My work is interdisciplinary, combining art and science to explore the complicated history and future of anthropogenic effects on the Earth’s systems. Through handmade paper, artist’s books, and environmental works my practice navigates our planet from atmosphere to core, examining ecological history and visualizing predictions of future global change. My work encourages the
audience to look, touch, smell, and taste, providing an experiential introduction to the complexities of ecology.
My practice is more than environmental art; it is a political statement, a rejection of industrial modes of production, and an embrace of hand papermaking as a worthy artistic medium. Through hand papermaking, in the words of William Morris, I seek to “help to keep alive memories of the past which are necessary elements of the life of the future, and methods of work which no society could afford to lose.”* The work exists at the intersection of art and science, or more specifically, of community and environment. In art and life, the embrace of the handmade vs. machine-made is an anti-capitalist gesture with strong ties to Environmentalism, both seeking “the general movement towards freedom of life for all,”* humans and non-humans alike.
*William Morris, “The Revival of Handicraft”. Originally published in The Fortnightly Review (November 1888)
Maggie was born in Long Beach. California in 1981 and currently lives in Chicago, Illinois.
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Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION | AWARDS | GROUP EXHIBITIONS | RELATED EXPERIENCE | BIBLIOGRAPHY | COLLECTIONS
EDUCATION
2011 MFA Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago
2004 BS Studio Art, New York University, Cum Laude
AWARDS
Alumni Studio Access Award, Winter/Spring 2012, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts
Scholarship, Intensive Book and Paper Workshop, IDEA Caracas / Columbia College Chicago / El Centro del Libro de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
Albert P. Weisman Award 2011, grant for Anthropocene, Columbia College Chicago
Offset Print Production Fellowship, Fall 2009-Fall 2010, Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts
Honors Scholar 20042004, New York University
Founders Day Award , New York University
Academic Scholarship 2000-2004, New York University
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
Social Paper, The Center for Book and Paper Arts, February, Chicago, IL
2013
If All Else Fails..., Co-Prosperity Sphere, May 31-June 2, Chicago, IL
Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA,Feb 1-3, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Water: Threats and Possibilities, HumanThread Gallery, March 9 – April 1, 2012, Chicago, IL
The Natural World, Swell Gallery, March 2012, West Dundee, IL
2011
2011 Albert P. Weisman Award Exhibition, The Arcade Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, November 3, 2011 - December 16, 2012, Chicago, I
9/11 Ripple Effect (Editorial), Cnn.com, September 2011
Pore Awë, Centro de Arte Los Galpones, Caracas, Venezuela
Art of the Book, Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
Next Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Anthropocene, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Center for Book and Paper Arts Gallery, Columbia College, April 29 - May 20, 2011
Recent Works, Interdisciplinary Book & Paper Arts, Student Galley, Columbia College Chicago, January-February, 2011
2010
Creatures Great and Small, Yeiser Art Center, May 8-June 12, 2010, Paducah, KY; Lexington Art League, July 10- August 28, 2010, Lexington, KY
Beyond the Rumours, Con-Temporary Art Space, April 29, 2010, Chicago, IL
Pulp, Ink & Thread, Moraine Valley College, April 23-May 21, 2010, Palos Hills, IL
Process Impact: Activist Art, Eagle Art Gallery, April 16-May 2, 2010, Murray, KY
Planet Earth, PlayfulZen Gallery, April 9-May 5, 2010, Chicago, IL
Beyond Belief, The Galley, Center for Book and Paper Arts, February-April 2010, Chicago, IL
Total Ocean Recall @ NFO XPO, Version 10, April 24-25, 2010, Chicago, IL
Edible Books, Columbia College Chicago, April 1, 2010, Chicago, IL
Access Excess, C33 Gallery, February-April, 2010, Chicago, IL
Recycle The Raindrops at The Chicago Center For Green Technology, January 19 - March 7, 2010, Chicago, IL
At Close Distance: Labryinth of Self, C33 Gallery, November 11-February 12, 2010, Chicago, IL
2009
Creatures Great and Small, Eagle Art Gallery, October 23-December 6 2009, Murray, KY (catalog)
Group Exhibition, The Front @ 1307, November 21, 2009, Chicago, IL
Recycle the Raindrops at Greentown Chicago, October 14-15 2009, Chicago, IL
Edible Books, Columbia College Chicago, April 2009, Chicago, IL
In the Near Future..., Vespine Gallery. March 2009, Chicago, IL
2005-2004
Take Back the News, September 2005, New York, NY
The Let’s Make Pretty Things Show, Guild the Lily, July 2004. New York, NY
Senior Exhibition, New York University, April-May 2004. New York, NY
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2014
CAA Panel Discussion: Still on Terra Firma?: The American Landscape in Contemporary Art." Sponsored by the Association of Historians of American Art
2012
Felted Book Pilot Workshop with Melissa Potter and Miriam Schaer, Nov 2
2011
Guerrilla Girls workshop. Columbia College Chicago, October 17-18
Presentation of Anthropocene, Universidad Nacional Experimental de las Artes, Armando Reveron, Caracas, Venezuela
Papermaking Demo, Hand Papermaking 25th Anniversary Celebration, Columbia College Chicago, IL
2010
Activist in the Yes Lab, residency with The Yes Men / Greenpeace / Columbia College, Chicago, IL
Workshop Participant, “Political Print” with Maureen Cummins, Columbia College Chicago, IL
Papermaking Demonstration, Printers’ Ball, July 30, Chicago, IL
2009
President, Pulp, Ink & Thread, Student Organization, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Workshop Participant, “Picturing Recent Futures: Architecture of Fantastical Dormancy” with Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss, Columbia College, Chicago, IL (catalog)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2013
Proximity Magazine, Interview, Coming soon...
2012
"Artists’ Book by Maggie Puckett Purchased During Printed Matter Book Art Fair." by Kathleen Beste, InterArts & CBPA Newsfeed, March 22
"An Interview with Maggie Puckett." by Mirabelle Jones, The Book Art Blog, November 24, 2012
"Alumna Maggie Puckett Returns to CBPA as Visiting Faculty." by Kathleen Beste, InterArts & CBPA Newsfeed, November 30, 2012
“Handpapermaking in the Time of Climate Change”, by Maggie Puckett, Hand Papermaking, Summer 2012
2011
Reverse Effect: Renewing Chicago's Waterways, Studio Gang Architects with NRDC. Illustrations. 2011
“Mel Potter, Haley Nagy, and Maggie Puckett working in Caracas!” Interdisciplinary Arts Department News, Columbia College Chicago, June 13
Reveal: Studio Gang Architects, Jeanne Gang. Illustrations. Princeton Architectural Press
“2011 Graduate Weisman Award Winners”, Graduate Student News, Columbia College Chicago, February 16
2010
“Interview: Featured Artist Maggie Puckett...”, Julie Hunt, Chicago Publishes, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL, December
“Maggie Puckett: Media Artist of the Future with A Medieval Twist”, by Nina Kauffman. Graduate Student News, Columbia College, May, 2010
“Tasteless Puns Make Tasty Tomes”. Columbia Chronicle, Columbia College, April 2, 2010
2003
Literal Latte, illustrations. Fall 2003. New York, NY
1999
North County Times Magazine, cover illustration. 1999. San Diego, CA
COLLECTIONS
Dartmouth College, Rauner Special Collections Library, Hanover, NH
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Occidental College, Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA
Savannah College of Art & Design, AVA Library Artist's Book Room, Atlanta, GA
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA
St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA
University of California at Santa Barbara Special Collections Library, Santa Barbara, CA
Private Collections
