Margaret Owen Mellott
b. 1923
FORT WORTH, TEXAS

Fort Worth artist, Margaret Owen Mellott attained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1946. She studied under Yashuo Kuniyoshi and Robert Beverly Hale at the Arts Student League of New York in New York City and subsequently undertook graduate studies at Colorado Springs-Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Mellott continued refining her technique with summer studies in 1972 and 1974 at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio.

Margaret’s professional experience includes instruction and graduate level teaching at U.C.L.A., Sul Ross State College in Alpine, TX, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, TX, the Houston Settlement Association in Houston, TX and as the Art Librarian at the University of Texas in Austin, TX. Her professional affiliations include participation in the Art Education Conference on Teaching and Learning in 2000 conducted by the Fort Worth Independent School District and Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX, being a charter member of the Contemporary Art Center of Fort Worth  and service as a Board Member for the Committee for an Artists’ Center in Fort Worth, TX.

Mellott’s work has been shown extensively in solo exhibitions, most recently including Cedar Valley Community College, Lancaster, Texas, 2005; Art on Site shown at various schools throughout Fort Worth, Texas, 2000-2003 and Templeton Art Center, Fort Worth, Texas, 1992. Additionally, Mellot’s earlier solo exhibitions include Lowry Center, College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, 1971; Malone College, Canton, Ohio, 1966 and Gregory Gaines Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1953. 

The artwork of Margaret Mellott has been included in a number of group exhibitions, predominantly in Fort Worth and Arlington, TX. In 2006, her artwork was exhibited in “Fire and Ice” at the Arlington Museum of Art in Arlington, TX. She also participated in “Summer Vacation,” Central Public Library Gallery, Fort Worth, TX, 2002; “Blue Skies,” Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX, 2001; “Exchange 9,” Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Wichita Falls, TX, 2000; “Artists in Monoprint,” Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus, Arlington, TX, 1999 and “Three Artists,” Tarrant County College, Northwest Campus, Fort Worth, TX, 1988.

The award winning artist characterizes her own work as a reflection of her concern for the human condition. Through her art, she seeks to explore the inner realities of mankind’s mind and spirit.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005    Cedar Valley Community College Gallery, Lancaster, TX
2000-    “Art on Site,” Camp Bowie Academy, McLean
2003    Middle School, All Saints Episcopal School, Woodway Elementary School, Fort Worth,
1992    Templeton Art Center Fort Worth, TX
1971    Lowry Center, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
1966    Mallone College, Canton, OH
1953    Gregory Gaines Gallery, Houston, TX

GROUP INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2006    “Fire and Ice,” Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
2005    The Gallery at The Frame Up, Fort Worth, TX
2005    Preservation is the Art of the City, Fort Worth Public Library Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
2004    Artists Against Aids, Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
2004    Preservation is the Art of the City, Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX*
Awards selected by Margaret Blagg
2003    “Exchange 9,” Fort Worth Central Public Library Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
Work selected by Jim Malone
2002    “Summer Vacation,” Central Public Library Gallery, Fort Worth, TX
2002    “Blue Skies,” Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX
2001    “Exchange 9,” Wichita Falls Museum and Art Center, Wichita Falls, TX
1999    “Artists in Monoprint,” Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus, Arlington, TX
1988    “Three Artists,” Tarrant County College, Northwest Campus, Fort Worth, TX
1951,     Houston Artists Annual Exhibit, Museum of 1949    Fine Arts of Houston, Houston, TX*
1947    Texas General Exhibit, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1946    Texas Fine Arts Association Membership Exhibit, Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX*
    *Award received

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Estate of Flora Armitage, New York, New York
Dr. J.R. Barroco, Houston, TX
Doreen Bruner, Arlington, TX
Delores Fiesler, Fort Worth, TX
Beth Lea Clardy, Fort Worth, TX
Mike and Cindi Hold, Fort Worth, TX
Val and Jack Hunnicutt, Fort Worth, TX
Kymberly Keaton, Fort Worth, TX
Estate of Zoe Leger, Houston, TX
Carlos Northam, Fort Worth, TX
J. Rosenberg, Fort Worth, TX
Robert Straus, Houston , TX
Synod of Ohio, United Presbyterian Church
Randi and Mark Thistlethwaite, Fort Worth TX
Janet Tyson, Fort Worth, TX
Nancy Vance, Fort Worth, TX
John Zuckerman, Houston, TX

Submitted by Stephanie A. Reeves.