On January 16, the Grace Hauenstein Library Art Gallery recently hosted an exhibition featuring the artist, Margaret Vega, for the new collection. This exhibition is free and open to the public.
You can view the gallery whenever the Grace Hauenstein Library is open. Library hours vary throughout the year due to holidays and summer breaks.
To see current library hours, visit the Grace Hauenstein Library Calendar.
About Margaret Vega
Emeritus of Painting Margaret Vega taught Undergraduate and Graduate Painting, Drawing, Color Theory and Concept Development and Thesis at Kendall College of Art and Design until 2022. She has also taught at Academia di Belle Arti in Perugia, Italy and Grand Valley State University.
Vega has a special connection to Aquinas. Her father, who recently passed away, was a student at AQ after fighting in World War II. At the reception, she noted how “things must come full circle.” Vega, traditionally trained in painting, also ventures into mixed media, as her work is composed of a range of mediums such as oils, gold leaf, chalk and other, more experimental pieces with strings, mosaics and collections of rocks.
At the reception, she discussed the work on display, which includes pieces from a range of series, some of which are landscapes, others more figure-based. A lot of the work is “inspired by place,” as Vega said. She believes that “travel strips back layers and allows you to be actively aware of where you are.” The pieces shown are inspired by places across the globe, including New Zealand, Mexico, Australia, Italy and Argentina.
She pairs these places and things together with different ideas and contexts to make her pieces more than a pretty picture, creating complicated nuanced discussions that are skilfully illustrated.
Highlighted Major Exhibitions
- “This is the Future of Non-Objective Art,” an International Juried Show
- “Color Me Flesh,” “Still Counting: Census and Token”
- Atlantic Gallery, NYC, catalog available
- Directors Choice, Group show, Viridian Gallery, NYC
- Tenuous Threads, “Color Me Flesh: Quipu Knots,” Juror Patricia Miranda, Atlantic Gallery, NY
- 32nd Annual International Juried Exhibition, Artifacts Found: Imbalance, Viridian Gallery, NYC.
- And many more!
