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Marcia Gygli King
477 Broome Street, #63
New York, NY 10013
212-925-5160
MARCIAGKING@AOL.COM

 

 

BORN

 

Cleveland, Ohio

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

B.A., Smith College, English

1980

 

M.F.A., University of Texas at San Antonio

1978

 

Corcoron School of Art, Washington DC

 

 

 

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

 

 

2009

 

Retrospective: 40 Years, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX

2009

 

Retrospective: 40 Years, Southwest School of Arts and Crafts, San Antonio, TX

2009

 

Retrospective: 40 Years, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

2005

 

Culture Series, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, TX

2003

 

Gallery 668, Greenwich, NY

2002

 

Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL

2001

 

Botanical Allegories, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY

2000

 

Artist of the Year 2000, San Antonio Art League Museum, San Antonio, TX

 

 

New Works, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX

1999

 

Kouros Gallery, New York, NY

1996

 

Arts Academy of Eastern Maryland, MD

1995

 

The Guild Hall Museum, Easthampton, NY

 

 

Renee Fotouhi Fine Art, Easthampton, NY

1994

 

Hal Katzen Gallery, New York, NY

1992

 

Hal Katzen Gallery, New York, NY

1990

 

Katzen Brown Gallery, New York, NY

1989-90

 

Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH

1989

 

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

 

 

Valerie Miller Gallery, Palm Desert, CA

1988

 

Katzen Brown Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

 

Wallace Wentworth Gallery, Washington DC

1987

 

Fervor Gallery, New York, NY

1986

 

Parker Smalley Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

Manhattan Marymount College, New York, NY

1985

 

White Columns Gallery, New York, NY

1984

 

The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX

 

 

Mattingly Baker Gallery, Dallas, TX

1981

 

Rutgers University, Douglas College, New Brunswick, NJ

1980

 

Charleton Gallery, San Antonio, TX

1975

 

McNamara O’Connor Museum, Victoria, TX

1974

 

Spectrum 16 Gallery, San Antonio, TX

1973

 

Faulkner’s Gallery, Washington DC

1970

 

Camden House Gallery, San Antonio, TX

 

 

 

PUBLIC ART COMMISSION

 

 

1995

 

MTA Commission for Creative Stations, Jay Street/Borough Hall Station, Brooklyn, NY

 

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

 

2008

 

Summer Exhibition, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

2005

 

Gallery Artists, Gallery 688, Greenwich, NY

2004

 

New York Show, Opelousas Museum of Art, Opelousas, LA

1999

 

Botanical Inspirations, Metropolitan Life Gallery, New York, NY

1997

 

Flowers, MB Modern, New York, NY

 

 

Coast to Coast, MD Modern, Houston, TX

1996

 

Earth, Gathering of the Tribes, New York, NY

1991

 

Frame Up, Fine Arts Center, Kingston, RI

1989

 

Insistent Landscape, Security Pacific Corp. Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

The Nature of the Beast, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY

 

 

A XX Century Bestiary, Renee Fotouhi Gallery, New York, NY

1987

 

The Artist’s Mother: Portraits and Homages, The National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC

& Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY

1986

 

Landscape in the Age of Anxiety, Lehman College Art Gallery, City University of New York, Bronx, NY
& the
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH

 

 

Dog Days of August, Littlejohn Smith Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

Oso Bay Biennial Show, Corpus Christi, TX

1985

 

Prints & Drawings, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH

 

 

Examination of Contamination, Parker Smalley Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

Update 84-85, White Columns, New York, NY

 

 

Sculpture Center, New York, NY

1984

 

Charancahau Gallery, Corpus Christi, TX

 

 

WCA 1984 National, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA

1983

 

Fauna: The Animal Ally, Lehman College Art Gallery,

 

 

City University of New York, New York, NY

 

 

New Trends Show, Ericson Gallery, New York, NY

 

 

The Artist and the Quilt, Museum Traveling Exhibition

1977

 

Contemporary Issues on Paper, Women’s Caucus for the Arts,

Women’s Building, Los Angeles, CA

 

 

20th Annual Eight State Exhibition, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma, OK

1976

 

21st Annual Delta Art Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR

1975

 

18th Annual Eight State Exhibition, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma, OK

 

 

 

VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES

 

 

1995

 

Marcia Gygli King, Guild Hall Museum Exhibition, Easthampton, NY

 

 

First Light (Interview), Roy S. Teicher, L.T.V. Public Access, Easthampton, NY

1990

 

Signals (Interview), Channel 4, London, England

1987

 

Visions: Four New York Artists, Veronica Herman, producer

 

 

 

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS    
   

San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX

 

Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR

 

 

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

 

 

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

 

 

Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

 

 

Guild Hall, Easthampton, NY      

 

 

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

 

 

McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX

 

 

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC

 

 

Newark Museum, Newark, NJ

 

 

Robert College, Istanbul, Turkey

 

 

San Antonio Art League, San Antonio, TX

 

 

 

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS    
   

Best Products, Richmond, VA

   

British Petroleum, Cleveland, OH

 

 

Cadillac Fairview, Dallas, TX

 

 

Carrington, Coleman, Soleman & Blumenthal, Dallas, TX

    Clear Channel Communications, San Antonio, TX

 

 

Continental Life Insurance Corp., New York, NY

 

 

Goldman Sachs Co., New York, NY

 

 

Laurel School, Cleveland, OH

 

 

Phillip Morris Co., New York, NY

 

 

 

LECTURES

 

 

1995

 

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (studio visit/lecture)

1993

 

New Museum, New York, NY (studio visit/lecture)

1991

 

Dallas Museum, Dallas, TX (studio visit/lecture)

1988

 

Whitney Museum, Phillip Morris, New York, NY (lecture/demo)

1988

 

Lehman College, City University of New York, New York, NY

1987

 

Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA

1986

 

Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, TX (panel/lecture)

1985

 

Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC (panel)

1984

 

Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX

 

 

McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX

1978

 

Panel on Women in the Arts, (represented Southwest US), Alexandria, VA

1976

 

University of Texas, Division of Continuing Education, San Antonio, TX

1964

 

Founder/Director of Docent Program, McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX

1960-76

 

Docent, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

 

 

 

WRITINGS     

 

 

1976-77

 

Visual Arts Critic, Express News Publishing, Co., San Antonio, TX

 

 

 

AWARDS & HONORS

 

 

2000

 

Artist of the Year, 2000, San Antonio Art League, San Antonio, TX

1979

 

Oustanding Women in San Antonio, Women’s Political Caucus

1977

 

International Women’s Year, Panel on Status of Women, Houston, TX

1976

 

James Kirby National Memorial Award, Texas Watercolor Society

 

 

Women in San Antonio Art, Institute Mexicano de Intercambio Cultural

1972

 

First Purchase Prize, Texas Watercolor Society

1971

 

Best of Show, Texas Watercolor Society

 

 

Ethel T. Drought Memorial Award, San Antonio Art League

1970

 

Annual Z. T. Scott Award & Circuit, Texas Fine Arts Association

1963

 

Brewer’s Digest Award, Lone Star Brewery

 

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

 

2005

 

Goddard, Dan R. Top Tickets-Art, San Antonio Express News, Dec. 18, 2005,p.A&E2(illus.).

2001

 

Ruhling, Nancy. The Garden Through an Artist’s Eye, Newsday, June 21, 2001, pp.B14,B19.

2000

 

Goddard, Dan R. Artist Draws on Both San Antonio and New York Influences,
San Antonio Express News, October 13, 2000.

1999

 

Nahas, Dominique. Marcia Gygli King at Kouros Gallery, Art in America, Sept.1999, pp.126-7.

1997

 

Monro, Eleanor, American Women Artists, Da Capo Press, New York, NY, 1997.

    Sayre, Henry M. A World of Art. Prentice Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ 1997.

1995

 

Sterling, Susan Fischer, Women Artists National Museum of Women in the Arts, Abbeville Publishing Group, New York, NY, 1995, (illus, pg. 292).

    Slivka, Ross C.S. From the Studio, The East Hampton Star, June 1, 1995 (illus.).

 

 

Cross, Jennifer. Different Themes in Two Artists, Spectacles, South Hampton Press, May 26, 1995.

 

 

Wolberg Weiss, Marion. Art Commentary, Dan’s Paper, Bridgehampton NY, May 26, 1995 (illus).

 

 

Braff, Phyllis. Images Quite Alike and Quite Unalike, The New York Times, May 21, 1995 (illus).

 

 

Mead, Julia C. Openings Galore, We Catch A Few, The East Hampton Star, May 11, 1995.

 

 

Exhibit Talk, The East Hampton Star, May 11, 1995.

 

 

Gallery Talks, The Southampton Press, May 11, 1995.

 

 

Johnson, Carol Siri, Art BEAT too, The East Hampton Independent, May 10, 1995 (illus).

 

 

Art Talk, The East Hampton Independent, May 10, 1995.

 

 

 

An Interview With: Marcia Gygli King, Guild Hall & Wainscott School Collaboration,

May 6-June 11, 1995.

 

 

Guild Hall to Spotlight Marcia Gygli King, East End Arts, Summer Life, May 5, 1995, Vol.14, No.1.

 

 

Cummings, Mary. Joint Effort; Guild Hall and School In Artistic Sybiosis, The Arts,
The Southampton Press, May 4, 1995, pp. B1 & B7, (illus).

 

 

King and Zakanitch, Exploring Pattern and Decoration, The Sag-Harbor Express, May 4, 1995.

 

 

Two Solo Exhibits, The East Hampton Independent, May 3, 1995.

 

 

Rosenbaum, Susan. News of the Schools, The East Hampton Star, April 6, 1995 (illus).

 

 

Danto, Arthur C. Marcia King and the Symbolic Language of Frames, Guild Hall Museum,

East Hampton, NY, 1995 (catalogue).

1994

 

Barnes, Molly, How to Get Hung: Practical Guide for Emerging Artists, Journey Editions, Boston, MA, 1994.

1992

 

Henry, Gerrit. Review of Exhibitions, New York, Marcia Gygli King at Hal Katzen, Art in America,

December 1992, Vol. 12, p.118 (illus).

1990

 

Johnston, Mark. (curator) Insistent Landscapes, Security Pacific Gallery, Los Angeles CA, 1990, (catalogue), (illus).

 

 

Who’s Who in American Women. Marquis Who’s Who, 17th Edition, 1990-2003.

 

 

Curtis, Cathy. Art, Los Angeles Times, February 12, 1990.

1989

  McCombie, Mel. Marcia Gygli King, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1989, (catalogue) (illus).

 

  The Artist’s Mother; Portraits and Homages, Heckscher Museum,1989, pp.12&55, (catalogue) (illus).

 

 

Cullinan, Helen. Paintings & Frames Share Spotlight, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Jan. 17, 1987.

1988

 

Solomon, Holly and Alexandra Anderson. Living With Art. Rizzoli, NY, NY, 1988 (illus).

 

 

Russell, John. Marcia Gygli King, The New York Times, February 19, 1988, Sec. Arts.

 

 

Rian, Jeffrey. Marcia Gygli King at Fervor, Art in America, February, 1988, pp. 148-9 (illus).

 

 

Vroom, George. Marcia Gygli King,Art World, February, 1988.

 

 

Kessler, Pamela. The Frame Game, The Washington Post, January 8, 1988.

1987

 

Vroom, George. Marcia Gygli King, Art World, March, 1987.

 

 

Cullinan, Helen. Landscape Given New Meaning, Cleveland Plain Dealer, January 17, 1987.

1986

 

Contemporary Quarterly, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Winter, 1986 (illus).

 

 

Castelli Sundell, Nina. Landscape in the Age of Anxiety, College Art Gallery and Cleveland Center

for Contemporary Art, 1986, (catalogue), (illus).

1985

 

Digby, John. Collage. Thames and Hudson, London, 1985 (illus).

 

 

Skidmore Sasser, Elizabeth. Golden Dogs of the West, Southwest Art, Nov. 1985, pp. 84-92 (illus).

 

 

Glueck, Grace. Update 1984-85, The New York Times, June 25, 1985.

 

 

Vroom, George. Marcia Gygli King, Art World, January 1985.

1984

 

Munro, Eleanor. Marcia Gygli King, Relief Painting, 1982-1984, McNay Art Museum, 1984 (catalogue) (illus).

 

 

Goren Solon, Marcia. Review,San Antonio Light, September 30, 1984 (illus).

 

 

Kantrowitz, Barbara. Saluting Women’s Work, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 1, 1984.

 

 

Freidman, Shirley M. Needlework Artistry Comes Alive at Quilt Exhibition,

The Sunday Star Ledger, January 29, 1984 (illus).

1983

 

Robinson, Charlotte. The Artist and the Quilt. Alfred E. Knopf, New York, NY, 1983 (illus).

 

 

Kass, Arden. The Artists’ Quilts New Feminist Symbol: Collaboration Triumphs in Texas Show,

New Art Examiner, November 1983, Vol. 11, No. II.

 

 

House and Garden, October, 1983, Vol. 155, No. 10, pp. 20-22 (illus).

1976

 

Notable Women of Texas. Emerson Publishing, Irving, TX, 1976, First Edition.

 

 

The Artists’ Quilts New Feminist Symbol: Collaboration Triumphs in Texas Show,

New Art Examiner, November 1983, Vol. 11, No. II.

 


   
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