Margie McDonald
320 Pocket Lane
Port Townsend WA 98368
360-379-4005
Trained in fiber arts and inspired by nature, I transform
the industrial materials into organic forms.
Education
2007 Artist Trust EDGE Program Participant
1987 BFA, AE Nova Scotia College of Art & Design
Born 1963, Newfoundland, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Girl Gone Wild,
Artisans on Taylor, Port Townsend, WA
2009
Archiforms
OK Hotel, Seattle WA
2008
Componere
The Leady-Volkous Art Center, Kansas City, MO.
2007
Sculpture: Indoor & Outdoor Work
The Art Mine Port Hadlock WA
2006
Metallicity: Sculpture by Margie McDonald
Northwind Art Alliance, Port Townsend, WA
Juried & Invitational Exhibitions
2010
Mosaic,
Pacini Lubel Seattle, WA
Girl Gone Wild con’t,
UnderTown Bar
15 Local Artisans, April Fool-Green Pod Port Townsend,WA
Two Vauts Gallery, Tacoma WA
2009
Metal Urge,
Two Vauts Gallery, Tacoma WA
The CVG Show 2009, ( Gary Faigin, juror)
Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton WA
Strait Art (Jake Seniuk, juror)
Port Angeles Fine Art Center Port Angeles WA
Art Outside X-
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center Sculpture Garden Port Angeles, WA
2008
Margie and Stacie
OK Hotel, Seattle WA
Small Expressions VII, ( Pat Austin, juror)
Northwind Art Alliance, Port Townsend, WA
Art Port Townsend ( Barbara Shaiman, juror)
Northwind Art Alliance, Port Townsend, WA
Living With Doom, Group show
The CVG Show, Group show
Collective Visions Gallery,
Bremerton WA
The Foyer Gallery, (Eric Swangstu, curator)
Key City Theatre, Port Townsend, WA
Unorganization, Group collaborative show
The Art Mine Port Hadlock WA
2007
Small Expressions,(Jake Seniuk, juror)
Northwind Art Alliance, Port Townsend, WA
Retrospective II - (Jake Seniuk, juror)
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, Port Angeles, WA
2006
300 Under 300, First Annual Affordable Art Show
Art Mine, (Eric Swangstu, juror)
Port Hadlock, WA
Earth, Air, Fire, Water - (Jake Seniuk, juror)
Northwind Arts Alliance, Port Townsend, WA
Art Outside VII - Port Angeles Fine Arts Center Sculpture Garden
Port Angeles, WA
2005
Serving Process: Michael McCollum/Margie McDonald
Port Angeles Fine Art Center Port Angeles WA
Postcards to Port Townsend
Northwind Arts Alliance, Port Townsend WA
Strait Art (Jake Seniuk, juror)
Port Angeles Fine Art Center Port Angeles WA
Create to Conserve: Jefferson Land Trust Sculpture Show & Sale
Chevy Chase Gallery Port Townsend WA
Art Outside VI - Port Angeles Fine Arts Center Sculpture Garden
Port Angeles, WA
2004
Northwind Arts Center Port Townsend WA
Small Expressions II (Michael McCollum, juror)
Fabrications Invitational
The Alchemy of the Abstract (Cheryl Hahn, juror)
Figuratively Speaking (Danny Adams, juror)
2003
Small Expressions (Michael McCollum, juror)
Northwind Arts Center Port Townsend WA
Margie McDonald & Laingdon Schmitt
Brion Toss Yacht Riggers Port Townsend WA
Commissions
2010 Francis North Gate, in progress
2008 Brain, Scientific American, White Matter Matters, cotton covered copper wire and copper wire.
Francis Gates, 60" x 80" x 2” stainless steel/ copper/ wood (private home)
2007 Orion's Domain19” x 39” x 39” carbide/stainless steel/ copper/ glass (private home)
Grants
2007 Artist Trust GAP Grant
Awards
2008 Merit Award, Small Expressions VII
2004 People's Choice Award Fabrications
Work selected for poster image Fabrications
Merit Award The Alchemy of the Abstract
2003 Merit Award Small Expressions
Publication
(As author & illustrator) Brion Toss and Margie McDonald. Working Rope. Xian Press, 2005.
Bibliography
Metalsmith, jan.2010.vol 30/no.1
Archiforms review by Matthew Kangas
Related Experience
2008 Port Townsend High School & Mountain View Elementary, Teaching Artist Program
1998 - 2006 Brion Toss Yacht Riggers, apprentice/journeyman/manager, Fabricate and repair the wires, lines and mechanical systems of sailboats.
Collections
Garmin International, Inc., Kansas City, Kansas.
Jim Leedy Collection, Kansas City, Kansas.