Merrill Wagner

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022
Merrill Wagner, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin 

2021
Merrill Wagner, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

2020
Merrill Wagner, Taro Nasu, Tokyo

2019
Merrill Wagner: Landscapes of Colour/Landschaften der Farbe, Große Kunstschau, Worpswede
Merrill Wagner: Works from the 80s, Zürcher Gallery, NY

2018
Frieze NY, Zürcher Gallery, NYC
Amidst Chance and Order, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf

2017
Works from the 70’s, Zürcher Gallery, NYC
Small Works, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, PA

2016
New York Studio School, NYC

 2013
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
Stone and Steel, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin

2012
Red Yellow Blue, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
Recycle: Flowers and Fields, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

2011
Northern Columbia Community and Cultural Center, Benton, PA

2010
Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

2009
Flowers, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

2008
Thoughts of Color and Form, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
Lesley Heller Gallery, NYC
Patty Look Lewis Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2007
Peach Sky Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
Looking at the Land, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
Flowers, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC

2006
Looking at the Land, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
Renate Bender, Munich
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005
Paintings, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
New Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA

2004
New Works, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC
Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma, WA

2003
Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
William Traver Gallery, Tacoma, WA

2002
Stark Gallery, NYC
Art Resources Transfer, NYC
New Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
University of Puget Sound, Kitteridge Gallery, Tacoma, WA

2001
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
University of Wyoming, Art Museum, Laramie, WY

2000
Freedman Gallery, Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
The Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY

1999
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
New Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

1998
Copper Drawings, Garner Tullis Workshop, NYC
Green Landing Renovation, PS1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources, LIC, NY

1997
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

1996
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ

1995
Stark Gallery, NYC

1994
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Painted Sun Trails: Recorded Cast Shadows, October – November, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ
The Sandpiper Gallery, Tacoma, WA

1993
Outdoor Painting: “Runaway RedYellowBlue,” C.W. Post Campus, L.I. University, Brookville, NY Fulcrum Gallery, NYC
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

1992
Stark Gallery, NYC

1991
Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI
William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Gemeentmuseum, The Hague, Holland
Galerie L’A, Liege, Belgium

1990
Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

1989
Julian Pretto Gallery, NYC
Fawbush Gallery, NYC
Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA

1988
Julian Pretto Gallery, NYC

1987
Traver Sutton Gallery, Seattle, WA

1986
John Gibson Gallery, NYC

1985
The Costa Rican-North American Cultural Center, San Jose, Costa Rica;
Julian Pretto, Miami, FL
The Sandpaper Gallery, Tacoma, WA

1984
Tacoma Art Museum, WA
Ben Shahn Gallery, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ

1982
Watson/de Nagy Gallery, Houston, TX
Harm Bouckaert Gallery, NYC
Charles Wright Academy, Tacoma, WA
Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA

1981
David Bellman Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, WA
Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC

1980
Outdoor Installation, 26 Bond Street, NYC
Tacoma Actors Guild, Tacoma, WA

1979
The Clocktower, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, NY
Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC

1978
PS1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources, LIC, NY
Droll/Kolbert Gallery, NYC
Julian Pretto Gallery, NYC

1977
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
Truman Gallery, NYC

1976
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC

1974
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC

1971
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC

1970
55 Mercer Gallery, NYC 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021

Painting Deconstructed: Selections from the Northwest Collection, Tacoma Art Museum, WA

2020

Fresh Air, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA 

Lines, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf


2019

Group Exhibition, Zürcher Gallery, NY 

Hanne Darboven, Charlotte Posenenske, Merrill Wagner, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf

Postwar Women, The Art Students League of New York

Trois Américaines de New York, Galerie la Forest Divonne, Brussels, Belgium


2018

Women Artists, Neuberger Museum of Art, NY

Between the Lines, American Abstract Artists Women's Exhibition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Minimal Difference. Selected Work by Women Artists 1960s ­­– 1970s, The Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York Purchase


2016

1970’s: Women and Abstraction, Zürcher Gallery, NYC

Chromatic Space, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, NYC

Small Works Baruch 2016, Sidney Mishkin Gallery; Baruch College, NYC

Solstice/Reflections in Winter Light, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA


2015

40th Anniversary Exhibition, Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC


2014

To Leo, A Tribute from the American Abstract Artists, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

A Particular Kind of Solitude, Elizabeth Street Garden, NYC

Shades of White, William Traver Gallery, Seattle and Tacoma Galleries, WA

NAP Invitational Salon of Small Works Exhibition, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA

50th Anniversary Benefit, NY Studio School, NYC

Summer 2014, New Arts Projects, Litchfield, CT


2013

Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY

In Daylight' Small Paintings, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

Concrete Images, Terrazzo Art Projects, NYC

American Abstract Artists, a Selection, Kent State University, OH

Julian Pretto Gallery, Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY

8 Women/8 Stories, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China 

Home and the World, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore

Today is the Day Foundation benefit, NYC


2012

The Annual: 2012, National Academy Museum, NYC

Not Minimal, Foundation De 11 Lijnen, Groenedijkstraat, Belgium

To be looked at..., Close to...* (Summer Love), Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

Monique Luchetti and Merrill Wagner, FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Inside Out: A Group Show, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Singapore

Summer Group Show Installment 2, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC


2011

Spectrum: East/West/Beyond, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China

Abstraction: American Abstract Artists, The Icebox, Philadelphia, PA

Eight American Abstract Artists, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

Perspectives; Nine Women, Nine Views, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC

Continuum, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China

Still Light, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

Constellation, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Hong Kong, China

NAP Invitational Salon of Small Works Exhibition, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA

Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Scope Art Fair, NYC

In Bloo, Islip Art Museum, NY

A Place to Which We Can Come, Saint Cecilia’s Convent, Brooklyn, NY

American Abstract Artists 75th Anniversary, OK Harris Gallery, NYC

Splendor of Dynamic Structure: Celebrating 75 Years of the American Abstract Artists, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Holiday Salon,Lesley Heller Workspace, NYC

Silent Auction, NY Studio School, NYC

Eight American Abstract Artists, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

2010

The Reason for Hope, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA

The 2010 Winter Salon - In Synthesis, Elga Wimmer PCC, NYC

94 Feathers, collaboration with Molissa Fenley; Joyce Theatre, NYC

Material Exploration, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC

Ucross: Twenty-Seven Years of Visual Arts Residencies,Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY

This Cool, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

American Abstract Artists International, The Aragonese Castle of Otranto, Otranto, Italy

Silent Auction, NY Studio School, NYC

An Auction to Benefit the Family Resource Center of the Partnership for the Homeless, Gagosian Gallery, NYC

Array ([+] Prints), Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

NAP Invitational Salon of Small Works Exhibition,New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA


2009

Here & Now: Group Show, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC

Seven Women/Seven Stories, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA

Paterson: The Province of the Poem – The City as Metaphor, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ

One More, Thomas Rehbein Gallery, cologne 

Find Me, Cue Art Foundation, NYC

NAP Invitational Salon of Small Works Exhibition, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA


2008

Machine for Living Color, Museum of Modern Art, NYC

The Winter Salon – Works on Paper,Björn Ressle Gallery, NYC

Three Views of Abstraction, New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT

NAP Invitational Salon of Small Works Exhibition, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA

One More, Esbjerg Art Museum, Denmark


2007

Lesley Heller Gallery, NYC

Lateral Attitudes, Raritan Valley Community College, Sommerville, NJ

One, Björn Ressle Gallery, NYC


2006

National Academy of Design, NYC

American Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC

Some Light, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA


2005

Optical Simulations; American Abstract Artists, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, NY

Drawing Today, New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT

Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC

Merrill Wagner and Tom Doyle, New Arts Gallery, Litchfield, CT

Paint It Black, The Shore Institute Of The Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, NJ


2004

Beyond the Surface, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC

Dialogue Abstract, Space, NYC

Time and Materials, Sundaram Tagore Gallery, NYC

Group Exhibition, Kiyo Higashi Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Drift, Valentino Pier Park, Redhook, Brooklyn, NY


2003

View, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

Theories: Abstract New York Recent Paintings, LICK Ltd. Fine Art, Long Island City, NY


2002

25th Anniversary Exhibition, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA

Invitational Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, NYC

25 Years of Painting, Stark Gallery, NYC

331 Steps, collaboration with Molissa Fenley; Joyce Theatre, NYC

Ucross Foundation residency, Clearmont, WY


2001

(Some) Prints, Larry Becker Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

Ann Messner & Merrill Wagner” Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI


2000

Punk and Bloat, Molloy College Art Gallery, Rockville Center, Long Island, NY

Abstract Painting, The Studio School, NYC

(Un)resolved, Rosenberg and Kaufman Gallery, NYC

Weathering, a collaboration with Molissa Fenley, The Kitchen, NYC

Summer Invitational, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, NYC


1999

Footfalls 1999, Site Specific Sculpture, Greenport, Long Island, NY

Women and Geometric Abstraction, Pratt Institute, NY

Selections, Larry Becker Contemporary Art at Cherrystone Gallery, Wellfleet, Cape Cod, MA

Planes of Color, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA

Judith Murray and Merrill Wagner, Simon Gallery, Morristown, NJ
 

1998

Merrill Wagner & Scott Reynolds, Workspace Gallery, NYC

The Tip of the Iceberg, Part III, Dorfman Projects/Art Resources Transfer, NYC

Substance, Tricia Collins Contemporary Art, NYC

Painting with an Edge: Four Contemporary Artists,” Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ

Paper +-, Dieu Donne Papermill, NYC

Hands on Color, Bellevue Art Museum, WA


1997

After the Fall, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY

Drawing from Life, Stark Gallery, NYC

Better Color through Chemistry, The Islip Museum, NY


1995

All about Edges,”University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 

Geometric Abstraction, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD

10 x 10: Artists Select a Painter of their Choice, New York Studio School, NYC

Alchemy, Proctor Art Center; Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY


1994

Fashion in Metal; Metal in Art, Bergdorf Goodman, NYC

Red, White Walls, and Blue, The Woodstock Guild’s Kleinert Art Center, NY

Tacoma Art Museum: Selections from the Northwest Collection, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, WA

Abstract Art in the Seattle Arts Commission Portable Works Collection,”Seattle Center Pavilion, WA

Fallen Timber, Tacoma Art Museum, WA. 
 

1993

Impermanence. Andy Goldsworthy and Merrill Wagner, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT

Silent Echoes, Tennisport Arts, L.I.C.

Artists Select, Artists’ Space, NYC

Artists of the Aughts, Fulcrum Gallery, NYC
 

1992

Breakdown!, Rose Art Museum; Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

Inaugural Show: Tennisport Arts, Long Island City


1991

Large Scale, Stark Gallery, NYC

AIGA Book Show 1990

Books as Art, Boca Raton Museum, FL
 

1990

Carl Affarian, Stephen Antonakos, Merrill Wagner, Fawbush Gallery, NYC

Opening Invitational, Stark Gallery, NYC

1989

Three Artists Who Work With Slate, E.L. Stark Gallery, NYC

A Debate on Abstraction; The Persistence of Painting, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery; Hunter College, NYC

Plane Into Form, mezzanine, One World Trade Center, New York

100 Drawings by Women, Hillwood Art Gallery; C.W. Post Campus; Long Island University; Traveling through America and Europe

Celebrating the Permanent Collection, The Tacoma Art Museum, WA

A Decade of Abstraction, 1979-1989, Seattle Center, WA

1988

The Legacy of Surrealism in Contemporary Art, The Ben Shahn Gallery; William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ

Out of Order, Anne Plumb Gallery, NYC

Route 27, John Gibson Gallery, NYC

A Living Tradition: Selections from the American Abstract Artists, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NYC

Seattle, Before and After, Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

The $1000 Show, John Davis Gallery, New York, NYC


1987

Seattle Sculpture 1927-1987, A Bumbershoot Visual Arts Exhibition, Seattle Center, WA

It’s About Time, The New York City Gallery, Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC

Jane Logemann and Merrill Wagner, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, RI



1986

About Place: Contemporary American Landscape, Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, NY

American Abstract Artists - 50th Anniversary Celebration 1936-1986 ,The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY

Nancy Haynes, Suzanna Tanger, and Merrill Wagner, Kingsborough College, Brooklyn, NY

Slate, Springs Mills Industries, NY


1985

Color and Field, Roger Ramsay Gallery, Chicago, IL

Abstract Painting as Surface and Object, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island 

Time Will Tell, Squibb International Headquarters, Princeton, NJ

Invitational, Condeso-Lawler Gallery, NYC

Diversity – New York Artists, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
 

1984 ­­­­– 5

Large Drawing, Independent Curators Incorporated, traveling exhibition

1984

From the Abstract to the Image, Oscarsson Hood Gallery, NYC

Installations,Directions of Broadway, NYC

Artists Call, Terry Dintenfass Gallery, NYC

American Women Artists, Part 1, Sidney Janis Gallery, NYC

Fifteen Abstract Artists, Susan Montezinos Gallery, Philadelphia, PA


1983

American Abstract Artists, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC

55 Mercer – 12 Years, 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC

Group Exhibition, John Weber Gallery; Lucio Pozzi, NY

Works on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC

Christmas Show, Bonnier Gallery, NYC

A More Store,Tilton Gallery, NYC

1982

Recent Aspects of All Over, Harm Bouckaert Gallery, NYC; Theodore Bonin, curator

Anti – Apocalypse; Artists’ Response to Nuclear Peril, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ

Unpunctuated – New Papers, Grommet Gallery, NYC


1981

Painting About Painting, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ

American Abstract Artists, Summit Art Center, NJ

Group Exhibition, Lowe Art Gallery; Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

New Art II: Surfaces/Textures, Spring Penthouse Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, NYC

Heresies Benefit, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NYC

Summer Group Exhibition, Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC

Small Scale Works, Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC

Drawings Selected by the Galley Advisory Council, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ


1980

One Grand Leap Year Art Sale, Franklin Furnace Galley, NYC

Painted Structures, Jeffrey Fuller Gallery, Philadelphia, PA


1979

Drawing, Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC

Summer Group Exhibition, Young/Hoffman Gallery, Chicago

American Abstract Artists, Betty Parsons Gallery, NYC

Group Exhibition, Julian Pretto Gallery, NYC

Small Works, Young/Hoffman Gallery, Chicago

A Great Big Drawing Show, PS1, Long Island City, NY

1978

The Reality of Art, Truman Gallery, NYC

Recent Works, Hal Bromm Gallery, NYC

Post Minimal Artists,  Nobe Gallery, NYC


1977

American Abstract Artists Exhibition, William Paterson College, Wayne, NJ

Outside the City Limits, Thorpe Intermedia Gallery, Sparkill, NY

Group Exhibition, Julian Pretto Gallery, NYC

Christmas Show,Truman Gallery, NYC

Summer Group Exhibition, Droll/Kolbert, NYC

1976

American Abstract Artists Memorial Exhibition, Westbeth, NYC

1974

55 Mercer Traveling Group Exhibition, Gallery Association of New York State

1972

Grids, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

1971

26 Contemporary Women Artists,”Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

Christmas Show, Penthouse Gallery, The Museum of Modern Art, NYC


1970

55 Mercer Gallery, NYC 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS 

2017

Wagner, Merrill. (ed.). New York Studio School Gallery, New York, (exh. cat.)

2004
Wagner, Merrill. (ed.). Public: Five Outdoor Paintings 1993 - 2003, Private: More Notes On Paint 1983 - 2003 (Set of two books)

2000
Wagner, Merrill. (ed.). Oil and Water

1996
Wagner, Merrill. (ed.). Painted Sun Trails

1994
Wagner, Merrill. (ed.). Time and Materials

1990
Wagner, Merrill. (ed.). Notes on Paint

1982
Wagner, Merrill. (ed.). A Calendar, September 1982 - December 1983
 

GROUP CATALOGUES

2018
Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artist 1936 - Present, (exh. cat.)

2017
Fenstermaker, Will. What’s Left Behind in The Brooklyn Rail, Jul./Aug.
Micchelli, Thomas. Merrill Wagner’s Puzzles in Color and Tape in Hyperallergic, Jun.


2010
Newhall, Edith. Starring Stripes, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 24
Sulcas, Roslyn. When Styles Converge and Diverge, The New York Times, Mar. 30


2008
La Rocco, Ben. Merrill Wagner: Thoughts of Form and Color, The Brooklyn Rail, Nov.
Jonson, Ken. Hunting a Tribe of Minimalistic on the Street of the Upper East Side, The New York Times, Jan. 5


2007
Wei, Lilly. Merrill Wagner, ART News, May
Newhall, Edith. When Peach is Yellow...,  Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 26
McAdams, Shane. Merrill Wagner: Flowers, The Brooklyn Rail, Apr.
Norris, Doug. Winter Landscapes, South County Independent, Jan. 11


2006
Johnson, Ken. For a Broad Landscape, An Equally Wide Survey, The New York Times, May 31
Enrique, Lucia. Visual Art and Poetry are Merely a Wall Apart, Seattle Times, Apr. 23


2005
Schira, Ron. Artist’s Abstract Paintings Alter the Landscape, Reading Eagle, Nov. 26
Strauss, R. B. Merrill Wagner Steels Herself, Art Matters, Feb.


2003
Frank, Peter. Merrill Wagner, LA Weekly, Jun./ Jul.


2002
Hall, Emily. Visual Art: Visual Silence, The Stranger, Apr. 11
Anderson, Jack. Dance Review: A Solo Influence in Group Works, The New York Times, Jan. 18


2001
Hackett, Regina. What’s on Display, Seattle Post Intelligencer, Feb. 16
Hoffberg, Judith. Oil and Water by Merrill Wagner, Umbrella, vol. 24 no.2, Aug.
Princenthal, Nancy. Artist’s Book Beat, Art on Paper, vol. 5 no. 3, Jan./Feb.


2000
Braff, Phyllis. A Force in the Golden Age of Photojournalism, The New York Times, Dec. 10
Anderson, Jack. With Movements Stepping to Flute, Cello, and Silence, The New York Times, Feb. 28
Hamilton, Judy. Wagner Steels the Show, Casper Star Tribune, Feb. 17
Jowitt, Deborah. Unchartered Terrain, The Village Voice, Feb. 22


1999
Schwabsky, Barry. Abstract Introspection in 2 Distinct Styles, The New York Times, Oct. 31
Sozanzki, Edward J. Rustoleum Never Sleeps, The Philadelphia Enquirer, Nov. 12


1997
Princenthal, Nancy. Artist’s Book Beat, Art on Paper, vol.1, no.5, May/Jun.
Harrison, Helen. Better Color Through Chemistry, The New York Times, Aug. 13
Hackett, Regina. Merrill Wagner Merges Spirits, The Seattle Post Intelligencer, Jun. 17
Smith, Cary. Reality in the Abstract, The News Tribune. Soundlife, Jun. 29
Kangas, Matthew. Merrill Wagner’s Stark Vision, The Seattle Times, Jul. 3


1996
Hackett, Regina. What’s Happening, The Seattle Post Intelligencer, May 24
Schwabsky, Barry. Three Painters Add a Human Touch to Abstraction,” The New York Times, Sep. 22


1995
Van Siclin, Bill. Geometric Art Crosses Line of Convention,The Providence Journal Bulletin, Feb. 10
McLennan, Douglas. The News Tribune. Art Walk Includes Look at Recent Museum Acquisitions, The News Tribune, Feb. 16
Dorsey, John. Grimaldis Abstract Show in Beautiful Shape, The Baltimore Sun, May 12


1994
Smith, Roberta.Artists’ Select, Part 1, The New York Times, Jan. 7
Kangas, Matthew. Wagner, Flavin Make Most out of Minimal Art, The Seattle Times, Mar. 7
Hackett, Regina, Painter Puts Her Signature on Lyrical Abstraction, The Seattle Post Intelligencer Mar. 23


1993
Zimmer, Williams. Industrial – Strength Sculpture with Economy – Size Politics, The New York Times, Mar. 28
Nathan, Jean. Game, Set, and Perspective, The New York Times, May 16


1990
Rice, Robbin. Cool Slate and Weathered Wood, Philadelphia City Paper, Mar. 15
Hoffberg, Judith. Notes on Paint, Umbrella, vol. 13 no. 2, Dec.


1989
Smith, Roberta. Galleries Paint a Brighter Picture for Women, The New York Times, Apr. 14
Faust, Gretchen. Merrill Wagner, Arts Magazine, Sept.
Mathieson, Karen. Artists Speak Vibrant Visual Language, The Seattle Times, Nov. 23


1988
Raynor, Vivien. At The Ben Shann, Surrealism’s Legacy, The New York Times, Feb. 21
Higuchi, Shoichiro. Merrill Wagner, Swimmer in the Stream of Time, Idea, Sep.
Kangas, Mattew. Banned in Puyallup, The Seattle Weekly, Nov. 29


1987
Kangas, Matthew. Time Travelers, The Seattle Weekly, Nov. 18
News of the Print World: People and Places: American Abstract Artists’ 50th Anniversary Print Portfolio 1987, The Print Collector’s Newsletter, May/Jun.


1986
Bell, Tiffany. Merrill Wagner, Arts Magazine, May
Brenson, Michael. The Landscape Maintains its Hold on American Artists, The New York Times, Mar. 9


1985
Artner, Alan. Color Field Painting Returns in an Impressive Exhibition, Chicago Tribune, Jan.18
Harrison, Helen. Treating the Canvas as an Object in Its Own Right, The New York Times, Mar. 3
Lyon, Christopher. Wandering Leads to Wonderland, The Chicago Sun Times, Jan. 18
Reynolds, Rosemary. The Arts, The Tico Times. Nov. 22
Wallach, Amei. Abstract Power, Newsday, Feb. 22


1984
Donohoe, Victoria. Is Abstract Painting Regaining Its Popularity?, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sept. 14
Wotton, Warren. Sticking to Roots, Wagner Charms New York, The Tacoma New Tribune, Jan. 22


1982
Cohen, Joelle. NY Art Scene Lured Away Tacoma’s Merrill Wagner, The Tacoma News Tribune, Aug. 8
Feinberg, Andrew. Picking Up the Pieces in a Tight Art Market, Venture Magazine, Dec.
Glueck, Grace. Group Show Celebrates Pollack Legacy in Art, The New York Times. Sept. 10
Westfall, Stephen. Recent Aspects of Allover, Arts Magazine, Dec.


1981
Hafif, Marcia. Getting On With Painting, Art in America, AprilShirey, David. Art Sampler, The New York Times, Feb. 8
Shirey, David. Art Sampler, The New York Times, Feb. 8


1979
Glueck, Grace. Painting, The New York Times, Dec. 20
Larson, Kay. Art, The Village Voice, Dec. 24
Russell, John. Art, The New York Times, Dec. 14
Zimmer, William. Extensions of Form, Soho Weekly News, Dec. 13


1978
Bell, Tiffany. Merrill Wagner, Arts Magazine, Jan.
Frank, Peter. Schoolhouse Rock, The Village Voice, May 18
Lubell, Ellen. Installations, Soho Weekly News, Dec. 13


1976
Lubell, Ellen. Merrill Wagner, Arts Magazine, Jun.


1974
Bell, Jane. Grace Bakst Wapner and Merrill Wagner,  Arts Magazine, Jun.


1972
Pincus-Witten, Robert.  Merrill Wagner, Artforum, Feb.


1971
Bowles, Jerry. Merrill Wagner, Art News, Summer Issue
Brown, Gordon. 55 Mercer,Arts Magazine, Summer Issue
The Soho Statement. 55 Mercer, vol. 1, no. 1, Nov. 20 

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