Artist Bio
American artist, Margie Rothermich was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1975. She grew up in New England. Margie lives and works in Florence, Massachusetts. She received an MFA from the University of Cincinnati DAAP in Ohio and a BFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She currently teaches at Holyoke Community College and Springfield College.
Margie works with two-dimensional mixed media in addition to clay and fibers. Margie has also worked extensively in fiber arts and costume restoration. She has exhibited at galleries around the Pioneer Valley including the Race Street Gallery, Hampden Gallery, and the Taber Gallery.
Artist Statement
My work speaks to questions about the corporeal nature of humans and animals and looks to examine my deep frustration with the limitations of our lives apart from the flow of the natural world.
I work to examine the boundaries between entities in nature, to express a sense of spiritual searching for connectedness between human life and the rest of nature. Using an amalgam of disparate media, I meld materials to create a hybrid world of my dreams and visions apart from the waking world.