Premio Combat Prize

Statement:
It is impossible for the state of the world not to affect my artwork. I have been painting a series influenced greatly by the unrest and lack of humanity in the world.
This triptych is part of a series is called “Chaos”. It is an interesting word because it originally referred to the state of the world before it started existing and now the word Chaos can refer to how the world today has turned into disorder and confusion.
To me this is profound circumstance.
Bio:
Margaret E Graham was born and raised in upstate New York and completed her undergraduate work at Nazareth College of Rochester and her Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Oregon.
As a Professional Artist, Margaret actively shows her work in exhibitions in the States and internationally. She is an active member of the Northwest Print Council and is represented by the Pan Gallery in Portland Oregon.
After four years of teaching in the States, Margaret taught two years of Art Foundations and Printmaking at one of the first colleges for women’s higher education, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She chose to travel to Jeddah for the opportunity to help establish a strong Foundations program in the Creative Arts area and stayed a second year to design a Printmaking studio and curriculum. It is said to be one of the first printmaking studios of its kind in Saudi Arabia. Margaret has now traveled to Kuwait to help build an art minor at the Gulf University for Science and Technology.
”I feel it is important to share my creative abilities and time with the global community in which we live. I think that if everyone shared his or her creative abilities and perceptions, this world would be a very different place.”
url: megraham.com