Current Employment
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Department of Fine Art, Assistant Professor of Drawing 2006- present
Education
New York Studio School 2003-2005 MFA Painting
Oberlin College 1989-1993 BA with Honors Studio Art, Anthropology Minor
International School of Art in Umbria, Italy 1997 Painting, Life Drawing
School for International Training: Nigeria 1992 Sculpture, Cultural Studies
San Francisco Art Institute 1991 Painting Concentration
Selected Group and Solo Exhibitions
2012 Margaret Noel, Second Shift Solo Exhibition for First Street Gallery’s National Juried Show Award, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Mix and Match Collage Exhibition II Hampden Gallery; University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA Curator: Klaus Postler
2012 Contemporary Landscape Group Show, Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Curator: Sam King, Interim Gallery Director
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 Recipient of the 2011 National Juried Show Award. Juror: Paul Resika
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 former NFAA YoungArts award recipients. Hunt Slonem Studio, NYC
2011 34th Annual Art on Paper Exhibition Maryland Federation of Art Gallery, Annapolis, MD Juror: Johanna Halford-MacLeod of the the Franz and Bader Fund
2011 22nd National Drawing and Print Exhibition Gormley Gallery, Baltimore, MD Recipient: Purchase Prize. 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
2010 Wish 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
2005 28th Annual Small Works Exhibition Juried Group Show, 80 Washington Square East Gallery, NYC 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, Awards, and Artist Residencies
Recipient of the 2011 National Juried Show Award, First Street Gallery NYC 2011
BRIC Contemporary Art 2011 Short ListOnline 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
Governor's Island National Park Arts in the Parks National Park Artist Residency New York, NY 2005
Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency 1996
Oberlin College Honors, Studio Art 1993
National Award in Visual Arts, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Competition 1989
Smithsonian Institute, Smithsonian Artist Residency: Printmaking Washington D.C. 1989
Bibliography
July 2011 Grey Matter Exhibition Catalogue, The Painting Center, NY
June 14, 2011 "Mix and Match", o Lume Construită din Fragmente (A World Built From Fragments) Cotidianul, Romainian Daily Paper; Bucharest, Romania
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
Cullowhee Mountain ARTS, Western Carolina University June 24-29 2012 Visiting Artist Workshop
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.