Born: Seattle, Washington 1935

Education: Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, B.A. 1957
Art Students League, 1959-63

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2006
Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC (cat.)
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA

2004
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma, WA

2003
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA

2002
Stark Gallery, NYC
Art Resources Transfer, NYC
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
University of Puget Sound, Kitteridge Gallery, Tacoma, WA

2001
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
University of Wyoming, Art Museum, Laramie, WY

2000
Freedman Gallery, Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, PA (cat.)
The Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY (cat.)

1999
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

1998
“Copper Drawings”, Garner Tullis Workshop, NYC
PS1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources, LIC, NY: “Green Landing Renovation”

1997
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (cat./traveling)
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (cat./traveling)
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

1996
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ (cat./traveling)

1995
Stark Gallery, NYC

1994
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Outdoor Installation: “Painted Sun Trails: Recorded Cast Shadows, October –November”, William
Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
The Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma WA

1993
Outdoor Painting: “Runaway RedYellowBlue”, C.W. Post Campus, L.I. University, Brookville, NY
Fulcrum Gallery, NYC
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

1992
Stark Gallery, NYC

1991
Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Gemeentmuseum, The Hague, Holland (cat.)
Galerie L’A, Liege, Belgium

1990
Larry Becker, Philadelphia, PA

1989
Julian Pretto Gallery, NYC
Fawbush Gallery, NYC
Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA

1988
Julian Pretto Gallery, NYC

1987
Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA

1986
John Gibson Gallery, NYC

1985
The Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center, San Jose, Costa Rica; Julian Pretto, curator
Harris Samuel & Co., Miami, FL
The Sandpaper Gallery, Tacoma, WA

1984
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ

1982
Watson/de Nagy Gallery, Houston, TX
Harm Bouckaert Gallery, NYC
Charles Wright Academy, Tacoma, WA
Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA

1981
David Bellman Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC

1980
Outdoor Installation, 26 Bond Street, NYC
Tacoma Actors Guild, Tacoma, WA

1979
The Clocktower, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, NY
Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC

1978
PS1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources, LIC, NY
Droll/Kolbert Gallery, NYC
Julian Pretto Gallery, NYC

1977
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
Truman Gallery, NYC

1976
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC

1974
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC

1971
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC

1970
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2006
National Academy of Design, NYC
American Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC
“Some Light”; Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

2005
“Optical Simulations”; American Abstract Artists, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, NY (cat.)
“Drawing Today”; New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
“Merrill Wagner and Tom Doyle”; New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT
“Paint It Black”; The Shore Institute Of The Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ

2004
“Beyond the Surface”; Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
“Dialogue Abstract”; Space, NYC
“Time and Materials”; Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibition, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Drift”; Valentino Pier Park, Redhook, Brooklyn, NY

2003
“Theories: Abstract New York Recent Paintings”; LICK Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY

2002
25th Anniversary Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture”; American Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC
“25 Years of Painting”; Stark Gallery, NYC
“331 Steps”, collaboration with Molissa Fenley; Joyce Theatre, NYC

2001 “Ann Messner & Merrill Wagner”, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI

2000
“Punk and Bloat”, Molloy College Art Gallery, Rockville Center, L.I., NY
“Abstract Painting”, The Studio School, NYC
“(Un)resolved”, Rosenberg and Kaufman Gallery, NYC
Weathering, a collaboration with Molissa Fenley”, The Kitchen, NYC
“Summer Invitational”, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, NYC
1999 “Footfalls 1999”, Site Specific Sculpture, Greenport, Long Island, NY
“Women and Geometric Abstraction”, Pratt Institute, NY
“Selections”, Larry Becker Contemporary Art at Cherrystone Gallery, Wellfleet, Cape Cod, MA
“Planes of Color”, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Judith Murray and Merrill Wagner”, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ

1998
“Merrill Wagner & Scott Reynolds”, Workspace Gallery, NYC
“The Tip of the Iceberg”, Part III, Dorfman Projects/Art Resources Transfer, NYC
“Substance”, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, NYC
“Painting with an Edge: Four Contemporary Artists”, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ. Kristen Accola, curator
“Paper +-”, Dieu Donne Papermill, NYC, organized by Jackie Brody
“Hands on Color”, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA

1997
“After the Fall”, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY. Lily Wei, curator (cat.)
“Drawing from Life”, Stark Gallery, NYC
“Better Color through Chemistry”, The Islip Museum, Islip, NY

1995
“All about Edges”, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. J. Tolnick, curator
“Geometric Abstraction”, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
“10 x 10: Artists Select a Painter of their Choice”, New York Studio School, NYC
The Corcoran Gallery of Art 44th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting: “Painting Outside Painting” (cat.)
“Julian’s Show II”, Littlejohn Contemporary Gallery, NY. Julian Pretto, curator.
“Alchemy”, Proctor Art Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, Harvey Quaytman, curator

1994
“Fashion in Metal; Metal in Art”, Bergdorf Goodman, NYC
“Red, White Walls, and Blue”, The Woodstock Guild’s Kleinert Art Center, Woodstock, NY
“Tacoma Art Museum: Selections from the Northwest Collection”, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Abstract Art in the Seattle Arts Commission Portable Works Collection”, Seattle Center Pavilion, Seattle, WA
“Fallen Timber”, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA. Greg Bell, curator

1993
“Impermanence. Andy Goldsworthy and Merrill Wagner”, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
“Silent Echoes”, Tennisport Arts, L.I.C. Organized by Chris Haub.
“Artists Select”, Artists’ Space, NYC
“Artists of the Aughts”, Fulcrum Gallery, NYC

1992
“Breakdown!”, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (cat.)
“Inaugural Show: Tennisport Arts”, Long Island City; organized by Chris Haub

1991
“Large Scale”, Stark Gallery, NYC
“AIGA Book Show 1990”
“Books as Art”, Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, FL

1990
“Carl Affarian, Stephen Antonakos, Merrill Wagner”, Fawbush Gallery, NYC
“Opening Invitational”, Stark Gallery, NYC

1989
“Three Artists Who Work With Slate”, E.L. Stark Gallery, NYC
“A Debate on Abstraction; The Persistence of Painting”, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery, Hunter College, NYC; Vincent Longo, Curator (cat.)
“Plane Into Form”, mezzanine, One World Trade Center, New York; Barbara Valenta, curator,
sponsored by the Organization for Independent Artists
“100 Drawings by Women”, Hillwood Art Gallery, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University;
traveling through America and Europe (cat.)
“Celebrating the Permanent Collection”, The Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
“A Decade of Abstraction, 1979-1989”, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA; Matthew Kangas, curator

1988
“The Legacy of Surrealism in Contemporary Art”, The Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson
College, Wayne, NJ (cat.)
“Out of Order”, Anne Plumb Gallery, NYC; Christian Haub, curator
“Route 27”, John Gibson Gallery, NYC
“A Living Tradition: Selections from the American Abstract Artists”, The Bronx Museum of the
Arts, traveling; Philip Verre, curator (cat.)
“Seattle, Before and After”, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (cat.)
“The $1000 Show”, John Davis Gallery, New York, NYC

1987
“Seattle Sculpture 1927-1987”, A Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibition, Seattle Center, Seattle,
WA; Matthew Kangas, curator
“It’s About Time”, The New York City Gallery, Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC
“Jane Logemann and Merrill Wagner”, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI

1986
“About Place: Contemporary American Landscape”, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long
Island City, NY (cat.) “American Abstract Artists – 50th Anniversary Celebration 1936 – 1986”, The Bronx Museum of
the Arts, NY “Nancy Haynes, Suzanna Tanger, and Merrill Wagner”, Kingsborough College, Brooklyn, NY
“Slate”, Springs Mills Industries, New York; curated by the Art Advisory Service, the Associate
Council of the Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985
“Color and Field”, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL; Julian Pretto, curator
“Abstract Painting as Surface and Object”, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island Univ., C.W. Post Campus (cat.)
“Time Will Tell”, Squibb International Headquarters, Princeton (cat.)
“Invitational”, Condeso-Lawler Gallery, NYC
“Diversity – New York Artists”, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (cat.)
“Ten Years of Visual Arts at Princeton”, New Jersey (cat.)

1984-5
“Large Drawing”, curated by Elke Solomon, Independent Curators Incorporated, traveling exhibition (cat.)

1984
“From the Abstract to the Image”, Oscarsson Hood Gallery, NYC
“Installations”, Directions of Broadway, NYC
“Artists Call”, Terry Dintenfass Gallery, NYC
“American Women Artists, Part 1”, Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC (cat.)
“Fifteen Abstract Artists”, Susan Montezinos Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1983
“American Abstract Artists”, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC; also at the Univ. of Alabama (cat.)
“55 Mercer – 12 Years”, 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibition, John Weber Gallery; Lucio Pozzi, curator (cat.)
“Works on Paper”, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC; Donald Droll, curator (cat.)
“Christmas Show”, Bonnier Gallery, NYC
“A More Store”, Tilton Gallery, NYC

1982
“Recent Aspects of All Over”, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, NYC; Theodore Bonin, curator
“Anti – Apocalypse; Artists’ Response to Nuclear Peril”, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
“Unpunctuated – New Papers”, Grommet Gallery, NYC; Marcia Hafif and Jean Dupuy, curators

1981
“Painting About Painting”, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ (cat.)
“American Abstract Artists”, Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ
Group Exhibition, Lowe Art Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY (cat.)
“New Art II: Surfaces/Textures”, Spring Penthouse Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, NYC
“Heresies Benefit”, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NYC
Summer Group Exhibition, Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC
“Small Scale Works”, Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC
“Drawings Selected by the Galley Advisory Council”, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ (cat.)

1980
“One Grand Leap Year Art Sale”, Franklin Furnace Galley, NYC
“Painted Structures”, Jeffrey Fuller Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1979
“Drawing” Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC
Summer Group Exhibition, Young/Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
“American Abstract Artists,” Betty Parsons Gallery, NYC (cat.)
Group Exhibition, Julian Pretto Gallery, NYC
“Small Works”, Young/Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
“A Great Big Drawing Show”, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY

1978
“The Reality of Art”, Truman Gallery, NYC
“Recent Works”, Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC
“Post Minimal Artists”, Nobe Gallery, NYC; Per Jensen, curator

1977
American Abstract Artists Exhibition, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
“Outside the City Limits”, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY (cat.)
Group Exhibition, Julian Pretto Gallery, NYC
“Christmas Show”, Truman Gallery, NYC
Summer Group Exhibition, Droll/Kolbert, NYC

1976
American Abstract Artists Memorial Exhibition, Westbeth, NYC

1974
“55 Mercer Traveling Group Exhibition”, Gallery Association of New York State, NYC (cat.)

1972
“Grids”, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (cat.)

1971
“26 Contemporary Women Artists”, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (cat.)
“Christmas Show”, Penthouse Gallery, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC

1970
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC

PUBLICATIONS BY THE ARTIST:
“Public and Private”, Self Published, Hong Kong, 2004
“Oil and Water”, Self published, Hong Kong and Seattle, WA, 2000
“Painted Sun Trails”, Self Published, Hong Kong and Seattle, WA, 1996
“Time and Materials”, Self Published, Hong Kong and Seattle, WA, 1994
“Notes on Paint”, Self published with funds from NEA Artists' Fellowship Grant, Seattle, WA, 1990
“A Calendar”, September 1982- December 1983, Self Published, Seattle, WA, 1982

AWARDS:
2006 Andrew Carnegie Prize. National Academy of Design.
Academy Award in Art. American Academy of Arts and Letters.
2002 Hassam Purchase Award. American Academy of Arts & Letters.
1992 Northwest Design Award, “Notes On Paint”, in collaboration with The Traver Company.
1991 AIGA Book Show 1990, Certificate of Excellence, Merrill Wagner “Notes On Paint”.
1989 National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship Grant

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA
Chase Manhattan Bank, NYC
Coopers and Lybrand, Boston, MA
Gemeente Museum, The Hague, Holland
Richard Gluckman, Architects, NYC
Goldman Sachs Company, NYC
Long Island University, Brookville, NY
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, WY
Project Studios One, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, NY
Charles Schwab Company, San Francisco, CA
Sears Merchandising, Chicago, IL
Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
Seattle First National Bank, Seattle, WA
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
University Museum at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
Weatherspoon Art Gallery at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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TEACHING POSITIONS:
1993-1998 Parsons School of Design, NYC
1986-1993 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1985-1986 University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA; summer session.
1983-1984 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

COMMITTEES:
1982-85 President, American Abstract Artists
1980 Member of panel to select artists for studios at P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
1979 Member of panel to select artists for studios at P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Civic Arts Commission, Advisor to panel selecting sculpture for city of Tacoma, WA
1977-78 Alumni Gallery Committee, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
1976-present Member of the American Abstract Artists

LECTURES AND PANELS:
2005 TV interview, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA.
2004 National Academy of Design, “Alive and Well: A Future for Painting Materials”, NYC.
2003 National Academy of Design, “Art Conversation on Edwin Dickenson”, NYC.
2002 University of Puget Sound, Kitteridge Hall, Tacoma, WA.
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.
2001 The New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA.
2000 Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA.
The Nicolaysen Museum of Art and Discovery Center, Casper, WY.
The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
1999 Artists Trust, Tacoma, WA.
The Studio School, NYC.
1998 Dorfman Projects in conjunction with Art Resources Transfer, “The Tip of the Iceberg, Part III” NYC
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ; panel discussion.
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. “Visual Arts Week”.
1997 The Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA.
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
The Islip Art Museum, Islip, LI, NY.
The Art Students’ League of New York; “Crossing Visual Boundaries”; panel discussion, NYC
1995 The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island.
William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ.
1993 American Abstract Artists
1987 Artists Talk on Art, Inc. “Structure as Object”, panel discussion.
“Career Day”, The McBurney School, NY.
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.
1984 The Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
1982 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, panel discussion.
1981 Ben Shahn Gallery, Paterson College, Wayne, NJ, panel discussion with video.
1980 Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY.
1979 C.W. Post College, Long Island, NY.