Margaret A. Craig
Chair, Painting, Drawing, Printmaking Department
210.224-1848 ext 421
mcraig@swschool.org
margaretcraig.com
Education
MFA Printmaking, University of Texas-San Antonio, 1997
MA Painting, University of Wisconsin‑Madison, 1993
BS Art, University of Wisconsin‑Madison,1991
BS Biology / Secondary Education, University of Wisconsin‑Madison,1988
Professional Experience/Workshops/Residencies/Lectures
2008 Presenting Artist Lecture, Artists Looking at Art, McNay Museum of Art, San Antonio
2007 China Sanbao International Printmaking Symposium, Jingdezhen Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Sanbao, China
2007 Kansas City Art Institute, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Talk: Penning Plots with Printed Matter: On and Off Press Inkjet Transparency Transfer. Kansas City, MO
2007 Understanding Lithography, lecture, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio
2006 Corcoran College of Art and Design, Southern Graphics Council Conference, Presentation: Pressless Etching, Washington DC
2004 Mid-America Print Alliance Conference, University of Nebraska, Talk: Pressless Etching, Lincoln, NB
Solo Exhibitions
2009 REM Gallery, The Glistening, San Antonio
2008 SalaDiaz Gallery, Growing Things, San Antonio
2006 REM Gallery, Touched,San Antonio
2004 Cactus Bra Space, Between, San Antonio
2003 RC Gallery, Glutton For Color, San Antonio
2001 Three Walls Gallery, Gunk, San Antonio
2000 Texas Gallery, Bad Birds, College Station, TX
1998 Flatbed Press, Manipulated View, Austin, TX
1996 Gallery E, Burls, Birds, Stumps and Flowers, San Antonio
1993 7th Floor Gallery, Precious Objects, Madison, WI
Group Exhibitions
2011
Gray Duck Gallery, Rock, Paper, Carbon, Austin, TX (4-person)
Luminaria, Hemisphere Park, Well of Dispersion, San Antonio
UTSA Gallery, University of Texas-San Antonio, Texas Biennial, San Antonio
2009
Gallery of Wood Art, St. Paul, MN
Art Department Gallery, Laredo Community College, The Organics, Laredo, TX (3-person)
Lessedra Gallery, Mini Print 2009, Sophia, Bulgaria
Morgan Art of Paper Conservatory, 2009 MAPC Members Salon, Cleveland, OH
Manatee Gallery, Black Flag on the Moon, Manatee FL
C33 Gallery, Colombia College, Southern Graphics Council Traveling Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Texas Tech School of Art, Beyond Printmaking, Lubbock TX
2008
Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center, North Dakota State University, Flipping the Bird, A Defiant Convergence, Fargo, ND (traveling)
Virginia Commonwealth University, Zoba, Richmond, VA (traveling)
Lessedra Gallery, Lessedra World Art Print Annual, MiniPrint 2008, Sophia, Bulgaria
2007
Purdue University, Full Circle :International Gathering of Printmakers, West Lafayette, IN
Purdue University, Inklandia: an International Print Exhibition, West Lafayette, IN
China Sanbao International Printmaking Exhibition, China (Minna Resnick, Curator)
The Center for Paper and Book Arts, Red Herring, New York, NY, traveling
Southern Graphics Council, Pocahontas Meets Hello Kitty (traveling)
University of California-Davis, Print Exchange
2006
UTSA Satellite Space, Collotype Show, San Antonio (traveling)
University of Wisconsin-Madison, No DNA, Madison WI (traveling)
Visual Art Gallery, Central Arizona Gallery, Squeek Toy Portfolio, Coolidge, AZ (traveling)
2005
Blue Door Gallery, Print Exchange III, Seattle WA traveling
Lessedra Gallery, Lessedra World Art Print Annual, MiniPrint 2005, Sophia, Bulgaria
Westnorth Studio, Woman at Work II, Baltimore, MD
Baring and James, Capitol States, Houston TX, Juried
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, Blue Star 20, San Antonio
2004
Doherty Art Center, Bhutan Trade Portfolio, Austin TX (traveling)
Rutgers Center for Paper and Print, Changing Minds, Reading Minds, New Brunswick, NJ
2003
Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, Blue Star 18, San Antonio (traveling)
2002
Southern Graphics Conference, Print Gumbo, Portfolio Presentation, New Orleans, LA
Jones Center for Contemporary Art, New American Talent, Austin TX (traveling)
Arlington Museum of Art, A Notion of Sugar, Arlington TX
2001
UTSA Gallery, San Antonio, and Purple Orchid Gallery, Dallas, Not Your Fathers’ South Texas
Women and Their Work Gallery, New Prints From Texas, Austin, TX
Millennium Arts Center, Third Annual Inaugural Exhibition, Washington, DC
2000
1/4Hora Projects Space, Biochrome, Elgin, TX
1999
Flatbed Galleries, Photo Austin, Austin, TX
The Joan Grona Gallery, Hand Pulled Prints, San Antonio
Rittenhouse Gallery, Spring Show, Salado, TX
1998
Laughing at the Sun Gallery, Working Under Pressure, Austin, TX
1997
Chambersburg Area Council for the Arts, Miniature Art ‘97, Chambersburg, PA
UTSA Satellite Space, Break Out, San Antonio
1996
UTSA Satellite Space, Poison, San Antonio
1993
Flatbed Press, Summer At Flatbed, Austin, TX
Reviews/Publications
Review: Brenner, Wayne Alan, Arts Review, The Austin Chronicle, Austin, TX
Review: Seale, Emily Margaret Craig: The Glistening, San Antonio Current
Blog: Silva, Elda Second Friday: Tobin Hill art walk adds 2 stops, San Antonio Express News, 7/14/2009
Book: Cuba, Nan and Robinson, Riley, At Our Doorstep, San Antonio Writers and Artists, Trinity University Press, San Antonio, TX, 2008
Article: Owen, Paula, Multiple Views, Conversations on Prints and Printmaking, Artlies, Houston, TX, Vol 46, Spring 2005
Article: Zwartjes, Arend, The Un-Painters, Art Papers, Atlanta, GA
Article: Wellinghoff, Jasmina, Hot Art, San Antonio Woman, July/August 2003
Review: Allred, Okley, Margaret A Craig at RC Gallery, Voices of Art, San Antonio, Vol. 11.2, 2003
Review: Daniel, Mike, San Antonio Abstract Painters, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX, 4/13/2001
Review: Zwartjes,Arend, Biochrome, Artlies, Houston TX, Fall 2000
Review: Ewing, John, Biochrome, New Art Examiner Chicago IL, Nov 2000
Article: Daughterty, Amy, ‘Bad Birds’ Artist Pays Homage to Feathered Outcasts, Bryant Eagle, College Station, TX. 3/2/00
Review: Schade, Christopher; Senses of Sensibility, Austin American Statesman, Austin, TX, 7/4/98
Awards/Scholarships/Grants
2007 Art Pace Travel Grant
1997 Academic Scholarship, UTSA Art Department
1997 Travel Scholarship, UTSA
1996 Special relief workshop with Karen Kunc
Selected Collections
University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
Rutgers Center for Paper and Print, New Brunswick, NJ
Amity Foundation
Elveium Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Southern Graphics Council
Center for Paper and Book Arts, New York, NY
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
St Lawrence University, Canton, NY
Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
University of Colorado , Special Collection, Boulder, CO
University of Miami , Coral Gables, FL
Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
