Artist Registry
The White Columns Curated Artist Registry is an online platform for emerging and under-recognized artists to share images and information about their respective practices. The Registry seeks to create a context for artists who have yet to benefit from wider critical, curatorial or commercial support. To be eligible, artists cannot be affiliated with a commercial gallery in New York City.
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RESUME
Margie Smeller (b. 1984) is a seasoned visual artist, having honed her craft over many years working on commissions at home, exhibiting her work in solo shows, and as part of a collective with the Artists’ Gallery (Frederick, MD), the Scott Key Center (Frederick, MD) and Art Enables (Washington, DC). Margie joined progressive art studio Make Studio (Baltimore, MD) in 2013 (in order to receive specific supports for navigating disability-related barriers to maintaining her exhibitions practices). Margie loves writing poetry, often in tandem with her visual artwork. She draws inspiration from a vast array of sources, including pop film and National Geographic. She has been exhibited recently in the competitive exhibitions “What Disability?!?” at Outsiders & Others (Vancouver) and “Her Ideas, Her Stories: Women Artists” at Chesapeake Arts Center (Brooklyn Park, MD), and “The Color Show: RED” at Able Arts Work (Long Beach, CA) where her collaborative video and song piece with artist Rae Red won a juror’s prize. She is also a talented athlete, competing in a variety of sports including skiing and kayaking. About her practice, she’s said: “That’s what I wanted to be when I grow up in my dreams as a artists, novice. A Fashion Nun clothing Line. Special Olympics sports in my own Art work Love Friends and Family.”
Recent Notable Activities:
2023
· Outside Forces – juried group exhibition – Art Enables’ Off-Rhode Gallery (Washington, DC)
· With Us Not For Us – three member artist feature exhibition and discussion event – Make Studio’s Showroom Gallery
· Lucky 13 – member group exhibition – Make Studio’s Showroom Gallery
2022
· Food – multi-disciplinary arts magazine feature – Superpresent Magazine
· Outside Forces – juried group exhibition – Art Enables’ Off-Rhode Gallery (Washington, DC)
· What Disability?! – juried group exhibition – Outsiders & Others (Vancouver, Canada)
· Her Ideas, Her Stories: Women Artists – juried group exhibition – Chesapeake Arts Center (Brooklyn Park, MD)
· The Color Show: RED – juried group exhibition – Able Arts Work (Long Beach, CA)
2021
· Cordially Invited IV – group exhibition of progressive art studio artists – Make Studio’s Showroom Gallery
· BiArtisan Effort – collaborative workshop series and exhibition with Maryland Institute College of Art -- Make Studio’s Showroom Gallery
2020
· Now See Hear – collaborative workshop series and digital exhibition with regional guest artists – online