Medrie MacPhee

Medrie MacPhee
Born1953 (age 70–71)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
NationalityCanadian-American
EducationNova Scotia College of Art and Design
Known forPainting, drawing
SpouseHarold Crooks
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Anonymous Was a Woman, American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Endowment for the Arts
WebsiteMedrie MacPhee
Medrie MacPhee, 610-3356, Plywood and existing architecture, fourth floor opening dimensions: 84" × 16", 2008.

Medrie MacPhee (born 1953) is a Canadian-American painter based in New York City.[1][2] She works in distinct painting and drawing series that have explored the juncture of abstraction and representation, relationships between architecture, machines, technology and human evolution, and states of flux and transformation.[3][4][5][6] In the 1990s and 2000s, she gained attention for metaphorical paintings of industrial subjects and organic-machine and bio-technological forms.[7][8][9][10] In later work, she explored architectural instability before turning to semiotically dense canvases combining compartments of color and collaged pieces of garments fit together like puzzles, which New York Times critic Roberta Smith described as "powerfully flat, more literal than abstract" with "an adamant, witty physicality."[11][12][13]

MacPhee has received a Guggenheim Fellowship[14] and awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation,[15] Anonymous Was a Woman,[16] National Endowment for the Arts and American Academy of Arts and Letters, among others.[17][18] Her work belongs to public art collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[19] National Gallery of Canada,[20] and Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.[21] She has taught at Bard College, Columbia University, Cooper Union, Rhode Island School of Design and Sarah Lawrence College.[22][17]

  1. ^ Fateman, Johanna. "Medrie MacPhee," The New Yorker, March 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  2. ^ Wayne, Leslie. "Comfort Clothing for Fraught Times: Medrie MacPhee in conversation with Leslie Wayne," Artcritical, July 20, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  3. ^ Berlind, Robert. "Medrie MacPhee at 49th Parallel," Art In America, April 1989, p. 264.
  4. ^ Johnson, Ken. "Medrie MacPhee at Baldacci Daverio," Art In America, July 1993, p. 108.
  5. ^ Goodman, Jonathan. "Medrie MacPhee and Amy Sillman," Contemporary Visual Arts, January 1999, p. 50–5.
  6. ^ Dault, Gary Michael. "To Know or Not to Know: That is The Question," The Globe and Mail, November 4, 2006, p. R12.
  7. ^ Clarkson, David. "Medrie MacPhee," Canadian Art, Summer 1993, p. 80–3.
  8. ^ Wilkin, Karen. "At The Galleries," Partisan Review, Vol. LXIII, No. 1, 1996.
  9. ^ Laurence, Robin. "Medrie MacPhee in conversation with Robin Laurence”, Canadian Art, Summer 1999, p. 46–9.
  10. ^ Hanna, Deidre. "Surreal Deal," Now (Toronto), April 18–24, 2001.
  11. ^ Kee, Christina. "Hybrid 'Futuristic Species': The latest from Medrie MacPhee," Artcritical, July 6, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  12. ^ Maine, Stephen. "The Clothes Make the Painting," Hyperallergic, July 8, 2017. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  13. ^ Smith, Roberta. "4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now," The New York Times, February 17, 2021, p. C7. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  14. ^ Artforum. "Guggenheim Fellows Announced," News, April 10, 2009. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  15. ^ Selvin, Claire. "Pollock-Krasner Foundation Names Winners of $3 M. in Grants," ARTnews, April 17, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  16. ^ Anonymous Was a Woman. 2017 Winners: Medrie MacPhee. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  17. ^ a b John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Medrie MacPhee, Fellows. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  18. ^ Hyperallergic. "The American Academy of Arts and Letters Presents the 2020 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts," March 3, 2020. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
  19. ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art. Disk Study, Collection. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
  20. ^ National Gallery of Canada. Medrie MacPhee, Collection, Artist. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
  21. ^ Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. " Painting Nature with a Mirror," Exhibitions. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
  22. ^ Butler, Sharon. "Interview: Medrie MacPhee in Ridgewood," Two Coats of Paint, March 17, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2021.