The exhibition “Margaret Zundel Shirley ’55, A Retrospective” has been extended through Saturday, September 24 so as to coincide with Reed’s centennial celebration. Geraldine Ondrizek, professor of art, will be at the gallery most of the day on the 24th leading tours of the art building.
Also, Margaret will give an artist talk on Friday, September 16, at 4 p.m.
The Feldenheimer Gallery
Studio Art Building
Margaret Shirley ’55 is one of the most respected artists and teachers in Portland. She has influenced generations of students at Marylhurst University, PSU, and Reed College. She graduated from Reed in 1955 with a BA in sociology. After serving in the Peace Corps in Morocco, she completed a BFA in painting at Yale.
She settled in Portland, where she taught art, raised her family, and earned an MFA at Portland State University. At PSU, Margaret studied with Mel Katz, whose approach to abstraction greatly influenced Margaret’s own process. Margaret’s quiet, methodical, abstract paintings and drawings are formally based on materials and repetitive rhythms within mechanical and organic structures. The exhibition represents her work from 1979 to 2010.
