| 1978 | M.F.A., Painting, U.C.L.A. |
| 1977 | M.A., Printmaking and Drawing, U.C.L.A. |
| 1972 | B.A., Painting, Sculpture and Graphic Arts, U.C.L.A. |
| 1970-71 | Art History, Lund University, SWEDEN |
| 2013 | Nominee, Rydell Visual Arts Fellowship, Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County |
| 1999 | Nominee, American Academy, New York |
| 1999 | Nominee, Florence Biennale International Dell’Arte Contemporanea |
| 1998 | Distinguished Artist Grant, Santa Cruz Art League |
| 1981 | S.E.C.A. Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
| 1978 | Chancellor’s Teaching Assistantship Award, U.C.L.A. |
| 1977 | Ford Foundation Travel Fellowship Award; Florence, ITALY |
| 1975 | Art Council Award, U.C.L.A. |
| Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA |
| Bank of America, San Francisco, CA |
| De Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, CA |
| Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
| Security Pacific Bank, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1989-2021 | Lecturer, Drawing, Printmaking and Design; Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA |
| 2005-2013 | Lecturer, Art History, Art Appreciation and Correlation of the Arts, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA |
| 2008-2011 | Lecturer, Art History, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA |
| 2007-2008 | Lecturer, Studio Arts and Art History, West Valley College, Saratoga, CA |
| 1996 | Adjunct Lecturer, Drawing; San Jose City College, San Jose, CA |
| 1985-1987 | Lecturer, Painting & Drawing; Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
| 1982-1983 | Lecturer, Painting, Drawing & Art Appreciation; C.S.U. Stanislaus, Turlock, CA |
| 1982 | Lecturer, Painting; California College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland, CA |
| 1981 | Printmaking Workshop in Lithography and Intaglio Techniques; C.S.U. Humbolt, CA |
| 1980 | Lithography Workshop; Kala Printmaking Institute, Berkeley, CA |
| 1979-1982 | Lecturer, Printmaking, Drawing & Visual Fundamentals; University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA |
| 1978 | Studio Arts Coordinator of Curriculum Development Program; University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1976-1978 | Teaching Assistantship, Painting, Drawing & Printmaking; University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2016 | Guest Curator, "Arrangements in Black and White," Santa Cruz Art League, |
| 1995 | Guest Lecturer, "The Odyssey Landscapes, Reconsidered," Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, |
| 1984 | Guest Lecturer, Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz |
| 1984 | September "Against The Charges of Imitation: Ashille Gorky" |
| 1984 | October "The New York School, First and Second Generation" |
| 1984 | November "Defining Pluralism" |
| 1983-1984 | Curator, "A Planar Perspective: Eight Photographers," Art Gallery, C.S.U.S., Turlock, CA (travels to College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA in November, 1983 and to Thorne Hall Gallery, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA in January, 1984) |
| 1983 | Coordinator, 'PRINTS 83: A Semester of Printmaking at California State University, Stanislaus,' which included a lecture series and three exhibitions |
| 1983 | September "Albion Contemporary Prints," an English Printmaking Association |
| 1983 | October "The DeSoto Press," a San Francisco Fine Arts Print Publisher |
| 1983 | November "KALA Printmaking Institute Invitational" |
| 1983 | Meridian Series Lecturer, "The Sculpture of Brian Wall: The DE STIJL Precedence," C.S.U.S. |
| 1980 | Curator, "William Brice Drawings," Sesnon Art Gallery, Stevenson College, U.C.S.C. |
| 1978-1979 | Gallery Assistant, Marilyn Pink’s Master Prints and Drawings, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1978 | Coordinator, "U.C.L.A. Print Workshop and Exhibition," Grunwald Center for the Graphics Arts, U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, CA (travels to the Art Gallery, C.S.U.L.A. and to Stevenson Library, U.C.S.C. in 1979) |
| 1978 | Advisory Council Member, Frederick S. Wight Gallery, U.C.L.A. |
| 1977 | Assistant Printer, GEMINI G.E.L., Los Angeles, CA |
| 1977 | Printer, Santa Reparata Stampiera d’Arte Grafica, Florence, Italy |
| 2023 | "Margaret Rinkovsky - Recent Paintings", Luna Gallery, San Juan Baustista, CA |
| 2020 | "Margaret Rinkovsky - Landscapes", Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA |
| 2016 | "Paintings from The Coastal Sites Series," 425 California, San Francisco, CA |
| 2013 | "The Contemporary Landscape," Harrington Gallery, Pleasanton, CA |
| 2011 | "Recent Paintings from ‘The Unswept Floor Series’," Lobby Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 2009 | "A Selection of Recent Paintings," The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts, Carmel, CA m the Garden, Recent Painting," Michelangelo Gallery, Santa Cruz |
| 1998 | "Star Charts," Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA |
| 1997 | "Margaret Rinkovsky: Distinguished Artist Award Exhibiton, 1997," Santa Cruz Art League |
| 1996 | "Recent Paintings," Jerrold Burchman Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA |
| 1995 | "Margaret Rinkovsky: ‘The Odyssey Landscapes Reconsidered’," The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA (catalogue) |
| 1994 | "Recent Paintings from the ‘Siren Series’," Holmes Fine Art Gallery, San Jose, CA |
| 1991 | "Sirens: Paintings & Drawings," Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1991 | "Recent Paintings," Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, Conference Center, Monterey, CA |
| 1990 | "Temporal Structures: Recent Paintings," San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA |
| 1989 | "Recent Paintings and Works on Paper," Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco |
| 1988 | "Sundials & Arches, 1983-1988," Plaza Gallery, Bank of America World Headquarters, San Francisco, CA |
| 1987 | "Paintings: A Five Year Selection," Eloise Packard Smith Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA |
| 1986 | "Paintings," Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA |
| 1985 | "Recent Paintings," Bluxome Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1984 | "Paintings and Works on Paper," Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA |
| 1984 | "Recent Paintings," Dana Reich Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1982 | "Recent Paintings," Dana Reich Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1981 | "Descent from Pacifica," KALA Printmaking Institute, Berkeley, CA |
| 1981 | "S.E.C.A. Award Exhibition," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (catalogue) |
| 1979 | "Notes from the River Arno," Art Gallery, C.S.U.L.A., L.A., CA |
| 2002 | "The Member Experience," by Muriel Hanley, article from the MAH Annual Report |
| 2000 | "The Twelve Labors of Heracles, 1998-1999, A Painting by Margaret Rinkovsky," brochure published by Catch the Moon Graphics, Santa Cruz, CA |
| 1998 | "Series based on ‘The Odyssey’," by Patrick Giblin, review in The Modesto Bee, May 15, 1998 |
| 1997 | "The Hymn to Demeter, Song for My Mother, 1997, A Painting by Margaret Rinkovsky," with text of the Homeric poem, Hymn to Demeter, translated by Helene P. Foley, brochure published by Catch the Moon Graphics, Santa Cruz, CA, 1997 "Balancing act – Milhoan and Rinkovsky’s exhibitions make for a nice harmony together," by Julia Chiapella, Review in The Santa Cruz Sentinel, November 23, 1997 |
| 1995 | "The epic journey – Margaret Rinkovsky retraces the wanderings of Odysseus," by Julia Chiapella, Review in The Santa Cruz Sentinel, September 15, 1995 |
| 1995 | "Margaret Rinkovsky: The "Odyssey Landscapes" Reconsidered," catalogue, The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, CA |
| 1991 | "Visions – Margaret Rinkovsky at Koplin Gallery," by Marge Bulmer |
| 1991 | "Margaret Rinkovsky," by Susan Geer, review in The Los Angeles Times, August 2, 1991 |
| 1991 | "California Monoprints’ – One of a Kind," by Ellen Methner, review in Houston Chronical |
| 1991 | "Art transcendent," by Rick Deragon, review in The Monterey Herald, March 22, 1991 |
| 1990 | "The color of darkness and the illusion of reality," by Dorothy Burkhart, review in the San Jose Mercury News, March 17, 1990 |
| 1990 | "Temporal Structures – Recent paintings by Margaret Rinkovsky," by Kathryn Funk, SJICA |
| 1987 | "Visiting art expert picks cream of crop," by Kimberley Petitte, review Sentinel, April 10, 1987 |
| 1986 | "The Light of Time," by Dennis Duerden, review in ARTWEEK, May 10, 1986 |
| 1986 | "Dealers show their hands," by Susan Geer, review in The Orange County Register, March 7, 1986 |
| 1985 | "Presence: Abstract Visions from Six Artists," by Merle Schipper, review in ARTnews, February 1985 |
| 1986 | "Epilogue for a critic—Five local artists," by Kenneth Baker, review in The San Francisco Chronical |
| 1984 | "Lyric Meditations," by Robert McDonald, review in ARTWEEK, February 25, 1984 |
| 1984 | "New Paintings—An intuitive Eye," by Thomas Albright, review in The San Francisco Chronical |
| 1984 | "Varied Directions," by Robert McDonald, review in ARTWEEK, March 31, 1984 |
| 1982 | "Drifting Brillancies," by Cathy Curtis, review in ARTWEEK, October 23, 1982 |
| 1982 | "A look at early Kline and new abstract "Variations," by Thomas Albright, San Francisco Chronical |
| 1981 | "SECA Art Award 1981: Marc Katano, George Lawson, Margaret Rinkovsky," catalogue, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 1981 | "Two Eastbay art shows elegant, fun," by Charles Shere, review in Oakland Tribune, November 6, 1981 |