MAGGIE SINER
b. Providence, Rhode Island
Maggie Siner is a quiet voice in the contemporary art world yet her paintings are held dear for their enduring qualities: the perfect sense of the fleeting moment, exquisite clarity of light, bold gestural brushwork, delicately balanced structure, fine craftsmanship, and the captured moment of absolute recognition. Her subject matter ranges from the intimate (a handful of cherries), to the monumental (earth and sky), to whimsical combinations of objects, always evoking surprise and beauty.
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Siner graduated from Boston University (BFA) and American University (MFA) and has lived for extended periods in France, China and Italy. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums for over 30 years and is in hundreds of private collections around the world.
Siner's work is classically derived yet contemporary. While freely handled and gestural, her paintings have a strong sense of underlying structure. She works exclusively from life, one of a diminishing number of artists who use direct visual perception to translate the human experience into material form. Her influences from Chinese painting are evident in her free and responsive brushwork. A master of paint, she is known for evocative portraits, luscious still-life arrangements, and a sparkling play of light and shadow emphasizing the momentary nature of vision and time.
Siner is also a devoted teacher who has influenced a generation of painters. She has been on the faculty of Institut Américain Universitaire and the Lacoste School of Art in France, a visiting professor at Xiamen University in China, artist in residence at the Savannah College of Art and Design, Dean of Faculty at the Washington Studio School and teaches many workshops around the country. She is a frequent guest artist and public speaker much appreciated for her revealing lectures on the internal workings of painting.
In 1976 she moved to France, taught painting and art history at European university programs and exhibited in Aix-en-Provence, Paris and Marseilles. She also studied medicine at the Faculté de Médecine in Marseilles, taught anatomy at Georgetown Medical School and completed facial reconstructions to assist law enforcement in the US. She is well known for her expertise in artistic anatomy and human movement. In 1991 she lectured in six major art academies in China, after which she spent a year teaching at Xiamen University and has returned several times. Since 2008 she has spent much time painting and exhibiting in Venice, Italy, enamored of that city's ever-changing surfaces. She also keeps a studio in Virginia.
Solo Exhibitions
2014
Lagerquist Gallery | Atlanta, GA
Bodzin Gallery | Fairfax, VA
2013
Galleria Arte Arkè | Venice, Italy
Washington Studio School Gallery | Washington, DC
2012
Galleria San Eufemia | Venice, Italy
Venetian Painting & Figurative Sculpture | ArtSquare | Leesburg VA
2010
Glave Kocen Gallery | Richmond VA
Lagerquist Gallery | Atlanta, GA
Galleria San Eufemia | Venice, Italy
Alliance Francaise of Washington DC
2008 | Rose Gallery | Hudson, NY
2007, 04 | Ways & Means | Lagerquist Gallery | Atlanta, GA
2006, 03, 01, 00, 98 | Gallery 222 | Leesburg, VA
2006 | Marin-Price Galleries | Bethesda, MD
2005 | The Studio | Middleburg, VA
2002, 00 | Brazier Fine Art | Richmond, VA
2000 | Twentieth Century Gallery | Williamsburg, VA
2000, 97, 95, 93, 91 | Courtyard Gallery | Washington, DC
1998 | Rose Gallery | Leesburg, VA
1996 | The Artist's Museum | Washington, DC
1994 | Durham Arts Council Gallery | Durham, NC
1993, 92 | Greater Washington Collection Gallery | Leesburg, VA
1992 | Mas d'Artigny | Saint Paul de Vence, France
Nall Foundation, Vence, France
1989, 87 | City Gallery | Washington, DC
1986 | Stoneman Gallery | Washington, DC
1982 | Mount Vernon College | Washington, DC
1978 | Tour Philippe-le-Bel | Avignon, France
1977 | Galerie Les Amis des Arts | Aix-en-Provence, France
Group Exhibitions
2013 | XXXVme "Le colonete" | Venice, Italy
2012 - 2013 | Galerie Envie d'Art | Paris, France
2010 - 2012 | San Eufemia Gallery | Venice, Italy
2010
Page Bond Gallery | Richmond, VA
South Street Gallery | Easton, MD
2009 | L. Ross Gallery | Memphis, TN
2008-2009 | Loretta Goodwin Gallery | Birmingham, AL
2007 | Katzen Center Art Museum | American University | Washington, DC
Group Exhibitions (cont.)
2007, 06 | Rose Gallery | Hudson, NY
2005 | Paradigm Fine Arts | Taos, NM
2001-2012 | Lagerquist Gallery | Atlanta, GA
2000 | New Directions | Hoorn-Ashby Gallery | New York, NY
1999-2009 | Brazier Fine Art | Richmond, VA
1999-2004 | Kendall Gallery | Wellfleet, MA
1986-2000 | Courtyard Gallery | Washington, DC
1997 | The Artist's Museum | Washington, DC
1995 | Washington Figurative Sculpture | Maryland College of Art and Design | Maryland
1992 | Watkins Gallery | American University | Washington, DC
1991 | Mona Bismarck Foundation | Paris, France
1989 | Franz Bader Gallery | Washington, DC
1986 | Boston University Gallery | Boston, MA
1979 | Centre Culturel | Marseille, France
1981 | Galerie Les Amis des Art | Aix-en-Provence, France
1976 | Kreeger Award Nominees | American University | Washington, DC
1975 | Drawings | Corcoran Museum | Washington, DC
Education
1976 | MFA | American University (cum laude)
1973 | BFA | Boston University (cum laude)
1986 | Georgetown University Medical School | Gross Anatomy
Academic Appointments
2004 | Visiting Professor of Painting | Xiamen University | Xiamen, China
2003 | Artist in Residence & Professor: Advanced Painting, Formal Aspects of Painting, graduate level | Savannah College of Art & Design | Savannah, GA
1996 - 1997 | Dean of Faculty | Washington Studio School
1993 - 2006 | Senior Instructor: Painting, Drawing, Anatomy, Sculpture | Washington Studio School
1992 - 1993 | Painting Professor | Xiamen University | Xiamen, China
1989 - 1991 | Professor of Painting | Cleveland Art Institute | Lacoste School of Art | Lacoste, France
1987 - 1988 | Anatomy Instructor | Georgetown University Medical School
1985 - 1987 | Drawing Instructor | American University | Washington, DC
1981 - 1991 | Founder, Director, Instructor | Artist Studio School | Leesburg, VA
1976 - 1978 | Instructor: Painting and Drawing, Survey of Art History, Modern French Painting | Institut d'Universités Américaines | Aix-en-Provence, France