Margaret Zox Brown

About

As I have evolved as an artist, my paintings have gone through various transitions and series. I have developed my own color language with which I am genuinely confident and comfortable. My drawings, which I have been focusing on for several years now are clearly skilled and graceful and carry my own, personal countenance. And the paintings I have been creating are most definitely color journeys with color being the true subject and my subject matter being the introductory and emotional form that has lead the viewer through each painting.

Now I am once again looking to challenge myself and move beyond what I feel I have successfully worked through. And while I still use my loose black and white, pen sketches as the bases for many of my paintings, copying them onto each canvas that I have already given a wash of colors from my entire palette, I am also using my newest discovery of refined drawings with Conte crayon. Now my approach and ultimate destination are different. I no longer am seeking the finished painting; my finished expression of color, emotion, line and shape, paint application, light and depth, subject or mood. Now, it is the process of drawing, my drawing and painting, my painting that I am exploring and seeking as an end in and unto itself.

My inspirations are as they have always been; the beauty I see in nature, the serenity I feel when observing a Still Life, the intrinsic nature of the human spirit, a line, a shape or a gesture. Now, what it feels to me will be revealed by the raw means of what I do well and will continue to refine; my drawing and painting.

As always, my paintings are rich and thought provoking and emotionally stimulating. There are moments of excitement, a rush as well as moments of calm and familiarity, with a continual discovery of something new. And now, most important, the viewer has the privilege of being an integral part of each painting since the impetus for each piece is what I am yearning to uncover. The viewer gets to take in more than merely a finished painting. He or she is able to see, follow and experience my drawing and painting processes, as it is the integrity of those that I am ultimately seeking now with my art.
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Location: New York, NY, United States
Website: http://www.margaretzoxbrown.com

Work

Solo Exhibitions:
2012 * Billboard Art Project, Atlanta, Georgia
2011 * Distrikt Hotel, New York, NY
* Fashion Center Space for Public Art, New York, NY
* Knapp Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010 * Midoma Salon/Gallery, New York, NY
* American Art Gallery at the Path Café, New York, NY

2009 *Mather Art Space, Homecoming 2009, Trinity College, Hartford, CT
*Fashion District Space for Public Art, New York, NY

1996 * Ansonia Gallery, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions:

2012 * Fashion District Arts Festival, New York, NY
* 315 West 39th Street Open Studios and Talks, New York, NY
2011 * Fashion District Arts Festival, New York, NY
* Narrowland Gallery, Chatham, Cape Cod, MA

2010 * Narrowland Gallery, Chatham, Cape Cod, MA
* S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Burlington, VT
*Fashion District Arts Festival, New York, NY

2009 * HK:ArtiST-09, Hell’s Kitchen Artists in Studio Tour ’09, New York, NY

*Gallery 8, New York, NY

*Fashion District Arts Festival, New York, NY

*GalleryFresca.com, International Online Gallery

*SOLO at Artexpo New York 2009, New York, NY

2008 *Fashion District Arts Festival, New York, NY

*Spring Juried Show, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY

*Pedro Ruivo Foundation, Faro, Portugal

*Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT

*Galeria de Arte Pintor Samora Barros, Albufeira, Portugal

*Red Gate Gallery, London, England

2007 *Fashion District Arts Festival, New York, NY

*Arts Alive 21st Annual Juried Fine Art Gallery Show, Kennedy-Douglas Center for the Arts,
Florence, Alabama

*Sylvester & Co., Amagansett, NY

2006 *The Water Mill Museum, Water Mill, NY

2005 *75th Anniversary Juried Exhibition, 92nd Street Y, New York, NY

2003 *Community Options, Inc., New York, NY

2001 *Guild Hall through The Artists' Alliance of the Hamptons, East Hampton, NY

2000 *Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY

1998 *Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, NY

*Ashawagh Hall, Springs, East Hampton, NY

1997 *The Water Mill Museum, Water Mill, NY

1996 *Ashawagh Hall, Springs, East Hampton, NY

*The Broome Street Gallery through the Contemporary Artists Guild, New York, NY

1995 *The Broadway Mall Community Center through the Westside Arts Coalition, New York, NY

*The 92nd Street Y, New York, NY

1994 *The 92nd Street Y, New York, NY

Art Related Events & Positions

2012 * Contibutor to “Vision, Passion & Purpose: Artists As world Changers” by Renee Phillips
* ArtBookGuy.com –January, 2012 issue –one of the 30 super hot artists for 2012 - http://artbookguy.com/
2011 * Video interview with Distrikt Hotel
* Ogilvy & Mather in house promo video for client featuring Margaret Zox Brown
* Online Interview with ArtBookGuy.com
* Live Interview on YouTube for the Narrowland Gallery, Chatham, Cape Cod
* Interviewed for Art Blog, http://tinyurl.com/4grarlr
2010 * Artwork featured on banners around New York City during Fall 2008 promoting Art & Design in Fashion District area http://fashioncenter.com/DDistrictArtists.html
* Interviewed for Art BLOG http://tinyurl.com/3absfej
* Artist interview at Whopple www.whopple.blogspot.com
* KHND 1470 AM Radio Interview, program “Into the Night” http://tinyurl.com/ya2hado

2009 *Artist’s Interview through Art Re-Source http://stevegray.com.au/blog/margaret-zox-brown/

*Artwork featured in film, “I Want You to Love Me,” produced by Lotus & Phoenix Productions LLC and aired through Centric, a merger with VH1 Soul

*Keynote Speaker, Homecoming weekend, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

*Artwork featured on Poster promoting Art at Fashion District Arts Festival and Gallery 8 Juried Exhibition, New York, NY

*Artwork featured on Invitation for Gallery 8 juried exhibition, New York, NY

*“Gatherers of Scattered Goods” Exhibition in conjunction with the play “Give Us Bread” by the Anthrolpogists, Clemente Soto Velez Center, New York, NY

*Interview with Margaret Zox Brown, given by Fresca Gallery at http://frescagallery.blogspot.com/

2008 *Artwork featured on banners around New York City during Fall 2008 promoting Art & Design in Fashion District area http://fashioncenter.com/DDistrictArtists.html

2007 *Cover Spot used in promotional piece for www.juriedartcomp.com

2003 *Painting Featured in MGM’s movie “Uptown Girls”

2002 *Participating artist in RXArt Ball's holiday auction, Barneys New York Co-Op, New York, NY

*Paintings Featured in episodes of NBC's TV Show "Ed"

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