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Margot Elizabeth Glass

Margot Glass grew up in New York City, and studied art at The Art Students' League, Brown University,  Rhode Island School of Design, and Fashion Institute of Technology. Her work explores the ephemeral through still life,  nature and botany. She currently lives and works in Western Massachusetts. 

​Select Solo Exhibitions

2024  Kenise Barnes Fine Art:Margot Glass & Jackie Battenfield:
            Happiest with Blossoms Over My Head and Flowers Beneath My Feet 
Kent,CT
2022  Garvey|Simon NYMargot Glass:Garland New York,NY
2022  Garvey|Simon:Margot Glass:Semi-Precious onlineArtsy June-July
2019  Kenise Barnes Fine Art:Margot Glass:New Goldpoint and Graphite Drawings Kent, CT
2019  Readywipe Gallery: Solar Garden Holyoke MA

2018  Kenise Barnes Fine Art:Shouting Flower Larchmont, NY
2015  Currier Museum of Art Currier After Hours:Behind the Scenes/On the Table
            Live Presentation 
Manchester, NH
2014  Smith College Oresman Gallery: Lucent Measures Northampton, MA 
2013  Sunderland Library Gallery: Resting Bees 
Sunderland, MA
2012  Northampton Arts Night:Souvenir of Alexandria Northampton, MA 
2003  Hosmer Gallery:Nature in Repeat Northampton, MA 
1998  Graffio Galleria D'arte:Ornamento Recuperato. Bologna, Italy
1993  Shaw Gallery Domestic Keene, NH  

Select Group Exhibitions

2025 
Kenise Barnes Fine Art Nature as Muse Kent, CT
2024 

Pamela Salisbury Gallery Understory Hudson, NY
Beth Urdang Gallery Gold Wellesley, MA

DFN Projects with Garvey|Simon NY Wish List New York, NY
Walter Meade GalleryPlant Matter Roxbury, NY
2023

Garvey|Simon Art on Paper New York, NY
DFN Projects Art on Paper, Part II ​New York, NY
Kenise Barnes Fine Art Us & ME Portland, ME
Bernay Fine Art The Familiar Unknown curated by Muskat Knoll Productions,
​Great Barrington, MA

2022
Garvey|Simon Reality Check: Shifting Perspectives 
San Anselmo CA 
Berkshire Botanical Garden Symbiosis curated by Beth Rudin Dewoody
West Stockbridge, MA
The Glass House Summer Benefit New Canaan, CT
Kenise Barnes Fine Art: Cool and Collected​ Kent, CT

2021

DFN Projects Silver New York, NY
Garvey|Simon Art on Paper New York, NY
The Art Gallery, Eastern CT State University: Precision Willimantic, CT

2020
Pamela Salisbury Gallery: The Earth Beneath Their Feet Hudson, NY
New York Historical Society:
In Profile:A Look at Silhouettes New York, NY
Kenise Barnes Fine Art: 
Bugs in the Barn Kent CT
McCall Art Advisory+Andrea Feldman Falcione:take pART2020:
​Fundraiser for Black Voters Matter,
Los Angeles CA

Garvey|Simon Art on Paper New York, NY
Garvey|Simon & The Blue Review Projects: Manic Botanic
Garvey|Simon: Trompe L'oeil Something Artsy-Exclusive Exhibition
Kenise Barnes Fine Art: Winter 2020 Kent, CT 
Central Booking NYC: Net Gain An Invitational Geometric Folding Project

2019
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation,Carnegie Mellon:16th International Exhibition of Botanical Art Pittsburgh, PA
Davis Gregory Art:Green Inspiration Great Barrington, MA
Roberson Museum & Science Center:Focus on Nature XV Binghamton, NY
Kenise Barnes Fine Art:Inaugural Show Kent, CT
Central Booking & Brooklyn Botanic Garden:Plant Cure Brooklyn Brooklyn NY
2018
The Arkansas Art Center Museum:50th Collectors Show Little Rock, AR
Berkshire Botanical Garden: Ecophilia Stockbridge, MA
REVEAL International Contemporary Art Fair:Garvey|Simon NY Booth
Saratoga Springs, NY
LABspace: The Nature Lab Hillsdale, NY
Geoffrey Young Gallery: Matereality Great Barrington, MA 
2017 
Readywipe Gallery: Small Works Holyoke, MA
Alexandra Porter:Still Life Salon in tandem with Fall '18 TEFAF New York, NY
Central Booking & New York Academy of Medicine:Plant Cure New York, NY
Central Booking:The Wasteland New York, NY
Garvey|Simon New York: Leavings: The After Image New York, NY
​2016
Garvey|Simon New York:Select New York, NY 
Warwick Museum of Art:Remember When Warwick, RI
Emily Dickinson Museum:Botanical Art Amherst, MA 
Geoffrey Young Gallery:Capital Flight Great Barrington, MA

Central Booking:Insecta New York, NY
A.P.E. Gallery:Your Idea Starts Here Northampton, MA
2015
Geoffrey Young Gallery:Casheesh 15 Gt Barrington, MA
Ground Floor Gallery:You've Got Mail Brooklyn, NY
Hill Institute:Botanical Painting Florence, MA
Luhring Augustine:Postcards From The Edge New York, NY
​2014
Curious Matter:Terra Incognita Jersey City, NJ
2002  
New City Art Gallery: Small World 
Easthampton, MA
1998

James Graham & Sons:Drawings New  York, NY
Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts:American Art Chautauqua NY
1997  
Bronx River Art Center/BRAC: Holiday 
Bronx, New York
Lake City Arts Council: Small Scale Lake City, CO
1994
Smithtown Arts:Recent Work 
St. James, NY
1992
Midtown Payson Gallery:
I, Myself & Me: 20th Century and Contemporary Self-Portraits New  York, NY
1990
BACA Downtown:Artists' Toys 
Brooklyn, NY
1989
Anderson Ranch Arts Center:Summer 
Snowmass Village, CO
1987
RISD Design Center: Artists' Books 
Providence, RI 

Awards, Commissions and Related

​2025 Oak Spring Garden Foundation Interdisciplinary Fellowship and Residency,                    Upperville, VA
2025
Lost & Found Lab Artist-in-Residence, Cos Cob CT 
2021 Eastern Connecticut State University: Visiting Lecturer
2019 Smith College  Visiting Lecturer
2017 Massachusetts Cultural Council: STARS Artist Residency
2016 ¡Vaya 63! David Rubenstein Atrium Lincoln Center, New York, NY
            Paintings for music series Fall 2016 & Spring 2017
            C.A.M.P.O.S. Peace & Rhythm LP release, original gatefold painting

2014  Smith College Brown Fine Arts Center,Northampton, MA
             Visiting Lecturer 2014
2011-16 The Drawing Center Viewing Program Portfolio New York, NY ​

Collections

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation,Carnegie Mellon,PA
​Hotel Del Coronado Collection, San Diego,CA
Weatherspoon Art Museum,NC
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​Allentown Art Museum,PA
Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection,MA
​​Midwest Museum of American Art,IN 

Geoffrey Young
Beth Rudin DeWoody
​Janice Oresman
Steven Conant
AG Rosen & Deborah Sonzogni

​Hope Davis
Robert Kushner
and other International private collections

Education

2016 Smith College, Historic Artist Materials and Techniques, Spring
1994 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY Surface Design
1987 B.A. Honors, Brown University|Brown-RISD Reciprocal Program
          Providence, RI
1977-83 Art Students' League of New York, NY

Professional

Hill Institute, Florence, MA Painting and Drawing 2015 to Present
​Lighthouse Holyoke, MA Drawing through Massachusetts Cultural Council 2017
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
Drawing & Painting Assistant 1988
El Bahondillo, Torremolinos, Spain Drawing Instructor 1987-88

Bibliography

2024
Thomas, Taliesin “10 Shows to Visit in Upstate NY this October” HyperallergicPlant Matter at Roxbury Arts. Web. October 1, 2024hyperallergic.com/954808/10-shows-to-visit-in-upstate-new-york-october-2024/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Robert%20Frank%20s%20Envelope-Pushing%20Photography&utm_campaign=D100124

2023
Knoll, Phil and Sue Muskat "The Familiar Unknown" exhibition cat. Margot Glass Studio Portrait; Clover 3, Clover 5 p38-39. Bernay Fine Art, Great Barrington MA 2023

2022
Columbia, David Patrick "Symbiotic Relationships" New York Social Diary. Web. August 2, 2022 www.newyorksocialdiary.com/symbiotic-relationships/

Art Daily “Garvey|Simon opens its new gallery space with Reality Check: Shifting Perspectives” Web. September 5, 2022. artdaily.com/news/149590/Garvey--9474Simon-opens-its-new-gallery-space-with--Reality-Check--Shifting-Perspectives-#.YxYrw-zMLPY

Artsy, Margot Glass: Semi Precious June-July 2022 www.artsy.net/viewing-room/garvey-simon-margot-glass-semi-precious?utm_content=viewing-room-gallery-share

2021 
McAnulty, Dara "Summer Diary" Margot Glass Summer Sketchbook 2021 Orion Magazine, Summer 2021.

The Art Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University Visiting Artist Lecture: Margot Glass: Nature and Ornament www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzAD_lssGl0

Precision exhibition cat. The Art Gallery at Eastern Connecticut State University, CT 2021. Margot Glass Dandelion 2020, cover. Grasses 2020,p4
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2020
Rosenberg, Maddy and Stengle, Sarah. Net Gain exhibition cat. Margot Glass Chance Garden 2020 p15. Central Booking NYC.  December 2020

Manic Botanic exhibition cat. Margot Glass Dandelion Field Samples 2019, Daisy Fleabane 2019, Three Dandelions 2017 Garvey|Simon New York with Blue Review Project Space. Web. June 2020

"Making A Splash: Margot Glass" Watercolor Artist. April 2020. Margot Glass. Safety Envelope, Orange Envelope, Safety Envelope with Stain, P6.

Wilkins, Joe "Where Paradise Lay" Margot Glass Grasses 2019 Orion Magazine,
​Web. April 8 2020

https://orionmagazine.org/2020/04/where-paradise-lay/?mc_cid=5db2612b70&mc_eid=37d69fe8e8

O'Hern, John. "Standing Still: Collector's Focus, Still Life" American Art Collector Magazine, January 2020. Issue 171. p68, Margot Glass, Blue Dandelion, p70.

2019

Focus on Nature XV exhibition cat. Roberson Museum and Science Center with NY State Museum, NY 2019. Margot Elizabeth Glass p 56, Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) p56-57

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Bruno, Lugene B. and Caroline L. Roy. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University 16th International Exhibition Dandelions,2018 p20. Pittsburgh, PA November 2019.

Tyrrell, Katherine "Plant Cure Brooklyn" Margot Glass Dandelion Field Samples 2019 Botanical Art and Artists. Web. August 10, 2019.
www.botanicalartandartists.com/news/plant-cure-in-collaboration-with-brooklyn-botanic-garden 
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Plant Cure Brooklyn exhibition cat. Central Booking, Brooklyn, NY 2019 Dandelion, 2017 Cover; Dandelion Field Samples, p14

Triolo, Nicholas "Behind The Cover: Margot Glass Dandelion" Orion Magazine, Web. August 7, 2019 orionmagazine.org/2019/08/behind-the-cover-margot-glass-dandelion/ 
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Glass, Margot. Dandelion with Open Bud Orion Magazine. Summer 2019.Cover. Grasses p9 & Dandelion with Bud, p11. orionmagazine.org 
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Tyler, Sandra Woven Tale Press LLC, Vol VI #5, 2019. Margot Glass Two Dandelions (gold) and Two Dandelions (graphite), Dandelion, Two Dandelions with Bud p37-40, Dandelion with Full Leaf p54.online.flipbuilder.com/eovs/gwfi/#p=1 

Tyrrell, Katherine "Artists Exhibiting at the 16th International Exhibition of Botanical Art at the Hunt Institute" Margot Glass Dandelion, 2018. Botanical Art and Artists​ Web. May 22 2019 www.botanicalartandartists.com/news/artists-exhibiting-at-the-16th-international-exhibition-of-botanical-art-at-the-hunt-institute 
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Bulletin of the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Vol 31, No. 1 Spring 2019, p 4 News from the Art Department. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2019.

​2018
Margot Glass: Shouting Flower Exhibition cat.,Kenise Barnes Fine Art, NY 2018.


Landi, Ann Vasari21 June5,2018 mailchi.mp/4ef55fa64978/smart-collecting-at-the-local-level-and-the-ultimate-teaching-challenge-1324229?e=602299efa7 
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2017
Dandelion, 2017 p25; LABspace. The Nature Lab exhibition cat.,Hillsdale, 2018.

Wall Street International: WS Art Leavings: The after Images at Garvey|Simon in New York, United States. Margot Glass, Envelopes, installation image #2. Web. 26 January, 2017.

Leon Brothers. El Tigre/Candela, Cover. Oil on panel. Peace & Rhythm, 2017
Release.Vinyl 45. 

The New York Academy of Medicine, Central Booking. Plant Cure Exhibition cat., New York: 2017.
Dandelion 1, 2017 cover; Dandelion 2, 2017 p7. 

Deskins, Sally “Margot Glass, Artist.”Les Femmes Folles Journal.Web.Feb 5, 2017. 
​femmesfollesnebraska.tumblr.com/post/156854589837/margot-glass-artist 

​2016
Campos. Miracles & Criminals, Teosinte Gatefold artwork. Watercolor and pencil on paper. Peace & Rhythm, Summer 2016 Release. LP. 

Garvey Simon: SELECT August 6,2016
Artists: Nancy Daubenspeck, Margot Glass, Leslie Kerby, Neema Lal, Linda Lindroth, Lily Prince, Krista Svalbonas 
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b33DB7O5Bd8

Eckert, Carolyn.Your Idea Starts Here. Storey Publishing, North Adams, MA 2016.

Debussy Fragment p 22-23; 
Curious Matter. Terra Incognita  exhibition cat., Jersey City, 2014.


Gold Scarab.  ink, watercolor, pencil on paper. Ditmeyer, Anne. Design Sponge “Sneak Peeks: A Massachusetts Farmhouse Where Color and Pattern Meet”  Web. Photo: Sally Staub,  August, 2013 www.designsponge.com/2013/08/massachusettes-farmhouse-where-color-and-pattern-meet.html
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