PEG MCCREARY
Upcoming/Recent
Shows:
Art Students League Exhibit
January 29 – February 3, 2007
The Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery
215 West 57th Street
New York, NY
Solo Show
January 26 – March 30, 2007
Cornell Medical Library Gallery
201 East 80th Street
Bio:
Peg McCreary is an accomplished abstract painter who has exhibited in the U.S. and abroad. Her works are in numerous private and corporate collections, including Berkshire Capital Corporation, the Pershing Square Company and the Buckingham Hotel, whose collection she recently joined as one of the winners in the "Buckingham Prize for the Expression of Music Through Art."
For the past ten years she has studied composition and color theory at the Art Students League where she recently received the "Best in the Show" award with her "La Valse", a large triptych inspired by the music of Ravel. Peg was also recently "Artist of the Week" in the Manhattan Arts International's Online Art Gallery. She belongs to Midtown West Art Associates, The West Side Arts Coalition, Metropolitan Artists and the National Collage Society. Her works have been reviewed and reproduced in The Jersey Journal, The Jersey City Reporter, Gallery & Studio, ArtSpeak and Manhattan Arts International.
McCreary spent the first half of her life involved in the classical music that would eventually find expression in her abstract paintings. She has played double bass with several orchestras, including the Cleveland Philharmonic, has played the viola da gamba with an early music performing group, and continues to study classical piano privately. She has also been a music critic and a program annotator.
In the early '90's McCreary began focusing her creative energies on abstract painting because she felt the need to move from the interpretive craft of the musician to the more directly creative role of the painter. She has traveled to Scotland and England in the study of landscape abstraction, and to Egypt, Sweden, the Netherlands, Italy, France and Germany in the research and analysis of art and sculpture. She lives in Jersey City and is a regular participant in the annual Jersey City Artist Tour.
Selected Exhibitions:
2007
“Solo Show”, Cornell East Side Medical Library Gallery, New York, NY
“Art Students League Exhibit”, Phyllis H. Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2006
“Solo Show”, Cornell West Side Medical Center Gallery, New York, NY
“Abstract 2006”, Broadway Mall Gallery, New York, NY“Have a Good Eye”, July 7–August 26, The New Art Center, New York, NY
Tower 49 Exhibit, Tower 29 Building, July – November, New York, NY
Jersey City Artist Studio Tour, October 21 – 22, Jersey City, NJ
2005
"Selections by Dominique Nahas", The New Art Center, New York, NY
"Buckingham Prize Semifinalist Exhibit, New York Studio School Gallery, NY
"Abstract 2005", Broadway Mall Gallery, New York, NY
"Artists Pic", Times Square Gallery, September 27 – November 30, NY
2004
"Beyond Borders", Venezuelan Consulate, New York, NY
"Cathedral Arts Festival", Grace Cathedral Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
"Kaleidoscope", Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ
Cornell Medical Library Exhibit, New York, NY
2003
"Fall Details: Paintings & Sculpture", Cork Gallery, New York, NY
"Cultures in Context", Venezuelan Center, New York, NY
"Abstract 2003", Broadway Mall Gallery, NY
"Art Auction Gala" for Victor Hall, Jersey City, NJ
"Art by Association", New Century Gallery, New York, NY
2002
"Abstract 2002", Broadway Mall Gallery, NY
"Small Works Show (juried), 2/20 Gallery, NY
"Art Students League Exhibit", League Gallery, NY
2001
"Last Show in Soho", New Century Gallery, New York, NY
Jersey City Art Tour 2001, NJ
2000
"Exhibition", Ashkelon Khan Art Museum, Ashkelon, Israel,
"Riverside ArtsFest", Firehouse Gallery, Georgia
1998
"Artistic Visions", Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
"Contemporary Contemplations", New Century Gallery, New York, NY
"New Works by Members", The New Century Gallery, New York, NY
"Moods and Modes", Cork Gallery, New York, NY
1997
"Invitational Group Exhibit", Atelier DD&B, New York, NY
"Personal Visions", Lever House Gallery, New York, NY
1996
"Jersey City Artists Exhibit", The Cooper Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
"111 Artists and Their Friends See Red", Shoestring Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Affiliations:
Midtown West Art Associates (MWAA)
Metropolitan Artists
West Side Arts Coalition
The National Collage Society
The Art Students League
Contact:
E-Mail Artist
Artist Website: www.pegmccreary.com
