Margie Livingston is a painter using a humorous lens to reflect on anxiety, mortality, and hope.

Based in Seattle, she earned her M.F.A. in painting from the University of Washington (1999). Her awards include Artist in Residence at MONA FOMA in Tasmania (2019); Vermont Studio Center Fellowship (2019); Artist in residence at Residency.ch in Bern (2012); the Arts Innovator Award (2010); the Neddy Fellowship (2010); Artist in Residence at the Shenzhen Fine Art Institute in China (2008); the Seattle Art Museum's Betty Bowen Annual Memorial Award (2006); and a Fulbright Scholarship in Berlin (2001).

Livingston's work resides in the permanent collections of the Shenzhen Fine Art Institute, the Seattle Art Museum, King County, the City of Seattle, the Portland Art Museum, and the Henry Art Gallery.

She is represented by Greg Kucera Gallery (Seattle) and Luis De Jesus (Los Angeles).