BIO:
Margaret Pinto is a visual artist working primarily in ceramics. Through the vocabulary of ceramic surfaces and forms which warp, melt and transform under external forces, her work explores the fallibility of structures and living bodies. Drawing reference from historical artifacts, rituals used to preserve the body and interweaving imagery from everyday life, her work explores how the objects and structures we surround ourselves with reflect our fears and beliefs.
Pinto has been an artist-in-residence at Zentrum für Keramik in Berlin, and in 2023, she participated in the MAPSpace Studio Residency in Port Chester, NY, which culminated in a solo exhibition. Pinto has exhibited across New York State and Brooklyn where she lived and worked prior to relocating to Richmond, VA. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Ceramics in the Craft/Material Studies Program at Virginia Commonwealth University.
EDUCATION:
2027 MFA Candidate at Virginia Commonwealth University Craft/Material Studies Dept. with a focus in ceramics
SUNY Purchase College, Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2015
RESIDENCIES:
Nov 2024 Zentrum für Keramik Residency Program, Berlin
Oct 2023 MAPSpace Studio Residency, Port Chester, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
April 2026 Killing the Chimera, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Solo presentation as a part of Late Breaking, 2026 MFA Candidacy exhibition
April 17–25, 2026
Dec 2023 Carapace Pierced, MAPSpace, Port Chester, NY
December 8, 2023 — January 20, 2024
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
Oct. 2025 Two in the Hand, Seipel Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA
Oct 3 — 9, 2025
May 2023 Greater Gravity, Ice Cream Social, Port Chester, NY
May 23 — June 17, 2023
April 2019 No Compromise, Pop-up exhibition and music video release, Queens, NY
2014-2015 Governor’s Office Exhibition, Governor Cuomo's office, Washington, DC
Jun.-Sept. 2015 Best of SUNY Student Art Exhibition, New York State Museum, Albany, NY
PUBLICATIONS:
Nov 2025 Mortadella Issue 01 BINDER, artist feature
June 2024 Suboart Magazine Issue #24, artist feature
June 2021 Gather, Hunt, online exhibition, PowderFreeVacuumSealed.com