Bio
Born and raised in McCall, Idaho, Margaret Pope received a BA in Political Science and Visual Art from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. She then returned to Idaho to pursue an MFA at Boise State University, graduating in 2021. She previously served as an Assistant Professor at the College of Idaho and now lives and works in Angel Fire, New Mexico.
Pope is drawn to objects that construct the built environment, including rebar-embedded concrete, fence posts, wire, and other industrial remnants tied to containment, division, and boundary-making. These materials are the starting point of her sculptural and installation-based practice. Her work is shaped by her surroundings, particularly the dynamics between urban and rural spaces, the people who inhabit them, and the beliefs, ideas, and agendas they hold. Often beginning with a single found object, she transforms it through assemblage, deconstruction, and manipulation, placing it in space to reconsider its function, its place, and its active role in shaping human experience.
