i paint about the struggle and what’s going on, I draw from my unconscious as well as things seen , heard and felt. The paintings are a combination of natural and urban environments. My current work is talking about this moment in time where life is carrying on, albeit in a frenzied pace, while facing an existential threat .
I’m painting about relationships, conversations, the seasons, plants growing and decaying, birds migrating, underground roots systems, sidewalk cracks, breathing in and out and the overlay of nature within the urban.
Im interested in the language of graffiti and its inherent urgency to speak out about what’s going on. Im interested in popular culture juxtaposed with the natural order of nature and its struggle to survive.
Living in New Mexico my life is intertwined with nature on a daily basis. The sky envelops the city and the mountains and the dessert sit on the edge of the city. The weather is extremes of wind, sun and cold. All of this influences my work and how I view the world.
Margaret Holman Fitzgerald was born in London, England. She grew up in Japan and the United States. She studied fine art and art history in New York City at the School of Visual Arts and the Art Students League. She also studied at the Instituto Allende in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico and received a Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of New Mexico.
Margaret has enjoyed solo shows in New York City, San Francisco and New Mexico. Her work is in private and corporate collections across the United States and abroad
Upcoming Shows and Residencies
2024 Pie Projects gallery, Santa Fe NM
2024 Susan Eley Gallery, NYC
2024 Vermont Studio Center , artist residency
2025 Pouch Cove, artist residency
Selected Exhibitions
2023 group show, Pie Projects, SF, NM
2023 group Show, Exhibit 208 , ALBQ, NM
2022 group show, The Loss Show, Fourteen Fifteen Gallery, ALBQ NM
2022, group show “Like a Slight Hiccup” la Grange Gallery, Les, Reims, France
2022 solo exhibition, Exhibit 208 , albq, nm “Black Birds Gather”
2021 group show, Three Abstract Artists, Susan Eley Gallery NYC
2021 solo exhibition, Imprint/dialectic ,Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2020 group show, The Painting Center, NYC
2020 solo show, Circa gallery , Minn
2019 group show April Price Projects Gallery ALBQ, NM
2019 group show womens abstract show, Moberg Gallery
2019 group show Circa Gallery
2017 solo show David Richard gallery dec 15-jan 18 Santa Fe, NM
2017 group show, The Painting Center NYC
2017 solo show Harwood Art Center ALBQ, NM
2016 group show, Circa Gallery, winter solon Minn, MN
2016 Miniatures Show, Albuquerque Museum, ALBQ, NM
2016 Dose Projects , Brooklyn, NY
2016 Group show, Susan Eley Fine Art gallery , NYC
2015 Solo show, David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2014 Circa Gallery, Minneapolis, Minn.
2014 Ross Art Museum, "New Work, New Mexico", Ohio Wesleyan University
2013 Lewallen Galleries, Scottsdale AZ, "Rising Stars" a group show
2013 Laguna Gallery of Contemporary Art, Laguna Beach , CA
2013 Solo Show, Chandler Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Solo Show, Lewallen Contemporary Art, fall group show at Rail yard, Santa Fe, NM
2012 Albuquerque Museum "Miniatures" juried exhibition, ALBQ, NM
2012 Solo Show "Natura" Lewallen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
2012 House of Figs, Group show, Exhibit 208 , ALBQ, NM
2012 "New Mexico Showcase" juried group show by Peter Frank, 516 Arts, ALBQ ,NM
2011 Solo Show, "Duende" Heidi Cho Gallery, NYC
2010 Solo Show “Desaparecer”, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2010 “A Prayer for Juarez” Gallery 1022, ALBQ, NM
2009 Solo Show, Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, CA.
2008 Solo Show, Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, CA.
2008 “Cradle Project”, ALBQ. NM
2008 “Giving Shelter” invitational, 516 Arts, ALBQ. NM
2007 AAF Art Fair, New York, NY
2007 “Paradox” LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2006 Solo Show, Exhibit 208, ALBQ, NM
2005 Solo show, Chandler Fine Art, San Francisco, CA.
2005 Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2005 LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2005 American Embassy, Vatican City, Italy
2004 Amarillo Museum of Art, invitational, Amarillo, TX
2004 Thomas Ingerick Gallery, Aspen, CO.
2004 Chandler Fine Art, Solo Show, San Francisco, CA.
2003 LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Magnifico Gallery, invitational, Albuquerque, NM
2002Solo Show, Lewallen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Solo Show, Museum West Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2000 Solo Show Coleman Gallery, ALBQ, NM
2000 Occasions by Design Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
1999 The Gallery Building Gallery, Waterloo IA
1997 Museum of Fine Art, National Juried exhibition, Helena, MO.
1995 Magnifico Gallery, Juried exhibition, ALBQ, NM
education
1992 Graduate Studies in Art Education, Univ. of NM, ALBQ,NM
1990 Post BA in Art Education, Univ. of NM, ALBQ,NM
1980 BA Fine Arts, Univ. of NM, ALBQ, NM
1984 Arts Students League, New York City
1978 School of Visual Arts, New York City
1976 Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
collections
Private collections throughout the United States and in Tokyo, Japan
Venetian Hotels in Las Vegas and Macao,China, Stockholm, Sweden
publications and interviews
http://www.art-squat.com/articles4/Fitzgerald/index.php
https://www.piecewithartist.com/margaret_fitzgerald.html
https://thevisionaryprojects.com/editorial/margaret-fitzgerald
https://artmerit.com/margaret-fitzgerald/
https://kirsteinfineart.com/2016/07/09/7923/
https://516arts.blogspot.com/2012/02/studio-visit-interview-margaret.html
https://artmerit.com/margaret-fitzgerald/https://kirsteinfineart.com/2016/07/09/7923/
2018 The Art Guide Nov issue Santa Fe, NM, David Richard solo show reviewed
2016 http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamlehrer/2016/06/07/5-cant-miss-art-shows-of-the-week-of-june-6-2016/#1 San Francisco Chronicle, show at Chandler Fine Art is reviewed by Kenneth Baker
http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Galleries-Deborah-Butterfield-Margaret-4546706.php
2012 House and Gardens Aug, 20 2012 http://www.housesgardenspeople.com/2012/08/modern-house-by-allen-kirsch-and-sharif.html
2012 Luxe. interiors and Design summer issue
2012 IQ Magazine interview http://www.local-iq.com/arts/122-exhibit/2488-ok-with-the-process.html
2012 Catalogue "NM Show Case" juried show by Peter Frank ALBQ, NM
2010 Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe,NM
2005 Catalogue, "Arts in Embassies" show, Vatican City
2005 The Magazine, Santa Fe,NM
2004 West Coast Gallery Guide, San Francisco, CA
2003 The Collectors Guide, Santa Fe,NM
2001 West Coast Gallery Guide, San Francisco , CA
2000 The Santa Fean, Santa Fe, NM
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