Margaret vonKleist Emond mve@margaretemond.com
2007 – Solo Show, Hygienic Art Gallery, New London CT
2007 – Juried show, Artwell Gallery, Torrington CT
2006 – Solo Show, Lyric Gallery, New London CT
2006 – Created and published Bank Street Magazine for eleven months featuring arts
and entertainment along the CT shoreline
1999 – 2003 – Created murals, and drew illustrations of custom window treatments and
custom furniture and did drawings for advertisements, for two leading Hartford
interior designers
1998 – Created set design for production of “POPS ‘n JAZZ”, West Hartford CT
1996 – Created large mural for whole room, floor to ceiling, Litchfield Athletic Club,
Litchfield CT
1996 – 1986 – Sold work, and was commissioned for work through the Signature Galleries
in Westport CT, Boston, Chestnut Hill, and Mashpee MA, the Abacus Galleries in
Portland and Boothbay Harbor, ME, The Masterworks Gallery, Highland Park, IL,
The Ellen Harris and The Halcyon Galleries, Provincetown MA
1986 - “Summertime” juried, Artworks Gallery, Hartford CT
1986 – Three person show, Esta Robinson Contemporary Art, NY NY
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 73rd, 74th, 75th Juried Exhibitions:
1986 – New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT
1985 – William Benton Museum, Storrs, CT
1983 – Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich CT
1985 – Solo Show, Farmington Library, Farmington CT
1984 & 1985 – Members Exhibit, Saltbox Gallery, West Hartford CT
1985 – National Juried Exhibition, Green Art Gallery, Guilford CT
Connecticut Women Artists 54th, 56th, 57th Juried Exhibitions:
1986 – John Slade Ely House, New Haven CT
1983 & 1985 – Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford CT
1984 – “On the Campaign Trial” Aetna Institute Gallery, Hartford CT
1984 – Solo Show, Gallery on the Green, Canton CT
1984 – 12th Annual Juried Exhibition, Northwestern Community College, Winsted CT
1983 – 1985 – Juried members shows, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
1982 – “The Hartford Show”, Artworks Gallery, Hartford CT
1981 – “Young Artists Show” Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown MA
AWARDS
1985 - Judy Pfaff Selection Award, West Hartford CT
1985 – Vice President, Connecticut Women Artists
1984 - Honorable Mention, April, Gallery on the Green, Canton CT
1983 – First Prize, Annual members show, Gallery on the Green, Canton CT
1980 – Barbara Podorowsky Memorial Painting Award, Hartford Art School, West Hartford CT
1979 – Clipper Mill Industry Award, Bristol CT
1979 – Simmons Boardman Award, Bristol CT
EDUCATION
BFA, Magna Cum Laude University of Hartford, Hartford Art School, 1980. Previous
instruction at the Copley Art Society and the Cambridge Art League, Boston MA, and the Art
Students League, NY NY.
2007 – Solo Show, Hygienic Art Gallery, New London CT
2007 – Juried show, Artwell Gallery, Torrington CT
2006 – Solo Show, Lyric Gallery, New London CT
2006 – Created and published Bank Street Magazine for eleven months featuring arts
and entertainment along the CT shoreline
1999 – 2003 – Created murals, and drew illustrations of custom window treatments and
custom furniture and did drawings for advertisements, for two leading Hartford
interior designers
1998 – Created set design for production of “POPS ‘n JAZZ”, West Hartford CT
1996 – Created large mural for whole room, floor to ceiling, Litchfield Athletic Club,
Litchfield CT
1996 – 1986 – Sold work, and was commissioned for work through the Signature Galleries
in Westport CT, Boston, Chestnut Hill, and Mashpee MA, the Abacus Galleries in
Portland and Boothbay Harbor, ME, The Masterworks Gallery, Highland Park, IL,
The Ellen Harris and The Halcyon Galleries, Provincetown MA
1986 - “Summertime” juried, Artworks Gallery, Hartford CT
1986 – Three person show, Esta Robinson Contemporary Art, NY NY
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 73rd, 74th, 75th Juried Exhibitions:
1986 – New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain CT
1985 – William Benton Museum, Storrs, CT
1983 – Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich CT
1985 – Solo Show, Farmington Library, Farmington CT
1984 & 1985 – Members Exhibit, Saltbox Gallery, West Hartford CT
1985 – National Juried Exhibition, Green Art Gallery, Guilford CT
Connecticut Women Artists 54th, 56th, 57th Juried Exhibitions:
1986 – John Slade Ely House, New Haven CT
1983 & 1985 – Joseloff Gallery, West Hartford CT
1984 – “On the Campaign Trial” Aetna Institute Gallery, Hartford CT
1984 – Solo Show, Gallery on the Green, Canton CT
1984 – 12th Annual Juried Exhibition, Northwestern Community College, Winsted CT
1983 – 1985 – Juried members shows, Gallery on the Green, Canton, CT
1982 – “The Hartford Show”, Artworks Gallery, Hartford CT
1981 – “Young Artists Show” Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown MA
AWARDS
1985 - Judy Pfaff Selection Award, West Hartford CT
1985 – Vice President, Connecticut Women Artists
1984 - Honorable Mention, April, Gallery on the Green, Canton CT
1983 – First Prize, Annual members show, Gallery on the Green, Canton CT
1980 – Barbara Podorowsky Memorial Painting Award, Hartford Art School, West Hartford CT
1979 – Clipper Mill Industry Award, Bristol CT
1979 – Simmons Boardman Award, Bristol CT
EDUCATION
BFA, Magna Cum Laude University of Hartford, Hartford Art School, 1980. Previous
instruction at the Copley Art Society and the Cambridge Art League, Boston MA, and the Art
Students League, NY NY.
