M A R G A R E T  E V A N G E L I N E

[lives & works - New York, NY ::: b.1943 - Baton Rouge, LA]

MARGARET EVANGELINE received her MFA from the University of New Orleans (UNO) in 1978, where she was the first woman to graduate from the program. Margaret studied with Calvin Harlan who introduced her to Robert Bly, a visiting artist to UNO. Bly’s translations of Kabir, the 15th century mystic poet, have influenced Margaret throughout her career. Throughout the 1960s and early ‘70s, Margaret re-located numerous times with her three young children and Air Force pilot husband before moving to New Orleans. After receiving her MFA she established her painting practice in New Orleans, exhibiting at Gallery Simone Stern and then Ferrara Showman Gallery. She developed the Fine Arts Department and Gallery Program at Delgado Community College, where she continued to teach painting and life drawing courses until moving permanently to New York City in 1992.  Evangeline established her studio practice in Chelsea on the Hudson River in 1995 where she worked until 2015.

In New York City Margaret was represented by Stux Gallery (later Stux + Haller) until their closing in 2016. She currently exhibits with Kim Foster Gallery. Important exhibitions in New York included her videos as well as paintings, especially on the effects of Hurricane Katrina on family and friends. Her first monograph, Margaret Evangeline, was published by Charta in 2011. The project book Sabachthani (2012) documented a venture done in collaboration with servicemen in Iraq. This book led to the exhibition Sabachthani at The Eli and Edythe Broad Museum at Michigan State.  The installation was subsequently purchased by the museum. Some important group exhibitions throughout this period include: The Drawing Center, ACA Galleries, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Art in General, and White Box Gallery. Some important solo exhibitions throughout Margaret’s career include: Shaw Center for the Arts, Louisiana State University, Palm Beach ICA, The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Museum, and Olin Gallery of Roanoke College. Important site-specific permanent installations include: The Fields Sculpture Park, Omi International Arts Center, and Michigan State University.

Margaret Evangeline was commissioned to make a site-specific painting in 2018 for Neevelgarde Building, Nieuwegein, Netherlands, and for 50 West a new residential building in Manhattan. Other commissions include a sculpture installed in London on the River Thames across from the Tate Modern. Her work is included in private and public collections in Australia, Canada, China, France, Ireland, Saudi Arabia, The Netherlands, and the UK.  She has participated in Art Fairs in the U.S. and Europe.

50 West, New York, NY

Al Manahil Entertainment Company Ltd., Riyadh, Saudia Arabia

Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA

Albuquerque Museum of Art, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX

Audubon Brokers, New Orleans, LA

Bank of the South, Atlanta, GA

Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro AR

Leo Castelli Gallery of Brenau University, Gainesville, GA

Cannon's Restaurant, New Orleans, LA

Chanel Collection, Sydney, Australia

Chanel Collection, Hong Kong, China

Chanel Collection, Toronto, Canada

Children's Hospital, New Orleans, LA

Chestnut Tower, Chicago, IL

CU Art Museum, University of Colorado Boulder

Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN

Digital Communications Associates, Alpharetta, GA

Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University, Roanoke, VA

The Eli and Edythe Broad Museum, East Lansing, MI

Entergy Foundation, Jackson, MS

Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA

The Fields Sculpture Park, Art Omi International, Ghent, NY

First City Bank, Baton Rouge, LA

Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA

Hilton Hotel, Palm Beach, FL

Holland & Knight, Chicago, IL

Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL

Hyatt Regency, Washington, DC

Illuminate Productions, London, England

The James New York, NY

Jax Brewery Development, New Orleans, LA

Iberia Bank, Lafayette, LA

Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN

Lobman & Carnahan, Metairie, LA

LSU Museum of Art, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA

The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio TX

Meeschaert, Paris, France

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL

Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA

Morrison Productions, New Orleans, LA

Neevelgarde Building, Nieuwegein, Netherlands

New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA

Olin Gallery of Roanoke College, Salem, VA

Omni Hotel, Miami, FL

Omnicom Hotel, New York, NY

The Paul & Lulu Hilliard Museum, Lafayette, LA

Pensacola Museum of Art, FL

Pfizer, New York, NY

Radisson Suite Hotel, New Orleans, LA

The Richard J. Massey Foundation for the Arts and Sciences, New York, NY

The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA

Truman Center for the Healing Arts, Kansas City, MO

RxArt, New York, NY

Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfern, New Orleans, LA

Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN

Texaco, Houston, TX

Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM

Wayne State University Art Collection, Detroit, MI