about marcia l. hargreaves

The work of award-winning artist Marcia Hargreaves has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum (formerly, National Museum of American Art) and the Corcoran Museum in Washington, D.C.  She is represented by Sherwoods Gallery, Houston, and the Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, New York.

Marcia received a BFA in Painting and Printmaking and a minor in Art History from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.  She is also the recipient of an internship at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the youngest artist selected for a cultural exchange show that toured Russia in 1985 consisting of 21 American Women Artists.

Her work is in private collections in the United States and abroad, including:  Denmark, Norway, Scotland, and Dubai.

Marcia completed an installation this summer in the Bank of Texas.

Artist Statement

I relocated back to Texas in 1996, in search of open skies. I am fascinated by the way the changing light brings out varied and unexpected color in the Texas landscape or any landscape. I feel that I have connected with the world around me and myself through the continual shifts and changes. Change is the one constant that connects us all.

I am also motivated to continue honing and expanding my skill set to breath new life into my understanding and of representational art so that I may both instruct other students and patrons in the appreciation of representational art. To keep alive, the ways of the master artists and the Impressionists and share the importance of capturing light and color, using broken brush strokes and spots of thick color creating an exceptional impression of the subject.

Resumé

Current Representation

• 2004 - present, Sherwoods Gallery, Houston, Texas www.sherwoodsgallery.com
• 2002 - present, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY www.wardnasse.org

Affiliations

• 2005 - present, Oil Painters of America
• 2004 - present, American Impressionist Society
• 2004 - 05, Pastel Society of Southeast Texas
• 2004 - 05, International Association of Pastel Societies
• 1986 - present, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Charter Member

Selected Collections

• 2007, The Woodlands United Methodist Church
• 2007, Bank of Texas, downtown Houston, installation of four paintings
• 2006, Memorial Hermann The Woodlands, Cancer Center, permanent installation of seven paintings

Selected One Person Shows

• 2006, Memorial Hermann The Woodlands, Cancer Center, permanent installation of seven paintings
• 2003, Artist of the Month and Solo Exhibit, Frame Craft Lampros Gallery, The Woodlands, Texas
• 2002, Artist of the Month and Solo Exhibit, M. MacKenzie Fine Art Gallery, Spring, Texas
• 2001, Artist of the Month and Solo Exhibit, M. MacKenzie Fine Art Gallery, Spring, Texas
• 1983, Focus on local artists, solo exhibit, Fairfax, Virginia

Selected Group Shows

• 2007, American Impressionist Society, 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Hilligoss Gallery, Chicago, IL. “Cottonwoods on Carriage Hill Farm”, oil, 14 x 18, 2007, has been juried into the show.
• 2005, American Impressionist Society, 6th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Nichols Taos Fine Art Gallery, New Mexico. “Snow at Sandy Creek”, oil, 18 x 24, 2004, has been juried into the show.
• 2004, Pastel Society of Southeast Texas, Freeport, Texas
• 2004, Wimberley Square Gallery, Wimberley, Texas
• 2003 - 04, Peter Lampros Fine Art Gallery, The Woodlands, Texas
• 2002, Dena Wenmoh’s Ranch and The Bunkhouse, Cypressmill, Texas
• 2002, “Springfest”, Old Town Spring, Texas
• 2002, Fine Art Gallery of Fredricksburg, Fredricksburg, Texas
• 2001 - 03, Sable V Fine Art Gallery, Wimberley, Texas
• 2001 - 02, Seven Stallions Gallery of Fine Art, Castroville, Texas
• 2001 - 02, Monticello Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• 2000 - 03, M. MacKenzie Fine Art Gallery, Spring, Texas
• 1986, Symposium of Emerging Women Artists in the U.S.A.; member of cultural exchange of 21 U.S. Women Artist, print displayed in U.S. Embassy, Russia
• 1982, Honorable Mention, Scholastic Art Awards, Corcoran Museum
• 1981, Second Prize, Seventh Biennial Graphics Exhibition, The Washington Print Club, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• 1980, Honorable Mention, Scholastic Art Awards, Corcoran Museum
• 1972, Group Show, Center for Fine Arts, Dayton, Ohio

Articles, Publishing Representation

• 2006, September Issue: The Artist Magazine, feature by Michael Chesley Johnson, on getting your art on the web. Using a screen grab of one of the pages from my site as a an example
• 2002 - 2007, Listed in Art in America Guide and Sourcebook

Teaching

• 2005, John Cooper School, The Woodlands, Texas

Awards & Honors

• 2003, Theme Pastel auctioned, “Women in the Pink of Health” luncheon, Memorial Hermann Hospital, The Woodlands, Texas
• 1983, Certificate of Award, Outstanding Achievement in Art, Fairfax, Virginia
• 1982, Honorable Mention, Scholastic Art Awards, Corcoran Museum
• 1981, Second Prize, Seventh Biennial Graphics Exhibition, The Washington Print Club, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
• 1980, Honorable Mention, Scholastic Art Awards, Corcoran Museum

Education

• 1994, Multimedia Certificate, George Washington University
• 1987 - 1988, Graduate Study Communication Arts and Design, Virginia Commonwealth University
• 1987, B.F.A. Painting and Printmaking, Minor Art History, Virginia Commonwealth University
• 1981, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, D.C.
• 1981, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. 

Biography

Marcia Hargreaves has been drawing since 3 years of age. By the age of 6, her talent progressed from simplistic renderings to 3-dimensional portraits. At age 8, Marcia began her formal education in Dayton, Ohio, with noted artist Irene Miracle. Ms. Miracle trained Marcia in the proper use of acrylics, oils, pastels, pen and ink, gouache, pencils, watercolors, charcoal and a variety of other mediums.

Marcia moved with her family to Washington, D.C., at the age of 12, where she continued her studies through the tutelage of artist, Barbara Thelin Preston (North Light Books). Marcia further expanded her studies at the Corcoran Museum of Art and the Printing-Lab of the National Museum of American Art.

At age 17, Marcia received an internship at the Smithsonian Museum, working in the Renwick, Corcoran, Freer and National Portrait Galleries. She also worked at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (formally National Museum of American Art).

Marcia currently holds degrees in Painting, Printmaking and Art History. She is the recipient of the 2nd Place Award in the Seventh Biannual Graphics Exhibit at the National Museum of American Art, and dual Honorable Mention Awards for artwork displayed at the Corcoran Museum. Marcia was the youngest artist selected for a cultural exchange show that toured Russia in 1985 consisting of 21 American Women Artists.

Marcia has work showing nationally in many galleries including New York and Texas.

Marcia loves Plein Air painting and has enjoyed exploring Texas, Canon Beach, Oregon, Ghost Ranch, Santa Fe, Taos, Maine, and Colorado.

"This is a strawberry that I crayoned when I was three years old. There was sun shining on it so I put yellow in it."