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- Education
- 1985 Yale School of Art, MFA in Painting
- 1982-83 NY Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture
- 1979 Washington U. in St. Louis, BFA in Painting
- 1978 Yale at Norfolk
- Awards
- 2001 Blanche E. Colman Award
- 1998 Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France; Wash. U. in St.Louis Residency
- 1991 Ragdale Art Colony Residency
- 1990 Millay Art Colony Residency
- 1989 Ingram-Merrill Foundation Grant
- 1985 Fulbright-Hays Grant to Italy
- Solo Exhibitions
- 2007 The Art of Losing: Small Works, The Painting Center Project Room, NYC
- 2006 Lo Straniamento del’ Io, Antonia Jannone Disegni di Archittetura, Milan, Italy
- 2005 Headworks, Three Graces Gallery, Portsmouth NH
- 2002 Visions and Revisions, Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth NH
- 1999 Small Giants, Spartanburg County Art Museum, SC
- 1999 Leviathans, LSU-Shreveport, LA
- 1997 Still at Large, Sherman Gallery, Boston U., MA
- 1997 Aspettando il 2000, Galleria Antonia Jannone Disegni di Architettura, Milan, Italy
- 1996 Giants Anonymous, Washington Depot Gallery, CT
- 1994 Giants at Large, Artemisa Gallery, Chicago
- 1992 Anthropolities, ARC Gallery, Chicago
- 1992 Criptosanti, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Rome, Italy
- Two Person Exhibitions
- 2003 Grandiosities: Margaret McCann and John Jacobsmeyer, Fraser Gallery, Wash. DC
- 2003 Margaret McCann and Vera Iliatova, International School, Montecastello, Italy
- 1991 Saints, Sinners and Icons: Paul Lucchesi and Margaret McCann, Bridgewater/Lustb.Gallery NYC
- Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2006-07 Facets of Perception: Zeuxis, Weigand Gallery, CA; Newhouse Contemporary Art, NY; Scweinfurth Art Center, NY; Eleanor Wilson Museum, VA; Alexander Hogue Gallery, OK (catalogue)
- 2005 Poetic Dimensions, Hofstra U., NY; Kougeas Gallery, NYC, Gabriel Laderman, curator
- 2004-05 Tabletop Arenas: Zeuxis, Colby Museum, Colby College, ME;Lori Bookstein, Fine Art, NYC; UNH Art Gallery; Haverford College, PA; Ohr-O’Keefe Museum, Biloxi, MI (catalogue)
- 2002 Nus, Villes Galerie Beckel Odille Boicos, Paris
- 2002 Uncommon Perspectives: Zeuxis, Denise Bibro Gall., NYC; Attleb. Museum, MA; Erector Sq. Gall.CT
- 2002 Serial Thinking: Zeuxis, Wright State U., OH; Kouros Gallery, NYC; Augustana Coll.Gall., IL; Purdue U. Gallery, IN; (catalogue)
- 1999 Collettiva, Museo dei Francobolli, Ancona, Italy
- 1999 Still Life, The Human Presence: Zeuxis, U. of Wisconsin, LaCrosse; Peninsula Fine Arts Center, VA; Wash. Studio School, DC, Erector Square Gallery, CT; The Painting Center, NYC (catalogue)
- 1998 Contempo Italiante: Impressions of Italy, Laband Art Gallery, LA, CA; Las Vegas Art Museum
- 1996 Small Works, NYU Gallery, Edward Thorp, juror (honorable mention)
- 1995 Women: Rites of Passage,Wright State U., Denison U., Bowling Green U., OH (catalogue)
- 1994 Women,Women’s Caucus for Art, Boston Museum School Gallery, Boston
- 1993 Salon ’93, Art in General, NYC 1990
- 1992 Colletiva, La Gradiva Gallery, Rome
- 1992 Arte 1000, Sala Una Gallery, Rome: special mention
- 1990 May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, OH
- Selected Bibliography
- 2005 Headworks, Art New England, R. Craven
- 2004 ...Zeuxis Communes with the Inanimate, New York Observer, 7/19, M. Naves
- 1997 Donne che debordanno tra le case, Corriera della sera, 2/9, E. Krumm
- 1997 McCann dipinge il peso del passato, La Reppublica, 2/12, A. Madesani
- 1992 Openings, Art and Antiques Magazine, summer 1992
- Selected Private Collections
- Alan Shestak, Deputy Director, Washington National Gallery
- Giorgio Bassani (portrait commission); collection Portia Prebys, Rome
- Franco Citti (portrait commission)
- Andrew Forge and Ruth Miller
- George Nick
- Julie Heffernan
- Eve Mansdorf
- Teaching Experience, Lectures
- 2006 Syracuse U., Visiting Asst. Prof. of Art
- 2006 NY Academy, Visiting Critic
- 1993-04 Boston U. CFA, Asst. Prof. of Art
- 2004 Indiana U., Brooklyn College, Visiting Artist
- 2002,3 International School, Todi, Italy
- 1998 Yale U. School of Art, U. of Pennsylvania; Visiting Artist
- 1993-94 UNH, Asst. Professor
- 1985-93 ROME, ITALY: Loyola U. of Chicago; Trinity College, Hartford; John Cabot U.; Saint Mary’s College/Notre Dame; RISD European Honors Program
- Related Experience
- 2006 Art Reviewer, Portsmouth Hearld, NH
- 2005 Art Reviewer, Art New England
- 2004 Art Reviewer, Photographer, Columnist: Woman on the Street, The Wire, Seacoast, NH
- 1992 Book cover, Man of Smoke by Aldo Palazzeschi, Italica Press
- 1991 Contributor, Primavera Journal, poem published In My Hands
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