MARGARET TSIRANTONAKIS

www.mtsiran-art.com

 

Born in Crete, Greece

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Loft Artists Gallery, Stamford, CT, "Inside/Outside Color"-Paintings and works on paper;  2011

H. Pelham Curtis Gallery, New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT: 2004 ,2002

Stamford Center for the Arts, Rich Forum, Richard & Hinda Rosenthal Gallery, Stamford, CT: 2002

The Stamford Museum, ART X Gallery, Stamford, CT: 1995

The Burnham Library, Bridgewater, CT: 1994

Philip Bareiss Contemporary Exhibitions, Taos, NM: 1992

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

LAA Draws III: An Examined Life, Loft Artists Gallery, Stamford, CT, 2011

Botanical Dreams & Nightmares, The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, 2010

LAA Draws II: the View from Inside, Loft Artists Gallery, Stamford, CT, 2010

The Elements: Earth, The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, 2009

Drawing Marathon show, Lobby Gallery, New York Studio School, New York, NY: 2007

Icons of the 21st Century, curated by Lisa P. Streitfeld, The Lab Gallery, New York, NY, 2006

Off the Beaten Track: Contemporary Mindscapes, curated by Trinkett Clark, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst,,MA, 2003

Poetry into Print: Impressions Inspired by Verse, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, 2003; Hon. mention 

Art of the Northeast, 51st annual; Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, 2000

Trees, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Croton Falls, NY, 1998

The Art Show, HBO Corporate Gallery, New York, NY, 1998

Generations, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, 1998

New Art Annual, The Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT, 1996; Honorable mention

Mass Exposure, Art Initiatives, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York, NY, 1994

Small Works Show, 17th annual, NYU Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY, 1993

Annual CT Art Competition, 22nd annual, juror: Ivan Karp, The Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT, 1992

Faber Birren Color Show, 11th annual, The Stamford Historical Society, Stamford, CT, 1991; Winsor & Newton award

 

 EDUCATION

Parsons School of Design, New York, NY BFA: 1980

New York Studio School, New York, NY – Drawing Marathon with Judy Glantzman: 2007

 

 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hoffeld, Jeffrey, "Margaret Tsirantonakis: Inside/Outside Color", Loft Artists Gallery, 2011; Exhibition brochure

Gevas, Sophia, “The Elements: Earth”, The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, 2009; Exhibition brochure

Luby, Abby, “Artists find Drawing is the new economy of scale”, The Advocate/Greenwich Time, Arts & Travel, March 8, 2009

Clark, Trinkett, “ Off the Beaten Track: Contemporary Mindscapes”, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA, Sept.9 –Dec.18, 2003,exhibition catalogue

Streitfeld, L.P. – “Artists’ Growth Touches Critical Ground at the Rich Forum”, The Advocate & Greenwich Time, March 31, 2002

Heit, Janet, “Margaret Tsirantonakis: Meditations on Nature”, brochure published by the artist, 1993