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)

"Margot Bergman, 'Family Album'," Time Out, June 28 (Link)

Smith, Roberta. "New York Galleries: What to See Right Now," New York Times, August 7 (Link)

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. Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH