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Margot McMahon 310 S. Humphrey Avenue Oak Park, Illinois 60302
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Selected Permanent Installations
Peace and Justice, Peace Park of Lincoln Park and Soka Gakkai International both in Chicago, Illinois
Cuddling Intelligences, Percy Julian Middle School, Oak Park, Illinois
Fr. John Egan, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Holy Family, Offering , Celtic Cross ,Stations of the Cross, Baptismal Font, Painted mural, stain glass Ambry, Tabernacle, St. Patrick Church, Lake Forest, Illinois
John D. MacArthur John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago and John D. MacArthur State Park, North Palm Beach Florida
Just Plain Hardworking John Egan Urban Center, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Hope, Peace and Wonder, William Beye School, Oak Park, Illinois
Arriba One Northfield Plaza,Northfield Illinois
Dance Lake Bluff, Illinois
Mother and Child St. Mary's School, Lake Forest, Illinois
Lois and Baby Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Steans, Englewood, Florida
Formation Robert Irwin Park, Homewood, Illinois
Fables of Our Time Highwood Public Library, Illinois
Arise Saint Francis Retreat Center Oak brook, Illinois
Boy Gardener Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe Illinois
The Reader Northfield Public Library, Northfield, Illinois
Spire Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kneibler, Lake Forest, Illinois
Selected Exhibitions (Solo)
2003 A Sense of Community, Village of Oak Park, Illinois
1997 The Land, Prairie Crossing, Grayslake , Illinois
1994 Drawings and Sculptures Women's Art Gallery YWCA Cincinnati, Ohio
Joseph Shapiro Gallery, Oak Park Public Library, Illinois
1991 Objects of Myth Sazama Gallery Chicago, Illinois
1990 Gallery 1616, Chicago, Illinois
1989 New Works Neville-Sargent Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1988 Sculpture Garden Navy Pier Lakeside Group Exhibition
1985 College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois
1984 SCLPTR Thesis Exhibition Yale University, New Haven Connecticut
Selected Exhibitions (Group)
2011 Arts Club of Chicago member’s Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois
Beverly Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
2010 Art Loop Open, Chicago, Illinois
2009 Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, Illinois
2008-09 Lake County Museum, Wauconda, Illinois
2007-08 Lincoln Park Community Art Initiative, Chicago, Illinois
2007 Franklin/Margot McMahon, Oak Park Public Library Art Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois
2006-07 Ragdale 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Il
2004-2005 Lincoln Park Initiative, Chicago, Illinois
2004 Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois
2003 Arts Club of Chicago, Illinois
2000-02 William DeBilzan Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico
Arts Club of Chicago, Illinois
1999 William DeBilzan Gallery, Sante Fe, New Mexico
Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1999-2002 Gallery McMahon, Lake Forest, Illinois
1998 Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Ragdale, Lake Forest, Illinois
1996 Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster Indiana
1995 Struve Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Just Plain Hardworking, John Egan Center, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Beacon Street Gallery, Geneva, Illinois
1994 Members Exhibition Arts Club of Chicago, Illinois
Benjamin Beattie Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Members Exhibition Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
Peace Museum, Chicago, Illinois
1993 Just Good Art Hyde Park Art Center
Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Sazama Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1992 New Acquisitions, National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
1991 Sazama Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1990 Just Plain Hardworking Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois
1987-88 These Hands Have Done Alot, Highwood and Highland Park, Illinois
1985 Limelight, Chicago, Illinois
Heads Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1983-82 Yale University, New Haven Connecticut
Awards
2010 Peace and Culture Award, Soka Gakkai International, Tokyo, Japan
2000 Rose Philippine Duchesne Society Annual Award, Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois
1995 & 2000 Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, Illinois
1991 Alex B. Hexter Award - National Sculpture Society, New York, New York
1989 Retirement Research Foundation Grant, Chicago, Illinois
1982-84 Yale University Scholarship, New Haven, Connecticut
1983 Yale Summer School of Art Teacher, Norfolk, Connecticut
1979 Aliza A. Drew Fine Arts Award, Hamline University, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Education
1984 Yale University, Master of Fine Arts Degree
Fellow-Timothy Dwight College
1979 Hamline University, Bachelor of Fine Arts with Academic Honors
Art Experience
2002-2006 Commissioner: Village of Oak Park, Public Art Advisory Commission
2000-03 Committee member: National Museum of Women in the Arts, IL Committee
1998-2006 Board of Directors Member, Oak Park Area Arts Council, Oak Park, Illinois
1998-Present Ragdale Foundation, Cornerstone Scholarship Committee, Lake Forest, Illinois
2002-2004 Commissioner: Village of Oak Park, Public Art Advisory Commission
2000-03 Committee member: National Museum of Women in the Arts, IL Committee
1999-2004 Board of Directors Member, Oak Park Area Arts Council, Oak Park, Illinois
1998 Lecturer, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
1986-1989 Sculpture Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
1982-1984 Teaching Assistant, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut
1978 Sculpture Assistant, Hamline University, St. Paul Minnesota
Presentations
2010 Soka Gakkai International, Chicago, Illinois
2008 Chicago Tonight WTTW, Fermilab exhibition
2007 Oak Park Area Arts Council Artists' Lecture Series, Oak Park, Illinois
2007 Chicago Cultural Center, Ragdale 20th Anniversary Lecture
2000 Illinois State Museum, Springfield Illinois "From a Ball of Clay" video (Cinema Guild)
2000 Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois
1998 Associates of the Art Institute of Chicago, Highland Park, Illinois
1996 Visiting Artist, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Associates of the Art Institute of Chicago, St. Charles, Illinois
1995 Visiting Artist, Saint Xavier College, Chicago, Illinois
1992 Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1991 WTTW-Channel 11 Just Plain Hardworking Documentary, Chicago, Illinois
1990 WBBM News, Father and Child City of Homewood
Channel Five, Twelve and Seven News, Palm Beach Florida
1989 WLS News Just Plain Hardworking at the Chicago Historical Society
Passport to Chicago; The Artists of Just Plain Hardworking Chicago, Illinois
WBBM News Sculpting Just Plain Hardworking
1988 Lifestyle Cablevision Art of Margot McMahon
1987 These Hands Have Done Alot, Italian American Historical Association, Chicago, Illinois
Visiting Artist, Lake Forest High School, Lake Forest, Illinois
1986 The Fondu Finish videotape
Publications
2010 World Tribune, Peace and Culture Award, Tokyo Japan
2006 Wednesday Journal, Jan 4th, "Julian students cuddle up to an art project"
Chicago Journal, January 19, "Beatifying in bronze"
2005 Oak Leaves, October 19th, "Julian Students create atrium art"
1999-11 Who's Who of American Women
2004 Wednesday Journal, March 31, "The Good Priest"
The Catholic New World, March 28 "DePaul Sculpture recalls Msgr. Egan"
Chicago Tribune, February 19, Standing Tall for Social Justice in City
2003 Chicago Sun Times May 12 "Oak Park Artist erecting monument to a giant of a man"
2000 Wednesday Journal Dec. 6 "The Portrait of The Artist"
1999-04Who's Who of American Women
1998 The New World Jan 30 "Growing in Faith"
1995 Chicago Sun Times,Page 12, February 16 Egan Center Honors a Legend , Chicago, IL
1990 The Star, July 8, 1990 Sculpting Formation, Homewood, Illinois
The Economist, Making Father and Child in Homewood, Illinois
Palm Beach Daily News, March 25, Unveiling John D.. MacArthur, Palm Beach, Florida
Palm Beach Post, March 8, Palm Beach, Florida
Palm Beach Society, March 26, Palm Beach, Florida
New Art Examiner, March, Chicago, Illinois
1989 Sculpture International Just Plain Hardworking, Washington D.C.
Chicago Tribune, July 26, Tempo, The Chicago Ten, Chicago, Illinois
North Shore Magazine, July, Wilmette, Illinois
The Reader, Artists and Residents, June 23 Calendar, Chicago, Illinois
1989 Highland Park News, May Fables of Our Time , Highland Park, Illinois
1988 Chicago Sun Times, Festival at Navy Pier May 27, Chicago, Illinois
1987 The Reader, Neighborhood News,These Hands Have Done Alot, September , Chicago, IL
North Shore Magazine, One Magnificent Square Mile August, Wilmette, Illinois
Chicago Tribune, The Hands of Highwood, June 19, Chicago, Illinois
Highland Park News, Art to Keep Legacy Alive April, Highland Park, Illinois
Fra Noi, Exhibit Displays...Immigrant May, Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Tribune, Portrait Artist February Tempo, Chicago, Illinois
North Shore Magazine, Portrait Artist March, Wilmette, Illinois
1985 News Voice, Eight Artists... August, Lake Forest, Illinois
New Art Examiner, April, Chicago, Illinois
1982 Lake Forester, Library Sculpture November, Lake Forest, Illinois
Winnetka News, Library Sculpture in Memory October, Winnetka, Illinois
1981-89 World Book Encyclopedia, Clay, Chicago, Illinois |
