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New York / London / Hong Kong + 2 other locations

Merrill Wagner

(American, born 1935)

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Merrill Wagner

Untitled, 1975

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Merrill Wagner

Outerbridge Crossing, 1986

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blue, summer studio 1985-2003 by merrill wagner

Merrill Wagner

Blue, Summer Studio 1985-2003, 2017

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Merrill Wagner

Watch , 1992

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Biography

Timeline

1935
Born in Seattle, WA
1957
BA, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
1959 - 1963
Art Students League
1983 - 1984
Instructor, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1985 - 1986
Instructor, summer session, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
1986 - 1993
Instructor, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1989
National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship Grant
1990
AIGA Book Show
1991
Certificate of Excellence, ,“Notes On Paint”
1992
Northwest Design Award, “Notes On Paint”, in collaboration with The Traver Company

Exhibitions

2007
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Sundaram Tagore Galllery, New York, NY Flowers (solo)
2005
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
2004
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Time and Materials", Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY (group)
“Beyond the Surface”, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibition, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Drift”, Valentino Pier Park, Redhook, Brooklyn, NY
“Dialogue Abstract”, Space, NYC
2003
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
Kiyo Higasni Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Theories: Abstract New York Recent Paintings; LICK Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY (group)
2002
University of Puget Sound, Kitteridge Gallery, Tacoma, WA (solo)
Stark Gallery, NYC (solo)
Art Resources Transfer, NYC (solo)
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
25th Anniversary Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA (group)
Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture; American Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC (group)
25 Years of Painting; Stark Gallery, NYC (group)
331 Steps, collaboration with Molissa Fenley; Joyce Theatre, NYC (group)
2001
University of Wyoming, Art Museum, Laramie, WY (solo)
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
Ann Messner & Merrill Wagner, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI (group)
2000
Freedman Gallery, Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, PA (solo)
The Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY (solo)
Punk and Bloat, Molloy College Art Gallery, Rockville Center, L.I., NY (group)
Abstract Painting, The Studio School, New York, NY (group)
“(Un)resolved”, Rosenberg and Kaufman Gallery, NYC
"Weathering, a collaboration with Molissa Fenley”, The Kitchen, NYC
“Summer Invitational”, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, NYC
1999
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA (solo)
“Selections”, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Footfalls 1999, Site Specific Sculpture, Greenport, Long Island, NY (group)
Women and Geometric Abstraction, Pratt Institute, NY (group)
Selections, Larry Becker Contemporary Art at Cherrystone Gallery, Wellfleet, Cape Cod, MA (group)
Planes of Color, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA (group)
Judith Murray and Merrill Wagner, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ (group)
1998
Copper Drawings, Garner Tullis Workshop, NYC (solo)
PS1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources, LIC, NY: ‘Green Landing Renovation’ (solo)
Merrill Wagner & Scott Reynolds, Workspace Gallery, NYC (group)
The Tip of the Iceberg, Part III, Dorfman Projects/Art Resources Transfer (group)
Substance, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, NYC (group)
Painting with an Edge: Four Contemporary Artists, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ. Kristen Accola, curator (group)
Paper +-, Dieu Donne Papermill, NYC, organized by Jackie Brody (group)
Hands on Color, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA (group)

Literature

2003
LA Weekly, “Merrill Wagner”, June
2002
Art In America, “Merrill Wagner at Stark”, October
The Stranger, “Visual Art: Visual Silence”, April
The New York Times, “Dance Review; A Solo Influence in Group Works”, January
2001
Seattle Post Intelligencer, “What’s on Display”, February
Art on Paper, “Artist’s Book Beat”, February
Seattlecitysearch.com, “New Paintings on Steel”, January
2000
Oil and Water, Self published, Hong Kong and Seattle, WA
New York Times, “Punk and Bloat”, December
Art in America, “Merrill Wagner at Larry Becker Contemporary Art”, April
New York Times, “With Movements Stepping to Flute, Cello, and Silence”, February
Casper Star Tribune, “Wagner Steels the Show”, February
The Village Voice, “Unchartered Terrain”, February
1999
Sculpture Magazine
The New York Times, “Abstract Introspection in 2 Distinct Styles”, October
The Philadelphia Enquirer, “Rustoleum Never Sleeps”, November
1998
Review Magazine, “Scott Reynolds and Merrill Wagner”, April
1996
Painted Sun Trails, Self Published, Hong Kong and Seattle, WA
The Sun, “Too Much ‘Different’ Makes Show Uneven”, January
Art in America, “Merrill Wagner at Stark”, April
The Seattle Post Intelligencer, “What’s Happening”, May
The New York Times “Three Painters Add a Human Touch to Abstraction”, September
Newark Sunday Star Ledger, “Artistic Trio’s Exhibition Targets the Natures of Time and Space”.
1995
Time and Materials, Self Published, Hong Kong and Seattle, WA
The Providence Journal Bulletin, “Geometric Art Crosses Line of Convention”, February
The News Tribune, “Art Walk Includes Look at Recent Museum Acquisitions”, February
Time and Materials, Print Collectors’ Newsletter, “Artists’ Book Beat”, May
The Sun, “Grimaldis Abstract Show in Beautiful Shape”, May
1994
The New York Times, “Artists’ Select, Part 1”, January
The Seattle Times, “Wagner, Flavin Make Most out of Minimal Art,” March
The Seattle Post Intelligence, “Painter Puts Her Signature on Lyrical Abstraction”, March
1993
Modernism and Beyond: Women Artists of the Pacific Northwest
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