Bio
Margo Ray is a printmaker, painter and book artist from the Big Island of Hawai’i. She holds an MFA from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec and a BA in Studio Arts from University of Hawaii at Hilo. She approaches her artistic practice through the process of collection: postcards, tourist memorabilia, old photographs and playing cards that she incorporates into her work through various print media processes. Margo’s work investigates notions of authenticity and vulnerability as well as her relationship to the natural world by creating surreal compositions where she uses drawn and photographic images of animals, plants, architecture and explosions to communicate her imagined world. Margo currently lives and works in Honoka'a, Hawai'i.
Contact
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Curriculum Vitae
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 Fine Art. Graduated with Honors.
Hilo, Hawai’i
2001
Peking University, Chinese culture study summer program
Peking, China
1995
Evergreen State College, first year program in arts and public service.
Olympia, Washington
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Second Street Gallery, 115 Second St. SE, Charlottesville, Virginia. June-July “Sublime Spaces, Forgotten Places”
2009
Centre D’Exposition De Val-David, 2495 rue de L’Eglise, Val-David, Quebec. Sept 19-Nov 15, “Seconde Nature”, with Valerie Levasseur and Monique Gagne
Hui No’eau Visual Art Center, 2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao, Maui Aug 21-Sept, “Postcards, Snapshots and Collected Lamentations”
IdSpace, Kurtistown, Hawaii Island www.hiartmagazine.com, Jan-Feb, “Containment Landscapes”
2007
Town, 3453 Wai’alae Ave, Honolulu, HI Nov 6-Jan 7 “Tales of Fortune and Disguise”
Arts at Marks’s Garage, 1159 Nuuanu Ave., Honolulu, HI. Nov 29- Jan 6 “The Sun Never Sets” with Susan Maddox and Adam Chapman.
2006
Kahilu Theatre Gallery, 67-1886 Lindsey Road, Kamuela, HI. Oct 15-Nov 3 “Palanehe-Noiseless” with Laurie Anderson “The End of the Moon”
Parisian Laundry, 3550 St.Antoine West, Montreal. March 10-25 “Splendid Isolation”
2004
Bourget Gallery, 1230 de la Montagne, Montreal. Dec1-15 “Surprisingly Narrow Paths” Video and collage installation.
Roy Street Collective, rue Roy, Montreal. May 31-June14 “Postcards, Snapshots and Apocalyptic Surreal Landscapes”
University of Hawaii Campus Center Gallery, 200 W. Kawili St., Hilo, HI, “Alumni in Exhibition”
2003
Dean’s Office Student Art Exhibition, Dean of Arts and Sciences Office, University of Hawai’i at Hilo. January 15- May 15
2002
Mayor’s Foyer Exhibition, Mayor’s Office, Hilo, Hawai’i. November 15- January 15
Public Collections and Awards
2009
Hawai’i Sate Foundation on Culture and The Arts , Art in Public Places Collection, ‘Containment Landscape #4-Print Version”
2008
Contempo 2008, The Contemporary Museum Honolulu, “Containment Landscape #4”
2004
Biblioteque National du Quebec Artist Book Collection ‘Water Tank’, 44-page hand made book work.
Grants and Residencies
2010
Catherine Sergio Artist Studio
April & May Artist in Residence
Cadaques, Spain
2009
Kala Art Institute
One-Month Artist In Residence
Berkeley, California
2008
Atelier de I’lle
Emerging Artist Residency Grant
Val-David, Quebec
2003
Interuniversitaire des arts mediatiques
CAIM Grants for Students
Montreal, Quebec