The Story Of Muffy Clark Gill
THE Story
Muffy Clark Gill is an award-winning artist who translates her memories using mixed media, photography, and the fabric and dye painting process known as batik to create visual imagery.
Her paintings have been widely exhibited throughout Florida and nationally. She has had more than thirty plus solo exhibitions of her work, exhibited in prestigious venues such as the:
- National Association of Women Artists online exhibitions
- Florida State Capitol 22nd Floor Art Gallery, Tallahassee
- LeMoyne Center for the Arts, Tallahassee
- Florida Department of State R. A. Gray Building, Tallahassee
- Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
- South Florida State College Museum of Florida Art and Culture, Avon Park
- Sebastopol Art Center, Sebastopol, CA
- Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas
- Naples Depot Museum
- Seminole Historical Society and Museum
- Art Lab, Florida Gulf Coast University
- Museum of the Everglades
- Museum of S.W. Florida History
- Marco Island Historical Museum
- Wirtz Gallery, First National Bank of South Miami
With a career spanning more than thirty years, Muffy Clark Gill’s work has been included in more than 80 regional, state and national juried and invitational exhibitions and festivals throughout Florida. She has received a total of 50+ awards including Best in Show, First and Second place, Merit and Purchase Awards for her work by internationally renowned professionals in the contemporary art field such as Erin Wright, Barbara Shapiro, Stephen Knudson, Diane Cambier, Bonnie Clearwater, Elaine Gustafson, Donald Kuspit, Ned Rifkin, Faith Ringgold, Daniel Stetson, Michelle Tuegel, Clyde Butcher, and Harry Benson.
Two works from The American Native series are a part of the collection of the Florida Secretary of State. Two other works were selected for purchase by the Florida Art-in-State Buildings public art program; one for Florida Gulf Coast University’s Edwards Hall, Fort Myers, and the other for the Volusia County Courthouse, Deland. A third work is in the collection of the FGCU Naples Center, Naples, Florida.
In 2015 Muffy Clark Gill was commissioned to create three scenes of modern Marco Island, Florida history that are permanently displayed on the outside walls of the Marco Island Historical Museum.
In 1997 She received national recognition for her work by having her work selected for the Top 100, National Arts for the Parks competition, a national traveling exhibition.
She is a member of the National Association of Women Artists– a national professional organization juried by her peers. Other memberships include Silk Painters International (SPIN) and the Batique Guild as well as participation in many other national and state artist organizations.
Muffy Clark Gill’s work is in the permanent collection of the following Florida museums:
- Florida Department of State
- South Florida State College Museum of Art and Culture
- Seminole Historical Society and Museum
- Collier County Museum
- Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples
- Marco Island Historical Museum
- The Naples Art Association
Corporations collecting her work include:
- Northern Trust Bank, Naples, Florida
- Physicians Regional Medical Center, Naples, Florida
- Lely Development Corporation
- Artis-Naples, Naples, Florida
Art writers and critics have written extensively about Muffy Clark Gill in articles for publications such as the February 14, 2019 issue of the Naples Daily News cover story; December, 2017 issue of Gulfshore Life Magazine; the cover story of “The Silkworm”– Silk Painters International Magazine; 2013; cover stories in the Naples Daily News and the Fort Myers News-Press, The Journal of Surface Design Association, Gulfshore Life Magazine, Life in Naples Magazine, Bonita Living Magazine, and a TV documentary on WGCU Public Media “Expressions” TV program and member magazine. In 2001, Eloise Piper, Hand Books Press, featured Muffy Clark Gill in the book “Batik for Artists and Quilters”. Recently, Muffy was a feature artist on the “Artsy Shark” blog, one of the largest artist blogs in readership in the world.
Muffy Clark Gill received her BFA, Graphic Design, from Boston University College of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. She furthered her independent studies at the DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln, MA and with several nationally known fiber artists in the United Staes and Japan. Personal commissions are accepted and teaches workshops featuring the batik and rozome processes. She maintains her residence and studio near the beach in Naples, Florida.
Art writers and critics have written extensively about Muffy Clark Gill in articles for publications such as the February 14, 2019 issue of the Naples Daily News cover story; December, 2017 issue of Gulfshore Life Magazine; the cover story of “The Silkworm”– Silk Painters International Magazine; 2013; cover stories in the Naples Daily News and the Fort Myers News-Press, The Journal of Surface Design Association, Gulfshore Life Magazine, Life in Naples Magazine, Bonita Living Magazine, and a TV documentary on WGCU Public Media “Expressions” TV program and member magazine. In 2001, Eloise Piper, Hand Books Press, featured Muffy Clark Gill in the book “Batik for Artists and Quilters”. Recently, Muffy was a feature artist on the “Artsy Shark” blog, one of the largest artist blogs in readership in the world.
Muffy Clark Gill received her BFA, Graphic Design, from Boston University College of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. She furthered her independent studies at the DeCordova Museum School, Lincoln, MA and with several nationally known fiber artists in the United Staes and Japan. Personal commissions are accepted and teaches workshops featuring the batik and rozome processes. She maintains her residence and studio near the beach in Naples, Florida.