Phone (562) 301-8949
E-mail: mstretz@earthlink.net
www.MargieMargie.com
Education - Platt
Collage
2001 Associates Degree Graphic Design – Creative and
Academics Honors
Awards/Grants
2008
Beverly Alpay Grant Fellowship Award - Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes,
Ca.
2007 Professional Artist Fellowship Grant – City of Long
Beach/Arts Council for Long Beach
10/05 1st Place Award - Home and Homeless Juried Exhibit -2nd
City Council Art and Performance Space
9/03 Eye Opener Award - Juried Membership exhibit - 2nd City
Council Art and Performance Space
Related Work
2009: Board
member of Art Exchange development project Long Beach, CA
2004 - 06: President of the board of directors, 2nd City Council
Art + Performance Space
2000 – 06: WomenÕs Music, Art and Dance Festival - Graphic
Designer/ Event Coordinator
2nd City Council Art + Performance Space
Community Work
Coastal Clean-up Day – Sea inhabitants face and body
painting. Illustrated educational coloring books for children.
Sustainable Seafood Day – Aqurium of the Pacific –
Educational sea creature face and body painting. Illustrated educational coloring
books for children.
Art collaborative mentoring Classes – Millikan High School,
Long Beach, Ca.
Solo Exhibitions
7/09 Juried
Solo exhibition: Long Beach
Playhouse, Long Beach, Ca.
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 WomenÕs 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.
2 Artist Exhibitions
10/03 Bordellos & Boudoirs: Icaro gallery, Long Beach, Ca.
5/04 Making a Monster: Documentary film subjects of our
Smithsonian week T-Rex sculpture project
10/01 Takes 2: Mother Mudds, Long Beach, Ca.
Invitational and Juried Exhibition
1/10 Night Dive – Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, Ca.
12/09 Haute Kraft – Posie Kviat Gallery, Hudson, NY.
8/09
Members Show Summer – 2nd City Council art and
performance space, Long Beach
2/09 Redefining Femininity 2nd Annual - Gallery Azul,
San Pedro, Ca.
12/08 California Visual Artists-2nd City Council art and performance space, Long Beach
4/08 Redefining Femininity - Gallery Azul, San Pedro, Ca.
12/07 Wind, Water and Wonder - Viento y Agua Gallery, Long Beach
Ca.
11/07 This is Long Beach – 2nd City Council art
and performance space, 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
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.
7/02 Rabbit in the Moon: Broadlind hotel project space, Long
Beach, Ca.
2/02 Young Blood: Coffee haven, Long Beach, Ca.
Group Exhibitions / 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 WomenÕs Festival of the Arts: Important Women Mural, Long
Beach, Ca.
4/03 Viva Americana: Guest Artist, Broadlind Hotel Project, Long
Beach, Ca.
11/02 Membership Exhibition: 2nd City Council Gallery, Long Beach,
Ca.
Public Art Projects
1/10 Live
Eco-Art Mural: Tinderbox productions – Long Beach, CA.
10/09 Live Painting performance: DDR projects gallery – Long
Beach, CA.
2/07 Fallopian Artopians: Live Collaborative Painting Troupe (Ongoing performances)
12/06 SPIN: Public art project for Amgen bicycle tour of
California
10/06 Four (4) Murals: Rogers Bayside Academy, Long Beach, and 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
Commercial Art Projects
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
2008 Long Beach Marine Life – Activities Book: Written and
Illustrated
2003 Angry Etta: ChildrenÕs Book Illustration & Conceptual
development
2003 Shut up Eddie Avalos: ChildrenÕs Book Illustration &
Conceptual development
2000 One Small Peach ChildrenÕs Book: Written and Illustrated
2005 Limited Edition Coloring Book :Icon-O-Rama series
2006 So EffinÕ Cute: Handmade Book
2004 Concept and Character Development for books: Mystoricals - Bigheaded Boy - Horrible Cousins
Misc. Commercial
2005 The Rabbit Hole: Concept, Designs, and Logos for a new
business
2004 The Art of Rest: Instruction art for womenÕs 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