Born in 1935 in Seattle, WA
EDUCATION
1957 BA, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York
1959-63 Art Students League
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007 Lecturer, Leslie Heller Gallery
Lecturer, University of Rhode Island
2006 Lecturer, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
2005 TV Interview, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
2004 National Academy of Design, "Alive and Well: A Future for Painting Materials," lecture, New York, NY
2003 National Academy of Design, "Art Conversation on Edwin Dickenson," lecture, New York, NY
2002 University of Puget Sound, Guest Lecturer, Kitteridge Hall, Tacoma, WA
2000 Freedman Gallery, lecture, Reading, PA
The Nicolaysen Museum of Art and Discovery Center, Guest Lecturer, Casper, WY
1999 Artists Trust, Tacoma, WA
1998 Dorfman Projects in conjunction with Art Resources Transfer, "The Tip of the Iceberg, Part III," New York, NY
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. "Visual Arts Week."
1997 The Tacoma Art Museum, lecture, Tacoma, WA
The Islip Art Museum, lecture, Islip, LI, NY
1995 The University of Rhode Island, lecture, Kingston, RI
William Paterson College, lecture, Wayne, NJ
1987 Artists Talk on Art, Inc. "Structure as Object," panel discussion
"Career Day," The McBurney School, NY
1982-85 American Abstract Artists, President
1982 Princeton University, lecture, Princeton, NJ
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY; panel discussion
1980 Member of panel to select artists for studios at P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Sarah Lawrence College, lecture, Bronxville, NY
1979 C.W. Post College, lecture, Long Island, NY
Member of panel to select artists for studios at P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
Civic Arts Commission, Advisor to panel selecting sculpture for city of Tacoma, WA
1977-78 Alumni Gallery Committee, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
1976-pres. Member of the American Abstract Artists
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2012 Red Yellow Blue, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
Recycle: Flowers and Fields, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2011 Northern Columbia Community and Cultural Center, Benton, PA
2010 Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Flowers, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2008 Thoughts of Color and Form, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY
Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Patt Look Lewis Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2007 Peach Sky Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Looking at the Land, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI (cat./traveling)
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY
2006 New Work, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Looking at the Land, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ (cat./traveling)
Renate Bender, Munich, Germany
2005 Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
2004 Sundarem Tagore Gallery, New York, NY
Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2003 William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002 University of Puget Sound, Kitteridge Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Stark Gallery, New York, NY
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001 University of Wyoming, Art Museum, Laramie, WY
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2000 Freedman Gallery, Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading , PA
The Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY
1999 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Copper Drawings, Garner Tullis Workshop, New York, NY
PSI Institute for Art and Urban Resources, LIC, NY: "Green Landing Renovation"
1997 Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
1996 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
1995 Stark Gallery, New York, NY
1994 William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Outdoor Installation: "Painted Sun Trails: Recorded Cast Shadows, October-November," William Paterson College,
Wayne, NJ
1993 Outdoor Painting: "Runaway Red Yellow Blue," C.W. Post Campus, L.I. University, Brookville, NY
Fulcrum Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Stark Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
Traver Gallery, Seattle, Wa
Gemeentmuseum, The Hague, Holland
Galerie L'A, Liege, Belgium
1990 Larry Becker, Philadelphia, PA
1989 Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, NY
Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
1988 Julian Petto Gallery, Seatle, WA
1987 Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA
1986 John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY
1985 The Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center, San Jose, Costa Rica; Julian Petto, curator, Harris Samuel & Co.,
Miami, FL
1984 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
1982 Watson/de Nagy Gallery, Houston, TX
Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY
Charles Wright Academy, Tacoma, WA
1981 David Bellman Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
1980 Outdoor Installation, 26 Bond Street, New York, NY
Tacoma Actor's Guild, Tacoma, WA
1979 The Clocktower, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, NY
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY
1978 PSI Institute for Art and Urban Resources, LIC, NY
Droll/Kolbert Gallery, New York, NY
Julian Pretto Gallery, New York, NY
1977 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY
Truman Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 8 Women/8 Stories, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong
Home and the World, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore
2012 The Annual: 2012, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
Not Minimal, Foundation De 11 Lijnen, Groenedijkstraat, Belgium
To be looked at…, Close to…* (Summer Love), Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Monique Luchetti and Merrill Wagner, FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Inside Out: A Group Show, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore
2011 Abstraction: American Abstract Artists, The Icebox, Philadelphia, PA
Eight American Abstract Artists, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Perspectives; Nine Women, Nine Views, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
Continuum, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Still Light, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Constellation, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China
NAP Invitational Salon of Small Works Exhibition, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Scope Art Fair, NYC
In Bloom, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
A Place to Which We Can Come, Saint Cecilia’s Convent, Brooklyn, NY
American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary, OK Harris Gallery, NYC
Splendor of Dynamic Structure: Celebrating 75 Years of the American Abstract Artists,”
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (catalog)
Holiday Salon, Lesley Heller Workspace, NYC
Eight American Abstract Artists, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2010 The 2010 Winter Salon - In Synthesis, Elga Wimmer PCC, NYC
94 Feathers, collaboration with Molissa Fenley; Joyce Theatre, NYC
Material Exploration, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
Ucross: Twenty-Seven Years of Visual Arts Residencies,Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY (catalog)
This Cool, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
American Abstract Artists International, The Aragonese Castle of Otranto, Otranto, Italy
An Auction to Benefit the Family Resource Center of the Partnership for the Homeless, Gagosian Gallery, NYC
Array ([+] Prints), Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
NAP Invitational Salon of Small Works Exhibition, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
2009 Here & Now: Group Show, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
Seven Women/Seven Stories, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
Paterson: The Province of the Poem – The City as Metaphor, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ
One More, Thomas Rebbein Gallery, Köln, Germany
NAP Invitational Salon of Small Works Exhibition, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
2008 The Winter Salon – Works on Paper, Björn Ressle Gallery, NYC
Three Views of Abstraction, New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT
NAP Invitational Salon of Small Works Exhibition, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
2007 Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Lateral Attitudes, Raritan Valley Community College, Sommerville, NJ (cat.)
2006 National Academy of Design, New York, NY
American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Some Light, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Optical Simulations, American Abstract Artists, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, NY
Drawing Today, New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY
Merrill Wagner and Tom Doyle, New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT
Paint it Black, The Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ
2004 Beyond the Surface, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY
Dialogue Abstract, Space, New York, NY
Drift, Redhook, Valentino Pier Park, Brooklyn, NY
Time and Materials, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibition, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Theories: Abstract New York Recent Paintings, LICK Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY
2002 25th Anniversary Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
25 Years of Painting, Stark Gallery, New York, NY
331 Steps, collaboration with Molissa Fenley, Joyce Theatre, New York, NY
2001 Ann Messner & Merrill Wagner, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
2000 Punk and Bloat, Molloy College Art Gallery, Rockville Center, L.I., NY
Abstract Painting, The Studio School, New York, NY
(Un)resolved, Rosenberg and Kaufman Gallery, New York, NY
Weathering, a collaboration with Molissa Fenley, The Kitchen, New York, NY
1999 Footfalls 1999, Site Specific Sculpture, Greenport, Long Island, NY
Women and Geometric Abstraction, Pratt Institute, NY
Selections, Larry Becker Contemporary Art at Cherrystone Gallery, Wellfleet, Cape Cod, MA
Judith Murray and Merrill Wagner, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
1998 Merrill Wagner & Scott Reynolds, Workspace Gallery, New York, NY
Substance, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Painting with an Edge: Four Contemporary Artists, curated by Kristen Accola,
1997 After the Fall, curated by Lily Wei, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
Drawing from Life, Stark Gallery, New York, NY
Better Color through Chemistry, The Islip Museum, Islip, NY
1995 All about Edges, University of Rhode Island, curated by J. Tolnick, Kingston, RI
Geometric Abstraction, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
10 x 10: Artists Select a Painter of Their Choice, New York Studio School, New York, NY
Julian's Show II, Littlejohn Contemporary Gallery, curated by Julian Petto, New York, NY
1994 Fashion in Metal: Metal in Art, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY
Red, White Walls, and Blue, The Woodstock Guild's Kleinert Art Center, Woodstock, NY
Tacoma Art Museum: Selections from the Northwest Collection, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA
Abstract Art in the Seattle Arts Commission Portable Works Collection, Seattle Center Pavillion, Seattle, WA
Fallen Timber, Tacoma Art Museum, curated by Greg Bell, Tacoma, WA
1993 Impermanence. Andy Goldsworthy and Merrill Wagner, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Silent Echoes, Tennisport Arts, L.I.C. organized by Chris Haub
Artists of the Aughts, Fulcrum Gallery, New York, NY
1992 Breakdown!, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Inaugeral Show: Tennisport Arts, Long Island City, organized by Chris Haub
1991 Large Scale, Stark Gallery, New York, NY
AIGA Book Show 1990
Books as Art, Boca Raton Museum, Boca Raton, FL
1990 Carl Affarian, Stephen Antonakos, Merrill Wagner, Fawbush Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Three Artists Who Work WithSlate, E.L. Stark Gallery, New York, NY
Plane Into Form, mezzanine, One World Trade Center, New York, curated by University
1988 The Legacy of Surrealism in Contemporary Art, The Ben Shahm Gallery, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
Seattle, Before and After, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
1987 Seattle Sculpture 1927-1987, A Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibition, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, curated by Matthew
Kangas
1986 About Place: Contempoary American Landscape, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, NY
American Abstract Artists - 50th Anniversary Celebration 1936-1986, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
1985 Color and Field, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL, curated by Julian Pretto
Abstract Painting as Surface and Object, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus
1984-85 Large Drawing, curated by Elke Solomon, Independent Curators Incorporated, traveling exhibition
1984 From the Abstract to the Image, Oscarsson Hood Gallery, New York, NY
Installations, Directions of Broadway, New York, NY
American Women Artists, Part I, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY
Fifteen Abstract Artists, Susan Montezinos Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1983 American Abstract Artists, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
Works on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC, curated by Donald Droll
1982 Recent Aspects of All Over, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Theodore Bonin
Anti - Apocalypse; Artist's Response to Nuclear Peril, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
Unpunctuated - New Papers, Grommet Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Marcia Hafif and Jean Dupuy
1981 Painting About Painting, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
American Abstract Artists, Summit Art Center, Summit, NJ
Heresies Benefit, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NY
1980 One Grand Leap Year Art Sale, Franklin Furnace Gallery, New York, NY
Painted Structures, Jeffrey Fullery Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1979 Drawing, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY
American Abstract Artists, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, NY
A Great Big Drawing Show, P.S. 1, Long Island City, NY
1978 The Reality of Art, Truman Gallery, New York, NY
Post Minimal Artists, Nobe Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Per Jensen
1977 American Abstract Artists Exhibition, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
Outside the City Limits, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY
1976 American Abstract Artists Memorial Exhibition, Westbeth, New York, NY
1974 55 Mercer Traveling Group Exhibition, Gallery Association of New York State
1971 26 Contemporary Women Artists, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
Christmas Show, Penthouse Gallery, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA
Chase Manhattan Bank, NYC
Coopers and Lybrand, Boston, MA
Gemeente Museum, The Hague, Holland
Richard Gluckman, Architects, NYC
Goldman Sachs Company, NYC
Long Island University, Brookville, NY
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Nicolaysen Museum of Art, Casper, WY
Project Studios One, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, NY
Charles Schwab Company, San Francisco, CA
Sears Merchandising, Chicago, IL
Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle, WA
Seattle First National Bank, Seattle, WA
Smith College, Northampton, MA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
University Museum at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
Weatherspoon Art Gallery at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2006 Andrew Carnegie Prize, National Academy of Design
Academy Award in Art, American Academy of Arts and Letters
2002 Hassam Purchase Award, American Academy of Arts & Letters
1992 Northwest Design Award, "Notes On Paint," in collaboration with the Traver Company
1991 Certificate of Excellence, AIGA Book Show 1990, Merrill Wagner "Notes On Paint"
1989 National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship Grant
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1993-1998 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1986-1993 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1985-1986 University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA; summer session
1983-1984 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2008 La Rocco, Ben. “Merrill Wagner: Thoughts of Form and Color”, The Brooklyn Rail, November, p. 45
Modern Home, “Sundaram Tagore Gallery”, June 2008, p. 223
Johnson, Ken. “Hunting a Tribe of Minimalists on the Streets of the Upper East Side”, The New York Times, Jan. 5
2007 Lovelace, Carrie. “Merrill Wagner at Sundaram Tagore”, Art in America, Nov. 2007, p. 215
Wei, Lilly. “Merrill Wagner”, ART News, May 2007, p. 160
Newhall, Edith. “When Peach is Yellow”, Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 26, 2007
McAdams, Shane. “Merrill Wagner: Flowers”, The Brooklyn Rail, April. p. 40
Powell, Dan. “Hide and Seek”, Mercury, Jan. 31-Feb. 5, p. 12-13
Siclen, Bill Van. “One-person show at URI is a celebration”, Providence Journal, Feb. 1. p. E7
Norris, Doug. “Winter Landscapes”, S. County Independent/NE Independent, Jan. 11, p. C1, C6
2006 Johnson, Ken. “For a Broad Landscape, An Equally Wide Survey,” The New York Times, May 31, p. E5
Heise, Rudiger. “Galerie Renate Bender: Merrill Wagner, Uwe Jonas,” Applaus, June, p. 56
Enrique, Lucia. “Visual Art and Poetry are Merely a Wall Apart,” Seattle Times, April 23
2005 Leffingwell, Edward. "Merrill Wagner at Sundarem Tagore," Art in America, Dec., pp. 138-139
Schira, Ron. "Artist's Abstract Paintings Alter the Landscape," Reading Eagle, Nov. 26, p. B9
Strauss, R. B., "Merrill Wagner Steels Herself," Art Matters, Feb., p. 19
Graves, Jen., "Art in Tacoma's present links past with uncertain future," Proquest.com, Jan. 26
2004 Wagner, Merrill. "Public and Private," Self Published, Hong Kong
2003 "Merrill Wagner," Published by A.R.T. Press. New York, edited by William S. Bartman, essay by Lily Wei, interview by
Ann Messner and William S. Bartman
Frank, Peter. "Merrill Wagner," LA Weekly, June 27-July3
"Tacoma's 1st High Profile Gallery," The News Tribune South Sound, Oct. 31, B1
Wagonfeld, Judy. "Traver Gallery opens Tacoma Branch," Seattle P-I, Nov. 7, pg. 16
2002 Boyce, Roger. "Merrill Wagner at Stark," Art in America, Oct. p. 159
Hall, Emily. "Visual Art: Visual Silence," The Stranger, April 11
2001 Hackett, Regina. "What's on Display," Seattle P-I, Feb. 16, p. 22
Hoffber, Judith. "Oil and Water by Merrill Wagner," Umbrella, vol. 24 #2, Aug. p. 51
Princenthal, Nancy. "Artist's Book Beat," Art on Paper, vol. 5 #3, Jan./Feb., p. 95
2000 Braff, Phyllis. "Punk and Bloat," New York Times, Dec. 10, L.I. Edition, Art Reviews, Molloy College Art Gallery,
Rockville Center, L.I.
Wagner, Merrill. "Oil and Water," Self published, Hong Kong and Seattle, WA
1999 Kangas, Matthew. Sculpture Magazine, vol. 18, No. 15, p.63.
Schwabsky, Barry. "Abstract Introspection in 2 Distinct Styles," The New York Times. Sunday Oct. 31, New Jersey
section, On the Towns, p.13
1998 Murdock, Robert. "Scott Reynolds and Merrill Wagner," Review Magazine, April 1, 1998, p.10
1997 Princenthal, Nancy. On Paper, Vol 1 #5, May - Jun, pp.43-44, Artist's Book Beat.
Hackett, Regina. The Seattle Post Intelligencer, June 17, pp. C1, C3
Smith, Cary. The News Tribute, Soundlife, June 29, ppB1-2, Tacoma, WA.
1996 Wagner, Merrill. "Painted Sun Trails," Self published, Hong Kong and Seattle, WA
Dorsey, John. "Too Much ‘Different' Makes Show Uneven," The Sun, Baltimore, MD, Jan 14. Arts section K, p.1
1995 Wagner, Merrill. "Time and Media," Self published, Hong Kong and Seattle, WA
Van Siclin, Bill. "Geometric Art Crosses Line of Convention," The Providence Journal Bulletin, Feb. 10, Section D,
Lifebeat, p.1, "Geometric Art Crosses Line of Convention".
1994 Smith, Roberta. "Artists' Select, Part 1,"The New York Times, Jan. 7, C23, Art in Review
Hackett, Regina, "Painter Puts Her Signature on Lyrical Abstraction," The Seattle Post Intelligencer, March 23
1993 Kangas, Matthew. "Late Modernist Painting in the Pacific Northwest," Modernism and Beyond: Women Artists of the
Pacific Northwest. Edited by Laura Brunsman and Ruth Askey, New York, Midmarch Arts Press, page 98
1992 Bell, Tiffany. "Looking at Kelly's Paintings Now," Artstudio, Spring 24, pp.158-175
Massera, Jean-Charles. "Merrill Wagner: Galerie l'A, Liege," Arte Factum, Feb-March, p.29
Heartney, Eleanor. "Merrill Wagner at Stark," Art in America, Oct., p.147
1991 Princenthal, Nancy. "Artists' Book Beat," Notes on Paint, Print Collector's Newsletter, Vol. XXI, No.6, Jan., Feb., page
237
1990 Wagner, Merrill. "Notes on Paint," Self published with funds from NEA Artist's Fellowship Grant, Seattle, WA
Hoffberg, Judith. "Notes on Paint," Umbrella, vol. 13, #2, December, page 45
1989 Smith, Roberta. "Galleries Paint a Brighter Picture for Women," The New York Times, April 14, p. C29
Brunsman, Laura. "Decade of Abstraction: Expressionism," The Arts - Newsletter of the Kings County Arts
Commission
1988 Raynor, Vivien. "At The Ben Shann, Surrealism's Legacy," The New York Times, Feb. 21, p.18
Higuchi, Shoichiro. "Merrill Wagner, Swimmer in the Stream of Time," Idea, Tokyo, Sept., p. 102
1987 Hackett, Regina. "Paul Heald Paintings Line up a Spirited Struggle," The Seattle Post Intelligencer, Nov. 16
"News of the Print World: People and Places: American Abstract Artists' 50th
1986 Bell, Tiffany. "Merrill Wagner," Arts Magazine, May, p.100
Henry, Gerrit. "Merrill Wagner at John Gibson," Art In America, Sept. p.139
1985 "Actual Exhibit at Squibb," The Trentonian, Trenton, New Jersey, June 4
"Art," Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey, June 7
1984 Donohoe, Victoria. "Is Abstract Painting Regaining Its Popularity?" Philadelphia Inquirer, September 14
Wotton, Warren. "Sticking to Roots, Wagner Charms New York," The Tacoma New Tribune, Jan. 22
1983 Glueck, Grace. "A Group Exhibition Curated by Lucio Pozzi," The New York Times, July 8
1982-83 "A Calendar," Self published, Seattle, WA
1982 Cohen, Joelle. "New York Art Scene Lured Away Tacoma's Merrill Wagner," The Tacoma News Tribune, Aug. 8
1981 Hafif, Marcia. "Getting On With Painting," Art in America, April
Shirey, David. "Art Sampler," The New York Times, Feb. 8
1979 Glueck, Grace. "Painting," The New York Times, Dec. 20
Larson, Kay. "Art," The Village Voice, Dec. 24
1978 Bell, Tiffany. "Merrill Wagner," Arts Magazine, Jan.
Frank, Peter. "Schoolhouse Rock," The Village Voice, May 18
1976 Lubell, Ellen. "Merrill Wagner," Arts Magazine, June
1972 Pincus-Witten, Robert. "Merrill Wagner," Artforum, Feb.
1971 Bowles, Jerry. "Merrill Wagner," Art News, Summer issue
PUBLICATIONS BY THE ARTIST
“Public and Private,” Self Published, Hong Kong, 2004
“Oil and Water,” Self published, Hong Kong and Seattle, WA, 2000
“Painted Sun Trails,” Self Published, Hong Kong and Seattle, WA, 1996
“Time and Materials,” Self Published, Hong Kong and Seattle, WA, 1994
“Notes on Paint,” Self published with funds from NEA Artists' Fellowship Grant, Seattle, WA, 1990
LECTURES AND PANELS
2007 Leslie Heller Gallery
2007 University of Rhode Island
2006 William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
2005 TV interview, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
2004 National Academy of Design, “Alive and Well: A Future for Painting Materials,” NYC
2003 National Academy of Design, “Art Conversation on Edwin Dickenson,” NYC
2002 University of Puget Sound, Kitteridge Hall, Tacoma, WA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2001 The New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
2000 Freedman Gallery, Reading, PA
The Nicolaysen Museum of Art and Discovery Center, Casper, WY
The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1999 Artist Trust, Tacoma, WA
The Studio School, NYC
1998 Dorfman Projects in conjunction with Art Resources Transfer, “The Tip of the Iceberg, Part III” NYC
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ; panel discussion
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. “Visual Arts Week”
1997 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
The Islip Art Museum, Islip, LI, NY
The Art Students’ League of New York; “Crossing Visual Boundaries”; panel discussion, NYC
1995 The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island
William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
1993 American Abstract Artists
1987 Artists Talk on Art, Inc. “Structure as Object,” panel discussion
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1984 Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
1982 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, panel discussion
1981 Ben Shahn Gallery, Paterson College, Wayne, NJ, panel discussion with video
1980 Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
1979 C.W. Post College, Long Island, NY
