MARGIE DARROW
Phone (562) 301-8949 E-mail: mstretz@earthlink.net
Education - Platt Collage 2001 Associates Degree Graphic Design - honors received - 3.99 GPA
Awards/Grants
2007 Professional Artist Fellowship Grant - City of Long Beach/Arts Council
for Long Beach
10/05 1st Place Award - Home and Homeless Juried Exhibit
9/03 Eye Opener Award - Juried Membership exhibit - 2nd City Council Art and
Performance Space
Related Work
2004 - 2006: President of the board of directors, Second City Council Art
+ Performance Space
2000 - 2006: Women's Music, Art and Dance Festival - Graphic Designer/ Event
Coordinator Second City Council Art + Performance Space
Solo Exhibitions
5/07 Grant recipient exhibition: Arts Council for Long Beach, Long Beach,
Ca.
11/06 Luminous Obscura: Viento y Agua Gallery, Long Beach, Ca.
2/06 Every Picture Tells a Story: OPEN, Long Beach, Ca.
6/04 Color Eclectic: American Women's Association, Vienna, Austria
12/03 Icon-O-Rama: Coffee cup cafe, Long Beach, Ca.
09/02 Portrayal of Women: Coffee cup cafe, Long Beach, Ca.
Public
Art Projects *see last page for details
2/07 Fallopian Artopians: Live collaborative painting (ongoing)
12/06 SPIN: Public art project for Amgen bicycle tour of California
10/06 Four (4) Murals: Rogers Bayside Academy, Long Beach, Ca.
3/05 Smithsonian Week Public Art: You are what you wear
3/04 Smithsonian Week Public Art: 71/2 Foot T-Rex Sculpture
9/03 Grand opening of the Pike in Long Beach: Nostalgic Long Beach Public
Art
5/03 Live Mural Project: Tinderbox Productions 2 Artist Exhibitions 10/03
Bordellos & Boudoirs: Icaro gallery, Long Beach, Ca.
5/04 Making a Monster: Documentary film debut made of our Smithsonian week
T-Rex sculpture project
Group
Exhibitions
10/01 Takes 2: Mother Mudds, Long Beach, Ca. Invitational/Juried Exhibitions
12/07 This is Long Beach - 2nd City Council art and performance space, Long
Beach Ca
09/07 Wind, Water and Wonder Viento y Agua Gallery, Long Beach Ca
09/07 Long Beach Museum of Art - Auction 12, invitational, Long Beach Ca.
11/06 Books by Authors: Illustrations for book with 50 writers and 50 artists
of Long Beach Ca.
10/05 Home & Homeless: 2nd City Council, Long Beach, Ca.
10/05 October Surprise: Ministry of Art, Long Beach Arts Council, Long Beach,
Ca.
1/05 The Dirty Show: Tangent gallery, Detroit, MI. 4/05 Boys & Girls Club
50th Anniversary gala auction, Long Beach, Ca.
11/04 The Bush Show: Viento Y Agua gallery, Long Beach, Ca.
9/04 Fear and Loathing: OPEN, Long Beach, Ca. 8/04 Fuse: Fuse Gallery, Madrid,
New Mexico
11/04 Small Works: Muse gallery, San Diego, Ca.
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4/03 Viva Americana: Guest Artist, Broadlind Hotel Project, Long Beach, Ca.
11/02 Membership Exhibition: 2nd City Council Gallery, Long Beach, Ca.
7/02 Rabbit in the Moon: Broadlind hotel project space, Long Beach, Ca.
2/02 Young Blood: Coffee haven, Long Beach, Ca
Exhibition Projects
10/06 East Artist Open Studio tour (Event co-coordinator/ participating studio
artist)
7/06 Getty Interns - Studio Visit and talk (Speaker)
6/06 Tour Des Artists - Live art exhibition
6/05 Tour Des Artist extended city open studios: Long Beach, Ca. (Artist &
Curator)
10/04 Halloween at the Villa: Ministry of art group, Long Beach, Ca
6/04 Bohemia: Ministry of art group for Tour Des Artistes, Koos, Long Beach,
Ca. (Artist & Curator)
10/03 Masque of the Red Death: Koos Art Center, Long Beach, Ca.
3/03 Women's Festival of the Arts: Important Women Mural, Long Beach, Ca
Commercial
Art Projects
Misc. Commercial
2008 Signature Piece for Vagina Monalogue Event
2007 Life time achievements awards - State of the art luncheon-Arts council
for Long Beach
2005 The Rabbit Hole: Concept, Designs, and Logos for a new business
2004 The Art of Rest: Instruction art for women's retreat
2001 GG Girl: Character development & illustration - Teen interactive web
site
2002 Little Sister Design: T-Shirt designs
1992 KNAC Radio Station: T-Shirt designs
CD Cover Artwork
2004 CD cover illustration - Suncatcher: Emmy award-winning songwriter Faith
Rivera
1997 CD cover illustration - The Glory Holes: The Glory Holes
1996 CD cover illustration - No Crisis: Everything Plus
1995 CD cover illustration China White:
Addition Magazine Work
3/06 12 months Astrological Illustrations: Long Beach Magazine
8/02 2 Page Editorial Spread Illustrations: Coastal Life Magazine
10/02 Cover Art Illustration: Coastal Life Magazine
6/02 Cover Art Illustration: Coastal Life Magazine
4/02 Cover Art Illustration: Coastal Life Magazine
Book
Projects
2003 Angry Etta: Children's Book Illustration & Conceptual development
2003 Shut up Eddie Avalos: Children's Book Illustration & Conceptual development
2000 One Small Peach Children's Book: Written and Illustrated
2005 Limited Edition Coloring Book :Icon-O-Rama series
2006 So Effin' Cute: Handmade Book
2004 Concept and Character Development for books: Mystoricals - Bigheaded
Boy - Horrible Cousins - Beardos - High in the Sky - Noir and Blanche
More detail information on Public Art Projects:
2007 - SPIN Amgen California Bicycle Tour: Project to complete 2 public art
sculptures made from existing bicycle parts from the Long Beach impound
yard. The 2 sculptures included ÒDa Vinci Bicycle Hoax bicycleÓ sold at auction
to the Da Vinci restaurant in Long Beach
Ó The VelocipedeÓ retained by the city of Long Beach on permanent display
in Long Beach city hall.
This project commissioned by Arts Council for Long Beach and the Long Beach
Redevelopment Dept.
2006 - Will Rogers Bayside Academy: Project to create and produce Four (4)
small-scale murals for the upstairs hallway at the middle school.
Project commissioned by Long Beach Unified School District.
2005 - Smithsonian Week 2005: To create and produce 7 public art projects
on mannequins with the theme you are what you wear.
2004 - Smithsonian Week 2004: To create a themed piece for the Paleontologist
scholars visit. Created a 7-_ ft. x 13 ft. Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur sculpture
made with many recycled materials over a steel skeleton. The T-Rex was displayed
at the Art Park in Long Beach.
2003 - Grand Opening Pike in Long Beach: 2 Wood cut out photo-op stand ups.
Temporary wood cut out to take photographs themed on old Long Beach
Pike amusement park. On display at Cinemax Theater at the Pike. Commissioned
by DDR Development and Arts Council for Long Beach