Current Employment
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Department of Fine Art, Assistant Professor: Drawing 2006-present
Education
New York Studio School MFA in Painting
Oberlin College BA with Honors Studio Art, Anthropology Minor
Other Education and Artist Residencies
Governor’s Island National Park Arts in the Parks National Park Artist Residency New York, NY 2005
International School of Art in Umbria, Italy, Painting, Life Drawing, 1997
Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency 1996
School for International Training: Nigeria Sculpture, Cultural Studies, 1992
San Francisco Art Institute 1991 Painting Concentration
Smithsonian Institute, Smithsonian Artist Residency: Printmaking Washington D.C. 1989
Selected Group and Solo Exhibitions
2013 Margaret Noel: Interstate Azarian McCullough Gallery, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
2012 Margaret Noel: Wax, Ink, Paper, Gallery 204, Weiss Center for the Arts, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
2012 Tenses of Landscape, Fine Arts Center Gallery; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK Curator: Sam King, Interim Gallery Director
2012 Natural/ Constructed Spaces II The Painting Center, New York, NY
2012 Mix and Match Collage Exhibition II, Hampden Gallery; University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA Curator: Klaus Postler
2012 Margaret Noel: Second Shift (National Juried Show Award Solo Exhibition), First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Two-Person Show: Margaret Noel and Rose DeSiano Gallery at the JCC, Allentown, PA
2011 Grey Matter Exhibition The Painting Center, New York, NY Jurors: Matthew Farina and Rachael Wren
2011 National Juried Exhibition First Street Gallery, New York, NY Juror: Paul Resika Recipient of the 2011 National Juried Show Award
2011 Mix and Match Collage Exhibition I Atelier 030202; Bucharest, Romania Curator: Klaus Postler
2011 National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Juried Auction, work by NFAA award recipients, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
2011 34th Annual Art on Paper Juried Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD Juror: Johanna Halford-MacLeod of the Philips Collection
2011 22nd National Drawing and Print Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, Baltimore, MD Juror: Jose Dominguez, Executive Director of the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
2011 Faculty Group Show, Miller Art Gallery, Kutztown University
2011 Single Fare 2 Group Show Sloan Fine Art, to benefit NYC Alliance for the Arts
2001Wish You Were Here, 10th Annual Group Show A.I.R. Galleryto benefit A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 More Serious Business Exhibition Solo Installation, Fowler Center, Bethlehem, PA
2010 Single Fare Group Show 224 Grand Street Studio, to benefit NYC Alliance for the Arts
2010 Off the Wall Benefit Auction, Prince St. Gallery, NYC
2009 Late Summer Emerging Artist Exhibit, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, NY Curator: Daniel Cooney, Gallery Director 2009 Open City Juried Exhibition, NYSS Gallery, NY Juror: Sean Scully
2009 John Lee, Aaron Lubrick, Margaret Noel: Three Artist Invitational, Prince Street Gallery, NY
2009 32nd Annual Small Work Juried Show, Washington Square East Gallery, NY Juror: Daniel Ferris
2009 Faculty Group Show, Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University
2008 Chinoiserie Juried Group Show, Thomas Hunter Gallery at Hunter College NY
2008 Small Works Exhibition InvitationalGroup Show, Prince Street Gallery, Chelsea NYC
2007 December Group Show, Brooklyn Collective, NY
2006 Wilkum Four-Artist Invitational Show, Eckhaus Art Gallery, PA
2006 28th Annual Small Works Exhibition Juried Group Show, 80 Washington Square East Gallery, NYC 2005 Recipient: Juror’s Award, Honorable Mention Juror: Claudia Stone Director, Allan Stone Gallery
2005 Long Division Solo Thesis Show, New York Studio School, NYC
2005 MFA Candidate Show Group Show, New York Studio School Student Gallery NYC
1997 Four by Four, Four Person Invitational Show, Movements Gallery Austin, TX
1997 ISA Group Show, Montecastello Galleria Todi, Italy
1989 MAEF Annual Juried Group Show, Baltimore World Trade Center
1989 The Next Generation, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Awardees Juried Group Show, Miami Metropolitan Museum and Art Center
Artist Registries
2010- present Curated Viewing Program Registry, The Drawing Center, NYC
2011- present Culture Hall Curated Artist Registry, curated by David Andrew Frey and Tema Stauffer
2009-present BRIC Brooklyn Artist Registry
Honors and Awards
Recipient of the 2011 National Juried Show Award, First Street Gallery NYC 2011
BRIC Contemporary Art 2011 Short List Online list of 10 emerging Brooklyn artists curated by Elizabeth Ferrer, Director of Contemporary Art, BRIC Rotunda Gallery Brooklyn, NY
Purchase Prize Recipient, 22nd National Drawing and Print Exhibition, Gormley Gallery, College of Notre Dame of MD Permanent Collection. 2011
Juror’s Award, Honorable Mention, 29th Annual Small Works Exhibition Washington Square East Gallery, NYC Juror: Claudia Stone Director, Allan Stone Gallery 2005
Oberlin College Honors, Studio Art 1993
National Award in Visual Arts, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Competition 1989
Bibliography
Oct 2012 PT Blog Feature, Tenses of Landscape Painters’ Table, The Magazine of the Painting Blogosphere
Oct 2012 Tenses of Landscape pt.2 MWCapacity: A Painter Blog for No-Coasters Essay and one image posted online.
July 2012 Natural/ Constructed Spaces Exhibition Catalogue, The Painting Center, NY (1 image reproduced)
Jan 2012 Mix and Match Exhibition Catalogue, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1 image reproduced)
July 2011 Grey Matter Exhibition Catalogue, The Painting Center, NY (1 image reproduced)
June 14, 2011 “Mix and Match”, o Lume Construită din Fragmente (A World Built From Fragments) Cotidianul, Romainian Daily Paper; Bucharest, Romania (2 images reproduced)
August 4, 2009 Recommended: John Lee, Aaron Lubrick and Margaret Noel: Recent Work at the Prince Street Gallery MWCapacity A Painter Blog for No-Coasters
Other Professional Experience
Sculptor’s Assistant, Choong Sup Lim 2005-2006 Sculptor for installation artist, Choong Sup Lim. NYC
Painting Instructor, Washington Heights Community Art Center 2004 NYC
Founder, Owner, Restorer: Past Regained 2000-2003 Created and ran a small business restoring carved and gilded antique frames. Austin, TX
Manager, Lampasas River Ranch 2000-2003 Developed and implemented conservation plan for restoring environmentally damaged ranch. Kempner, TX
Intern: Paper Conservation Department of the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center 2002-2003 Austin, TX
Intern: Painting Conservation Lab of the Blanton Museum of Art 2002 Austin, TX
Antique Restorer: The Restoration Shop 1998-2000 Austin, TX
Sculpting Assistant: La Porta Foundry 1993-1998 Lost-wax bronze casting Austin, TX
Mural Organizer: Corona Primary School 1992 Lagos, Nigeria
Organizer and Artist: National Zoo Mosaic Project 1989 National Zoo. Washington D.C.