, Hawaii Co-Owner, Operator of Picture Framing business and art gallery, co- curator of exhibitions.

2 2012-11 Kahilu Theatre Foundation, Kamuela, Hawaii Artist Curtator in Residence for the 2011-12 Season

2011 St.Michael’s Printshop, St.John’s Newfoundland Visiting Artist Workshop, Photo-Digital Chine Colle

University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii Visiting Artist instructor, Art 300

2011 Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia Public Art Project, Artist/Coordinator June15-Jult2nd Partnering with local collage students and community volunteers.

2009 Hui No’eau Visual Art Center, Makawao, Maui October 2-5th, Visiting Artist Collage and Photoshop Workshop

Public Collections

2020 Hawai’I State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Arts in Public Places Collection “Containment Landscape #28- Kiholo Bay”

2019 Hawai’I State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Arts in Public Places Collection “Containment Landscape #21- Makalawena”

2012 Hawai’I State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Arts in Public Places Collection “Once Upon A Cowboy”

Honolulu Museum of Art, Gift Print Collection. “Hapai Moon”

2010 Hawai’I State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Arts in Public Places Collection “Containment Landscape #6- Print Version”

2009 Hawai’I Sate Foundation on Culture and The Arts , Art in Public Places Collection, ‘Containment Landscape #4-Print Version”

2004 Biblioteque National du Quebec Artist Book Collection “Water Tank”, 44page hand made book work.

Grants and Residencies

2020 Ki Pai’pai juried professional development workshop Participated virtually

Hawai’i Contemporary Professional Development Program for Artists Participated virtually

2016 Donkey Mill Art Center Ki Pai’pai juried professional development workshop Holualoa, Hawaii

2011 St.Michael’s Printshop One-month Artist in Residence St, John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

3 2009 Kala Art Institute One-Month Artist In Residence Berkeley, Calafornia

2008 Atelier de I’lle Emerging Artist Residency Grant Val-David, Quebec

Presentations and Publications 2017 Aloha Spirit, Contemporary Artists from Hawai’i Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection

2016 Hawai’i State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI Artist Lunch Series, March 29th , 2016

2015 UH Hilo Stories, UH Hilo alumna Margo Ray, local artist with a voice ‘counter to the fiction of paradise” February 2015 issue. Publication

2014 Printmaking on The Edge, 40 Years at St. Michael’s. Curated and written by Kevin Major. Publication.

2013 Donkey Mill Art Center, Holualoa, Hawaii Artist Lecture, April 18th

2011 Honolulu Magazine, Off The Wall By Tamara Moan, January, 2011 issue, Publication

Ke Kalahea, Margo Ray’s Pop Surrealism Inspires Student Art Installation By Jerilee Negrillo, February 2011 issue. Publication

2010 The Honolulu Museum of Art at First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI Artist Lecture, July 1st & 2nd

Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia, Artist Lecture, June 4th&5th

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