About the artist:

New York-based, Louisiana-born Painter Margaret Evangeline has long experimented with aesthetically resistant material, making work that deepens the immediacy of a moment. Evangeline uses gunshot and mirror polished stainless steel to open up the all-over 2D picture plane with its taproot in New American-Type Painting. In recent videos, she experiments with sound and actions collected while shooting the steel panels of a commissioned sculpture. Once Upon a Time, America, a three-minute video, was produced in conjunction with the site-specific installation now in the permanent collection of The Fields at ArtOmi, near Ghent, New York. She is frequently written about in The New York Times, Art in America, ARTnews, The Chicago Tribune, Architectural Digest, and many other publications. Evangeline is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 2001, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Grant, 1996. Solo exhibitions of the artist’s work have been held at venues as various as The Palm Beach ICA, The Delaware Center for the Arts, The Hafnarborg Art Museum outside Reykjavik, Iceland, and the Taipei Museum in Taiwan. She is a member of the NY Advisory Board for Louisiana Arts. In February 2007 at Stux Gallery in New York City, Evangeline installed an exhibition of new shot works and photographs for her solo exhibition "Ricochet". At the opening of this exhibition, Evangeline performed a work called "Prodigal Daughter", in which she choreographed her own live gunshots with the percussive rhythms of a professional tap dancer. An iconoclastic language developed around the socio-political work that is at once poetic and provocative, inspired by the ideas of John Cage and current events. In October 2007, Evangeline installed a solo exhibition of oil on canvas, titled "Fixing the Attitude in a Slightly Forward Leaning Position" at Heriard-Cimino Gallery during Art for Artsake, the opening of the arts season in New Orleans. For 2008 Evangeline will create a site specific installation for the River Thames in London on a barge across from the Tate Modern, commissioned by Illuminate Productions. She is currently working on a mid-career monograph, with the working title, Uneasy Waters: The Art of Margaret Evangeline. She is also co-curating with Dominique Nahas an exhibition for the Rose Art Museum in Waltham, MA, titled, "Empires and Environments". Born in Baton Rouge, LA 1993-present Lives and works in New York City Education 1978 MFA, University of New Orleans 1975BA, University of New Orleans Awards/ Residencies 2002Santa Fe Art Institute, NY Artists Program, Santa Fe 2001Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY 1999ART/OMI Foundation Artist in Residence, Omi, NY 1996New York Foundation for the Arts, Painting Fellowship 1991Villa Montalvo Foundation Artist in Residence, Saratoga, CA Selected Solo Exhibitions 2005Stefan Stux Gallery, Shot Through, Recent Paintings, New York, NY Elizabeth Moore Fine Art, Of Gnarl and Striation, Recent Drawings, New York, NY 2004Heriard Cimino Gallery, New Orleans, LA Butters Gallery, Portland, OR Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Simoons, Wilmington, DC Thom Andriola/New Gallery, heavymetalgirls, Houston, TX Paul Rodgers/9W, Friendly Fire, New York, NY Art Resources Transfer, On Light and Shadow, with Fran Siegel, New York, NY 2002Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001Paul Rodgers/9W, New York, NY Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Palm Beach Institute for Contemporary Art, FL Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA Alva Gallery, New London, CT 2000Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL 650 Madison A venue Exhibiton Program, New York, NY 1999Howard Scott / M13 Gallery, New York, NY Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA Hafnarborg Museum of Fine Art, Reykjavik, Iceland Art Resources Transfer, New York, NY 1998Nave Museum, Victoria, TX Saint Peter's Church, Citicorp, New York, NY 1997Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, France Windows, BergdorfGoodman, New York, NY 1996Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA 1995Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY 1994Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA 1993Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA Artifacts Gallery, Birmingham, AL 1992Res Nova Gallery, New York, NY 1991Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL 1990Res Nova Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1987Tilden-Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1986New Orleans Performing Arts Center, LA 1985Tilden-Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1982Tilden-Foley Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1978 Fine Arts Gallery, University of New Orleans, LA Selected Group Exhibitions 2005Paint on Metal, Tucson Museum of Art, curator Julie Sasse, Tucson, AZ Margaret Evangeline, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Adaptation Syndrome, Handworkshop, Dinah and Paul Ryan, curators, Richmond, V A 2004Amored, Planet Thailand, Rene Pierre Allain, curator, Brooklyn, NY AAF Fair,Cheryl McGuinness, New York City Personal Space, Gigantic ArtSpace, New York City Mindscape, Pavel Zoubak Gallery, New York City Phlogistan, Mitchell-Inness and Nash, Koan Jeff Baysa, curator, New York City Wry Material, Jack the Pelican Presents, Williamsburg/Brooklyn, NY New York Artists, Opelousas Museum, curator Nan Weir, Opelousas, LA Heavy Metal, Columbus Museum, curator Wyona Lynch-McWhite, Columbus, GA 2003Abstraction, Winston Wachter Mayer, New York, NY < Not( Painting)>, The Ise Foundation, curator Koan Jeff Baysa, New York, NY Summer Group Show, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR Gun & Wound Show, White Box Gallery, curator, Alisoun Meehan, New York, NY Materiality, Wayne State University, Sandra Dupret, Curator, Detroit, MI Womankind, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR Art Chicago, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL Chicago Art Fair, Byron Roche Gallery, Chicago, IL AAF Fair, Butters Gallery, Alva Gallery, NYC 2002New Concepts, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY New Faces '02, Robert Kidd Gallery, curator, Ray Fleming, Birmingham, MI Lysis, Pamela Auchincloss Projects, curator, Koan Jeff Baysa, New York, NY 500 Works on Paper, Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York, NY Postcards From The Edge, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY 25'h Anniversary Selections Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY New Talent, Alpha Gallery, Boston, MA Body Work, Islip Museum, Islip, New York, Leslie Heller, Curator Art Chicago, Navy Piers, Byron Roche Gallery Space, Chicago, IL Art Omi Anniversary, Paul Rodgers/9w, New York, NY 2001Julia Street North, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA Body Work, The Work Space, New York, NY, Lesley Heller, Curator Beauty and the Beast, Paul Rodgers 9/W, New York, NY Outlooks, Paul Rodgers,9/W, New York, NY Group Show, Pfizer Inc., New York, NY, Lisa Hatchadoorian, Assistant Corporate Curator Affinities, Anita Friedman Fine Arts, New York, NY, Robert Edleman, Gina Fiore, Curators Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY, Jodi Hanel and Bibi Marti, Curators 200068 Years, 68 Masters, ACA Galleries, New York, NY Younger Artists, Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York, NY Selections, Summer 2000, The Drawing Center, New York, NY Summer Group Show, Vanier Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Months and Moons, ACA Gallery, New York, NY Between Tenderness and Tension, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan, Chien Hui Kao, Curator Ethereal and Material, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, Dede Young, Curator Summer Group Show, Thatcher Projects, New York, NY Contemporary Masters, Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY 1999Margaret Evangeline and Linda Schrank, Rosenberg+ Kaufman Gallery,New York, NY Marilyn!, E. Peterson Gallery, New York, NY Artists as Teachers, Merrill Lynch Financial Center, The Lobby Gallery, New York, NY, Helen Varola, Curator Vanishing Pt. Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY Self Image, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA Art/OMI Open Studio Tour, Omi, NY The Power of Drawing, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY 1998Crossing Lines, Art in General, curated by Madeline Weinrib and New York, NY Pay Per It, Sideshow 195, Brooklyn, NY Modular Component, Central Fine Arts, New York, NY What's On The Wall, Thatcher Projects, New York, NY Open Salvo, White Box Gallery, curated by Juan Puntes, New York, NY Paper, Jeffery Coploff Fine Art, New York, NY Gramercy Park Art Fair, Gina Fiore Salon, New York, NY Architectonic, Chi Meat, Brooklyn, NY 1997On Paper, Avanti Gallery, New York, NY Natural Selection, Z Gallery, New York, NY, Dominique Nahas, Curator World View, Rosenberg & Kaufman Fine Art, New York, NY Solo, Museum of the City of Madrid, Madrid, Spain Americans in Italy and Italians in America, Teatro Degli Artisti, Rome 67 Broad Street, The Art Exchange Show, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York, NY Fresh, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Arts, New York, NY 1996Light & Color, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York, NY 1994Wirstrom & Asprodites, Galerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA 199312th Annual, Alexandria Museum, Alexandria, LA, Peter Frank, curator Summer Group Show, Jaffe Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL 1992Under Glass & in the Round, GaIerie Simonne Stern, New Orleans, LA Summer Group Show, Res Nova Gallery, New York, NY 1991Big, Contemporary Arts Center, Lew Thomas, curator,New Orleans, LA Selected Public Collections Audubon Brokers, New Orleans, LA Bank of the South, Atlanta, GA Cannon's Restaurant, New Orleans, LA Children's Hospital, New Orleans, LA Chestnut Tower, Chicago, IL Digital Communications Associates, Alpharetta, GA Entergy Foundation, Jackson, MS The Fields Sculpture Park, Art Omi International, Ghent, NY Hilton Hotel, Palm Beach, FL Holland & Knight, Chicago, IL Hyatt Regency, Washington, DC Jax Brewery Development, New Orleans, LA First City Bank, Baton Rouge, LA Lobman & Carnahan, Metairie, LA Morrison Productions, New Orleans, LA New Orleans Museum of Art Omni Hotel, Miami, FL Omnicom Hotel, New York, NY Pensacola Museum of Art, FL pfizer, New York, NY Raddison Suite Hotel, New Orleans, LA RxArt, New York, NY Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfern, New Orleans, LA Texaco, Houston, TX