Margaret Boozer
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RED DIRT STUDIO
3706-08 Otis Street
Mt. Rainier, MD 20712
202/607-9472
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b. 1966 Anniston, AL
Margaret Boozer lives and works in the Washington, DC metro area. She received a BFA in sculpture from Auburn University and an MFA in ceramics from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Her work is included in the collection of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Wilson Building Public Art collection and in many private collections. She serves on the boards of the James Renwick Alliance and the Washington Sculptors Group, and on the Advisory Board for Hillyer Art Space. Boozer taught for ten years at the Corcoran College of Art and Design before founding Red Dirt Studio, where she directs a ceramics and sculpture seminar. She has been a visiting artist and lecturer at local and national institutions including the Renwick Gallery, the Freer Gallery of Art, Auburn University, George Washington University, Gallaudet University and Virginia Commonwealth University. Recent exhibitions include Coming Home: A Journey in Clay at Stancill’s clay mine in Perryville, MD and Natural Inclinations at McLean Project for the Arts. Current exhibitions include NCECA Clay National at the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, and Disintegration at Arlington Arts Center.
education
| 1992 |
MFA, Ceramics, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University |
| 1989 |
BFA, Sculpture, Auburn University, Summa Cum Laude |
selected solo exhibitions
2006 |
Margaret Boozer: Reinvented Landscape, Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland, OR |
| 2004 |
Margaret Boozer: Land/Marks, Strand on Volta Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 2001 |
Black and White, Red Dirt Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 2000 |
Dig: New Ceramics by Margaret Boozer, Duncan & Miller Gallery, WDC |
| 1999 |
Pot Luck: Ceramics and Sculpture by Margaret Boozer, Red Dirt Gallery, WDC |
| 1999 |
Some More or Less Mathematical Musings on Making Pots, Theatre Project, Baltimore, MD |
selected two- and three-person exhibitions
2007
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Distintegration: site specific works by Margaret Boozer, Michele Kong and Cory Wagner, curated by Twylene Moyer of Sculpture Magazine, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA |
| 2005 |
Geologic Personality: Margaret Boozer and Catherine White, Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore, MD |
| 2004 |
Gorlitzz and Boozer: Sculpture in Glass Beads and Clay, AFI Silver Theatre, Silver Spring, MD |
| 2003 |
GROUND WORK: Recent Work by Margaret Boozer, Carole Greenwood and Erin Root, Strand on Volta Gallery, Washington, DC |
| 2002 |
Earth Drawings and Water Colors: A Collaborative Exhibit by Julia Ricketts and Margaret Boozer, Baas Gallery, Seattle, WA |
| 2000 |
Threshold States: Ceramics by Margaret Boozer, Prints and Drawings by Julia Ricketts, Red Dirt Gallery, WDC |

selected group exhibitions
| 2007 |
NCECA Clay National, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY
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Natural Inclinations, invitational, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA |
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Primed, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, 2007 Art Auction Gala Primed, Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran, 2007 Art Auction Gala |
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Auburn and Beyond: 12 Alumni Artists Return, Jule Collins Smith Museum, Auburn, AL |
| 2006 |
Mid-Atlantic Pulse: Works from the Hillyer Committee at Hillyer Art Space in Washington, DC |
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Dimensions, Zenith Gallery, WDC |
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Sculpture Unbound, Edison Place Gallery, WDC |
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Clay: Sculptural and Functional Work, Cross Mackenzie Ceramic Arts, WDC |
| 2005 |
Seven, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC, curated by Lenny Campello |
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“I Really Want to See…”, Gallery Four, Baltimore, MD, curated by Joan Webber |
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Alternative Porcelain, Chaney Gallery, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD |
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Particles and Passion, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD |
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Metro Clay, Rockville Arts Place, Gaithersburg, MD |
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Coming Home: A Journey in Clay, Stancill Quarry, Perryville, MD |
| 2004 |
Sculpture in Four Dimensions, Museum of the Americas, WDC |
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Summer Group Exhibition, Signal 66, WDC |
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Anonymous, Gallery at Flashpoint, Washington, DC |
| 2003 |
2nd World Ceramic Biennale, Korea 2003, Icheon World Ceramic Center, Korea |
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2003 Scripps Annual Ceramic Invitational, Scripps, the Women’s College, Claremont, CA |
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Wall Works, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD |
| 2002 |
Women’s National Art Invitational Exhibition, Rudolph E. Lee Gallery, Clemson University, SC |
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From Earth to Fire - 21st Century Tiles, The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN |
| 2001 |
USA Clay, Renwick Gallery,Smithsonian Institution, WDC |
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Silicate: Recent Issues in Ceramic Sculpture, Baltimore Clayworks, Baltimore, MD |
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Artistic Imaginings in Clay, Art Museum of the Americas, WDC |
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Artists’ Tiles: Beyond Tradition, Invitational, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA |
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