I approach sculpture as a process of expressing, whether in concrete or ephemeral form, something otherwise intangible. I have spent the last decade or so focused primarily on the human subject not only because it offers a hugely accessible front door, but because I perceive something implicit in the body that remains inchoate, relevant, and continuously vibrant with potential. I tell students half jokingly that the human form is the composite total of what our forebears found irresistible. But there is a germ of truth here. For me the divine in the details. I do not pursue realism for its own sake, but consider clear and direct observation an intense and surprisingly rewarding discipline, a path towards something as yet unknown. For me study of the specific form and attitude of the model is a way of exploring and understanding the deeper structures of the universe.
mmagrath@gmail.com Mailing Address: Studio Address:
(206)276-6038 PO Box 31566 18531 Beall Road
Seattle, WA 98103 Vashon WA 98103
Education
Master of Fine Art; University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2004
Florence Academy of Art, Florence Italy, with Robert Bodem, Daniel Graves, 2003
Academy of Fine Art, Seattle, with Gary Faigin, et al. 2001-3
Hipbone Studio, Portland, OR 1994-8
Bachelor of Art – Literature & History; Reed College, Portland, OR. 1984
Deerfield Academy – 1979
Selected Work Experience
Instructor Sculpture/Public Art, University of Washington, (UW) 2003-2009
Instructor, Gage Academy of Art. 2003-current
Resident Artist/Tutor. Art Academy of London. 2003
Instructional Technician, Reed College, Portland, OR, 1996-2001
Foundryman, Maiden Bronze, Sandy, OR, 1995-6
Residential and Commercial Contractor, Portland, OR 1990-1996
CoFounder/Manager, Paradox Café, Portland OR 1984
Commissions and Public Art;
Medal of Honor Memorial; Site Specific Installation, 2009
Faculty Honor Wall; 6 bronze relief panels. 2007
Lot’s Tribe; 3 lifesized figures in salt. Seattle WA, 2006
Blocked Out (Diversity Project), UW Collaborative Design/Build, 2005
Voices of Dissent; UW Collaborative Design/Build, City of Seattle, 2003
University Heights/Pea Patch, UW Design/Build, City of Seattle, 2002
Assumption Virgin, life-sized bronze, Village Enterprises, Portland, OR, 2001-2,
Our Lady of Life; life-sized bronze, Village Enterprises, Var locations, 2001-2
Resurrection Altarpiece; Life-sized relief, St Anthony’s Parish, Portland, 2000
Stations of the Cross, , 14 relief panels, St Anthony’s Parish, Portland Or 1999
Doyle Owl, 3000 Figurines, Reed College, Portland OR, 1998
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
First Prize in Sculpture, 5th International 2008/09 ARC Salon Competition
Gap Grant for Visual Arts, Artist Trust, Seattle WA, 2007
Arts Special Projects, 4Culture, Seattle WA, 2006
Gonzales Award, University of Washington, Seattle WA, 2002,2004
Best Sculpture; 2000 Faith &Form/IFRAA Religious Art Award, AIA, 2000
Solo and Group Exhibitions:
2009
Silverwood Gallery, Vashon WA
Steele Gallery, Seattle WA
Unclad, Stanwood WA
2007
Portland Art Center, Portland, OR; New High Renaissance
Steele Gallery, Seattle, WA; earth+fire+imagination
Unclad, Stanwood WA
2006
St Marks Cathedral. Seattle, WA; Works of Hope
Form/Space Atelier, Seattle, WA; Lots Tribe Maquettes,
Sam Day Gallery, Seattle, WA
Form.Space.Light Gallery, Seattle. WA Pacific Northwest Sculptors.
Unclad, Stanwood WA
Gallery By the Bay, Camano Island, WA New Figurative Work,
Gene Juarez Studios, Seattle WA
2005
Gallery 154, Seattle WA, New Figures
Rosen Gallery Seattle WA Gesture,
Jean Juarez Studios. Seattle WA,
2004
Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA MFA Show
University House, Seattle WA,
Caswell Gallery, Portland, OR, Works of Faith,
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
Gallery 154, Seattle WA, Erotic Art Show.
2003
Art Academy of London, UK, Resident Artists
Gallery 154, Seattle WA; Bodyworks,
2002
Palazzo Pio, Campo di Fiore, Rome, Italy; SAPIR X,
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA; WIP
Portland Center for the Performing Arts,Pacific Northwest Sculptors,
2001
Vital V Gallery, Seattle WA; Counterfeit
First Lutheran Church, Portland OR; Works of Faith;
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, Pacific Sculptors
Sextablos; Chicago IL, Juried Two Year Traveling Exhibition
2000
Macris Gallery, Portland OR, Reconstruction;
1999
Mt Angel Abbey Library, Mt Angel, OR; Images of Faith;
Wrong Side of the Tracks 2, Portland OR
1998
Macris Gallery, Portland, OR; New Figurative Artists;
Wrong Side of the Tracks; Portland OR
Last Thursday House, Portland, OR, Praxis;
1997
Mt Angel Fine Arts, Mt Angel, OR; Inspired by Form,
Alternative ArtSpace, Portland, OR; Go Figure;
Courses Taught.
University of Washington, 2001 - 2007
Art 121; Foundation Drawing
Art 272, Modeling, Moldmaking, Non-Metal Casting
Art 273, Wood and Metal Fabrication
Art 290; Figure Drawing
Art 332, Public Art Design/Build
Art 333, Metal Fabrication; UW
Art 332, High Kitsch; UW
Art 273 , Time Machine; UW
Gage Academy of Art (was Seattle Academy of Fine Art); 2002-9
Beginning Figure Scultpure
Gesture Sculpture
Figure Sculpture Studio
Beginning and Advanced Portrait Sculpture
Intro Drawing
Foundation Drawing Certificate Program
Beginning Figure Drawing
Figure Drawing
Foundation Figure Drawing Certificate Program
Art Academy of London ; 2003
Human Anatomy for Artists
Figure Sculpture,
Metal Fabrication
Wood and Stone Carving
Workshops Include;
Moldmaking & Casting, Life-sized Silicone Molds with Forton, Casting in Alt Media, Sculpting The Hand, Drawing from 2D into 3D, Patination.
Represention
Gallery 154, Seattle WA
Gallery by the Bay. Stanwood WA
Professional Affiliations
Pacific Northwest Sculptors, Seattle. Founding Member; 1999, President 2005-7
National Sculpture Society, Member since 1997
International Sculpture Society, Member since 1996
Significant Travel, Living Abroad
Rome, Florence, UK; Research and Teaching, 2002-3
Germany, Barcelona, Gibraltar; Study and Travel, 1984-5
Tokyo, Japan, Southeast Asia; Teaching English 1982-3
References
Norman Lundin, Emeritus Professor of Art, University of Washington
(206) 322-3851 <lundin@u.washington.edu>
John T Young, Dept of Sculpture and Public Art; University of Washington, Seattle
(206) 417-9560 <jtyoung@u.washington.edu>
Amie McNeel, Assistant Professor in Sculpture, University of Washington
(920)918-0216 <amiemcneel@mac.com>
Alternate References Available:
Norman J Taylor, Professor of Sculpture, Ret; University of Washington, Seattle
(206) 543-6489 <taylornj@mac.com>
Geraldine Ondrizek, Professor of Art; Reed College, Portland Oregon
(503) 771-1112, x. 7201, <ondrizeg@reed.edu>,
Kurt Keifer; Project Manager, Meta Arte LLC
(206) 300-4817 <kkiefer@speakeasy.net>
