# Margot Bergman URL: https://vielmetter.com/artists/margot-bergman/ Has exhibited with Vielmetter Los Angeles ## Exhibitions - [Margot Bergman](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/margot-bergman.md): November 2 — December 21, 2019 · Gallery I · Artists: Margot Bergman - [Mutual Admiration Society](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/mutual-admiration-society.md): July 13 — August 8, 2017 · Artists: Arlene Shechet, Margot Bergman, John Sparagana ## Biography 1934 Born in Chicago, IL Lives and works in Chicago, IL **Selected Exhibitions** 2019 "Margot Bergman," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA "Family Album," Anton Kern Gallery, NY "Margot Bergman," Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland "Margot Bergman," Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany 2018 "Thank you for having me," Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL 2017 "Margot Bergman," Corbett vs. Dempsey, Art Basel Feature "Mutual Admiration Society," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA 2016 Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY 2014 "Greetings," Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago, IL 2010 "Degree of Separation," Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL 2009 "Dancing with an Unknown Partner," DeVos Art Museum, Marquette, MI 2008 "The Dust Blows Forward," Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL 2006 "Wonderland and other Reveries," Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL 1998 Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL 1986 Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL 1979 Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL 1970 Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL **Group Exhibitions** 2016 "Surface Tension," Simone Subal Gallery, New York, NY "Chicago and Vicinity," Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL 2015 "Body Doubles," curated by Michelle Puetz, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL 2014 "Unbound: Contemporary Art after Frida Kahlo," curated by Julie Rodrigues Widholm, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL "INNER SIGHT/INSIGHT: Driven to Dare," curated by Sarah Krepp, Governors State University, University Park, IL "Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present," Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY 2013 "Dialogue Chicago: Taking Chances," curated by Sarah Krepp, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL 2012 "Some Dialogue," curated by Sarah Krepp, Illinois State Museum Chicago Galleries, IL 2010 "New Noyes," curated by Sarah Krepp, Noyes Cultural Arts Center, Evanston, IL 2007 "While All the Tribes of Birds Sang," Illinois State Museum, Chicago, IL 2006 "Full Frontal," Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL 2000 15th Evanston & Vicinity Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1995 Fourteenth Annual Competition and Exhibition, Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 "Artemisia at Transmission," Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland 1993 20th Anniversary Show, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL 1990 70th Annual Artist Members Exhibition, Arts Club of Chicago, IL 1983 "X," Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL "Art on the Edge," ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL "Selected Sculpture," Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago, IL 1980 "Chicago and Vicinity Prize Winners Revisited," The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 1979 "Send a Postcard to Barbara," Loyola University, Chicago, IL 1978 "7 x 9," N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL "New Horizons in Art," Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 1977 76th Exhibition by Artist of Chicago and Vicinity, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL **Awards, Grants and Fellowships** Illinois Arts Council Grant William and Bertha Clusman Prize for Painting (76th Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity) First Prize (New Horizons in Art, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL) Nominated for Awards in Visual Arts, Fifth Annual National Artists Awards **Bibliography** 2019 Graves, Cassidy Dawn. "Art This Week: Grotesque Femininity and Basquiat’s Travels," Bedford + Bowery, June 24 ([Link](https://bedfordandbowery.com/2019/06/art-this-week-grotesque-femininity-and-basquiats-travels/#more-140688)) "Margot Bergman, 'Family Album'," Time Out, June 28 ([Link](https://www.timeout.com/newyork/art/margot-bergman-family-album)) Smith, Roberta. "New York Galleries: What to See Right Now," New York Times, August 7 ([Link](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/arts/design/art-galleries-new-york.html)) 2017 Zappas, Lindsay Preston, ”Mutual Admiration Society at Susanne Vielmetter,” Contemporary Art Review LA (web), August 11 2016 “Must See: Margot Bergman,” Artforum artguide, July Halle, Howard, “Critics’ pick: Margot Bergman,” Time Out New York, July 6–12 Yau, John, “The Two Faces of Grace Jane,” Hyperallergic, July 24 2014 Sierzputowski, Kate, “Painting Layer Portraits of Emotion,” Hyperallergic, July 8 2011 “Margot Bergman: Portfolio,” MAKE Magazine, issue 11, Fall/Winter 2010 Worley, Sam, “Morning Art: Margot Bergman,” Chicago Reader, December 7 2006 Camper, Fred, “New Life for Abandoned Art,” Chicago Reader, April 27 “Margot Bergman,” Windy City Times “Chicago is Evolving Its Own Eclecticism,” ArtNews “Joys of the Jacobis and Chicago Sculpture,” Chicago Sun-Times “Bold Little Bergman Tricks,” Chicago Sun Times **Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books** 2019 Margot Bergman, Texts by Britta Peters, Markus Stegmann and John Yau, Museum Langmatt, Baden, Switzerland. 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