Recent Works on Paper
Amidst a forest of decaying cellulose—where leaves and dirt intertwine—plastic trash lies embedded in layers of paper.
Galleries
Works on Wooden Support
As the natural world struggles with this intrusion, the surface teems with life, where discarded materials gradually evolve into new forms of existence, both on land and in water.
Creature from the Bleached Lagoon
Margaret Craig's performance, Creature from the Bleached Lagoon, references '50s B-movies and Japanese Kaiju, employing humor to illuminate the destruction of the environment.
Buried Connections: a Contemplation of Soil Layers in the Anthropocene (Handmade Paper and Prints)
Margaret Craig's Buried Connections explores the impact of the human presence on the environment from the Anthropocene to now through an archeological strata of cellulose and handmade prints.
Monsters in the Window – BOX13 ArtSpace, Houston, TX
Margaret Craig's Installation, Monsters in the Window, transformed the art space into a habitat for aquatic evolutions arising from the plastic trash disposed of in the oceans and other places.
Plastic Critter Evolution: Lightscape @ San Antonio Botanical Garden
Bioluminescent creatures glow from beyond the white picket fence of the children's vegetable garden (November 19, 2021 – January 2, 2022).
Bleached Reef Evolutions – Houston Center for Contemporary Craft
Plastic evolutions to blend on the bleached reef.
Bee Cave BuzzFest
Lanterns displayed at Bee Cave's first annual BuzzFest, a winter light festival (Hill Country Galleria - December 17 - 19, 2020).
The Great Trash Reef (Sculpture Month Houston 2019)
The viewer is invited to immerse in the authentic and chimeric undersea biology resulting from the accumulation of trash in the ocean. SITE Gallery Houston, The Silos at Sawyer Yards.
Oceanic Plasticity (Overland Partners)
The forms on the wall become islands of trash life as viewed from an airplane, a comment on the congregation of trash in the gyre current in the oceans or as it washes up on islands such as Midway to create a new type of island.
The Albatross – Live on the Vegas Strip
Margaret Craig brought her performance piece, The Albatross, on her visit to Las Vegas for SGC International's 2018 Altered Landscapes.
Luminaria 2016 – Carver Community Cultural Center
Margaret Craig’s Great Trash Reef installation evolved into a performance piece entitled The Albatross at Luminaria 2016 at San Antonio’s Carver Center.