Margret E. Short, OPA, AWAM
Selected Awards and Exhibitions
2022
American Artist Professional League – Associate Members Online Exhibit – First Place Award – Deruta Delivery
2021
America Artist Professional League – Spring Members Exhibit
Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibit – Wichita, KS
Oil Painters of America 30th Annual National Juried Exhibit of Traditional Oils – Escondido, CA
Salmagundi Club Annual Members Exhibit – New York City
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society Online Members Exhibit
2020
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society “Best of America” Small Works Exhibit – Charleston, SC
2019
Virtuosos of the OPA Exhibition – St. Augustine, Florida – Award of Excellence – Signature – Harvest Moon Gladi
Oil Painters of America Western Regional – Santa Fe, NM
Oil Painters of America Online Showcase
2018
Salmagundi Club 134th Annual Members’ Exhibition – New York – Samuel T. Shaw Memorial Award – Harvest Moon Gladiolas
Oil Painters of America National Exhibition – Steamboat Springs, CO
Salmagundi Club Non-Juried Summer Exhibition – New York City
Oil Painters of America Western Regional – Boulder, CO
2017
Cannon Beach Unveiling – Bronze Coast Gallery – Cannon Beach, OR
Rental Sales Gallery Spring Exhibit – Portland, OR
2016
Oil Painters of America 25th National Exhibition – Dallas, TX
Oil Painters of America Western Regional – Scottsdale, AZ
2015
Virtuosos of the OPA at the Salmagundi Club – New York City
2014
Salmagundi Club 130th Annual Members’ Exhibition – New York City22
2013
Salon International at the Greenhouse Gallery – San Antonio, TX – Awarding Juror, David Leffel – Honorable Mention – Deruta Delivery
Oil Painters of America Inaugural Salon – Petoskey, MI
2012
Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX American Women Artists, National Exhibition, K. Newby Gallery, Tubac, AZ American Women Artists, Visions of the Southwest, Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson Oil Painters of America Western Regional, Gallery 1261, Denver, CO
2011
American Women Artists National Exhibition, Huff Harrington Gallery, Atlanta, GA Salon International 2011, International Juried Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery
2010
Salon International 2010, International Juried Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX, April 2010
Salmagundi Club, First Place Award, Members Juried Exhibit, New York City
American Women Artists , Master Signature Membership
2005
Salmagundi Club, First Place Award, New York City
Selected Pigment Projects
2013
Minerals, Metals, and Dirt, an exploration of using mineral and earth pigments painted on metals, copper, gold leaf, silver leaf, aluminum, stainless steel.
2012
Lessons from the Spider Woman, an in depth project researching the colors and myths of the Native American Desert Dwellers exhibited in November at the Sonoran Desert , Museum in Tucson, and the K. Newby Gallery in Tubac, AZ, American Women Artist
2011
Lessons from the Pharaoh’s Tomb Part ll
2010
Lessons from the Festival of Panathenea
2009
Lessons from the Festival of Panathenea
2007
Lessons from the Low Countries
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2013
Signature-D Consulting, Portland, OR, Minerals, Metals, and Dirt
Gallery 903, Portland, OR , Minerals, Metals, and Dirt
2011
Galerie Gabrie, March 2011, Lessons from the Pharaoh’s Tomb, Part Two
2009
Lawrence Gallery, September, 2009, Lessons from the Pharaoh’s Tomb, a Multi-month project researching pigments from ancient Egypt.
2007
Lawrence Gallery, Salishan, December
Lawrence Gallery, Lessons from the Low Countries,, A 12 month project researching 17 th Century pigments and techniques based on the palette of 11 paintings from the Portland Art Museum’s
Portland, OR, Pearl District, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of DutchArt Exhibit,
2006
Lawrence Gallery, Opus and Interlude, Portland, OR, Pearl District, April
Lawrence Gallery, Opus and Interlude, Salishan, OR, May
Lawrence Gallery, Opus and Interlude, Sheridan, OR, June
2003
Yoshida’s Fine Art Gallery, New Works, Portland, OR.
2000
Contemporary Southwest Gallery, Etudes – a tribute to music in paint, Santa Fe, NM.
Selected Awards and Honors
2011
American Women Artists, Board
2007
Oregon Art Beat, Television Program, Featured Artist, June 21, ‘07.
2006
Dayton Art Institute, Presentation, Lessons from the Low Countries, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art Exhibit
Bowman Museum Collection, Prineville, OR
Oregon Art Beat, Television Program, Featured Artist, Feb. 9, 2006
2005
American Women Artists, Signature Membership
Salmagundi Club, First Place, Salmagundi Club Summer Exhibit, New York, NY
Undiscovered Italy, The Parker Company Featured Artist 2005 Edition
2003
Oregon Art Beat, Television Program, Featured Artist, March 23, 2003
1999
Copley Society, Boston MA.
Oil Painters of America, Signature member
Grumbacher Gold Medallion, Oil Painters of America 8 th Annual Exhibit, Scottsdale, AZ.
Grumbacher Hall of Fame, Nominee
1998
Salmagundi Club, New York, NY.
Salmagundi Club Award, Salmagundi Club Summer Exhibit, New York, NY.
Special Merit Award, Gulf Coast Invitational, Biloxi, MS.
National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS. ‘Honorable Mention’ and Director’s Purchase Prize
Selected Two-Person Exhibition
2008
Lawrence Gallery Salishan, Gleneden Beach, OR
2000
Yoshida’s Fine Art Gallery, Troutdale, OR.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
Oil Painters of America Inaugural Salon, Petoskey, MI
2012
Salon International Juried Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery
2011
Salon International Juried Exhibition, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX
American Women Artists National Juried Exhibition, Atlanta, Georia, Huff Harrington Gallery
2010
Painting a Day – 30 Paintings, Riverbend Fine Art, Bend, Oregon December
American Women Artists Members Exhibit, Dallas, TX October, Southwest Gallery
Small Works Exhibit, Howard Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA November
Masters in Miniature, CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, November
Salon International 2010, International Juried Exhibition, San Antonio, TX
Oil Painters of America National Juried Exhibition, Scottsdale, AZ
The Russell, The Sale to Benefit the CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
2009
Masters in Miniature, CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
American Women Artists, South Street Gallery, Easton, Maryland
2008
American Women Artists, Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena, CA
American Women Artists, Juried Exhibit, LeKae Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Masters in Miniature, Invitational, CM Russell Museum, Great Falls, MT
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Ok, American Art in Miniature Invitational
2007
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, American Art in Miniature Invitational
2006
Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, FL, Oil Painters of America 6 Members
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, American Art in Miniature Invitational
2005
Lawrence Gallery, Fruits and Vegetables, Portland, OR.
Salmagundi Club, NY City, Summer Exhibit, First Place Award
2004
Lawrence Gallery, Still Life, Three Perspectives, Portland, OR
Oil Painters of America, 2004 Western Regional Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Lawrence Gallery, Portland, OR
American Art in Miniature Exhibit, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK.
Small Works Exhibit, Copley Society, Boston, MA
CM Russell Museum Miniature Exhibit, Great Falls, MT
Marylhurst University Alumni Exhibit, Marylhurst, OR.
2003
Oil Painters of America, West/SW/Mountain Regional Juried Exhibit, Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, FL.
Yoshida Fine Art Gallery, Grand Opening Exhibit, Portland, OR.
Salmagundi Club, Women Artist Members Exhibit, New York, NY.
Rental Sales Gallery, Spring Exhibit, Portland, OR.
2002
Spring Exhibit, Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR.
“Small Treasures of Art,” Rental Sales Gallery, Portland, OR.
2001
American Art in Miniature, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK.
Still Life Traditions, Copley Society, Boston, MA.
Homecoming, Alumni Exhibit, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, OR.
American Women Artists, Fourth Annual National Juried Exhibit, Santa Fe, NM. 2000
Copley Society, Fall Member Show, Boston, MA.
CM Russell Museum Auction of Original Art, Great Falls, MT.
Spring Showcase, Chasen Gallery, Sarasota, FL.
American Art in Miniature, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK.
Copley Society, New Member Show, Boston, MA.
National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS.
CM Russell Museum Miniature Show, Great Falls, MT.
1999
Oil Painters of America, West and Southwest Regional Exhibit, Pueblo, CO.
Oil Painters of America, Eighth Annual National Juried Exhibit, Scottsdale, AZ.
Salmagundi Club, Celebrating 25 Years of Women at the Salmagundi Club, New York
American Art in Miniature, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK.
CM Russell Museum Auction of Original Art, Great Falls, MT.
CM Russell Museum Miniature Show, Great Falls, MT.
Selected Invitations
2005
Florence Biennale 2005, Florence, Italy
Bibliography (Reviews)
2000
“Southwest Art”, May, “Artists to Watch”
“Art Now Gallery Guide”, May, Feature Article
1999
“Art Now Gallery Guide”, June/July
1998
“Southwest Art”, November
“Art Media”, Cover, Portland, OR.
1995
“Stepping Out”, art buyers guide
1993
*Oregon Public Broadcasting’s “Focus” magazine, May, front cover
1990
“Northwest Magazine”, May, Portland, OR.
1989
“The Oregonian” Portland, OR.
Selected Collections
Bowman Museum, Prineville, OR
Mr. & Mrs. Del Smith, Evergreen Airways, McMinnville, OR.
Tyanne Dussin, Dussin Vineyards, Newburg, OR.
Mr. & Mrs. Don Huntsman, Huntsman Gallery, Aspen, CO.
ESCO Corporation, Portland, OR.
Mr. & Mrs. A. Marsh, Portland, OR.
Mr. & Mrs. Harvey Platt, Portland, OR.
Mr. Rodger Jones, Portland, OR
Education
1984
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Marylhurst University, West Linn, OR.
Selected Studies
2003
Ten Week Independent Study; Castiglioni d’Orcia, Petrignano, Frontignano, Santa Margherita Liguria, Florence, Milano.
2006, 2009, 2010,
2011, 2012, 2013
Ongoing in-depth study of natural pigments used in cultures around the world
Special Note
American Women Artists, Master Signature Member
Salmagundi Club, New York City, Member
Oil Painters of America, Signature Member