Pink Stripe
2021
Margaret Curtis
Tryon, North Carolina
Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.
About Margaret Curtis
Margaret Curtis is a feminist artist whose exuberantly painted, narrative paintings address power dynamics on both the individual and societal level. Curtis graduated from Duke University, The Atlanta College of Art, and attended the Yale/Norfolk Summer School of Art. She is a 2021 Joan Mitchell Fellow. Recent solo exhibitions include This,Too at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City, UT (2024), and All This and More at Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC (2023). Select group exhibitions include Appalachia Now (2019) at the Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC; and Start Talking (2022) at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. Reviews and features of Curtis’ work have appeared in Artforum, The New York Times, Harper’s, and Oxford American, among others. Her work is in public and private collections throughout the United States. She splits her time between Tryon, NC, and Las Vegas, NM.
Program Participation
Joan Mitchell Fellowship, 2021
Website / Social Links
My subject matter is feminist, personal, and political. Currently, I am drawn to imagery that has spent enough time in the world to have accumulated conflicting layers of meaning. I like teasing the tangled messages apart, playing with their inherent contradictions and shifts.”
