MARGAUX WILLIAMSON

Born 1976

Lives and works in Toronto

Education:

1999
Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario

Solo Exhibitions:

2008
Trophy Ghost, fette’s gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

2007
The Girls show Dostoyevsky the new darkness, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY.

2006
Painting to moby dick; works that were made while the computer, in its own voice, read aloud Melville’s Moby Dick, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto

2005
In The Woods, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto
Vancouver Paintings, Skew Gallery, Calgary

2004
Darby & the angels, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects,

2003
drugs and the riot, Katharine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto

Group Exhibitions:

2007
The Cement Garden, Marvelli Gallery, New York, NY
Little Dude, Paul Petro Gallery, Toronto
Second Nature, Fette’s Gallery, Los Angeles

2006
Art with Heart, Casey House Auction Fundraiser, Toronto
Skew Gallery, 2 person show with Tyler Clark Burke, Calgary
Beautify, curated by Patrick Macaulay, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
fresh stART (5), fundraiser curated by Cris McCall, Nancy Baker Cahill etc., Santa Monica
NOWNOW, 5 generations of artists, curated by Kathryn Bemrose, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto
You Don’t Want to Miss That Shit, curated by Katharine Mulherin, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto

2005
BLAME IT ON CANADA, Harvey Levine Gallery, Los Angeles

2004
Important Canadian Art, ZieherSmith Gallery, New York
The Electric Eye, curated by Matt Crookshank, Sis Boom Bah, Toronto

2003
Salon Dollop, curated by Sherwin Tjia, Rad'a Gallery, Montreal

2002
WegWay; primary culture, The Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
Union Gallery with Anne-Marie Peña and Erin O’Hara, Kingston, Ontario

Awards and Grants:

2005
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant
Toronto Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant

2004
Canada Council for the Arts, Emerging Artist Grant
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant

2003
Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant

Bibliography:

2008
Yu-Shan Hsieh, Catherine. “Hamlet-Insipred.” NYARTS Magazine. March, 2008.
Stanley, Caroline. “Freeze Frame.” GENART pulse. February 25, 2008.

2007
Milroy, Sarah. “From underdog to uber-dog; The mascot of Queen Street West is starring in his own art show.” The Globe and Mail. Feb 3, p M4
“Sheila Heti and Margaux Williamson Interview each Other.” Pyramid Power, vol 1 no 1, Vancouver, pp 18 – 23

2006
Best of Toronto, for painting + Nuit Blanche Tomboyfriend “end of Poverty; Take 5” performance, EYE weekly, Dec 21 – 27, Toronto
David Balzer, Eye Canday “Painting to moby dick”, EYE weekly, Dec 14 – 20, Toronto
David Balzer, Preview for “Painting to moby dick”, Toronto Life magazine. Dec. p 140.
Kevin Temple “Northern Art Stream Blows Into New York”, The Toronto Star, Aug. 27
David Balzer, “Rewind: Margaux Williamson”, Canadian Art magazine, winter issue, Vol 22 #4 p 95, 98
Matrix magazine, “drugs and the riot” + “Deer” for front cover, issue 72, winter
Michael Glassbourg, “Margaux Williamson; The Artist Life” 30 min. documentary, BRAVO television
Lupe Rodriquez on exhibition NOW NOW, Here and Now, CBC radio 1, Feb 15

2005
Gary Michael Dault, “Gallery Going; You Don’t Want to Miss That Shit”, The Globe & Mail, December 31, Review, p 10, Canada
Critic’s Pick, “Best Painter”, NOW magazine, Oct 27 – Nov 2, Toronto
The ARTFAG, “Margaux Williamson, In the Woods” from no. 9, ‘the heady aromas of superciliousness’. July/ August
Otino Corsano, “Interview w/ Margaux Williamson”, samplesize website, July
Kevin Temple, “Surreal Streets”, NOW magazine, July 14, Toronto
David Balzer, “Eye Candy”, EYE weekly, July 7, Toronto
Julia Dault, “Images of last – chance optimism”, National Post, March 31, Canada
Liz Worth, “Creativity Confirmed”, Toronto Star, March 8, Canada

2004
Kevin Temple, “Art 2004 top 10”, NOW magazine, December 23, Toronto
“Important Canadian Art”, Exhibition Catalogue, Ziehersmith gallery. Text by Lee Henderson, et al, New York
Carl Wilson, “The Importance of Being Margaux”, Hive Magazine, Spring 2004, Canada
“Outside Opinion, Important Canadian Art Emerges”, CBC Radio 3, No. 02.36, May 14 – 20, p. 5, Canada

2003
Peter Goddard, “Artist finds sweetness in dark places”, Toronto Star, July 12, 2 003, H7, Canada
“Pick of the week”, Eye Weekly, July 17, Toronto

2002
“The Big Picture Feature” Lola magazine, Fall 2002, pp. 36 – 38, Canada
“Juried Show”, WEGWAY Magazine Fall 2002 p. 48, Toronto
Exhibition catalogue, Union Gallery, edited by Jocelyn Purdie, Kingston
Peter Goddard, “A show of cheek from city’s east end” (Twin Dogs II, curated by Margaux Williamson), Toronto Star, August 29, 2002, Canada

2001
“Castle of Pony” artists’ project with Ryan Kamstra, PUBLIC magazine, issue 22/23, (cities/scenes), edited by Janine Marchessault and Will Straw, Canada

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