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EDUCATION
1995-98 Master in Fine Art in drawing and painting at the U. of MN, Minneapolis, MN
1992 Master of Arts for Children S.U.N.Y. Brockport, New York
1987 B.A. in Studio Art and Art Education Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
HONORS AND AWARDS
2011 The Yakima Valley Society of Artists Award, 44th Annual Juried Art Exhibit,
Allied Arts Council of Washington State, juried by Rock Hushka, Curator,
Tacoma Art Museum, Yakima Valley, WA
2008 Best in Show, Moses Lake Art Museum, Moses Lake, WA
2006 Award of Excellence, Allied Arts Juried Exhibition, Yakima, WA
2005 Minnesota Art Exhibition Program Grant/ Jerome Foundation, Mpls., MN
Art Mob and Purchase, Weisman Art Museum Artist Collective, St. Paul, MN
2004 MN State Arts Board Grant, St. Paul, MN
Publicity Winner. St. Paul Art Crawl, St. Paul, MN
2003 Best in Show, Children of Eden, St. Cloud Civic Theater, St. Cloud, MN
Publicity Winner, St. Paul Art Crawl, St. Paul, MN
Purchase Award, Rolling Plains Exhibit, the Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
2002 Award of Excellence, Bloomington Art Center, MN
Fall 2002 Art Crawl Banner Winner, St Paul Art Collective, St Paul, MN
2001 Publicity/ Poster/Postcard Winner, St Paul Art Collective, St Paul, MN
Merit Award: Oil Painting Division, Minnesota State Fair, Mpls, MN
2000 Second Place Honors, Women Art Registry of Minnesota, Mpls, MN
First Honors: Oil Painting Division, Minnesota State Fair, Mpls, MN
Tweed Museum, Purchase, Duluth, MN
1997 Weisman Museum, Purchase Award, U. of M., Mpls, MN
1996 Katherine Nash Scholarship, U. of M., Mpls, MN
Department of Art Endowment, U. of M., Mpls, MN
1995 Department of Art Graduate School Fellowship, U. of M., Mpls, MN
Merit Award: Watercolor Division, Minnesota State Fair, Mpls, MN
1994 First Honors: Watercolor Division, Minnesota State Fair, Mpls, MN
1991 Outstanding Overall in Show, NY State Teacher's Association Monticello,NY
Art Teacher of the Year, Rochester City School District, Rochester, NY
1989 Honorable Mention, NY State Teacher's Association Conference, Catskills, NY
Sallie Mae National First Year Teacher of the Year, Washington, D.C.
1986 First Merit Award, Invitational Exhibition and Competition, U. of IN. SE, IN
Julia Allen Award, Berea College, Berea, KY
Hutchin's Award, Berea College, Berea, KY
Art Student of the Year, Berea College, Berea, KY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 "Hitherto and Henceforth", Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2007 "Through the Looking Glass", Clymer Art Museum, Ellensburg, WA
"...And She Was Kept", Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, W. Hollywood, CA
2005 New paintings by Margo Selski, Art Resource Gallery, St. Paul MN
Margin of Desire, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
The Fertile Mind, Accent Gallery, Rochester Arts Center, MN
2004 Of Ghosts and Angels, Prairie Arts Center, Princeton, IL
Pentimentos, Illinois Central College. East Peoria, IL
"herself a siren", The Art Institute International Minnesota, Mpls., MN
Strangely Poetic, Larson Gallery, U. of M., St. Paul, MN
Frivolity: Paintings by Margo Selski, St. Cloud State University, MN
2003 The Siren's Cry, Christenson Center Gallery, Augsburg College, Mpls., MN
Taking Flight: Paintings by Margo Selski, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
1998 Sacred Wounds, Community College at Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, SD
1994 Center: Painting by Margo Selski, Husey's Cultural Cafe, Mantorville, MN
1991 Portraits by Margo Selski, Rainbow Gallery, S.U.N.Y., Brockport, NY
1986 Portraits: Senior One Person Exhibit, Doris Ulmann Gallery, Berea College, KY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 "The Year of the Chimera 7.0: Retrospectacle", Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2011 "The Year of the Chimera 6.3", Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2010 "Psychoradiology: Applied Jungian Concepts",
Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywod, CA
"The Year of the Chimera 6.1", Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
"The Year of the Chimera 6.0", Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2009 "The Year of the Chimera 5.0", Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Special Temporary Exhibition of
Glass Garage Gallery Artists
"The Machine in the Garden (the Steampunk Project)",
Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2008 "Roseville Arts Center Open Studio Invitational", Juried by
Phil Linhares, Chief Curator at the Oakland Museum of Art
"The Lucent Dossier Project", Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
"Small Works Exhibition", Arkell Museum/Tri-County Arts Council, Canajoharie, NY
Juried Exhibition, Moses Lake Art Museum, Moses Lake, WA
2006 Planet Margo, Wine Works Gallery, Ellensburg, WA
Central Washington Artist Exhibition, Larson, Gallery, WA
39th Annual Juried Exhibit, Allied Arts, Yakima, WA
2005 In the Balance, (two person exhibit) Minneapolis Institute of Art, Mpls, MN
Art Mob Collection, Weisman Art Museum. Minneapolis, MN
Anomaly, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ft. Collins, CO
Flora and Fauna : Myth and Metaphor, Bloomington Art Center, Bloomington, MN
Art of Recovery, MN State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN
New paintings by Margo Selski, Art Resource Gallery, St. Paul MN
2004 Ex Nihilo Gallery/ City Pages Wine Tasting, I.M.S. Bldg., Mpls, MN
Saint Paul Art Crawl, Tilsner Cooperative Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2003 Minnesota State Fair, Minneapolis, MN
Children of Eden, St. Cloud Civic Theater, St. Cloud, MN
Art Resources Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Sold on Art, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Art of Today: Artists from Minnesota and North Dakota Exhibition,
Plains Art Museum Rolling Plains Art Gallery, Fargo, ND
2002 Bloomington Art Center Show, Bloomington, MN
mnartists.org Launch Celebration, Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Another Twist, Winona State University, Winona, MN
Sold on Art, Intermedia Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Art of Today, Artists from Minnesota and North Dakota 2002-2004 Exhibition,
Plains Art Museum Rolling Plains Art Gallery, Fargo, ND
Visible Fringe Art Festival, Visible Fringe Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
River Gallery, St. Paul, MN
Rogue Buddah Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Group Exhibition, Loring Park Playhouse, Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Foundation for the Arts, (Group Exhibition) Minneapolis, MN
Fandango, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Minnesota State Fair Art Exhibition, Mpls., MN (Merit Award in Oil Ptg.)
Twist of Minnesota, Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Annual Juried Show, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL (Second Place)
2000 WARM Exhibition, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN ( Second Place)
Minnesota State Fair Art Exhibition, Mpls., MN (First Place Honor in Oil Ptg.)
Faculty Exhibition, College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN
1999 Member's Exhibit, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
Group Exhibition, Intermedia Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1998 Layers of Myth and Metaphor, M.F.A. Thesis, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Mpls, MN
Group Exhibition, Intermedia Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1997 Centers, (Three person show) The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
Artists' Books Exhibition, Coffman Union, U. of M., Minneapolis, MN
Art Department Scholarship Exhibit, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, U. of M., Mpls., MN
Annual Graduate Student Exhibition, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, U. of M., Mpls., MN
Voices of the Earth Gallery, (Invitational Exhibition) Webster, MN
1996 Art Department Scholarship Exhibit, Katherine E. Nash Gallery. U. of M., Mpls. MN
Annual Graduate Student Exhibit, Katherine E. Nash Gallery. U. of M., Mpls., MN
Great Plains National, Moss-Thorns Gallery, Fort Hays State University, Hays
Going to the Dogs, Katherine E. Nash Gallery. U. of M., Mpls., MN
1995 Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, (Second Place) Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul MN
Summer Art XVIII, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
Holy Baloney, (Juried Exhibition) Woman-Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
National Graduate Drawing Exhibition, University Of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, WI
1994 Annual Fine Arts Exhibition, (First Place) Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul MN
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Tweed Museum, Duluth, MN
Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN
Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
St. Thomas Catholic Church, Rochester, NY
Berea College, Berea, KY
Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Prairie Art Center, Princeton, IL
Museum of Contemporary Arts, Ft. Collins, CO
PUBLICATIONS
Abbe, Mary Chuckles the Art, Star Tribune, Art pgs. 12-13, August 3, 2001
Abbe, Mary Fiercely Female, Star Tribune, E20, July 8, 2005
Abbe, Mary This Side Up, Star Tribune, Art pg. 11, August 11, 2000
Abbe, Mary This Week's Best Bets, Star Tribune, E3, October 11, 2002
Abbe, Mary This Week's Best Bets, Star Tribune, E2, December 2003
Abbe, Mary World Fair Review, Star Tribune, Section F pgs.12-13, August 25, 2000
Abrams, Avi, Artists that Paint Like Renaissance Masters on Drugs, Dark Roasted Blend Magazine, November 20, 2011
Carey, Tim The Best of this Week, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Showtime 7E, October 6, 2002
*Chang, Richard, "The Machine in the Garden", ARTnews, September 2009
*Comb, Mary Ann The State of the Arts, Minnesota Public Radio, July 23, 2005, 1:00 p. m.
*Ebb, Zoetica, Mother and Muse: Margo and Theo Selski, Coilhouse Magazine, March, 10, 2011
Hanson, Eric Announcing... State Fair fine art winners, Star Tribune, B1, August 24, 2000
Johnson, J.P. Minnesota Art With A Twist @ Weisman Art Museum, Pulse, Arts Calendar, July 25, 2001
Knight, Bill A Year in Review, Lowertown News, pg. 3, January 2002
Liscano, Erica, Surrealist Painter Margo Selski: Breaking New Ground, The Examiner, April 20, 2011
Minnesota Art with a Twist, WAM the newsletter for Weisman Art Museum, Vol. 10 No 5, Summer 2001
Minding Her Own Beeswax, Minnesota Monthly Magazine, pg. 99, August 2005
Nordstrand, Dorothy Gallery One, Marquee; The Phipps Center for the Arts, pg. 5 July/ August 1997
*Randall, Cynde In the Balance: Two Minnesota artists present ideas about society and culture through their original characters ARTS Magazine of the M.I.A., July/August 2005
*Randall, Cynde In the Balance, Minnesota Artists Exhibition Program Catalog, July 8, 2005
*Reuter, Laurel, Director, North Dakota Museum of Art, Fantastic: Exhibition Booklet, 2011
Riddle, Mason 'Art With a Twist' a delightful whimsical show, St. Paul Pioneer Press, Section D, July 23, 2001
Ritter, Peter The Art of the Blue Ribbon, City Pages, Vol. 21, No 1,030, pg. 47, August 30, 2000
Simon, Terri Artist to exhibit work at Princeton arts center, Peoria Journal Star, C2, Sunday, February 15, 2004
The Art of Today: Artists from Minnesota and North Dakota, Plains Art Museum, Rolling Plains Art Gallery, 2002
Theodore, Kathy, Margo Selski, Boulevard Magazine, September/October 2007
Tomson, Ellen Family helps bring painter's life into balance, St Paul Pioneer Press, Entertainment 1, 11, Sunday August 7, 2005
*Voss, Brandon, Androgyne Dreams, The Advocate, June 06, 2011
Walter, Natasha In the Balance at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Pulse, Arts Calendar, July 2005
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