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1980-82
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M.F.A. Yale University. New Haven, CT
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1980
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Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
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1976-77
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Foundation, Brighton Polytechnic Faculty of Art, GB.
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1977-80
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B.A. Hon’s, Chelsea School of Art, London, GB.
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2002-
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Professor - University of Texas at Austin
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1997–1998
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Assistant Chair of Studio in the Department of Art & Art History
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1993–
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Associate Professor - University of Texas at Austin
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1988-1993
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Assistant Professor - University of Texas at Austin
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2004
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College of Fine Arts Summer Grant, University of Texas.
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2001
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award.
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Pilchuck School of Glass, WA.
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College of Fine Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Texas.
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2000
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ArtPace a Foundation for Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX.
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Faculty Research Assignment, University of Texas.
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College of Fine Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Texas.
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University Research Institute, University of Texas.
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1999
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Nominated for the 1999 Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award.
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1998
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University Research Institute, University of Texas.
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College of Fine Arts Summer Research Grant, University of Texas.
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1996
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Japan Foundation Fellowship for Artists.
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1995-96
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Fulbright, Senior Research Grant to Japan.
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2008
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Margo Sawyer: Synchronicity of Color, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
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2005
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Margo Sawyer: Cloud of Unknowing, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
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2004
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Blaffer Gallery, The Art Museum of the University of Houston. TX.
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2003
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The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA.
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2002
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Index for Contemplation, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX.
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2001
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Ten + One Illuminations, University of Texas at El Paso
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2000
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Margo Sawyer 00.2, Ten + One Illuminations, ArtPace, San Antonio, TX.
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Margo Sawyer, Rudolph Poissont Gallery, Houston, TX
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1999
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Transformation II, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas
Transformation, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
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1998
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Presence and Absence, Austin Art Museum at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX
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1996
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Elysium Room, GalleryGallery, Kyoto, Japan.
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Margo Sawyer, International House of Japan, Tokyo, Japan.
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Elysian Fields, Sagacho Exhibit Space, Tokyo, Japan
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1994
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Projects, DiverseWorks, Houston, TX. (with Thana Lauhakaikul & Mike Scranton)
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1992
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The Journey, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
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1991
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Margo Sawyer, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY
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1989
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Special Projects, P.S.1 Museum, Long Island City, NY
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Margo Sawyer, Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY
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1983
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Beginning and End, British Council, Bombay, India
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2011
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Advancing Tradition: 20 Years of Flatbed Press, Austin Museum of Art, Austin ,TX
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2010
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Back and Forth, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
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2009
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Geometry in Reflection: Tommy Fitzpatrick and Margo Sawyer, The Gallery at the
University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas (catalogue)
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Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
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2008
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Untitled and the Minimalist Aesthetic, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
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CADD Artfair 2008, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
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Atelier 2008: Selections from the Department of Art and Art History Faculty at the
University of Texas at Austin, The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
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2007
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CADD ArtFair 2007, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX
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2006
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Texas 100: Selections from the El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX, (Catalog)
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2005
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Inaugural Exhibition, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, Texas
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Color Patten Grid, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX.
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2002
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Art Faculty Exhibition, Creative Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin,
TX
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2001
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Loudly Minimal Quietly Baroque: The Best of 1/4 Hora Projects Space, Blue Star Art
Space, San Antonio, Texas.
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2000
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Texas Dialogs: Scenic Overlook, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio
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Drawings, David Berman Gallery, Austin, TX
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1/4 Hora Perennial, 1/4 Hora Project Space, Elgin, Texas
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Contemplative Exactitude, 1/4 Hora Project Space, Elgin, TX
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Sculptors Drawing, 1/4 Hora Project Space, Elgin, TX
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62nd Art Faculty Exhibition, Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX
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2006-08
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Eleven Acre Park, Near Houston’s Convention Center and Hilton Hotel. Margo Sawyer
is
one of two artists included in the design team of Hargreaves Associates and Page
Southerland Page to create a site specific outdoor artwork for the public.
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2005-06
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Water Contemplation, Public Artwork, Designed for the San Antonio Airport Landscape
Enhancement, San Antonio, TX
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2005-06
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Outdoor Sculpture Installation, Whole Foods World Headquarters in Austin, TX
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2005
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Index for Contemplation, artwork created for residence in Dallas, Texas spanning a
wall
25 x 12’.
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2004
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Index for Contemplation, artwork created for Art House, Dallas, Texas. Spanning
an
atrium with walls 20 ft high and 20 ft. long. Work responds to the architecture and fills all
four walls.
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2003-2004
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Water Contemplation, a public artwork currently being designed for the San Antonio
Airport Landscape Enhancement. This work will be completed in 2005- early 06
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2000-02
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Index for Contemplation, a public artwork created for the Austin Convention Center
Expansion. Funded by the Austin Art in Public Places Program and the City of Austin. This
work will be the largest to date, spanning a wall 40 ft high and 300 ft. long.
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2004
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University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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2002
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Carnegie University, Pittsburgh, PA
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2001
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Pilchuck Glass School, WA.
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University of Texas at El Paso, TX.
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2000
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Universidad de Valencia, Spain.
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Universidad de Granada, Spain.
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2009
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The Gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
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2004
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Blaffer Art Gallery, Houston, TX
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2001
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Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA.
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University of Texas at El Paso, TX.
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1998
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ArtPace a Foundation for Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX.
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A discussion with Katie Segal, Joachim Koester, (Maurizio Cattelan) and Kathryn Kanjo.
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ArtPace a Foundation For Contemporary Art, San Antonio, TX.
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(Pot-luck Talk)
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Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum, Austin, TX. Lecture Series.
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Contemporary Art Museum of Houston, Lecture Series.
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Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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Universidad de Granada, Spain.
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1999
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University of Colorado at Boulder, CO.
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Selected Collections
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McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX.
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Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX.
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Austin Convention Center, City of Austin, TX.
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Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida.
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Portland Museum of Art, MA.
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One Arts Plaza, Dallas, TX
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San Antonio International Airport, San Antonio, TX
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Whole Foods World Headquarters, Austin , TX
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Discovery Green Park, City of Houston, Houston, TX
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Selected Bibliography
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Terrie Sultan. “Margo Sawyer” The Art Museum of the University of Houston,
Catalogue
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Clint Willour. “An obsession with Compulsion”, ArtLies #35, Summer 2002,
Pg. 8 -11, ill. Pg. 10
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John Ewing. TemaCelests. #91. Reviews. Pg. 95, ill.95
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The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation 2001 Awards Catalogue. Pg.64-65. Ill. Pg.64-65.
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Kate Bonansinga. “Margo Sawyer - Ten + One Illuminations”, Sculpture Magazine,
Summer 2001, pg. 1ll.
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Katie Segal. “Ten + One Illuminations”, ArtPace a Foundation for Contemporary
Art, Catalogue
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Liz Ward. “Margo Sawyer - Ten + One Illuminations”, ArtLies. #27, Summer
2000, pg. 80, ill. Pg 80.
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Rainey Knudson. “Alternative Spaces”, Canvas Magazine on 1/4 Hora Project
Space. Fall 2000, Pg.13 ill.
Cover, 5,13.
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Michael Duncan. “Report From San Antonio”, artnet.com, 8-8-00, August 2,
2000. Ill.
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Janet Kutner. “Austin Museum of Art”, Dallas Morning News, Sunday July 2000,
pg. Ill.
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Michael Barnes. “Lightweight, but not Empty”, Austin American Statesman,
Saturday, July 29th, 2000 Pg.
Arts, D8.
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Dan R. Goddard. “ArtPace works play with light, conflict”, San Antonio Express
News, Sunday, July 9,
2000. Pg. 8H. Ill. 8H.
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Jeanne Claire van Ryzin. “Trio of Artists Make the most of Space”, Austin
American Statesman, Saturday,
June 24, 2000 Pg. Arts, D5.
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Robert Barnes. “Last Word in the Arts”, Austin American Statesman, Saturday,
May 4, 2000 Pg. Arts, Ill.
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Robert Faires. “Articulations”, Austin Chronicle, May 11, 2000
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Jeanne Claire van Ryzin. “1/4 Hora gets into the Spring of Things”, Austin
American Statesman, Saturday,
April 15, 2000. Pg. D7, Ill.
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Jeanne Claire van Ryzin. “Exhibition Worthy of Quiet Contemplation”, Austin
American Statesman,
Saturday February 12, 2000 D8, ill.
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Jeanne Claire van Ryzin. Austin American Statesman, Sunday January 30, 2000. (Ill.
K14)
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Jeanne Claire van Ryzin. “A New Kind of Art Place”, Austin American Statesman,
December 2, 1999. Pg.
Arts, 47, Ill. 47.
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Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin. “Transformation: An installation by Margo Sawyer”
Austin American Statesman.
February 13 1999, pg. D9.
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Leslie King-Hammond. “Masks and Mirrors: African American Art 1750-NOW”
Abbeville Press. Pg. ill. pg.
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