MARGARET TSIRANTONAKIS
Born 1958 Crete, Greece
Lives and Works in Connecticut, USA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Ancient Echoes, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2021
4 Studios, Paintings & Watercolors, Loft Artists Gallery Stamford, CT
2019
Garden Muses, recent Paintings, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Recent Paintings, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Light & Place, PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT
Anthos, Paintings, H. Pelham Curtis Gallery, New Canaan Library, CT
2013
Recent Paintings Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2011
Inside/Outside Color, Loft Artists Gallery, Stamford, CT
2002
Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Stamford Center for the Arts, Stamford, CT
1995
The Stamford Museum, ART X Gallery, Stamford, CT
1992
Philip Bareiss Contemporary Exhibitions, Taos, NM
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS Annual Benefit, Berry/ Campbell Gallery, New York, NY
Sanctuary, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
Color’s Healing Force by Any Means, Odetta Digital, SHIM Art Network, Aqua Art, Miami, FL.
Art Today, Future’s Tomorrow, Art@06870, Old Greenwich, CT
2024
A Sense of Surface, The Painting Center, New York, NY, curated by Shazzi Thomas and Lucy Schwartzreich
Fractured, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS Annual Benefit, Berry/Campbell Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Exquisite Codes, Odetta Gallery, SHIM Art Network, Berlin, Germany
Once in a Blue Moon, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
2022
Exquisite Codes, Odetta Gallery, SHIM Art Network, Aqua Art, Miami, FL
Art for a Purpose, Artivism; Multi-venue Global Exhibition, Adelphi University, NY
Nocturne, Prince Street Gallery, NYC
2020
Pets Of The Pandemic, a Benefit Exhibit online, juror David Cohen. Alpha 137 Gallery, New York, NY
(received special commendation from the juror)
Art In The Time Of Global Crises, online exhibition, ARAS & Art and Psyche
Loft Artists’ Sketchbook Project, LAA Gallery, Stamford, CT
All Artworks Exhibition, curated by Sarah Crown, at The Yard, Columbus Circle, New York, NY
50th Anniversary Show, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
2019
39th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford Art Assoc., Stamford, CT.
Juror: Meredith Brown the Metropolitan Museum of Art;
All Art Works Show, Grand Rapids, MI. Curator: Tyler Loftis
Alumni Invitational, New York Studio School, New York, NY
(Received NY Studio School Alumni Show Award)
2018
Loft Artists: Then & Now, Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT
Painting the Greek Summer, Coco-mat Showroom, Soho, New York, NY
carefully out of Nowhere, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
The October Annual Art Exhibition; Cat and Dog in Art, Ossam Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Crete; Paintings & watercolors, Mix of Six, LAA West Gallery, Stamford CT
2014
3 Artists, Hallway Arts, Long Island City, NY
Under the Big Top, Loft Artists Gallery, Stamford, CT
2013
Thank you CT 18 CT artists, Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery, Stamford, CT
2012
Home Sweet Home CHANIart 2013, Coco-Mat Gallery, Chania, Crete, Greece
Prints at Prince Street II, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY,
Blue Skies, University of CT, Stamford Gallery, Stamford, CT
2011
Artists Invite Artists, Artplace Gallery, Fairfield, CT
Static Verve, A range of Still life styles, 4 person show, Rockwell Art and Framing, Ridgefield, CT
2010
Botanical Dreams & Nightmares, The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
2009
The Elements: Earth, The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
2007
Drawing Marathon show, Lobby Gallery, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2006
Icons of the 21st Century, curated by Lisa P. Streitfeld, The Lab Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Off the Beaten Track: Contemporary Mindscapes, curated by Trinkett Clark, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA
Poetry into Print: Impressions inspired by verse, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT;
(Honorable mention)
2000
Art of the Northeast, 51st annual; Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
1998
Trees, The Schoolhouse Gallery, Croton Falls, NY
The Art Show, HBO Corporate Gallery, New York, NY
Generations, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
1996
New Art Annual, The Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT;
(Honorable mention)
1993
Small Works Show, 17th annual, NYU Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY
1992
Annual CT Art Competition, 22nd annual, juror: Ivan Karp, The Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
1991
Faber Birren Color Show, 11th annual, The Stamford Historical Society, Stamford, CT;
(Winsor & Newton Award
EDUCATION
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, BFA, 1980
New York Studio School, New York, NY – Drawing Marathon with Judy Glantzman, 2007
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Williams W. Ellen, “We Are Stamford: Immigrants in the City that Works”, 2024 Building One Community exhibition catalog
• Schwab A. Katherine, “Margaret Tsirantonakis Ancient Echoes”, Prince Street Gallery, NYC, 2023 exhibition catalog
• “Nocturne”, Prince Street Gallery, vasaricolors.com, blog, April, 2022 (image reproduced)
• Abruzzo, Mary Pat, “Interview with Margaret Tsirantonakis”, Frontrunner Magazine, July 20, 2020
• Hartigan, Philip A., “A View From The Easel”, Hyperallergic.com, June 23, 2015
• Sirigos, Constantine S., “Artist Margaret Tsirantonakis Presents Color, Light & Love from Crete”, The National Herald, March, 2013
• Ross Carolee, “Margaret Tsirantonakis Exhibition at Prince Street Gallery”, Carolee Ross’ Art Scene, March 19, 2013; online blog
• Hoffeld, Jeffrey, “Margaret Tsirantonakis: Inside/Outside Color”, Loft Artists Gallery, CT, 2011; Exhibition brochure
• Gevas, Sophia, “The Elements: Earth”, The Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, 2009; Exhibition brochure
• Luby, Abby, “Artists find Drawing is the new economy of scale”, The Advocate/Greenwich Time, Arts & Travel, March 8, 2009
• Clark, Trinkett, “Off the Beaten Track: Contemporary Mindscapes”, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA, Sept. 9 – Dec.18, 2003, Exhibition Catalog.
• Streitfeld, L.P., “Artists’ Growth Touches Critical Ground at the Rich Forum”, The Advocate/Greenwich Time, March 31, 2002
• Heit, Janet, “Margaret Tsirantonakis: Meditations on Nature”, brochure published by the artist, 1993
Resume (PDF) MARGARET TSIRANTONAKIS resume
