MARGIE CRISP
PO Box 656
Elgin, Texas USA 78621
512-965-4532
info@margiecrisp.com

April 1983 National Geographic

"As an artist, I find myself grounded in reality: the particular, the focused, the well observed or specifically imagined. My images are derived from aspects of my life including the irritating and heart rending beauty of a Mockingbird's song at midnight, the heady delight of watching Purple Martins spin in the sky, the quiet mystery of the countryside at night and the daily distractions of home and garden. I strive to contain enough of the particular elements of my experience to make each image unique, but to also hold a hint of the universal."

Artist Margie Crisp was born in New Orleans, Louisiana but got to Texas as soon as she could. She lives in Elgin, a small town east of Austin with her husband (painter and printmaker William B. Montgomery) and a motley crew of pets. When she is not working in her studio (or taking care of animals); she can be found printing at Slugfest Printmaking Workshop in Austin. A nationally exhibited artist, her work can be found in private and public collections including The Austin Museum of Art, The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas; The Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas, Phoenix Arts Commission Print Collection, Phoenix, Arizona; Instituto des Artes Plasticos, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico; and the Art in Public Places Print Collection, Austin, Texas.

On this page:

• Education
• Selected Exhibitions
• Exhibition Juror & Curator
• Honors and Awards
• Professional Affiliations
• Private and Public Collections
• Reviews
• Publications
• Commissions

EDUCATION

• 1991, Bachelor of Fine Arts with High Honors, The University of Texas at Austin
• 1984, Associate of Applied Science in Commercial Art and Advertising Design, with High Honors, Southwestern Technical College, Sylva, North Carolina

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2011

• Texas Aesthetic IV, Contemporary Texas Regionalism, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas
• Rivers, Group Show, Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, Texas
• Perspective Influences Perception, Artwork from the Airport's Collection, Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
• Fresh & Salty, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas

2010

• Texas Aesthetic III, Contemporary Texas Regionalism, William Reaves Fine Art, Houston, Texas EXHIBITION JUROR & CURATOR

2008

• Art, Science and the World Around Us, (organizer and curator) Art Center Waco, Waco, Texas
• Hooves, Paws, Wings, Claws, Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
• Screened Expressions: A Serie Print Project Retrospective, Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, Texas

2007

• The South Press Printastic Printacular, Carillon Gallery, Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
• Birds, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
• Betty MacDonald, Foust, & Margie Crisp, Migration: A Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
• Away From Home, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• Hooves, Paws, Wings, Claws, Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
• Birds, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
• Betty MacDonald, Foust, & Margie Crisp, Migration: A Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
• Away From Home, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas

2006

• Kingdom Animalia, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• Art Ball X, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria
• Natural Elements: Margie Crisp, Natasha Downs, Angilee Wilkerson, Kirchman Gallery, Johnson City, Texas
• People’s Gallery Exhibition 2006, juried exhibition, Austin City Hall, Austin, Texas
• Margie Crisp, Scott & White Smith Gallery, Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, Texas
• McNay Print Fair, The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery

2005

• New Works: Margie Crisp, Helen Kwiatkowski, William B. Montgomery, RoseMinn Gallery, Elgin, Texas
• Margie Crisp, The Good Tern, Galveston, Texas
• The Print Show 2005, Maryland Federation of Art City Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland
• Party 4Art, invitational, Abilene Arts Alliance, Abilene, Texas
• Austin City Hall, invitational exhibition
• McNay Print Fair, The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery)

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2004

• Valley House Gallery 50th Anniversary Show, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• Three Texas Printmakers, RoseMinn Gallery, Elgin, Texas
• Gardens, Real and Imagined, Austin Museum of Art, Driscoll Villa, Austin, Texas
• Red Hot Red Dot Invitational, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
• McNay Print Fair, The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery)

2003

• Austin Mayor’s Office, Juried Exhibition, Austin, Texas
• Birds, 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, The Gallery at Concordia University, Austin, Texas
• Red Hot Red Dot Invitational, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
• Gallery in the Garden, Invitational, The Governor’s Mansion, Austin, Texas
• 2003 North American Print Biennial, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
• McNay Print Fair, The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery)

2002

• People, Places & Things, Selections from the Permanent Collection, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
• American Landscapes 2002, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
• Hand-pulled: The Contemporary Print, Target Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia
• Margie Crisp & Dianne Grammer, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas
• The Naked Truth: Works on Paper, The Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana
• Gallery in the Garden, Invitational, The Governor’s Mansion, Austin, Texas
• 5 x 7 x X, TFAA, Traveling exhibit: The Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas; Dunn & Brown Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
• The Naked Truth: Works on Paper, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas
• McNay Print Fair, The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery)

2001

• 28th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
• Red Hot Red Dot Invitational, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
• TexasXpress, Invitational Print Trade Portfolio, University of Texas at Austin
• New Prints From Texas, Women & their Work, Austin, Texas
• Art Ball V, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
• Earth, Wind, Water, Sky, The Texas Landscape: Six Women Artists, Touring exhibition (organized by Margie Crisp and Dianne Grammer), The San Angelo Museum, San Angelo, Texas
• 2001 Summer Group Exhibition, Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas

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2000

• Juror’s Choice, The 2000 Members’ Show, Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas
• 23rd National Print Biennial, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut
• Red Hot Red Dot Invitational, Women & Their Work Gallery, Austin, Texas
• Counterpoint 2000, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas
• Significant Other: William Montgomery & Margie Crisp, Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas
• The Texas Landscape: Six Women Artists, Traveling exhibition (organized by Margie Crisp and Dianne Grammer):
  • The Art Center, Waco, Texas
  • The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
  • Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas
• Multiple Originals V, Women Printmakers of Austin, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Texas

1999

• Juror’s Choice, The 1999 Members’ Show, Women & Their Work, Austin, Texas
• 26th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana
• Art on Paper 1999, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, Maryland
• Common Grounds: Texas Landscapes, (organized by Margie Crisp and Dianne Grammer), Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
• Multiple Impressions: The Austin Printmaking Community, ACA Gallery, Austin
• Impressed: Regional Printmakers Invitational, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, Texas
• Margie Crisp, solo exhibition, McCormick Gallery, Midland College, Midland, Texas
• McNay Print Fair, The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
• Margie Crisp & Pat Falconer, Local Color Gallery, College Station, Texas
• The Bug Show, Concordia Lutheran College, Austin, Texas
• MultipleOriginals IV, Women Printmakers of Austin, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Texas

1998

• Minnesota National Print Biennial, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
• National Works on Paper, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
• A Walk Through English Gardens, 1998 Beaux Arts Ball Benefit, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
• Stop and Smell the Ink: The Wildflower Portfolio and New Works by Women Printmakers of Austin, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Texas
• Horace Cardwell Competition, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, Texas
• Refreshingly Unfamiliar, Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas
• Working Under Pressure, Women Printmakers of Austin, Laughing at the Sun, Austin
• 22nd National Print Biennial, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut
• From Dawn To Dusk, Landscapes in Pastel and Charcoal by Four Central Texas Artists, Glenn Whitehead, Will Klemm and Margie Crisp, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
• Art School Faculty Exhibition, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
• DISH!, Invitational Exhibit, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas

1997

• Margie Crisp & Dianne Grammer, Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas
• New Lines, Women Printmakers of Austin, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas
• Bestiary Show, Dougherty Arts Center, Austin, Texas
• ArtView '97, The Art Center of Waco, Waco, Texas
• Horace Cardwell Competition, Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, Texas
• Impression/Expression, East Texas Community College, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
• Natural Wonders, Valley House Gallery Inc., Dallas, Texas
• Book Value, Contemporary Artists' Books, Slugfest Printmaking Workshop, Austin, Texas
• Images from Women Printmakers of Austin, Concordia University, Austin, Texas
• Contemporary Views: Images of Land and Nature, Dianne Grammer, Margie Crisp, Stacy Erickson, and Gordon Fowler, Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine, Texas

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1996

• Southwest '96, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Plate Marks, San Marcos Fine Arts Center, San Marcos, Texas
• Multiple Originals, Women Printmakers of Austin - Alphabet Project, DAC, Austin, Texas
• Counterpoint 1996, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas
• In the Garden: Katherine Brimberry & Margie Crisp, Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas
• Images of Nature V, Martin-Rathburn Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
• Something in the Water, Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas
• Holiday Impressions, Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas

1995

• Margie Crisp, Prints, Drawings & Paintings, 1010 Gallery, Bastrop, Texas
• Third Biennial Gulf of Mexico Symposium Juried Art Show, Honorable Mention, Art Center of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas
• Art @ Large : Billboard Art Competition, One of three winners, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas
• Fourth Annual Summer Landscape Exhibition, Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas
• Counterpoint 1995, Edd R. Turner Memorial Award, Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, Texas
• Drawing A-Z, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, Texas

1994

• Margie Crisp, Drawings & Monotypes, Hyde Park Bar & Grill, Austin, Texas
• Drawings & Monotypes, Upper Crust Bakery, Austin, Texas
• One Person Exhibition, Lovegene Gallery, Marathon, Texas
• Dianne Grammer & Margie Crisp, Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas
• Offerings, Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas

1992

• Strike Editions, Monoprints-1992, Galeria Sin Fronteras, Austin, Texas

1991

• Flatbed Press Christmas Show, Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas

1989

• Intimate Images: Small Works on Paper, St. Edward's University, Austin, Texas

EXHIBITION JUROR & CURATOR

2002

• The Naked Truth: Works on Paper, (organizer and curator) The Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana
• The Naked Truth: Works on Paper, (organizer and curator) Davis Gallery, Austin, Texas

2001

• Earth, Wind, Water, Sky, The Texas Landscape: Six Women Artists, Touring exhibition (with Dianne Grammer), The San Angelo Museum, San Angelo, Texas

2000

• The Texas Landscape: Six Women Artists, Traveling exhibition (organized by Margie Crisp and Dianne Grammer):
  • The Art Center, Waco, Texas
  • The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
  • Tarrytown Gallery, Austin, Texas

1999

• Common Grounds: Texas Landscapes, (with Dianne Grammer), Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas

1997

• Contemporary Views: Images of Land and Nature, (with Dianne Grammer) Dianne Grammer, Margie Crisp, Stacy Erickson, and Gordon Fowler, Museum of the Big Bend, Alpine, Texas

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HONORS AND AWARDS

• Madroño Ranch, Artist in Residence, Medina, Texas October 2011
• Thinking Like a Mountain Foundation, Writer-in-Residence, Fort Davis, Texas, 2009
• Vermont Studio Center, Writer’s Residency, September 2009
• Serie Print Project, Coronado Studios, Austin, Texas, 2002
• Best Gallery Show, 2002, Dianne Grammer & Margie Crisp, The Austin Critics Table
• Best Gallery Show, 2001, Nomination, Texas Landscapes: Six Women Artists, The Austin Critics Table
• Best Female Artist, 2001, Nomination, The Austin Critics Table
• 23rd National Print Biennial, Juror’s Honorable Mention, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, Connecticut, 2000
• WACOWS, The Art Center of Waco, winner of two design sponsorships for decoration of fiberglas cows, 2000
• Pearls Before Swine, Jurors' Recognition, Elgin, Texas, 2000
• Third Biennial Gulf of Mexico Symposium Juried Art Show, Honorable Mention, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1995
• Art @ Large : Billboard Art Competition, Austin Visual Arts Association, Austin, Texas, 1995
• Counterpoint 1995, Edd R. Turner Memorial Award, Ingram, Texas
• Pearls Before Swine, Jurors' Recognition, Elgin, Texas1995
• Pearls Before Swine, Jurors' Favorite Pearl (Best of Show), Elgin, Texas 1997

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Guest Speaker, Highland Lakes Master Naturalists, 2007
• Guest Speaker, Arts Encounters at the Beninis, The Benini Foundation Galleries and Sculpture Ranch, Johnson City, Texas, 2006
• Keynote Speaker, Writer’s Conference, University of Mary Hardin Baylor, Belton, Texas, 2003
• Visiting Artist, Baylor University, Waco, Texas 2001
• Art School of the Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Instructor.
• Women Printmakers of Austin, Chairperson 1998-1999, Co-chair 1997-1998
• Flatbed Press, Austin, Texas. Printer and skilled assistant for print collaboration.
• Slugfest Printmaking Workshop, member 1999- present.
• Bastrop County Audubon Society, Newsletter Editor 2002-2005 (2004 winner of National Newsletter Contest); Secretary 2000-2001
• Bamberger Ranch Preserve, Board of Directors, 2003-2004

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PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• The Austin Museum of Art
• Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
• Instituto des Artes Plasticos, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Mexico
• Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas
• The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
• Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, Texas
• Art in Public Places, Print Collection, Austin, Texas
• Phoenix Arts Commission, Print Collection, Phoenix, Arizona
• Dr. Gilberto Cardenas, Institute for Latino Studies-Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
• Tony Fitzpatrick, Chicago, Illinois
• The Amity Foundation, Inc., Woodbridge, Connecticut
• Mr. and Mrs. T. Berry Brazelton, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Dr. Harry Green & Dr. Kelly Zamudio, Ithaca, New York
• Carolyn Bullard, Dallas, Texas
• John Stone, Dallas, Texas
• Shannon S. Wynne, Dallas, Texas
• Carol Crosthwaite, Waco, Texas
• Elizabeth Boeckman, Dallas, Texas
• Stephen & Judy Alton, Dallas, Texas
• Elise Murchison, Dallas, Texas
• Jane D. Albritton, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Helen Davis, Dallas, Texas
• Jane Christman Albritton, Dallas, Texas
• Suzy Banks, Dripping Springs, Texas
• Mary Margaret Farrabee, Austin, Texas
• Dr. Mary C. Weiss-Greene, Paris, France
• J. David Bamberger, Johnson City, Texas
• Kim Olsen, Waco, Texas
• Leigh Hantho, Edina, Minnesota
• Dr. & Mrs. Gordon Schuett, Atlanta, Georgia
• Suzanne Covington, Austin, Texas
• Thom Moisi, Ontario, California

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REVIEWS

• “Margie Crisp: A Bird’s Eye View, Patti Jones Morgan, Country Lifestyle, July/August 2006
• “The Naked Truth: at the Davis Gallery,” Wayne Alan Brenner, Voices of Art Magazine, Vol. 10, 4, 2002
• “The Naked Truth: Works on Paper,” Wayne Alan Brenner, Austin Chronicle, October 4, 2002
• “Austin Critics Table Award Winners”Best Gallery Show: Dianne Grammer & Margie Crisp,” Michael Barnes, Life & Arts link, Austin American Statesman, June 4, 2002
• “Critics Table Makes Room for More Nominees,” Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, May 16, 2002. Best Gallery Show Nomination, Dianne Grammer & Margie Crisp
• “Arts Watch: Landscapes so blunt, so intriguing,” Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, March 7, 2002
• “Visual Arts Calendar,” Austin Chronicle, February 8, 2002 (photo)
• “Gallery Watch,” Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, August 4, 2001
• “Austin critics expand pool of award nominees” Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, May 17, 2001, Best Gallery Show Nomination, Texas Landscapes: Six Women Artists; Best Female Artist Nomination Margie Crisp
• “RSVP” Quarterly Calendar of Arts Events, Austin American-Statesman, March 4, 2001 (photo)
• “Celebration of the Land,” Dianne Murray, The San Angelo Standard Times, February 9, 2001
• “The Best of 2000,” Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, December 21, 2000. “Texas Landscapes: Six Women Artists”
• “RSVP” Calendar of Arts Events, Austin American-Statesman, December 17, 2000, (photo)
• “Texas Landscapes takes its place among year’s best shows,” Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, December 9, 2000
• “Gallery Watch: ‘Drawing’ opens doors to worlds both strange and subversive,” Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American-Statesman, December 2, 2000
• “Picture perfect, Silvermine Guild Arts Center hosts National Print Biennial,” Chandra Niles Folsom, Hour, Norwalk Connecticut, October 4, 2000
• “Silvermine Hosts National Print Biennial,” Antiques and The Arts Weekly, October 6, 2000
• “Texas landscapes become couple’s dreamscapes,” Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, February 21, 2000 (photo)
• “Romance, Texas Scenery central to two new Grace shows,” Abilene Reporter News, June 25, 2000
• “On Exhibit,” Abilene Reporter News, June 30, 2000 (photo)
• “On Exhibit,” Abilene Reporter News, August 25, 2000 (photo)
• “Landscapes on View,” Tyler Morning Telegraph, July 16, 1999
• “Homegrown Hodgepodge, Exhibition shows off works from local art instructors,” Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Austin American-Statesman, December 12, 1998
• “ ’Unfamiliar’ exhibit a pleasant mix,” Michael Barnes, Austin, American-Statesman, August 22, 1998 (photo)
• “Exhibitionism: Refreshingly Unfamiliar: Uncommon congruity,” Cari Marshall, Austin Chronicle, August 20, 1998
• “On Exhibit,” Stephanie Peterson and John Ferguson, @Austin, spring 1998 (photo)
• “Landscapes, Fine Art Exhibition and Auction,” catalog, Beaux Arts Ball, Dallas Museum of Art, April 25, 1998 (photo)
• State of the Art: Cardwell event opens to artists across Texas,” Juan Ramos, The Lufkin Daily News, July 31, 1997
• "Ranking Austin's Visual Artists,” Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, April 10, 1997
• "Gallery Watch: Shows explore deliberation, different takes on landscapes,” Madeline Irvine, Austin American-Statesman, February 4, 1997 (photo)
• "Forecast for the Arts,” Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, September 5, 1996
• “Southwest ‘96” catalog, Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of New Mexico, (photo)
• "Gallery Watch: ‘In the Garden’ Flatbed Press Gallery,” Madeline Irvine, Austin American-Statesman, August 21, 1996 (photo)
• “CounterPoint opens Sept. 3 at HCAF,” Kerrville Daily Times, August 20, 1995 (photo)
• “Over $3600 awarded to CounterPoint artists,” Kerrville Daily Times, October 1, 1995
• “Virtuoso: Austin Art gets top billing, Winners of Art at Large contest get billboard display,” Mimi McKinney, Austin American-Statesman, March 16, 1995 (photo)

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PUBLICATIONS

• River of Contrasts: The Texas Colorado, River Book Series, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, 2012
• “Nash Prairie: An Impression,” Texas Prairie Journal, The Native Prairies Association of Texas Newsletter, Vol. 21 NO.2 2008
• “Dead Cars and Live Snakes: The Provocative Art of William B. Montgomery,” Margie Crisp, Fauna Magazine, May/June 2001
• Windhover: Journal of Christian Literature, University of Mary Hardin Baylor, 2003, cover and 7 images.
• IS THIS FOREVER, OR WHAT?, Naomi Shihib Nye, ed., Greenwillow Books, 2 images
• The Art School of the Austin Museum of Art, Fall 2002 Catalog, cover
• The Art School of the Austin Museum of Art, Spring 2001 Catalog, cover
• The Art School of the Austin Museum of Art, Spring 1999 Catalog, cover
• Field Guide to the Life and Times of Roger Conant, Roger Conant, 1997, Selva, Book title and dust jacket creator, photo editor and production assistant

COMMISSIONS

• Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Austin Spring Prairie, print collage on loan
• Bamberger Ranch Preserve, Hand colored lino cut
• Bamberger Ranch Preserve, Chiroptorium, lino cut
• Stengl “Lost Pines” Biological Station, Hand colored lino cut
• GreenTracks, Eco-Adventures Company, logo
• Selva Publishing, logo

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