Originally from China, Maggie Cao exhibited a love of drawing from a young age. Her formal studies focused in journalism and included a graduate degree from University of South Carolina. After working at Johns Hopkins University, Maggie took up painting full-time in 2006.
Her art education included one year full-time study of traditional oil painting methods, sculpture, watercolor and anatomy at the Schuler School of Fine Arts in Baltimore, many courses with the Continuing Studies in Maryland Institute College of Art, and workshops with a number of nationally known artists.
In 2007, Maggie was awarded first prize in portraiture and third prize in landscape in the Artist’s Magazine student competition. In 2009, she was selected to be in the "Rising Stars: 10 artists to watch" show in the McBride Gallery, Annapolis and won third place in Havre de Grace Plein Air Painting Competition.
In 2010, Maggie won second place in Havre de Grace Plein Air Painting Competition and third place in Mountain Maryland Plein Air Competition, was named a finalist in the Artist’s Magazine Art Competition in the portraiture and still-life categories, and was juried into the American Impressionist Society national show in Nashville, Tennessee.
The artist currently shows her paintings in McBride Gallery in Annapolis and the Gallery International in Baltimore.
Maggie lives with her husband in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Education:
BA, Northwest University, China, 1994
MA, University of South Carolina, 2000
Art Training, Schuler School of Fine Arts, May 2007-May 2008
