Margo Wolowiec
Margo Wolowiec
Margo Wolowiec makes loom-woven textiles infused with images via dye-sublimation transfer. Her painterly assemblages feature imagery focused on the environment: prismatic moth and butterfly wings, sweeping landscapes, unusual icebergs, and solar eclipse shadows. Her works are symbols of hope and a testament to the intimate warp and weft of the natural world.
Wolowiec (b. 1985, Detroit, MI) received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007 and an MFA from California College of the Arts, San Francisco in 2013. She has had solo exhibitions at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO; Marlborough Contemporary, New York; Library Street Collective, Detroit; Harper’s, New York and East Hampton; and Laura Bartlett Gallery, London. Her work is in the public collections of the Detroit Center for Photography; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; MacLean Collection, Libertyville, IL; KADIST, San Francisco; and the San José Museum of Art, CA. Wolowiec currently lives and works outside Detroit.
Margo Wolowiec
Fertility, 2024
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Margo Wolowiec
Fertility, 2024
Handwoven polymer thread, linen thread, sterling silver leafed thread, dye sublimation ink, mounted on hemp support
80 x 80 inches / 203.2 x 203.2 cm
Margo Wolowiec
In Balance, 2024
Handwoven polymer thread, linen thread, sterling silver leafed thread, dye sublimation ink, mounted on hemp support
80 x 80 inches / 203.2 x 203.2 cm
Margo Wolowiec
In Balance, 2024
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Margo Wolowiec
Keystones, 2024
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Keystones, 2024
Handwoven polymer thread, linen thread, sterling silver leafed thread, dye sublimation ink, mounted on hemp support
47 x 47 inches / 119.4 x 119.4 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Solar Storm, 2024
Handwoven polymer thread, linen thread, sterling silver leafed thread, dye sublimation ink, mounted on hemp support
47 x 47 inches / 119.4 x 119.4 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Solar Storm, 2024
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Margo Wolowiec
And the Ash, 2022
Scale view
Margo Wolowiec
And the Ash, 2022
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Margo Wolowiec
The Light of the Sun, 2024
Handwoven polymer thread, linen thread, sterling silver leafed thread, dye sublimation ink, mounted on hemp support
47 x 47 x 2 inches / 119.4 x 119.4 x 5.1 cm
Margo Wolowiec
The Light of the Sun, 2024
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ADDITIONAL WORKS
Margo Wolowiec
Natural State, 2022
Handwoven polymer, linen, sterling silver leafed thread, dye sublimation ink, mounted on wood stretchers with linen support
68 x 69 x 1 1/2 inches / 172.7 x 175.3 x 3.8 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Mirror Lake, 2024
Hand woven polymer thread, linen thread, sterling silver leafed thread, dye sublimation ink, mounted on hemp support
46 x 46 x 2 inches / 116.8 x 116.8 x 5.1 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Resurrection Bay, 2024
Hand woven polymer thread, linen thread, sterling silver leafed thread, dye sublimation ink, mounted on hemp support
46 x 46 x 2 inches / 116.8 x 116.8 x 5.1 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Seed Surge, 2020
Handwoven polymer, linen, sterling silver leafed thread, reflective mylar emergency blanket from disaster preparedness kit, deadstock organic cotton, dye sublimation ink, acrylic ink, mounted on linen support
47 x 45 inches / 119.4 x 114.3 cm
Margo Wolowiec
11 Cities, 2019
Handwoven polymer and linen, dye sublimation ink, acrylic paint, indigo dye, reflective mylar from emergency preparedness kits, hot rolled steel
70 x 66 inches / 177 x 167.5 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Rising Sun, 2024
Hand woven polymer thread, linen thread, sterling silver leafed thread, dye sublimation ink, mounted on hemp support
46 x 46 x 2 inches / 116.8 x 116.8 x 5.1 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Protective Eye, 2023
Handwoven polymer thread, linen thread, sterling silver leafed thread, dye sublimation ink, mounted on hemp support
46 (diameter) x 1 1/2 inches / 116.8 x 3.8 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Two Coasts, 2022
Handwoven polymer, linen, sterling silver leafed thread, dye sublimation ink, mounted on wood stretchers with linen support
46 (diameter) x 1 1/2 inches / 116.8 x 3.8 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Immunity, 2021
Handwoven polymer thread, linen thread, dye sublimation ink, acrylic paint, deadstock organic cotton, reflective mylar from emergency preparedness kits, sterling silver leafed thread, mounted on linen support
47 x 81 inches / 119.4 x 205.7 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Wandering Path, 2021
Handwoven polymer, linen, dye sublimation ink, acrylic paint, deadstock organic cotton, reflective mylar from emergency preparedness kits, sterling silver leafed thread, mounted on linen support
45 x 52 inches / 114.3 x 132.1 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Look to the Oceans, 2020
Handwoven polymer, linen, sterling silver leafed thread, reflective mylar emergency blanket from disaster preparedness kit, deadstock organic cotton, dye sublimation ink, acrylic ink, mounted on linen support
46 1/2 x 72 inches / 118.1 x 182.9 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Look to the Oceans, 2020
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Margo Wolowiec
What We Know, 2019
Handwoven polymer and linen, dye sublimation ink, acrylic paint, stretched linen canvas
52 x 37.5 inches / 132 x 9.5 cm
Margo Wolowiec
What We Know, 2019
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Margo Wolowiec
11 Cities, 2019
Handwoven polymer and linen, dye sublimation ink, acrylic paint, indigo dye, reflective mylar from emergency preparedness kits, hot rolled steel
70 x 66 inches / 177 x 167.5 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Doctor I, 2019
Handwoven polymer, linen thread, sublimation dye, and reflective mylar from emergency preparedness kits mounted on linen support
75 x 47 inches / 190.5 x 119.4 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Doctor I, 2019
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Margo Wolowiec
Doctor I, 2019
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Margo Wolowiec
Grey Fever, 2019
Handwoven polymer, linen thread, dye sublimation ink, mounted on linen support
72 x 47 inches / 182.9 x 119.4 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Grey Fever, 2019
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Grey Fever, 2019
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Installation View of Wolowiec Walls, 2018, Shinola Hotel, Detroit, MI
Installation View of Wolowiec Walls, 2018, Shinola Hotel, Detroit, MI
Margo Wolowiec
0 Degrees, 2018
Handwoven polymer, linen, dye sublimation ink
80 x 93 inches / 203.2 x 236.2 cm
Margo Wolowiec
NWS, 2018
Handwoven polymer, linen, sublimation dye
72 x 47 inches / 182.9 x 119.4 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Purple Rain II
Handwoven polymer, linen, dye sublimation ink
51 x 37 inches
Margo Wolowiec
Purple Rain I, 2018
Handwoven polymer, linen, dye sublimation ink
51 x 37 inches
Margo Wolowiec
Crisis, 2018
Handwoven polymer, linen, dye sublimation ink
39 x 28 inches / 99.1 x 71.1 cm
Margo Wolowiec
Super Tuesday II, 2017
Handwoven polymer, linen, sublimation dye
56 x 37 inches
Margo Wolowiec
Piecemeal, 2017
Handwoven polymer, linen, sublimation dye, acrylic ink
24 x 20 inches
Margo Wolowiec
After 7 Years, 2017
Handwoven polymer, linen, sublimation dye, acrylic ink
52 x 37 inches
Margo Wolowiec
A City of Marble II, 2017
Handwoven polymer, linen, sublimation dye, acrylic ink
52 x 37 inches
Margo Wolowiec
Pictures of Her Children, 2017
Handwoven polyester, linen, sublimation dye, acrylic ink
68 x 94 inches
Margo Wolowiec
Appears to Be Collapsing, 2017
Handwoven polyester, linen, sublimation dye, acrylic ink
70 x 47 inches
Margo Wolowiec
Rose Garden III, 2017
Conductive copper mesh, handwoven polyester, linen, sublimation dye, powder coated steel
95 x 74 inches / 241.3 x 187.9 cm
Margo Woloweic
Rose Garden, 2016
Hand woven polyester, linen, dye sublimation ink, acrylic fabric paint
38 x 28 inches
Margo Wolowiec
Reset, 2016
Hand woven polyester, linen, dye sublimation ink
38 x 28 inches
Margo Wolowiec
Plain sight I, 2016
Handwoven polyester, linen, sublimation dye, acrylic paint, linen support
38 x 28 inches
Margo Wolowiec
Plain sight II, 2016
Handwoven polyester, linen, sublimation dye, acrylic paint, linen support
38 x 28 inches
Margo Wolowiec
Selfobject, 2016
Handwoven polyester, linen, sublimation dye, acrylic paint, linen support
60 x 47 inches
Margo Wolowiec
A sometime thing II, 2016
Handwoven polyester, linen, gold necklace, sublimation dye, acrylic paint, powder coated steel
87 x 57 inches
Installation view, “The Present and the Probable”, fused space, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Installation view, Granpalazzo 2015, Zagarolo, Italy
Margo Wolowiec
Four, two, five, 2016
Handwoven polyester, linen, dye sublimation ink, acrylic paint, linen support
38 x 28 inches
Margo Wolowiec
One twenty, one fifteen, one nineteen, 2016
Handwoven polyester, linen, dye sublimation ink, acrylic paint, linen support
48 x 48 x 94 inches
Margo Wolowiec
Twenty five, twenty five, twenty five, 2016
Handwoven polyester, linen, dye sublimation ink, acrylic paint, linen support
38 x 28 inches
Margo Woloweic
Moving Through the Middle, 2014
Handwoven polyester, cotton, linen, dye-sublimation ink, fabric dye
70 x 55 inches
Margo Wolowiec
Somewhere Shortly After, 2014
Handwoven polyester, cotton, linen, dye-sublimation ink, fabric dye
70 x 55 inches
Margo Wolowiec
Time and Time, Again, 2014
Handwoven polyester, cotton, linen, dye-sublimation ink, fabric dye
52 x 45 inches
VIDEOS
Margo Wolowiec interviewed by Arash Fayez
Margo Wolowiec and Josh Faught In Conversation
CV
Born 1985, Detroit, MI
MFA, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, 2013
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2007
Lives and works in Detroit, MI
Solo Exhibitions
2025
Midnight Sun, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2022
Whole Earth, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2018
Still Water, Circling Palms, Marlborough Contemporary, New York, NY
Taking Over, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI
2017
Rose Garden, Harper’s Apartment, New York, NY
Evergreen, Searchlight, Rosebud, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2016
Summer Learning Loss, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, UK
Double Blind, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
Spectra (two person show with Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon), Et Al. etc., San Francisco, CA
2015
Corrections and Exposures, Lisa Cooley, New York, NY
Margo Wolowiec, Harper’s Books, East Hampton, NY
2014
Margo Wolowiec, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
Following, Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
Nikolas Pence and Margo Wolowiec (two person show), East Hampton Shed, East Hampton, NY
2013
Catching Thread, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA
2012
Skeleton, Playspace Projects, California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Grace Under Fire, The Shephard, Detroit, MI
How to Carry Water, Patricia Valian Reser Center for the Creative Arts, Oregon State University, Portland, OR
2023
A Growing Season, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Ariadne’s Thread, Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts, PA
Rooms of Resonance, Cloud Seven, Brussels, Belgium
2021
The Regional, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH; traveling to Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (2022)
We Are Here, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
2019
2.7°, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018
No Time, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Veils, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, TX
Horizon Lines, Jessica Silverman at 288 Pacific, San Francisco, CA
Kinship, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Textile Abstraction, Galeria Casas Riegner, Bogota, Colombia
Eduardo Secci Gallery, Florence, Italy
New Threads: Perspectives in Contemporary Fiber Art, Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
2017
A Thread of Execution, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL (forthcoming)
A Space For Thought, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
Gjon Mili International Photography Exhibition, National Gallery of Kosovo, Prishtina, Kosovo
New Threads: Unraveling traditions in fiber, Cabrillo College Gallery, Aptos, CA
No Evidence of Sign, LUCE Gallery, Torino, Italy
Coded Threads: Textile and Technology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Have + Hold, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, Michigan
Tie Up, Drawn Down, co-curated by Natalie Campbell and Carissa Carman, Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Asheville, NC
2016
It Runs Deep, Baby Grand, Detroit, MI
The Present and the Probable, fused space, San Francisco, CA
Lines that Tie: Carole Beadle and Lia Cook, Museum of Craft and Design, California College of Arts, San Francisco, CA
2015
Catfish, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
Granpalazzo 2015, Palazzo Rospigliosi, Zagarolo, Italy
La Mer Insomniaque, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London, UK
2014
Writing Lessons, Butter Projects, Royal Oak, MI
The History of Technology, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA
Zeroes and Ones, curated by Amy Owens, Di Rosa, Napa, CA
Nikolas Pence and Margo Wolowiec, East Hampton Shed, East Hampton, NY
2013
Sea Stories Between the Tides, Highlight Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New New Work, curated by Aaron Harbor, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Barclay Simpson Award Exhibition, Oliver Art Center, Oakland, CA
2012
KNOTS: Textile Topologies, College Avenue Galleries, Oakland, CA
Corner of the World, MacArthur B Arthur, Oakland, CA
The Brodmann Areas: A New Ballet from Norte Maar, Center For Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY
MFA Now, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2011
In Motion, College Avenue Galleries, Oakland, CA
2010
Wanton Fluctuation, YoHo Artists Lofts, Yonkers, NY
I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On, The Janus Project, Brooklyn, NY
Glitch Generation, BAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
1.09262009, MVSEVM, Chicago, IL
2008
Playlist, Uri Gallery, DukSung Women’s University, Seoul, South Korea
2007
InHabit, Revolving Doors Gallery, Chicago, IL
Selected Bibliography
2024
Gromow, Weronika. “Editor’s Choice: 8 Artists Discovered at Art Basel Paris 2024.” Contemporary Lynx. October 8, 2024.
2021
Dafoe, Taylor. “A New Survey of Contemporary Midwestern Artists Doesn’t Try to Pinpoint What Makes the Region Special—But It Does So All the Same.” Artnet news. December 16, 2021.
Reilly, Alison. “Margo Wolowiec: An Artist Translates Signals of Our Times.” Chicago Gallery News. Fall 2021.
2018
Tauer, Kristen. “Margo Wolowiec Mounts First Solo New York Show at Marlborough Contemporary. Women’s Wear Daily. June 29, 2018.
2017
Roy-O’Gorman, Becca. “Shotgun Review: Evergreen, Searchlight, Rosebud.” DAILYSERVING. May 12, 2017.
Dama, Francesco. “Hidden Messages in the Woven Works of Margo Wolowiec” Widewalls. May 10, 2017.
Garchik, Leah. “The modern movie house as a restaurant” SF GATE. April 24, 2017.
2016
Stuebner, Anton. “Spectra: Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon and Margo Wolowiec.” Art Practical, April 12, 2016
Neil, Jonathan T. D., “Margo Wolowiec, Double Blind”,ArtReview, April Issue, 2016
de Chirico, Domenico, “Margo Wolowiec: Double Blind”, Aujourd’hui, Feb 8, 2016
Greenberg, Kevin, “Margo Wolowiec”, The Last Magazine, Spring Issue 2016.
2015
Schriber, Anne, “Critics Pick: Catfish”,Artforum.com, October 23, 2015
Noice, E.D. “Catfish at Anat Ebgi.” Atractivoquenobello. September 25, 2015.
Slenske, Michael. “The Art World’s New Material Obession: Fiber.” The Wall Street Journal. August 14, 2015.
Lutz, Leora. “Margo Wolowiec: The Elusive Narrative.” Surface Design Journal. Spring 2015.
Douglas, Caroline. “Friday Dispatch: LA MER INSOMNIAQUE.” Contemporary Art Society. Feb 20, 2015.
2014
Pirovano, Stefano. “The tapestry company: Gino Saccone, Margo Wolowiec and Pieter Coecke van Aeist.” Conceptual Fine Arts. November 21, 2014.
Zevitas, Steven. “15 Artists to Watch.” Huffington Post. December 16, 2014.
Griffin, Jonathan. “The History of Technology.” Frieze, Issue 133. October, 2014.
—. “The Double Face of Fiac (Off)iccielle: Locals vs. LA”, Conceptual Fine Arts, October 21, 2014.
—. “Margo Wolowiec at Anat Ebgi.” 2-Times. May 22, 2014.
Ollman, Leah. “Margo Wolowiec’s Weavings Based On Tradition and Trash.” Los Angeles Times. May 9, 2014.
Lutz, Leora. “SFAQ Review: Following.” SFAQ. March 13, 2014.
Hotchkiss, Sarah. “Two Solo Shows Redefine Textile Work.” Carets and Sticks. February 24, 2014.
Pangburn, DJ. “Artist Margo Wolowiec turns Digital Errors into Colorful Textiles.” VICE, The Creators Project. February 12, 2014.
Jones, Kelly Lynn. “Artist Feature.” Little Paper Planes Blog. January 20, 2014.
2013
Schwartz, Chip. “Margo Wolowiec tackles social media at Grizzly Grizzly.” Knight Arts. October 24, 2013.
Robbins, Mellis. “Margo Wolowiec at Grizzly Grizzly.” Critical Discourse. October 19, 2013.
—. “Catching Thread at Grizzly Grizzly.” 34th Street Magazine. October 18, 2013.
Taylor, Mark. “After the After-Party.” KQED Arts. May 23, 2013.
—. “Bay Area Weekend Picks”, SF Gate, August 6, 2013.
D’Agostino, Paul. “The 12 Best Brooklyn Art Shows of 2012.” The L Magazine. December 17, 2013.
Popovic, Visnja & Ruck, Owyn. “Artist Feature.” The Textile Artist’s Studio Handbook, Quarry Books. July 1, 2013.
Lin, Carey. “Copies of Stairs, New Work by Margo Wolowiec.” Stairwell’s. April 17, 2013. [online]
Sutton, Benjamin. “New Ballet Explores Brain Maps Against Backdrop of Art.” ARTINFO. April 13, 2013.
2012
WNYU Radio. “The Brodmann Areas – A New Ballet from Norte Maar.” April 11, 2012.
Short, Aaron. “Brain dance! New W’burg ballet explores science of thinking.” The Brooklyn Paper. April 4, 2012.
Kent, Meaghan. Site 95 Journal, Issue 3. March 1, 2012.
Kent, Meaghan. “Site 95 Featured Artist.” Site 95 online. February 20, 2012. [online]
Marboe, Kari & Colette, Claire. “MFA Now 2012 Archive.” Root Division. February 11, 2012.
Ruck, Owyn. “Artist Highlights: Margo Wolowiec.” Textile Arts Center. April 12, 2012. [online]
2010
Maue, Joetta. “Unwoven Words.” Little Yellow Birds Blog. March 9, 2010.
2009
Bailey, Madeleine. “MVSEVM Exhibition.” Chicago Art Magazine. October 6, 2009.
Lectures / Visiting Appointments
2017
Guest Artist, A-Z West Weaving Symposium, A-Z West, Joshua Tree, CA
Panelist, Material Concerns and Current Practices, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, New York NY
2013
Visiting Artist, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of the Arts, Baltimore, MD
2011
Visiting Critic, Artist in Residence Program, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
Awards
2013 Barclay Simspon Award
2011 Graduate Merit Scholarship, California College of the Arts
2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts Fellowship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Public Collections
Detroit Center for Photography, Frame/s, Digital Gallery of Lens Based Media
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco, CA
MacLean Collection, Libertyville, IL
San José Museum of Art, CA
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI