About the Artist
A Brief History
Margaret is a contemporary realist oil painter currently residing in Brisbane and specialising mainly in figurative work. After graduating in Anthropology and Sociology she went on to complete postgraduate work in Education and the Visual Arts in the early 1980's. She gave up teaching art in international schools in Nepal and Thailand to pursue a full time art career more than 15 years ago. She is a juried member of two international groups - Artists for Conservation and the International Guild of Realism - and has exhibited in Bangkok, Singapore, London and in various cities and towns around Australia. Margaret’s art can be found in private collections around the world.
Education
Bachelor of Social Sciences, ANU/University of Tasmania
Graduate Diploma of Education, University of Tasmania
Graduate Diploma of Visual Arts, Deakin University
Certificate in Pastel, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, Singapore
Diploma of Professional Photography (currently undertaking), Photography Institute, Sydney
Exhibitions
2022 The Door to Door Project, Lite-HAUS Galerie + Projektraum, Berlin
2022 Glow, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2022 Artists for Conservation 15th annual exhibit, Vancouver, Canada
2022 Lethbridge 20000 Small Works Prize, Brisbane, Queensland
2022 Gallery group show, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2021 Thirty Cups, solo show, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane.
2021 Door to Door, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Finalist, Stanthorpe Art Prize, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Australia
2021 Finalist, Spring Salon, International Guild of Realism, USA
2021 Semi-finalist, Art Renewal Centre , New York USA
2021 Semi finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, NSW, Australia
2020 Semi-finalist Lester Portrait Prize, Perth
2020 Finalist “Shelter” curation Artsy, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, USA
2020 Finalist Lethbridge 20000, Brisbane, Australia
2020 Finalist International Guild of Realism Spring Salon, USA
2019 Finalist in the special edition curation “Ties That Bind”, USA
2019 Finalist in the special edition curation “Provocative Patterns”, USA
2019 Adorn Me, special edition curation by Carol Hodes for PoetsArtists, USA
2019 International Guild of Realism Winter Salon exhibition, USA
2019 Semi finalist Darling Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
2018 These Hands, solo exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2018 Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane
2018 The Morris Art Prize, Gold Coast
2018 Glorious Color for Poets/Artists Magazine
2017 Kennedy Art Pirze, Adelaide
2017 Milburn Art Prize, Brisbane
2017 The Art of War, Loft West End, Brisbane
2017 Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane
2017 David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year, Finalist, Mall Galleries, London
2016 Lethbridge Gallery Summer Showcase, group exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2016 Moods and Muses, solo exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2016 Rotary Art Spectacular, Brisbane
2015 Lethbridge Gallery Artist Showcase, group exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2015 Above And Below, solo exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2014 Splash!, solo exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2014 Lethbridge Gallery Artist Showcase, Group Exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2013 Bliss, solo exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2013 Lethbridge Gallery Artist Showcase, group exhibition, Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane
2012 Cricket Art Prize exhibition, SCG, Sydney and national tour
2012 Player’s Choice Award, Cricket Art Prize
2011 Wildlife Artist of the Year, Mall galleries, London
2010 Wildlife Artist of the Year, Mall Galleries, London
2009 Celebrations, Bangkok Art Fair
2009 Autumn, Agra Gallery, Melbourne
2009 Painting commissioned by IUCN for Merrill Fernando, owner and founder of Dilmah tea
2008 Co-creator of the HOPart project for amphibian conservation
2006 Indigo, photography exhibition, Indus Gallery, Bangkok
2006 Transitions, Garden Gallery, Bangkok
2006 The Journey, Indus Gallery, Bangkok
2004 Thresholds, Rotunda Gallery, Bangkok
2003 Neilson Hays Group, the Hilton, Bangkok
2003 The Alliance, Rotunda Gallery, Bangkok