Margaret Kelley
1954 | born in Los Angeles, California | |
EDUCATION AND GRANTS:
| 1978 | Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction with Minor in German, California State University, Long Beach, California | |
| 1978-80 | Rotary Graduate Fellowship, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany | |
| 1980-84 | Enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany | |
| 1984-86 | Graduate Studies at the California State University, Long Beach, California | |
| 1986 | Master of Fine Arts , California State University, Long Beach, California | |
| 1987-88 | Artist in Residence, Homart Development Co: 240 foot painting: “Out of the Shadow Into the Light of L.A.” | |
| 1987-93 | Studios in both Munich and in Central Los Angeles | |
| 1989 | Newcomer Artists, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, California | |
| 1990 | Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach, California | |
| 1991-92 | Artist-in-Residence ,Atelierhaus, Worpswede, Germany | |
| 1997 | Guest Residency, The Bellagio Center, The Rockefeller Foundation, Belllagio, Italy | |
| 2005 | Artist-in-Residence, Casa Zia Lina, Elba, Italy | |
| 2009 | 1. Prize, Culture Foundation, Osterholz, Germany | |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
| 1985 | Gallery B, Long Beach, California, USA | |
| 1986 | Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA | |
| 1987 | Gallery Werkstatt im Kunstblock, Munich, Germany | |
| 1988 | Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA | |
| 1989 | Gallery Ipomal, Landgraf, Holland | |
| 1990 | GalleryX, Munich, Germany | |
| 1991 | Society of Contemporary Art, Bremen, Germany | |
| 1993 | Municipal Art Gallery, Wilhelmshaven, Germany,Catalogue | |
| 1993 | Meppener Kunstkreis, Germany,Catalogue | |
| 1995 | Gallery Hübner-Nising, Germany | |
| 1995 | Gallery X, München, Germany, Catalogue | |
| 1996 | Municipal Art Gallery Friedrich Netzel, Worpswede, Germany, Brochurre | |
| 1996 | Gallery Anais, Munich | |
| 1997 | Amerika Haus, Munich, Germany,Brochure | |
| 1997 | Paläontologisches Museum, Munich, Germany, Brochure | |
| 1997 | Municipal Art Gallery, Vilshofen, Germany, Brochure | |
| 1997 | “Open Art Festival,” Gallery X, Munich, Germany, Brochure | |
| 1998 | Gallery Klaus Braun, Stuttgart, Germany | |
| 2000 | Gallery X, Munich, Germany, Brochure | |
| 2000 | Gallery im Forum Alte Werft, Papenburg, Germany | |
| 2001 | Gallery im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany | |
| 2001 | Galerie X, Munich, Germeany | |
| 2001 | Hartmann und Noé Gallery, Berlin,Germany, Brochure | |
| 2002 | Gallery Hohmann, Hamburg, Germany | |
| 2002 | “Open Art Festival,” Gallery Anais, Munich, Germany. | |
| 2005 | GIERIG Kunstprojekte, Baker & Mckenzie, Frankfurt, Germany,Catalogue | |
| 2006 | Gallery Anais, Munich, Germany | |
| 2006 | Gallery Kreutzinger, Worpswede, Germany | |
| 2007 | Gallery Keller, Mannheim, Germany | |
| 2007 | Gallery Hart, Palm Desert, California, USA | |
| 2007 | Muncipal Art Gallery Friedrich Netzel, Germany,Catalogue | |
| 2008 | Gallery Cohrs-Zirus, Worpswede, Germany, Brochure | |
| 2010 | Municipal Art Gallery, Königen Christinen Haus, Zeven, Germany | |
| 2015 | "A Shade of Pale", Worpswede Muncipal Gallery, Worpswede, Germany, Catalogue | |
| 2022 | "Selected Works", Galerie Ohnesorge, Bremen, Germany | |
| 2024 | "An Artist between Two Worlds", Galerie Altes Rathaus, Worpswede, Germany | |
| 2024 | Foundation Haus Kränholm, Bremen, Germany | |
| 2024 | "Rockets in Disguise and Selected Works", Galerie Ohnesorge, Bremen | |
| 2024 | "The Rocket Room", Gerhard-Marcks-Haus Museum, Bremen, Germany | |
| 2025 | "Gobelins from the Cycle: A Leap of Faith", Große Kunstschau Museum, Worpswede, Germany | |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 1984 | Wilhelm Morgner Haus, Soest, Germany | |
| 1987 | Los Angeles Design Institute, Los Angeles, California, USA | |
| 1987 | „Möbel als Kunstobjekt“, Künstler Werkstatt, Municipal Gallery Munich,Catalogue | |
| 1988 | Downey Art Museum, Downey, California, USA | |
| 1988 | 2.Treuchtlinger Art Festival, Germany, Catalogue | |
| 1988 | Municipal Art Gallery Vigado, Budapest, Hungary, Catalogue | |
| 1989 | Women´s Building, Los Angeles, California, USA, | |
| 1989 | Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, California, USA,Catalogue | |
| 1989 | Kanagawa Perfectural Gallery, Kanagawa, Japan, Catalogue (Printmaking) | |
| 1990 | Haus der Kunst Museum, München, Germany, Catalogue | |
| 1991 | Municipal Art Gallery am Domhof, Zwickau, Germany | |
| 1992 | “State of the Art 93,“ Boston, Massachusetts, USA | |
| 1993 | „Large Summer Exhibition,“ Wasserburg/Inn, Germany, Catalogue | |
| 1994 | ”The Large Exhibition Westfahlia (NRW),“ Düsseldorf, Germany,Catalogue | |
| 1994 | “Autumn Salon,”Municipal Museum Schloß Salder, Salzgitter, Germany, Catalogue | |
| 1995 | “Five Selected Artists from 30 Years Atelierhaus,” Altes Rathaus, Worpswede, Germany | |
| 1995 | “Euroart,“ European Artist Colonies, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 1995 | “Northwest Art,“ 2. Preis, Printmaking, Municipal Gallery Wilhelmshaven, Germany | |
| 1999 | “The Weser River 1800-2000, Municipal Art Gallery Wilhelmshaven, Minden Museum, Museum Nordenham, Germany, Catalogue | |
| 1999 | “Worpswede Today, Muncipal Art Gallery Friedrich Netzel, Worpswede, Germany | |
| 1999 | “Collection of the Sparkasse”, Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany | |
| 2000 | “Desire for Landscape,“, Muncipal Art Gallery Friedrich Netzel, Worpswede, Germany, Catalogue | |
| 2001 | Gallery Hart, Carmel, California, USA | |
| 2001 | “Women Painters Yesterday and Today,” Art Foundation Friedrich Netzel, Worpswede | |
| 2002 | “Autumn Salon,” Municipal Art Museum Schloss Salder, Salzgitter, Germany, Catalogue | |
| 2002 | “Twenty Years Gallery Anais“ (Selected Artists), Gallery Anais, München, Germany | |
| 2003 | “Eva and the Serpent,” Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Germany, Catalogue | |
| 2006 | “Contempory Artists of Worpswede,” Cultural Forum Museum,, Langenfeld. Germany | |
| 2006 | “Three Contemporary Artists of Worpswede,” Galerie Kreuztinger, Worpswede, Germany | |
| 2007 | Woman`s Museum, Bonn, Germany | |
| 2008 | Gallery Hockenheim, Hockenheim, Germany | |
| 2014 | Galerie im Barn, Lohrhaupten, Spessart | |
| 2025 | "Abstrakte Positionen", Galerie Ohnesorge, Bremen, Germany | |
WORKS IN PUBLIC PLACES
| Collection Homart Development Company, Los Angeles, California | ||
| Collection Tousche Ross Company, Century City, California | ||
| Collection Adriana Redevelopment Company, Munich | ||
| Collection Deloitte & Touche, Los Angeles | ||
| Collection of the Kreissparkasse, Osterholz | ||
| Collection of the State of Lower Saxony Sparkassenstiftung | ||
| Collection, Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin | ||
