Margaret Coe - Biography

EDUCATION:
BA, University of Oregon, 1963; MFA, University of Oregon, 1978

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Staff Member and Resident, Alfred and Traford Klots Residency at Rochefort, France, 2005
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 1976 - 1999
Instructor of Art, Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, 1989 - 1999
Instructor of Art, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR, 1965 - 1969
Art Teacher, North Salem High School, Salem, OR, 1964

AWARDS:
Juror's Choice, Mayor's Art Show, Eugene, OR, 2004
Alfred and Traford Klots Residency at Rochefort, France, Awarded by Maryland Institute of Art, 2004, 2006

Corporate Commission:
Riverstone Condominiums, Portland, OR, (5 paintings), 2002
Purchase Award, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, 2000
First Prize, All Oregon Show, Salem, OR, 1998
Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship, 1986
Sunriver Juried Show, 1981
Purchase Award, Umqua Community College Show, Roseburg, OR, 1980
Selected for UO Museum Visual Arts Resourses Traveling Exhibition Show, 1979-80
League of American Pen Women Grant, 1979
Purchase Award, Lane County Public Service Building, Eugene, OR, 1979
Purchase Award, University of Oregon Museum of Art, 1976
Oregon Arts Commission Percent-for-Art direct purchase awards:
AAA School, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Knight Law Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, OR
Department of Labor, Salem, OR
Eugene Percent-for-Art direct purchase awards:
Eugene Water and Electric Board, Eugene, OR
Lane Transit District, Eugene, OR
Eugene Percent-for-Art site specific commission:
Suite of 5 paintings for the Eugene Conference Center, Eugene, OR
Purchase Award, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, 1970
Best of Show, All Oregon Show, Salem, OR, 1965

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS:
University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR
Knight Law Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts, Eugene, OR (2 paintings)
University of Oregon Law School (Knight Law Center), Eugene, OR
Erb Memorial Union collection, U of O, Eugene, OR
Western Oregon State College, Monmouth, OR
Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR
Lane Public Service Building, Eugene, OR
Eugene Water and Electric Board, Eugene, OR
Lane Transit District, Eugene, OR (2 paintings)
Department of Labor, Salem, OR
Ikeda World Peace Auditorium, Denver, CO
Southwestern Community College, North Bend, OR

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2003, 2004, 2005
Gottlieb Gallery, Portland, OR 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Zeek Gallery, Salem, Oregon, 2003 - 2 person
Lane Community College, Eugene, OR 2002
Simon Edwards Gallery, Yakima, WA, 2001
Anderson Gallery, McMinnville, OR, 2000
Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, OR 2000
Governor's Office, Salem, Oregon, 2000
University of Oregon, President's Office, 1999
Seattle Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA, 1999
Anderson Gallery, McMinnville, OR, 1998
Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR, 1998
Alder Gallery, Eugene, OR 1991, 1996
Lane Community College, Eugene, OR 1995
Washington Abbey, Eugene, OR 1994
Salishan Lodge Gallery, Gleneden Beach, OR, 1990 (two person), 1979 (two person), 1975 (two person)
The Gazebo, Eugene, OR, 1990
Portland Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, 1989
Littman Gallery, Portland State University, 1988
Rogue Gallery, Medford, OR, 1988
Schubert Gallery, Albany, OR, 1988
Art Department Gallery, Columbia Basin College, Pasco, WA, 1987 (two person)
Atwell Gallery, Colorado Springs, 1984
Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR 1983
Lakewood Center, Lake Oswego, OR, 1983 (two person)
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Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR 1982 (two person)
Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, OR, 1982 (two person)
Kairos Gallery, Eugene, OR, 1981
UO Visual Arts Resources travelling exhibition, exhibited in college and public buildings
throughout Oregon, Washington, Montana, Utah, and British Columbia, 1979-80
MFA Exhibit, University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR, 1978
Gallery West, Portland, OR 1977, 1974, and 1971
Bush Gallery, Salem, Oregon, 1975
Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR, 1979 (two person), 1976 (two person)
Treasure Valley Community College, Ontario, Oregon, 1976 (two person)
University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR 1974

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Rochefort Chateau Museum, Rochefort, France, 2004, 2005
Pacific Northwest Annual (juried), University of Oregon's EMU, Eugene, OR, June 2004
Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center for Performing Arts, Eugene, OR, June, 2004
Seattle Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA, 2003
Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center for Performing Arts, Eugene, OR 2003
Coos Art Museum, juried show "Expressions", Coos Bay, OR, 2002 and 2001
"Troubleshooting", juried show, Charlotte, So Carolina 2000
"Life Out of Balance", Jacobs Gallery, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, 1999
Invitational, Lake Oswego, OR, 1999
Corvallis Art Center, Corvallis, OR 1998, 1991, 1981, 1978, 1977
University of Oregon Museum of Art, Eugene, OR 1998, 1997, 1991 ("Works from the Permanent Collection"),
1978, and 1976
Alder Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2000, 2001, 1998, 1995, 1994, 1991, and 1990
Portland State University, "Women Artists '91", Portland, OR
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1987, 1978, 1974, and 1972
Mayor's Art Show, Eugene, OR, 2004, 1998, 1997,1996, 1990, 1985, 1984, and 1983
Columbia Basin College (2 person), Pasco, WA, 1987
Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR, 1990, 1991
Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA, 1995
Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR, 1994 (four person show)
The Art Connection, LaGuna, CA, 1988
Expos "87, Oregon Pavilion, Vancouver, B.C., 1987
Bush Barn, "Oregon Artists Fellowship Recipients", Salem, OR, 1987
Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, 1986 (five person)
Arts of Oregon Council Exhibition, Portland, OR, 1985
Metropolitan Arts Commission Gallery, Portland, OR, 1984 (five person)
Artists Union Gallery, Eugene, OR, 1983 (four person)
Sunriver Art Show, Sunriver, OR, 1983, 1981
"All Oregon Show", Salem, OR, 1983
Cheney Cowles Museum, Spokane, WA, 1979
UO Erb Memorial Union, Eugene, OR, 1979
Willamette University, Salem, OR, 1976
Mayors Invitational, Salem OR, 1972, 1974
Seattle Art Museum Pavilion, Seattle, WA, 1971

PUBLICATIONS:
"Eugene Painter Brings Home Some Pictures From France", Bob Keefer, Eugene Register-Guard,
October 31, 2004
"Singular Visions, Shared Lives: Peg Coe and Mark Clarke have created independent careers"
by Lois Wadsworth, Oregon Quaterly, Winter, 2002
"Western Artists Gather for Showing, Judging", Terri Albert, The World, CoosBay, May 18, 2002
"Living Artistically: Artists Margaret Coe and Mark Clarke thrive as working artist in Eugene"
by Paul Neevel, Eugene Weekly, February 24, 2000
"Guns, Blood, and Art", Lois Wadsworth, Eugene Weekly, May 6, 1999
"Artist Blends Personal Symbols Into ‘Abstract Visions,'Amy Mason, Portland State University Vanguard,
October 18, 1988
"Partners in Art" by Karen M. DuPriest, The Register-Guard, August 29, 1985
"Larger Than Life", Fred Crafts, Eugene Register Guard, August 19, 1982
"Margaret Coe Collection on Exhibit", Montana State University Exponent, 1980
"Monumental Works, An Exhibition of Possibilities", catalog, Open Gallery, Eugene, OR, June-July 1979
"Coe", catalog, UO Visual Arts Resources Traveling One-Person Exhibition, 1979
"Paintings by Margaret Coe and Mark Clarke", Joan Metcalf's "Art is", Valley Times, October 16, 1976
"Using the Beautiful Time" Old Oregon, 1974

CURRENT REPRESENTATION:
Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR
Gottlieb Gallery, Portland, OR
Portland Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR
Seattle Art Museum Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle, WA
Freed Gallery, Lincoln City, OR
Bush Barn Gallery, Salem, OR
Zeek Gallery, Salem, OR

 
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