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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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