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margot mcmahon

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Mediums Used

Resin, Fondu Concrete, Granite, Bronze, Corten Steel, PLASTER, Steel, fused glass, Stainless Steel,

Interpretations of human, plant and animal
forms define the sculptures and drawings of Margot McMahon. She has been called the “Studs Terkel of the sculpting world”, by Chicago Sculpture Exhibit for her sculptural interpretations of everyday heroes in The Chicago History Museum exhibit, Just Plain Hardworking. The exhibit of Chicagoans, who have made a difference, is collected by DePaul University and the subject of a WTTW documentary. This exhibition explores one generation who created the multicultural fabric of Chicago and led to her sculpting What are you doing for Justice?, a 12 foot high sculpture of John Egan as a community organizer, installed at the Student Center of DePaul University. Peace and Justice was later commissiioned by Sokka Gaikai of Japan for Lincoln Park’s Peace Garden. Recently Margot installed Gwendolyn Brooks monument in Chicago with a publishing wall for exhibiting young poets writing.

Margot McMahon`s forms speak to us of both the endurance
and the fragile nature of the human spirit.

Interpretations of human, plant and animal
forms define the sculptures and drawings of Margot McMahon. She has been called the “Studs Terkel of the sculpting world”, by Chicago Sculpture Exhibit for her sculptural interpretations of everyday heroes in The Chicago History Museum exhibit, Just Plain Hardworking. The exhibit of Chicagoans, who have made a difference, is collected by DePaul University and the subject of a WTTW documentary. This exhibition explores one generation who created the multicultural fabric of Chicago and led to her sculpting What are you doing for Justice?, a 12 foot high sculpture of John Egan as a community organizer, installed at the Student Center of DePaul University. Peace and Justice was later commissiioned by Sokka Gaikai of Japan for Lincoln Park’s Peace Garden. Recently Margot installed Gwendolyn Brooks monument in Chicago with a publishing wall for exhibiting young poets writing.
Her collaborative exhibition, Sustaining the Land interprets and applauds three families who have sustained Chicagoland’s nature—prairie, farmland and Lake Michigan—over generations. Ecosystem No. 1 is a sculpture-ecosystem that invites viewers to contribute water to a solar-powered pump and wind propelled vane that distributes the water onto a sedum garden. It takes the collaboration of humans, the sun, and wind for the garden to thrive. She has sculpted for the Chicago Tree Project with Flock in Jackson Park, Checkmate, in Lincoln Park and Perch Preen in Hale Park to bring attention to the hundred and twenty thousand trees dying in Chicago’s Parks.
Her video on the Chicago Tree Project has been shown internationally.
Margot’s drawings and sculptures can be
seen in New York City, Washington D.C., Sante Fe, North Palm Beach, Sarasota, Cincinnati, Guernsey, U.K., Tokyo, Lake Forest, Oak Park and Chicago. Her art has been collected in Japan and throughout the United States and Europe and is in the collections of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the John D. MacArthur State Park, the Museum of Contemporary
Art, the National Portrait Gallery, the Chicago History Museum, the Chicago Botanic Garden, Yale University and Soka Gakkai International.
Margot has published her book, The Gift of Art, Sculpture Ventures for Young Artists [Yale University P&P] with the Yale Center for British Art. The Fifth Season: The Chicago Tree Project Book [Lambert Publishing 2019} has photographic and written essays about the importance of
Margot serves as Trustee of the Board of Yale Women Chicago, Yale Chicago, and Ragdale Foundation Board. She is a founding member of the Village of Oak Park Public Art Advisory Commission, Ragdale Foundation’s Cornerstone Fund and Yale Alumni Art League. Margot serves as a Delegate-at-Large for Yale University Alumni.

Sculptures by margot mcmahon

Grandmother and Baby (Sitting Cuddling Yard sculpture)

£9,142

Hawk and Dove (Big Hawk and Dove Peace sculpture)

£11,000

Holy Family

Eagle and Dove (Big Carved Stone Lifesize Yard statue)

£15,817

Rachel (Small Bronze Stylized Nude Woman sculpture)

£7,784

Vince (Nude Man Sitting sculpture)

£6,667

Boy Gardener (Bronze life size Garden statue)

£25,934

Arriba (Bronze Bird Returning to Hands sculpture)

£31,634

Dance (Steel Sheet abstract Dancing Men life size sculptures/statues)

Maori Totem (Modern Abstract Big Indoor statue)

£7,284

John D. MacArthur (Famous Portrait sculptures/Busts Commission sculpture)

£21,084

Wonder (Abstract Modern Stained Glass Bird sculpture)

£12,667

Peace and Justice (Bronze Children Playing sculpture)

£21,667

Credentials

Biography

Art Experience
2017-20 Board Member: Chicago Sculpture International, Yale Chicago, Chicago Literary Hall of Fame, Ragdale Foundation, President: Yale Women Chicago, Chicago, Chicago Literary Club, committee
2015-16 President: Yale Women Chicago, Vice President: Chicago Sculpture International, Yale Chicago
2013-14 Board Member, Chicago Sculpture International
Board Member Yale Women/Chicago 2012
Committee Member Chicago Sculpture International Outdoor Committee
2002-2006 Commissioner: Village of Oak Park, Public Art Advisory Commission
2000-03 Committee member: National Museum of Women in the Arts, IL Committee
1998-2006 Board of Directors Member, Oak Park Area Arts Council, Oak Park, Illinois
1998-Present Ragdale Foundation, Cornerstone Scholarship Committee, Lake Forest, Illinois
2002-2004 Commissioner: Village of Oak Park, IL Committee
1999-2004 Board of Directors Member, Illinois
1998 Lecturer, DePaul University, Illinois
1986-1989 Sculpture Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
1982-1984 Teaching Assistant, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut
1978 Sculpture Assistant, Hamline University, St. Paul Minnesota.

Influences

Abbott Pattison
Michael Price
Sylvia Judson
Eldon Danhausen
Franklin McMahon
Erwin Hauer
Nina Levy.

Reviews

1990 New Art Examiner, March, Chicago, Illinois
1989 Sculpture International Just Plain Hardworking, Washington D.C.
Chicago Tribune, July 26, Tempo, The Chicago Ten, Illinois
1985New Art Examiner, April, Illinois.

Public Works

Permanent Installations
Peace and Justice, Peace Park of Lincoln Park and Soka Gakkai International both in Chicago, Illinois
Cuddling Intelligences, Percy Julian Middle School, Oak Park, Illinois
Fr. John Egan, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
Holy Family, Offering, Celtic Cross, Stations of the Cross, Baptismal Font, Painted mural, stain glass Ambry, Tabernacle, St. Patrick Church, Lake Forest, Illinois
John D. MacArthur John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Chicago and John D. MacArthur State Park, North Palm Beach Florida
Just Plain Hardworking John Egan Urban Center, Illinois
Hope, Peace and Wonder, William Beye School, Illinois
Arriba One Northfield Plaza, Northfield Illinois
Dance Lake Bluff, Illinois
Mother and Child St. Mary`s School, Illinois
Lois and Baby Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Steans, Englewood, Florida
Formation Robert Irwin Park, Homewood, Illinois
Fables of Our Time Highwood Public Library, Illinois
Arise Saint Francis Retreat Center Oak brook, Illinois
Boy Gardener Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe Illinois
The Reader Northfield Public Library, Northfield, Illinois.

Teaching Experience
1998 Lecturer, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois 1986-1989 Sculpture Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois 1982-1984 Teaching Assistant, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut 1978 Sculpture Assistant, Hamline University, St. Paul Minnesota.
Public Acquisitions
Collections National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois Chicago Historical Society, Illinois Chicago Horticultural Society Museum, Glencoe, Illinois Lake Forest High School, Lake Forest, Illinois Mobil Oil International, Fairfax, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Illinois Silberline Co. Inc, Tamaqua, Pennsylvania Tuthill Corporation, Hinsdale, Illinois Yale University, New Haven Connecticut Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Beck, Evanston, Illinois Mr. and Mrs. Robert Berger, Illinois Mrs. Mary Alice Burke, Cincinnati, Ohio: Dr. Linda A. Burns, Boston, Massachusetts Ms. Molly Baldrige, Hygiene Colorado Ms. Aubrey Carton, Boulder, Colorado Mr. and Mrs. Allen Davies, Illinois Mr. and Mrs. Peter Dowd, Oak Park, Illinois Mr. and Mrs. Gates, New York, New York Mr. and Mrs. Goetz, Lake Bluff, Illinois Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, Illinois Ms. Leslie Jones and Mr. Tom Johnson Oak Park, Illinois Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Kayser, San Antonio, Texas Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kneibler, Illinois Ms. Mary Daly Lewis, Illinois Mr. and Mrs. Rusty McKee, New York Mr. and Mrs. John Patterson, Illinois Ms. Stephanie Russo, Lexington Kentucky Mr. David Ruttenberg, Illinois Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Steans, Englewood, Florida Mr. William Winter, Los Angeles, California.
Symposiums
Presentations 2017 Sculpture Inside and Out, Lincoln Park Cultural Center, Chicago Illinois Sculpture Around Town Brooks’ Bronzeville, Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, IL 2016 Careers in Art Panel, Yale Alumni Art League, New Haven CT 2015 Basel Miami, Multiculturalism in Fine Art, Yale Alumni Art League Panel 2013 Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago Sculpture International panel 2012 International Sculpture Center Conference; Art/Science panelLewis University, Illinois 2008 Chicago Tonight WTTW, Fermilab exhibition 2010 Peace and Justice, Soka Gakkai International, Chicago, Illinois 2007 Oak Park Area Arts Council Artists` Lecture Series, Oak Park, Illinois 2007 Chicago Cultural Center, Ragdale 20th Anniversary Lecture 2000 Illinois State Museum, Springfield Illinois "From a Ball of Clay" video (Cinema Guild) 2000 Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois 1998 Associates of the Art Institute of Chicago, Highland Park, Illinois 1996 Visiting Artist, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois 1991 WTTW-Channel 11 Just Plain Hardworking Documentary, Illinois 1990 WBBM News, Father and Child City of Homewood Channel Five, Twelve and Seven News, Palm Beach Florida 1989 WLS News Just Plain Hardworking at the Chicago Historical Society Passport to Chicago; The Artists of Just Plain Hardworking Chicago, Illinois WBBM News Sculpting Just Plain Hardworking 1995 Visiting Artist, Saint Xavier College, Illinois 1992 Visiting Artist, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois 1991 WTTW-Channel 11 Just Plain Hardworking Documentary, Father and Child City of Homewood Channel Five, Palm Beach Florida 1989 WLS News Just Plain Hardworking at the Chicago Historical Society, Passport to Chicago; The Artists of Just Plain Hardworking Chicago, Illinois WBBM News Sculpting Just Plain Hardworking 1988 Lifestyle Cablevision Art of Margot McMahon 1987 These Hands Have Done Alot, Italian American Historical Association, Illinois Visiting Artist, Lake Forest High School, Illinois 1986 The Fondu Finish videotape.

Categories

This artists work is found in the following categories on site:
Children Child Babies Infants Toddlers Kids sculptures statues statuettes figurines Garden Or Yard / Outside and Outdoor Sculptures Love / Affection/Adoration/Passion Sculpture Mother and Child, the Madonna, mother and children Sculptures Portrait sculptures/Commission or Bespoke or Customised sculptures Public Art Sculpture Aspirational/Inspirational Sculptures or Statues Birds of Prey Raptors Hawks Eagles Falcons Owls Sculptures Focal Point Abstract Contemporary Modern sculpture statue Peace sculptures or statues or statuettes Stylised Birds sculptures/statues/statuary/ornaments figurines/statuettes Wild Bird Sculptures Biblical Character or Thing sculpture Statues Statuettes Christian Church Sculptures, Carvings Bas Reliefs Stained Glass and Statues Nativity Scene sculptures carvings statuettes statuary Religious Sculpture Commemoratives and Memorials Sculptures Outsize, Very Big, Extra Large and Massive Sculptures Varietal Mix of Bird Sculptures or Statues Bronze Little or Small sculpture Females Women Girls Ladies Sculptures Statues statuettes figurines Figurative Abstract Modern or Contemporary Sculptures Statues statuary statuettes figurines Human Figurative Sculptures Nudes, Female Sculptures Human Form: Abstract Sculptures Interior Indoors Inside Sculpture Male Men Youths Masculine statues sculptures statuettes figurines Nude Garden Yard Outdoor Outside sculptures statues Nudes/ Male Sculpture Commission and Custom and Bespoke sculpture Statues Abstract Contemporary Modern Large Monumental Public Art sculpture statues statuary Symmetric sculptures/statues/statuettes/ statuary Wall Mounted or Wall Hanging sculpture Abstract Contemporary Modern Outdoor Outside Garden / Yard Sculptures Statues statuary Dance Sculptures and Ballet sculptures Silhouette, Flat, or Thin or Two Dimensional Bas and Low Reliefs Sculptures or Statues Minimalist Understated Abstract Contemporary Sculpture statuary statuettes Modern Abstract Contemporary Avant Garde Sculptures or Statues or statuettes or statuary Busts and Heads Sculptures Famous People sculptures statues Glass or Acrylic Transparant Sculptures Painted Coloured Tinted Patinated Enamelled sculptures statues statuettes Stained and Decorative Glass Panels Wire Mesh Netting Chicken Gauze Sculpture Statues

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This artists work is found in the following tags on site:
Baby & Adult sculpture Figurative Garden sculptures Grand Child sculptures Grandchild/mother statues Grandmother & Grandchild sculptures Grandmother and Baby sculpture Grandmother statue Grandparent statue Granny and Baby sculptures Parent sculptures Big Birds of Prey sculptures Carved Stone Birds sculptures Carved Stone Peace statues Carved Wild Birds sculptures Hawk & Dove Peace sculptures Large Hawk & Dove statues Outsize Dove & Hawk statues Outsize Hawk statues Stone Birds of Peace sculptures family group sculpture Family Group statue holy family sculptures holy family statues religious family statue Religious sculpture sculpture of holy family statue of holy family Big Dove Granite sculptures Big Eagle & Dove sculptures Big Stone Peace statues Carved Birds sculptures Carved Large Peace statues Large Birds of Peace statues Large Dove & Eagle statues Monumental Eagle & Dove statues Outsize Eagle & Dove sculptures 3/4 Life Size Nude statues Bronze Garden Nude sculptures Bronze Nude Female sculpture bronze Nude Woman statues Bronze Stylised Woman sculpture Contemporary Naked Woman statue Contemporary Nude Yard statue Metal Nude Girl statues Nude Woman statuette bronze Boy Digging statues bronze Boys bronze Boys Gardening sculptures bronze Child Garden sculptures bronze Gardening statues life Size Boy Digging sculptures Life Size Boy Digging statues Life Size Boy Gardening statues Metal Boy Garden sculptures Big Abstract Hand sculptures Big Abstract Hands statues Big Bird & Hands sculptures Bird & Hands statues Focal Point Garden sculptures Large bronze Abstract sculptures Massive Hand statues Outsize Hands & Bird statues Very Big bronze Hands sculptures Dance sculpture Dance Steel sculpture Figurative Dance sculptures Flat Steel Dancers sculptures Group Dance sculpture Group Dance statues Metal Garden Dancer statues Steel stylised Dancers statues stylised Garden Dancer sculptures Abstract Contemporary Minimalist sculptures Abstract Maori sculptures Abstract Steel sculptures Big Abstract Interior sculptures Contemporary Abstract Maori statues Minimalist Totem statue Modern Abstract Totem statues modern Indoors Totem sculptures Bust Commission sculptures bust sculptures of Men bust statue of Men Human Head sculptures Human Head/Shoulders statues Male bust Commission statues Male Bust statues Male Head Commission sculptures Male Head/shoulders Commission sculptures Abstract Modern Stained Glass statues Abstract Stained Glass Animals sculptures Abstract Stained Glass Garden statues Modern Animals Abstract Statues modern Glass Abstract statues Modern Stained Glass Yard sculptures Stained Glass Abstract sculptures