MARGO SAWYER Professor of Sculpture and Installation Art University of Texas at Austin [email protected] www.margosawyer.com Born: 1958 May 6, 1958, Washington, D.C. Education: 1980-82 M.F.A. Yale University. 1980 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. 1977-80 B.A. Hon’s, Chelsea School of Art, London, Great Britain. 1976-77 Foundation, Brighton Polytechnic Faculty of Art, Great Britain. Teaching: 1988 Assistant Professor - University of Texas at Austin, 1988 – 1993. Associate Professor - University of Texas at Austin, 1993 – present. Assistant Chair of Studio, Department of Art & Art History – University of Texas at Austin, 1997 – 1998. Professor - University of Texas at Austin, 2002 – present. Honors: 2013 Artist - in - residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, Washington. 2009 Year in Review 2009. America for the Arts & Public Art Network. 2008-09 University Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin. 2007-08 Faculty Research Assignment, University of Texas at Austin. 2004 Dean’s Fine Arts Research Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin. 2003 Artist - in - residence, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2001 Artist - in - residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, Washington. College of Fine Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin. The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award, 2001. 2000 Artist - in - residence, Artpace San Antonio, Texas. College of Fine Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin. Faculty Research Assignment, University of Texas at Austin. University Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin. 1999 Nominated for The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award. 1998 College of Fine Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin. University Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin. 1996 Japan Foundation Fellowship for Artists. 1995-96 Fulbright, Senior Research Grant to Japan. 1995 University Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin. 1994 Travel Grants Fund for Artists, a joint project of the National Endowment for the Arts and Arts International. University Research Institute Travel Grant, University of Texas at Austin. 1993 College of Fine Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin. University Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin. 1990 College of Fine Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin. University Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin. 1989 C.A.M.L.S, University of Texas at Austin. Change, Inc College of Fine Arts Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin. College of Fine Arts Research Grant, University of Texas at Austin. University Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin. 1988 Athena Corporation. 1987 Art Matters, Inc. New York State Council for the Arts Grant. 1986-87 American Academy in Rome Fellowship. 1986 National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship. 1982-83 Fulbright Grant to India. 1981 Ford Foundation Travel Grant. 1980-82 Yale University. 1980 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Solo Shows: 2009 Synchronicity of Color, AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, University of Texas at Austin, Texas, January 24 – May 9, 2009. Margo Sawyer and Tommy Fitzpatrick, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, Texas. 12 September – 14 November 2009 2008 Synchronicity of Color, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas, June 21 – August 15, 2008. 2005 Cloud of Unknowing, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas, September 17 – October 15, 2005. 2004 Contemplative Spaces, Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston, Texas, April 24 – June 13, 2004. 2003 Margo Sawyer: New Installations, Artists in Residence, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, October 25, 2003 – June 27, 2004. Fragment of an Index for Contemplation: Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico. March 7-31 2003. 2002 Index for Contemplation, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, January 18 – March 15, 2002 2001 Ten + One Illuminations, University of Texas at El Paso, January 18 – February 15, 2001. 2000 Margo Sawyer: International Artist-in-Residency Program 00.2, Ten + One Illuminations, Artpace San Antonio, Texas, June 9 – July 16, 2000. Margo Sawyer, Rudolph Poissont Gallery, Houston, Texas, April 22 – May 30, 2000. 1999 Transformation II, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas, April 24 - May 30, 1999. Transformation, Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas, January 21 - February 27, 1999. 1998 Presence and Absence, Austin Art Museum at Laguna Gloria, Austin, Texas, June 13 – August 30, 1998. 1996 Elysium Room, GalleryGallery, Kyoto, Japan, December 10 – 21, 1996. Margo Sawyer, International House of Japan, Tokyo, Japan, December 4 – 13, 1996. Elysian Fields, Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo, Japan, November 22 - December 15, 1996. 1994 Projects (with Thana Lauhakaikul & Mike Scranton), DiverseWorks, Houston, Texas, January 29 - March 5, 1994. 1992 The Journey, Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas, May 14 - June 21, 1992. 1991 Margo Sawyer, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, New York, January 3 - February 2, 1991. 1989 Margo Sawyer, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, New York, February 18 - March 18, 1989. Special Projects, P.S.1 Museum, Long Island City, New York, January 13 - March 12, 1989. 1983 Beginning and End, British Council, Bombay, India, April 1983. Selected Group Shows:DITION: TWENTY YEARS OF PRINTMAKING AT FLATBE 2012 Advancing Tradition: Twenty Years of Printmaking at Flatbed Press. Museum of Printing History, Houston, Texas, June 14, 2012– August 11, 2012. The Mona Lisa Project, by Rino Pizzi, Peoples Gallery, Austin City Hall, February 24, 2012 – January 10, 2013. 2011 3D Design #3. Masolow Gallery at Marywood University Art Galleries, Scranton, Pennsylvania. November 7, 2011 – November 2011. The Mona Lisa Project, by Rino Pizzi, Grand Rapids Museum of Art, September 21 – November 6, 2011. New Works: The Mona Lisa Project, by Rino Pizzi, Austin Museum of Art, June 4 – September 11, 2011. Sculpting Life: Austin Bergstrom International Airport. Austin, Texas. In honor of the centennial Elisabet Ney Museum and the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum. April 27 – July 25, 2011. 2010 Advancing Tradition: Twenty Years of Printmaking at Flatbed Press. Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas. November 26, 2010 – February 13, 2011. Combined: Department of Art and Art History Faculty Exhibition, Visual Art Center, University of Texas at Austin. November 5 – December 18, 2010. Neither Model nor Muse, Women as Artists, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas. June 2 – September 12, 2010 2009 Gallery, Austin City Hall, Austin, Texas. February 1 – January 2010. Water: A Student Curated Exhibition!!, The Maslow Study Gallery for Contemporary Art at Marywood University, Scranton, PA. May 1 - 25, 2009 Group Exhibition: Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio. September 15 - December 9, 2009 2008 The Texas Chair Project, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, November 15, 2008 – February 09, 2009 Atelier 10, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, April 9 – June 10, 2008 2008 Double X, Step Gallery, Arts, Arizona State University, October 22, 2007 – October 26, 2008 2006 5 x 7, Arthouse, Austin, Texas. May – June 2006 2005 Two by Two: For AIDS and Art, Seventh Annual Dinner and Art Auction Benefiting AMFAR and the Dallas Museum of Art, The Rachofsky House, October 8, 2005. ASAp: Artist Salute Artpace, a Benefit Auction to Celebrate Artpace San Antonio’s 10th Anniversary, Christie’s, New York, New York, April 28, 2005. Inaugural Exhibition, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas, April 2 – 30, 2005. Color, Pattern, Grid, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, March 5 – May 15, 2005. 2004 Gardens: Real and Imagined, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, October 6, 2004 – September 25, 2005. Hive, Creative Research Lab, University of Texas at Austin, September 10 – 30, 2004. 2003 Upwards, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, Texas, January 21 – February 26, 2003. 2002 Art Faculty Exhibition, Creative Research Lab, University of Texas at Austin, October 9 – November 10, 2002. 2001 Loudly Minimal, Quietly Baroque: The Best of 1/4 Hora Projects Space, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas, November 2, 2001 – December 14, 2001. 2000 Texas Dialogues: Scenic Overlook, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas, December 1, 2000 – January 12, 2001. 62ndArt Faculty Exhibition, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, November 9 – December 10, 2000. Sculptors Drawing, 1/4 Hora Project Space, Elgin, Texas, October 22 – 31, 2000. Drawings, David Berman Gallery, Austin, Texas, June 22 – August 26, 2000. 1/4 Hora Perennial, 1/4 Hora Project Space, Elgin, Texas, April 8 – 16, 2000. Contemplative Exactitude, 1/4 Hora Project Space, Elgin, Texas, February 4 – 13, 2000. 1999 61stArt Faculty Exhibition, The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, November 11 – December 1, 1999. Fault Lines, ArtScan, Houston, Texas, February 27 – March 26, 1999. 1998 60th Art Faculty Exhibition, The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin, November 6 – December 6, 1998. It’s About Design, Auction for Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas, September 18 – 26, 1998. 1996 New Airport Art, Dougherty Arts Center Gallery, Austin, Texas, January 2 – 29, 1996. Catalogue. 1995 Fifteenth Annual Abilene Outdoors Sculpture Exhibition with Works by Four Major Texas Sculptors, Nelson Park, Abilene, Texas, September 16, 1995 – August 31 1996. 1994 Transformations: The Alchemy of Change, Auction for Women