American, b. 1952
Margrit Lewczuk (b. 1952, New York City) is an American artist known for her monumentally scaled, interlacing abstractions. Where she previously painted small, earth-toned abstract canvases, for the past two decades Lewczuk has explored vibrantly coloured abstract paintings of overlapping organic and geometric forms on a monumental scale. Inspired by Graffiti Art, tribal motifs and patterns derived from ancient art, particular Aztec murals and textiles, Lewczuk’s paintings balance the geometric and the organic with a sensory energy.
Lewczuk graduated from Queens College, New York (1973) and the Brooklyn Museum Art School (1976), and taught at the New York Studio School from 2003-2019. Among her numerous awards are a CAPS Grant; National Endowment for the Arts Artist’s Fellowship; Guggenheim Fellowship Grant; Rauschenberg Foundation Change Grant, and the Esther and Adolph Gottlieb Foundation Grant.
She currently lives and works in Brooklyn with her husband, fellow artist and professor Bill Jensen.
Lewczuk graduated from Queens College, New York (1973) and the Brooklyn Museum Art School (1976), and taught at the New York Studio School from 2003-2019. Among her numerous awards are a CAPS Grant; National Endowment for the Arts Artist’s Fellowship; Guggenheim Fellowship Grant; Rauschenberg Foundation Change Grant, and the Esther and Adolph Gottlieb Foundation Grant.
She currently lives and works in Brooklyn with her husband, fellow artist and professor Bill Jensen.
