CV
Education
2001 M.F.A. Cranbrook Academy of Art Sculpture, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1994 B.F.A. Maryland Institute College of Art Painting, Baltimore, MD
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Divisions, Soraya Art Gallery, CalState Northridge, Northridge, CA
2020
Installation/Sculpture, Brandstader Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, CA
2019
Perforations, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Margaret Griffith, Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, CA
2014
New Sculpture and Foil Works on Paper, Western Project, Los Angeles, CA
American Place, Vertigo, Denver, CO
2013
Permanence as Fiction, New Media Gallery, Ventura College, Ventura, CA
2012
Installation, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011
Local Intersections, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009
Corners, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007
Nets, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006
Drawings, Haus Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Two-Three Person Exhibitions
2019
Sculpture: Margaret Griffith and Ann Weber, Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Repeat, Jamison Carter and Margaret Griffith, Rock Creek Helzer Gallery,
Portland, OR
Group Exhibitions
2022
Magically Thinking, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Let Me Talk, Brand Library Art Center, Glendale, CA
Paper Duets, Gallery Art Motif, New Delhi, India
2019
Open Space, Backspace LA, Los Angeles, CA
Transformed: Paper in Dimension, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
Borderlands, Oxnard College, Oxnard, CA
2018
Paperworks Refolded, City of Brea Art Gallery, Brea, CA
Fractal, Citrus College Visual Arts Gallery, Citrus, CA
2017
Lines Drawn, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
Sur Biennial 2017, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA
2016
Cut Up/Cut Out, Bedford Gallery at the Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA,
*National Traveling Exhibition 2017-2020
Plus One, Traywick Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2015
Paperworks, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Oasis, Sturt Haaga Gallery, La Canada Flintridge, CA
We Must Risk Delight: Twenty Artists from Los Angeles, Venezia, Italy
2014
Please Enter, Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, NY
Art On Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
6018 Wilshire, Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
11th Anniversary Show, Western Project, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Paper, Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Big Mess, Western Project, Los Angeles, CA
VA Ders, Weingart Gallery, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Obscured Lines: Contemporary Drawing in Los Angeles, LA Valley College, CA
Telephone, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Laws of Attraction, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Welcome to Anywhere: Southern California Abstraction, Southwestern College Art Gallery, Chula Vista, CA
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2010
Venn Diagram, Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Amalgam,Cabrini Gallery, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA, curated by John O’Brien
Incognito Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Venice Family Clinic Art Auction Venice, CA
2009
Sweet Subversives, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Rebus, Museo Archeologico di Amelia, Amelia (TERNI), Italy, organized by John O'Brien & Cielo Pessione
Sizeable, Fluxco Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fourth of July, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles
White Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Shock and Awe, Gatov Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, CA
2008-9
At The Brewery Project, 1993-2007: The Finale Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2008
Luscious Abstractions Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
Incognito Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Venice Family Clinic Art Auction Venice, CA
2007
Evidence 12 Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Nice Work If You Get It Rio Hondo College Gallery, Whittier, CA
W.O.P. The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
HAUS Guests The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
15 x 15 Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Incognito Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Venice Family Clinic Art Auction Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Art Auction 12 Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
2006
Major Drawings Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show Mor York Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fresh Start Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Faculty Exhibition, Citrus College, Glendora, CA
2005
Incognito Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
New Slang Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Eye Tow 3 from Cranbrook Newspace@Twentieth, Los Angeles, CA
15x15 Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2004
Observations Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Faculty Exhibition Cypress College, Cypress, CA
Water Media Traditional/Experimental Manhattan Beach Creative Art Center, Manhattan Beach, CA
Skin Thin Viento y Agua Gallery, Long Beach, CA
Now Here The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
Pulp Cypress College Fine Arts Gallery, Cypress, CA, curated by Carl Berg
Drawings Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003
Second Home: ELAC Art Department Faculty- Past & Present
Vincent Price Gallery and Art Museum, Monterey Park, CA
15 x 15 Pinkard Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2002
New Art 2002 Michael Price Gallery, Boston, MA
2001
M.F.A. Thesis Show Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2000
4 Baptists and 6 Sinners Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Constructed Images Mott Community College Fine Arts Gallery, Flint, MI
Celebrate Michigan Artists Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester, MI
Nutrageous: The Similar and the Antithetical Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
1998
The Hay Project Red Mill Gallery, Johnson, VT
1994
Voices from the East Intermedia Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, MI
Bibliography
Ezhra Jean Black, "Witness Trees, Melting Gates, and Quiet Breathing, Artillery Magazine, March 18, 2022.
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Genie Davis, "Three Years and Seven Artists at Castelli Art Space", Art and Cake, July 5, 2019.
Lorraine Heitzman, "Sculpture: Margaret Griffith and Ann Weber", Art and Cake, March 3, 2019.
Dave Barton, "Satiate your midsummer origami cravings at Brea Gallery's 'Paperworks Refolded', OC Weekly, August 2, 2018.
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Residencies
2017
Artist in Residence, Rock Creek Community College, Portland, OR
2016
LUX Art Institute Artist in Residence, March/April 2016, Encinitas, CA
1998
Vermont Studio Center, 1998, Johnson, Vermont
Lectures
2021
Visiting Lecturer, Visual Arts Conservatory, California School of the Arts, Duarte, CA
2020
Visiting Lecturer, Sculpture Department, California State University, Northridge
2017
Visiting Lecturer, Art Department, Rock Creek Community College, Portland, OR
2015
Visiting Lecturer, Sculpture Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art,
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Visiting Lecturer, Art Department, Point Loma University, San Diego, CA
Grants/Fellowships
2018
Fellows of Contemporary Art Fellowship Nominee
2017
The Davyd Whaley Foundation Mid-Career Artist Grant Recipient
Reference to Work
https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/cleared-for-take-off-public-art-at-lax
Other
Los Angeles County Civic Arts Commission Civic Artists Prequalified List, 2014-2016
Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority Prequalified Artists Pool, 2014