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Maggie Siner is a contemporary American painter.

Early life, education and travels

Siner was born and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island in a jewish family that had migrated from Russia and Poland to the USA in the early 1900's. Siner attended Boston University (1969-1973, BA, 1973) and the American University (1974-76, MA, 1976). While at Boston University, Siner met Robert D'Arista [1], and she joined American University in order to work with him. He was a great influence in Siner's work. She also was educated in human gross anatomy at Georgetown University Medical School (1986), and was an instructor in gross Anatomy at the same University 1987-1988. At that time she was also doing medical illustrations as a freelancer, at the same time as painting and exhibiting.

Siner lived in France from 1976 to 1981 (near Aix-en-Provence), moved back in the USA (Northern Virginia), while also frequently returning to France for teaching.

Since first went to China in 1991, and worked there in 1992-93, at Xiamen University in Xiamen, PRC (Professor of Painting). She also went to teach in China in 1999 and in 2004.

Siner first went to paint in Venice in 2008, and started living there part of the year since then.

Career

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Painting

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Style

In a recent interview for the NashvilleArts magazine , Siner states that "I work from direct visual perception, which means I am looking at the subject as I’m painting it. In truth, I’m painting the colors and shapes created by light falling on various things, but not painting the things themselves. Just about anything that creates interesting shapes, has three-dimensional form creating light and shadow, and some delicious color harmonies is a good subject for painting." She also says she is attracted to drapery, as expressive of movement and time passing. .Maggie Siner is painting from life, from what she sees ("perceptual painting"). It is how she is seeing, not what she is seeing. How brains perceive light and turn it into objects. Her technique is traditional oil painting technique, material and techniques that are archivally sound. Materials will not disintegrate and fade, but stay fixed. The point of painting is to make it permanent. The statement stays the same for hundreds of year.

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

• White Columns, New York, NY, 1983
• Leiper's Creek Gallery, Nashville, TN, 2016
• 795 Gallery @ Hilton Molino Stucky, Venice, Italy, 2016
• Galleria Arte Arke, Venice, Italy, 2015
• Ca' Pisani, Venice, Italy, 2015
• Brazier Fine Art, Richmond, VA, 2015
• Cooley Gallery, Leesburg, VA, 2015
• Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2014
• Bodzin Gallery, Fairfax, VA, 2014
• Galleria Arte Arkè, Venice, Italy, 2013
• Washington Studio School Gallery, Washington, DC, 2013
• Galleria San Eufemia, Venice, Italy, 2012
• ArtSquare, Leesburg, VA Venetian Painting & Figurative Sculpture, 2012
• Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2010
• Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2010
• Galleria San Eufemia, Venice, Italy, 2010
• Alliance Francaise of Washington, DC, 2010
• Rose Gallery, Hudson, NY, 2008
• Ways & Means, Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2007, 2004
• Gallery 222, Leesburg, VA, 2006, 2003, 2001, 2000, 1998
• Marin-Price Galleries, Bethesda, MD, 2006
• The Studio, Middleburg, VA, 2005
• Brazier Fine Art, Richmond, VA, 2002, 2000
• Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA, 2000
• Courtyard Gallery, Washington, DC, 2000, 1997, 1995, 1993, 1991
• The Artist's Museum, Washington, DC, 1996
• Rose Gallery, Leesburg, VA, 1998
• Durham Arts Council Gallery, Durham, NC, 1994
• Greater Washington Collection Gallery, Leesburg, VA, 1993, 1992
• Mas d'Artigny, Saint Paul de Vence, France, 1992
• Nall Foundation, Vence, France, 1992
• City Gallery, Washington, DC, 1989, 1987
• Stoneman Gallery, Washington, DC, 1986
• Mount Vernon College, Washington, DC, 1982
• Tour Philippe-le-Bel, Avignon, France, 1978
• Galerie Les Amis des Arts, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1977

Group Exhibitions (selected)

• J. Cacciola Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ, 2016
• Claremont Gallery, Sevenoaks, UK, 2014-2016
• Sloane Merrill Gallery, Boston MA, 2014
• Affordable Art Fair, Gallery Be and Art, New York, NY, 2014
• XXXVme "Le colonete", Venice, Italy, 2013
• Galerie Envie d'Art, Paris, France, 2012-13
• San Eufemia Gallery, Venice, Italy, 2010-12
• Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA, 2010
• South Street Gallery, Easton, MD, 2010
• L. Ross Gallery, Memphis, TN, 2010
• Loretta Goodwin Gallery, Birmingham, AL, 2008-09
• Katzen Center Art Museum, American University Washington, DC, 2007
• Rose Gallery, Hudson, NY, 2007, 06
• Paradigm Fine Arts, Taos, NM, 2005
• Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, GA, 2001-2012
• New Directions, Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, NY, 2000
• Brazier Fine Art, Richmond, VA, 1999-2009
• Kendall Gallery, Wellfleet, MA, 1999-2004
• Courtyard Gallery, Washington, DC, 1986-2000
• The Artist's Museum, Washington, DC, 1997
• Washington Figurative Sculpture, MD College of Art and Design, MD, 1995
• Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington, DC, 1992
• Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, France, 1991
• Franz Bader Gallery, Washington, DC, 1989
• Boston University Gallery, Boston, MA, 1986
• Centre Culturel, Marseille, France, 1979
• Galerie Les Amis des Art, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1981
• Kreeger Award Nominees, American University, Washington, DC, 1976
• Drawings Corcoran Musuem, Washington, DC, 1975

Academic Appointments

• 2004 Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Visiting Professor of Painting
• 2003 Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA, Artist in Residence, Professor: Advanced Painting, Formal Aspects of Painting, graduate level
• 1993 - 2006 Washington Studio School, Senior Instructor: Painting, Drawing, Anatomy, Sculpture, 1996 - 1997 Dean of Faculty
• 1992 - 1993 Xiamen University, Xiamen, China: Painting Professor
• 1989 - 1991 Cleveland Art Institute, Lacoste School of Art, Lacoste, France: Professor of Painting
• 1987 - 1988 Georgetown University Medical School: Anatomy Instructor
• 1985 - 1987 American University, Washington, DC: Drawing Instructor
• 1981 - 1991 Artist Studio School, Leesburg, VA, Founder, Director, Instructor
• 1976 - 1978 Institut d'Universités Américaines, Aix-en-Provence, France, Instructor: Painting and Drawing, Survey of Art History, Modern French Painting

Lectures

• 2014 Color and Form: Two Painters of Provence, Circolo Italo-Brittanico, Venice, Italy
• 2014 The Painter's Hidden Geometry, Washington Studio School, Washington, DC
• 2012 Chardin & the Secret Life of Objects, Circolo Italo-Britannico, Venice Italy
• 2011 Rembrandt & The Painters Secret Geometry, Circolo Italo-Britannico, Venice Italy
• 2011 Rembrandt & The Painters Secret Geometry, William Woodward School, Warrenton, VA
• 2011 Maggie Siner: Life and Work, William Woodward School, Warrenton, VA
• 2011 The Hidden Order, six-part lecture series, Rust Library, Leesburg, VA, The Portrait and the Painter, What Happens Next? The Narrative of Color and Shape" , The Medium and the Message; Texture, Brushwork, and Handwriting in Painting, The Illusion of Space, Let There Be Light , Still Life: The Observer Effect
• 2010 The Painters Secret Geometry,Loudoun Academy of Art, Leesburg, VA
• 2009 The Painter's Secret Geometry, Washington Studio School, Washington, DC
• 2004, 03 Meaning and Method in Painting (four part series), George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA
• 2003 The Experience of Seeing, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
• 2002 Dialogue Between East and West, Lacoste School of Art, Lacoste, France
• 2000 The Life of Objects: Chardin et. al., Washington Studio School, DC
• 1999 A Visual Legacy (panelist) American University, Washington, DC, Cultural Journey to China, Rust Library, Leesburg, VA, What is a Masterpiece? Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, What is Realism? Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
• 1998 Van Gogh & Cezanne: Two Approaches to Form, Georgetown U. Washington, DC
• 1998 Van Gogh & Cezanne: Two Painters of Provence, Rust Library, Leesburg, VA
• 1998 Why Paint From Life? (panelist) Washington Studio School, Washington, DC
• 1998 Analysis of Paintings (three-part series) WSS at National Gallery of Art
• 1997 The Brushstroke as Building Block to Unity, Washington Studio School,DC
• 1997 Looking at Paintings: The Hidden Order, Four Lectures, Rust Library, Leesburg, VA, Shape as Meaning and Expression, Light as Illumination and as Subject, The Illusion of Three Dimensional Space, What is Realism?
• 1996 Cezanne and Visual Perception, Association of University Women, Richmond, VA
• 1996 Painters and Cezanne, The Arts Club of Washington, DC
• 1996 Origins and Interpretations of Space in Painting, Washington Studio School, DC
• 1995 Teaching Painting in China, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
• 1995 Contemporary Chinese Art Education (panelist),Asian Studies Conference, Durham, NC
• 1993 Meaning in Western Painting, Beijing Central Fine Art Academy, China
• 1993 The Visual Language in Western Painting, Sichuan Fine Art Academy, China
• 1993 The Visual Language in Western Painting, Zhejiang Fine Art Academy, China
• 1992 On Western Painting,Five Lectures, Xiamen University, China, Shape as Meaning and Structure,The Development of Spatial Illusion, Light in Painting, Order, Unity and The Grid, Brush Work and Use of Materials
• 1991 Contemporary Western Figure Painting, Guangzhou Art Academy, China
• 1991 Contemporary Figure Painters, Xiamen University, China
• 1991, 90, 89 Maggie Siner: Her Life and Work, Lacoste School of Art, France

Visiting Artist and Workshops

• 2016, 15, 14, 13, 12 Washington Studio School, Washington, DC, What is Color and How Does it Work?, The Touch of the Brush: Mark-Making,Calligraphy and Gestural Unity in Painting, Painter's Secret Geometry, Essentials of Anatomy
• 2016, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, Art School at Sandy Springs Atlanta, GA, Oil Painting, Color and Shape, The Drama of Still Life, Calligraphy and Gestural Unity, Simplifying the Figure
• 2016, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 08, 07, 06, 03, 01, 99 Arts en Provence, Les Bassacs, France, Landscape Painting
• 2014, 13 Corse Gallery & Atelier, Jacksonville, FLA
• 2014, 13, 12, 11, 10, 09, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 01, 00 Loudoun Academy of Art, Leesburg, VA, Painting Master Class, New Approaches to Composition, Anatomy for Artists, Landscape Painting,Color and Shape, The Drama of Still Life, etc.
• 2016, 15, 14, 13 Waverly Arts Group, Cary, NC, Painting Workshop
• 2013 Arlington Artist's Alliance, Arlington, VA, Painting Workshop: Color and Shape
• 2011, 09, 07 Brazier Studios, Richmond, VA
• 2010 Strengthening Visual Sensitivity, Easton Studio & School, Easton, MD
• 2010 Oil Painting with Maggie Siner, Art League of the Sandhills, Aberdeen, NC
• 2009 The Painter's Secret Geometry, Washington Studio School, Washington DC
• 2006, 98, 96, 95 Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA, Painting, Figure Painting, Anatomy Drawing and Sculpture
• 2005 The Studio, Middleburg, VA, Painting Master Class
• 2001 Washington Studio School, Studio Survival Tactics
• 2000 Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Visiting Professor of Painting, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FLA, Painting Master Workshop, Washington Studio School, Calligraphy & Gestural Unity in Painting
• 1996 Cincinnati Art Academy, Portrait Painting
• 1995 Association of Medical Illustrators, Phoenix, AZ, Figure Painting
• 1981 Institute for American Universities, Avignon, France, Landscape Painting

External links

• Official website

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