Margaret Archambault was born in 1968 in her father’s hometown of South Bend, Indiana and has been living in her mother’s hometown of Louisville since 1987. Like so many children of the 70’s her parents divorced when she was very young. Each of them went through several additional marriages and divorces which created wide variety of turmoil and change in her life. She attended 13 schools before entering high school for a total of 15 schools by her 1986 graduation which took place in Gulfport, MS. The plethora of movement in her life injected her with the ability to adapt to any situation and instilled an ability to see people and to embrace change. Her mother, a nurse was also a painter and those early years watching her mother paint with the scent of linseed permeating the air were very influential and would drive her desire to recreate those rare moments of peace and stability in her own life as an artist.

     Margaret graduated Summa Cum Laude from Spalding University in 2007 with an Interdisciplinary BA and received The Louise Kannapel Award for excellence in Arts & Humanities. That same year she also received the inaugural Senior Project Award created by the faculty at Spalding University specifically designed to recognize the high bar she had set for the interdisciplinary project she presented. In 2006 they also chose one of her Independent study paintings to be part of their permanent collection. Her time at Spalding was rewarding and continued to develop after graduation which featured an invitation to be in a commercial television spot for the university, inclusion as a prominent featured graduate with a larger than life image featured in the university library and in 2014 she was invited to be the keynote speaker for the Liberal Arts graduation ceremonies.

     In addition to the achievements at Spalding she was the Committee Chair for the art portion of “The Taste of St. Francis” (a historic annual fundraiser) in both 2007 and 2008. She singlehandedly developed and implemented a school wide (K-8) art projects for St. Francis of Assisi that broke all previous records raising nearly $10,000 from the sale of the artworks created; one of which was featured in the promotional materials for the parish. In 2004 she was the Art Camp Coordinator for St. Francis of Assisi’s Summer Art Camp and developed a large mural and 3-D sets for the weeklong camp. In 2012 she was invited to take part in another fundraising experience to support “The Art of Dreams” which helps children with terminal illnesses. The success of this endeavor was evident at the exhibition that featured a large scale canvas displayed at FAF Gallery in Louisville where the former mayor congratulated her vision and efforts. The piece sold quickly at auction and is featured in the PNC Bank collection. Her incorporation of art projects as a fundraising tool was again successful when in 2016 she created and led an all inclusive young adult art workshop to create pieces for Neighborhood House, a non-profit outreach facility in Louisville that helped to secure much needed funding for the variety of services they provide. She created an exhibition event that was both successful financially and as a tool to uplift the spirits of the participating teens with a sense of purpose and value.

     Margaret is also a published writer with articles in several local publications and is a graduate of The Long Ridge Writers Group (2002). As such she was invited in 2016 to be the judge for the “Writing Prize” at Spalding University and was one of two judges for the Gilda’s House Art and Writing competition in 2016 & 2017.  In 2019 & 2020 she was a member of the selection committee for the AIR (Artist in Residence) program at The Galt House and helped to secure artworks from local artists to the Galt House’s permanent collection. She was a LOOK Louisville arts member from 2010 to 2022 and participated in a wide variety of events, programs and projects during that period. And in 2025 she created and implemented a nursing community art project for Baptist Hospital to celebrate Nurse’s Week that gave nurses an opportunity to release stress and share the emotional aspects of their work onto a huge canvas which is now part of the hospital’s permanent collection hanging in a prominent location acting as a reminder of resilience to all who see it.

     Margaret’s work within the community is underlined by her participation in art exhibitions that began in 1998 and continue today. Her work is featured in two public art locations as part of the Alley Gallery project (please note her CV shows 3, but one was damaged). Her CV demonstrates a clear history of her prolific career. She painted live at the first NULU festival in 2009 and also painted live for The Art Cartel in that same year. In 2024, 2025 & 2026 she was a featured artist interviewed for Canvas Rebel magazine and with Bold Journey online magazine. In 2023 she was featured in two episodes of The Bloom Where You’re Planted podcast sponsored by Never Too Late Café. These two interviews prompted her inclusion in a book published in 2026 titled “Guestbook” that focuses on artists from a variety of genres.  She has donated work for the Louisville Visual Arts Association's annual Art Squared many times, has participated 4 times for the Open Studios event in Louisville which is held each fall, was the resident artist at Tim Faulkner gallery for more than ten years, has work in collections from California to Texas, New Jersey to Las Vegas and a myriad of pieces locally and regionally. Recently she has expanded her reach by exhibiting in Manhattan, New York in 2021 and Chicago, IL. in 2025. She has been invited to show new paintings at Pyro Gallery in September 2026 and feels that she has finally found the “peace” she spent so many years chasing.