Awards

2024  Luxembourg Art Prize Finalist, The Pinacotheque, 7 Rue Michel Rodange, Luxembourg

2023    Estes Valley Plein Air Fellowship, Estes Park, CO 

2021     Andy Warhol Montauk Preserve Visual Artist Program, The Nature Conservancy

2010    New York Foundation for the Arts, Strategic Opportunity Stipend

2009      New York Foundation for the Arts, Mark09 Program Recipient

2009      Art League of Long Island Award of Excellence, Deer Park, NY Juror: Andrew Arnot

2001      “Long Island Artist Award,” Long Island Artists Exhibit, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY

1996      “Certificate of Excellence,” in Art History, Pratt Institute

Solo/ Two Person Exhibits

2024               Local Color, Celebrating our Ocean Beaches, Fitzgerald Gallery, 48 B Main Street, Westhampton, NY

2023               Summer Series, George Billis Gallery, 166 Main Street, Fairfield, CT

2020               Salt Marsh Series, George Billis Gallery, 166 Main Street, Westport, CT

2018                East End Light, George Billis Gallery, 525 W. 26th Street, NYC

2012                Summer Light, The Quogue Library, Quogue, NY

2009               Water’s Edge, Southampton Historical Museum, Southampton, NY

2008                Recent Works, Rosalie Dimon Gallery, Jamesport, NY

2005                The Remsenburg Series, NY, The Remsenburg Academy, NY

2004               Works in Paint and Clay, CW Post, LI University, Brookville, NY

2003                Babies, Quogue Library, Quogue, NY

2002                Orient Series: Images of Orient, NY, Whitney Art Works, Greenport, NY

Select Group Exhibits:

2024                It’s Time to Slow Down, Anderson Contemporary, 180 Maiden Lane, New York, NY

2021                Ride the Wave, George Billis Gallery. 180 Post Road East, Westport, CT

2021                Art on Paper, George Billis Gallery, Pier 36, New York, NY

2020               Connections, Kathryn Markel Gallery, Curator: Arlene Bujese, Bridgehampton, NY

2019, 18, 17    The Quogue Gallery, Quogue, NY

2018                 Summer Art Exhibit, George Billis Gallery, 252 W 26th St., NYC

2017               Chase Edwards Gallery, Spring/Fall, Bridgehampton, NY

2017, 18, 21, 22     Art Market Hamptons, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY

2016                George Billis Gallery, Summer Pop-up, Southampton, NY

2016                Summer Invitational Exhibit, George Billis Gallery, New York, NY

2016                Art Hamptons, Lawrence Fine Arts, East Hampton, NY

2015                East End Hospice (EEH) Permanent Art Collection, Curator: Arlene Bujese, Quiogue NY

2013                One Summer, Birnam Wood Gallery, 514 W 24th St., NYC

2012, ’13, ’14, ’15 Art Southampton, Birnam Wood Gallery, NY

2012                Spring Quintet, Curator, Arlene Bujese, SCC, Southampton, NY

2011 – 19, 21-24 Box Art Auction, for EEH, Curator, Arlene Bujese, East Hampton, NY

2010                Autumn Light, Curator, Arlene Bujese, SCC, Southampton, NY

2010                Mark-it! Artists from NYFA MARK09, Curator, Beth Giles, SCCC, Riverhead, NY

2010, ‘11           Roseline Koener Atelier, Artists Studio Tour, Westhampton, NY

2009                My Long Island, Juror: Carole Jay, Islip Museum, East Islip, NY

2009                53rd Long Island Artists Exhibition, Art League of Long Island, Deer Park, NY

2009, ’07, ’11, ’13, ’15, ’17, 19, 22 Faculty Show, Suffolk County Community College, Riverhead, NY

2001, ‘08, ‘16, ’17, ’18, ‘20 Members’ Exhibit, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY

2005                Summer Series, Whitney Art Works, Portland, MA

2002                In the Kitchen, Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY

2001                NO FO: Images of the North Fork, Whitney Art Works, Greenport, NY

2001                Long Island Artists Exhibit, Heckscher Museum, Huntington, NY

2000                WWW.WOMANSWORK.COM, Smithtown Arts Council, St. James, NY

Education
1996   MFA Painting, MS Art History, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

1988      BS, Biology, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY, Dean’s List

1984      BFA Painting, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, cum laude

2024     “The Art of Metal,” Zakriya Rabani, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO

2024     “Gel Plate Printing,” Holly Hughes, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO


Travel:

Saint Barth’s – Twenty day painting tour, 2021
Anguilla
– Two week painting tour, 2020
Spain – Three week painting tour, and Spanish Language study, in Sierra Navada, Capiliera, 2019
South Africa – 9 day painting tour on Garden Route to Cape Town, Table Mt. 2018
New Zealand – 9 day painting/hiking tour, South Island, Mt. Cook, Ithmus Peak, Mt. Aspiring, 2018
USA: painting tour: Grand Canyon, Brice, Zion, Arches, Mesa Verde, Canyon Lands, 2006; Glacier Nat’l Park, Yellowstone, 2009;
Rocky Mountain, rafting Colorado River (Cataract Canyon), 2012; Mt Katahdin, MA,’17,’16,’15
Italy: Drawing/Painting in Tuscany-Assistantship, Pratt Institute summer program, painting, art history,1994
Scotland-bike touring, Hebrides, 1992  Materials and Techniques Seminar in Venice– lectured on “Titian’s Glaze Techniques,” 1994

Assistant Professor:
Suffolk County Community College, Riverhead, NY, 1998-present

2-D Design: Structure, proportion, motion, color, attributes of abstract elements, expression, creativity

Drawing: Expression and creativity, charcoal, graphite, oil stick, ink, graphite, ink wash, watercolors

Art History: Art History II Renaissance to Impressionism: class discussion, slide lecture, museum visits

Art Appreciation:  Art History lecture, aesthetics readings, studio art projects.

Color:  Simultaneous contrast, optical mixing, middle mixes, neutral vs. saturation, value, expression

Gallery Curator
The Lyceum Gallery, SCCC Eastern Campus, 2005–present

Writing Assistant
Assistant to Mary Buckley-Parriott (Professor Emerita, Pratt’s 1992 Institute Distinguished Professor), documented Buckley’s  colorist sensibility and artistic discovery, 1995 – 2001

Publications

American Art Collector “A Day at the Beach,” by Meg Daly, July 2023.

The Southampton Review, “Painting the Other Senses” Summer/Fall 2022

Dan’s Papers, Bridgehampton NY, cover: Salt Marsh 2, oil on canvas, “Meet Dan’s Papers cover artist Margery Gosnell-Qua,” by Brian Cudzilo, May 11, 2018.

The Southampton Press, “Nature’s Quintet,” by Michelle Trauring, March 29, 2012.

The Southampton Press, “Practicing the Fine Art of Staying Connected:’Mark-it’ Exhibit Keeps Bonds Strong,” by Pat Rogers, September 23, 2010.

“Master Artist Series,” Ellen de Pazzi interviews Margery Gosnell-Qua, Public Television Channel 20, Riverhead NY, though Oct. 2007.

Dan’s Papers, Bridgehampton NY, cover: Cupsogue 2, oil on canvas, “Honoring the Artist: Margery Gosnell-Qua,” by Marion Wolberg Weiss, p. 69, Sept. 7, 2007.

The Artist Speaks” Jay Throne interviews Margery Gosnell-Qua, Public Television Channel 20, Riverhead, NY, through Aug. 2005.

Dan’s Papers, Bridgehampton NY, cover: Sailboats, oil on canvas, “Honoring the Artists: Margery Gosnell-Qua,” by Marion Wolberg Weiss. p. 43, Oct. 17, 2003.

The Southampton Press, “Art That Translates All the Senses Onto Canvas,” by Diana Bletter, May 30, 2002ArGel

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