Artist List    Margaret Shirley    Images  |  Bio EDUCATION Portland State University, Portland, OR; M.F.A., Painting Yale University, New Haven, CT; B.F.A., Painting Reed College, Portland, OR; B.A. ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1989, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2012 “Margaret Shirley: A Retrospective,” The Feldenheimer Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR 2011 The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 2011 The Governor’s Office, Salem OR 2002 Gallery 299, Portland State University, Portland, OR 1993 Marquam Hill Society, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 1990 Gallery II, The Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR 1989 Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 1984, 1986 Vollum Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR 1981 Mayer Gallery, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR 1980 GROUP EXHIBITIONS The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 “25th Anniversary Gallery Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2011 “20th Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2006 “Drawing(s): A 25th Anniversary Exhibition,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 2005 “15h Anniversary Group Show,” The Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR 2001 “Wonder Women,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 2000 San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA 1999 “2 x 2 x 2000,” Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR 1999 “Carrying On,” Autzen Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, OR 1999 “The Condon Biennial,” Condon, OR 1997 Portland State University Faculty Exhibition, University of Ulsan, Korea 1997 “Oregon Biennial,” Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 1983, 1987, 1995 “Mentors’ Show,” Gallery 114, Portland, OR 1995 Faculty Show, Portland State University Department of Art 1992 “Unabandoned Abstraction,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR 1991 “Women’s Art,” Littman Gallery, Portland State University 1988 “Art in the Mayor’s Office,” Portland, OR 1987 “Portland Painting Now,” The Art Gym, Marylhurst College 1985 Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA 1985 “Women’s Art, Women’s Lives,” Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR 1982 “The Group,” Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR 1981 “23rd Annual Exhibition of Prints & Drawings,” Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK 1981 “Works on Paper: 4th Spokane National,” Cheney Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA 1981 “Annual National Exhibition,” Texas Fine Arts Association, Austin, TX 1981 “Anything 2D,” University of Wisconsin 1980 “14th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show,” Del Mar College, Texas 1980 “National Exhibition of Works on Paper,” Columbia College, MO 1980 COLLECTIONS Anderson Properties, Portland, OR Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR Mazama Capital Management, Inc., Portland, OR Mentor Graphics, Beaverton, OR Portland State University, Portland, OR Reed College, Portland, OR Schnitzer Investments, Portland, OR St. Helena Hospital, Deer Park, CA Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA GRANTS AND AWARDS Faculty Development Travel Grant, Portland State University 1993 Individual Artist Fellowship Award, Oregon Arts Commission 1982 RELATED EXPERIENCE Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art, Portland State University 1992-Present Art Faculty, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR 1981-2011 Visiting Associate Professor of Art, Reed College 1995 Assistant Professor of Art, Portland State University 1990-1991 Lecturer in Studio Art, Portland State University, Portland, OR 1981-1990 Instructor in Art, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR 1979-1983 Graduate Teaching Assistant in Painting, Portland State University 1978-1979 PUBLICATIONS “Margaret Zundel Shirley: Abstract Artist,” Reed Magazine, Portland, OR, December 2011, p. 66, installation photo Front Image for “Honoring Excellence,” Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR, May 17, 2010, reproduction “Class Notes: Margaret Zundel Shirley,” Reed Magazine, Portland, OR, March 2010, pp. 34-35, reproduction Blake, Victoria, “A Quarter Century of Quality,” The Oregonian, A&E, December 2, 2005 2 x 2 x 2000: Blackfish Gallery 1979-1999, Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR, 1999, exhibition catalogue “Faculty and Alumni Notes,” Urban Arts, Portland State University Newsletter, Fall 1999, p.7 illus. Taylor, Sue, “Margaret Shirley at Laura Russo,” Art in America, July, 1999 review Bonansinga, Kate, “Margaret Shirley,” Willamette Week, March 24, 1999, p. 62 McMorran, Megan, “Laura Russo Gallery,” The Oregonian, November 6, 1996 Laura Russo Gallery, Ourtown, November 4, 1996, p.15 Gragg, Randy, “Critic’s Choice,” The Oregonian, February 25, 1994 Thompson, Lise, “PSU Art Professor Displays Works at Russo Gallery,” Vanguard, February 24, 1994 Allen, Lois, “Beyond Black and White,” Reflex, May/June 1993, p. 19 Allan, Lois, “Abstraction Undaunted,” Reflex, February 7, 1991, p. 17 Hopkins, Terri, Unabandoned Abstraction, The Art Gym, Marlyhurst College, January 1991 exhibition catalogue Larson, Jon, M., “Marylhurst Exhibit Shows Commitment of Abstract Art Form,” Lake Oswego Review, January 31, 1991, p. C1 Gragg, Randy, “Old Meets New,” The Oregonian, January 18, 1991, p. 24 Hopkins, Terri, Portland Painting Now, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR, 1985 exhibition catalogue Gygi, Kathleen, “PCVA Fall Offerings,” Willamette Week, September 15-21, 1981