About Maggie

Maggie Lyon is a Texas-based contemporary painter and curator. Born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas, Maggie’s journey led her to Texas State University, where she obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art in 2019 with a concentration in Painting and minor in Fashion Merchandising. Her time in Austin has been spent managing art galleries, organizing art exhibitions, and pursuing her painting practice through various group and duo exhibitions. Maggie enjoys painting a variety of subjects tied together by her vibrant use of color and unique perspective; emotionally driven by her experiences, childhood nostalgia, and world travels.
Maggie is a member of the largest women’s collective, atxGALS, in Austin, Texas and her work is represented by The Cathedral in Austin, TX and Your Private Collection Art Gallery in Granbury, TX.

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Exhibitions
2024
  • Official Artist – Austin Studio Tour Stop #410 by Big Medium, The Cathedral, Austin, TX
  • Group Exhibition – Austin Studio Tour Group Exhibition, George Washington Carver Museum, Austin, TX
  • Group Exhibition – Dress Up, Riches Art Gallery, Austin, TX
  • Group Exhibition – atxGALS Group Show, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Gate 17
  • Group Exhibition – 6th Annual Summer Pop-Up Show – LUSH, The Cathedral, Austin, TX
  • Group Exhibition – Pink, It’s Not Hot, Muse Gallery at Good Dad Studios, Austin, TX
  • Group Exhibition – Portraits of Power, The Cathedral, Austin, TX
  • Group Exhibition – 7th Annual AtxGALS Galentine’s Show, The Cathedral, Austin, TX
  • Group Exhibition – The Big Ass Group Show, Vaughn Gallery, Austin, TX
2023
  • Group Exhibition – Austin Studio Tour Group Exhibition. George Washington Carver Museum, Austin, TX
2022
  • Group Exhibition – Sound & Vision, ArtUs Co, Austin, TX
  • Solo Window Installation – Common Space, Bartlett, TX
2021
2020
  • Artist in Residence – Industrious 9th and Congress, Austin, TX
  • Group Exhibition – Art Reach. Christ Chapel Bible Church, Fort Worth, TX
2019
  • Online Exhibition – Moments: A Contemporary Collective. Envision Arts
  • Group Exhibition – Year of the Pig. Texas State Galleries, San Marcos, TX
  • Group Exhibition – Becoming. 218 Co-Op Gallery, San Marcos, TX
  • Group Exhibition – Student Juried Exhibition. Curated by Jenny Gheith. Texas State Galleries, San Marcos, TX. Curated by Jenny Gheith
2018
  • Group Exhibition – ArtReach, Christ Chapel Bible Church, Fort Worth, TX. 2018
  • Group Exhibition – Student Juried Exhibition. Curated by Natalie Bell. Texas State Galleries, San Marcos, TX
Curated Exhibitions

2023

  • Solo Exhibition – Less Is More by Sarah Nilson, Art Direct Gallery, Austin, TX
  • Group Exhibition – Austin Studio Tour Stop #34, Art Direct Gallery, Austin, TX
  • Solo Exhibition – Above Austin by David Aguilar, Art Direct Gallery, Austin, TX
  • Solo Exhibition – NBA Legends by Pratiksha Muir Art, Art Direct Gallery, Austin, TX
  • Solo Exhibition – Beyond The Dreamhouse by Kathryn Trively Art, Art Direct Gallery, Austin, TX
  • Group Exhibition – Big Splash x Art Direct, Almost Real Things, Austin, TX
  • Solo Exhibition – Clare Wuellner, Art Direct Gallery, Austin, TX
  • Solo Exhibition – Marta Wiley, Art Direct Gallery, Austin, TX
  • Solo Exhibition – Adriana Marcela, Art Direct Gallery, Austin, TX
  • Group Exhibition – Art Direct Loves Local, Art Direct Gallery, Austin, TX
  • Solo Exhibition – Ann Flemings, Art Direct Gallery, Austin, TX
  • Solo Exhibition – Shelby Sult, Art Direct Gallery, Austin, TX
2022
  • Solo Exhibition – Midnight Daydreams by Thomas Flynn II, Art Direct Gallery, Austin, TX
  • Solo Exhibition – Celica Ledesma: Through Double Consciousness, ArtUs Co, Austin, TX
  • Group Exhibition – Jade Ariana Phillips, Chelsea Amato, & Celica Ledesma, ArtUs Co, Austin, TX
2021
  • Group Exhibition – Austin Studio Tour, ArtUs Co, Austin, TX
  • Solo Exhibition – Alexis Hunter: BINARY (An Exploration of the In-Between), ArtUs Co, Austin, TX
  • Solo Exhibition – Jacob Guzman: Introspection & Fortitude, ArtUs Co, Austin, TX
  • Solo Exhibition – Kent Burress, ArtUs Co, Austin, TX
Live Painting
2022
  • Dulce Vida Tequila Barrel Painting, Almost Real Things, Austin, TX
2021
  • Drink & Draw, Patio Dolcetto, San Marcos, TX
  • The Canvas Project, The Arboretum, Austin, TX
2020
  • Austin Studio Tour, Fastframe & The Westlake Gallery, Austin, TX
  • Mantra Market, Hui Studios, San Marcos, TX
Press
2023
2022
2021
  • Art for All, Tribeza: Austin Curated, The Art Issue, Page 99
Awards
2019
  • Best in Show – Moments: A Contemporary Collective. Envision Arts
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