BIOGRAPHY

Born: Washington, D.C., 1958

Resides: Elgin, Texas

Education: Yale University School of Art (M.F.A., 1982); Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1980); Chelsea School of Art, London (B.A., 1980); Brighton Polytechnic Faculty of Art & Design (1976-77)

Solo Exhibitions:

2002
Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio.

2000
ArtPace-A Foundation for Contemporary Art, San Antonio. Catalogue.

1999
"Transformation," Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas. Catalogue.

1999
Galveston Art Center, Texas.

1998
"Presence and Absence," Austin Art Museum at Laguna Gloria, Texas. Catalogue.

1996
"Elysium Room," GalleryGallery, Kyoto.

1996
"Elysian Fields," Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo. Catalogue.

1991
Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York. Also 1989.



Group Exhibitions:

2001
"Loudly Minimal, Quietly Baroque," Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas.

2000
"Texas Dialogs: Scenic Overlook," Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, Texas.

1994
"Projects," DiverseWorks, Houston.

1994
"Drawing-Crossing the Line," DiverseWorks, Houston.

1989
"Special Projects," P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York.

Selected Bibliography:

2001
Bonansinga, Kate. "Ephemerality of the Moment: A Conversation with Margo Sawyer."Sculpture (summer).

2000
Ward, Liz. "Margo Sawyer-Ten + One Illuminations."ArtLies (Number 27).

1998
Cohen, Rebecca. "Spiritual Presence,"The Austin Chronicle (August 21).

1996
Kasama, Akiko. "The Pachinko Garden."The Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan, November 22).

1996
Rosenthal, Mila. "Pachinko Fields of Paradise."Asahi Evening News (Japan, December 5).

1994
Clarke, John. "Margo Sawyer at DiverseWorks." Art in America (September).

1994
Kalil, Susie. "Art as Ecstasy-Three Disarming and Mesmerizing Installations at DiverseWorks."The Houston Press (March 3).