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Marie Ringwald is an American artist.

History
Marie Ringwald was born in New York, the Bronx. Raised there in a working class Irish/German home, she earned her BFA from Hunter College, City University of New York in 1970.

After a year of graduate art studies at Tyler School of Art,Temple University, she 1971 moved to Washington, D.C. In 1976, she began teaching at the Corcoran College of Art and Design.

Later, from 1986 to 1989 and also, from 1996 to 2003 she served as Chairman of the Foundation Department at the Corcoran. She was awarded full professorship in 1992. A leave of absence for the 2003-2004 academic year was followed by full departure in order to focus full time on her art work.

Art work
Her sculpture and works on paper evidence a continuing interest in architectural facades. Over the years, she has continued her fascination with utilitarian buildings (warehouses, factories, Quonset huts, farm buildings. Each choice is a structure sued where work takes place or for holding materials, such as animals and goods. Her buildings are intended to represent qualities of hopefulness, possibility, history and mystery. Formal design elements are apparent in her simple, common architectural shapes made with everyday materials. Constructed and pieced with wood (painted, oiled or stained), rubber, glass and sheet metal - these are the same materials, new and used, can be found in the structures that originally inspired her. Her compositions range from minimally representational to simply abstract. Her completed sculptures are often wall mounted, while others are free standing. others are free standing.  Ringwald is recognized as a strong colorist whose tactile work evokes a quiet, classical essence.

Collections

 * Arnold and Porter LLP
 * DC Art Bank
 * Huntington Museum of Art, WV
 * Wilson Building Art Collection, WDC
 * National Association of Home Builders
 * Fannie Mae
 * Kaiser Permanente
 * The Washington Post
 * Montgomery County Contemporary Art Collection
 * National Institutes of Health
 * Private collections in the Netherlands, Germany, Peru, Canada, Mexico, and throughout the US