Background
McMahon, Margot Ann was born on April 15, 1957 in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States. Daughter of William Franklin and Irene Mary (Leahy) McMahon.
McMahon, Margot Ann was born on April 15, 1957 in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States. Daughter of William Franklin and Irene Mary (Leahy) McMahon.
Bachelor, Hamline University, 1979. Master of Fine Arts, Yale University, 1984.
Sculpture assistant, Hamline U., St. Paul, 1978; editorial artist, World Book Encyclopedia, Chicago, 1979-1982; teaching assistant, Yale University, New Haven, 1982-1984; teacher, Yale Summer School, Norfolk, Connecticut, 1983; member sculpture faculty, School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1986-1989; lecturer, The Art Institute of Chicago Associations, Chicago, since 1989; lecturer, DePaul University, Chicago, 1998. Visiting artist School of The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992, 96, St. Xavier College, Chgo, 1995.
Board directors Arts Club Chicago, Oak Park Area Arts Council, 1999, Village Oak Park Public Art Advisory Commission, 2000-2007, National Museum of Women in the Arts, since 1999. Member, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, since 1992, Oak Park Area Arts Council, since 1992, Chicago Arts Club. Member International Sculpture Society, National Sculpture Society (Alex B. Hexter award 1991), Renaissance Society, Ragdale Foundation, Museum Contemporary Art, Arts Club of Chicago.
Married Daniel Joseph Burke, June 25, 1988. Children: Brendan McMahon Burke, Mary Irene McMahon Burke, Aubrey McMahon Burke.