Biography
 
Mary has received over 40 awards in National Shows.  She is a signature Member of the National Watercolor Society and the Watercolor USA Honor Society.  Her work is acrylic with Mixed Media on canvas and on paper.  It can be seen at Goldesberrry Gallery, Houston and Envision Gallery in Taos, N.M.  Paintings can be seen in several publications:  The Best of Watercolor Two and Three; best of Watercolor Painting Texture; and Collage Techniques by Gerald Brommer.; and The Treasures of Arizona;  "The Gift" appears on the cover of  Random House publication Art and Healing.
 
Mary taught  painting for 4 years at the Phoenix Art Museum, and for 3 years at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, and at the Juvenile Justice System in Houston and has juried local and national exhibits. For the past 12 years she has taught workshops In Costa Rica, Peru, Mexico. Canada, and the U.S.  Currently she teaches  2 workshops a year at her studio, and at the Watercolor Art Society Houston.
 

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MUSEUM EXHIBITS

●Springfield Art Museum : Watercolor Honor Society 25th Anniversary Members Invitational Exhibit May 7to July 5, 2011

·Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art, Texas 2010, 2009

·Albuquerque Museum of Fine Art; 2005, 2007 Exploring Multiple Dimensions

·Springfield Art Museum, Watercolor USA Honor Society: 2006

·Watercolor USA Honor Society; Water Media 2000,Huntsville, Alabama Museum of Art

·Watercolor USA, 1995; 1994 Award; 1991; Springfield Art Museum, Missouri

·Watercolor Now; Watercolor USA Honor Society, Springfield Art Museum 1997

·Texas Watercolor Society National Exhibit; 1999 McNay Art Museum; Governor’s Award, 1997 Museum of the Southwest, Texas; 1989 McNay Art Museum, Traveling Show

·Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Invitational Contemporary Aquamedia 1993

·Western Federation Exhibit, Albuquerque Museum, 1992, Gale Memorial Award, 1984

·National Watercolor Oklahoma, Kirkpatrick Center Museum, Oklahoma, 1995 Award; 1994 Award; 1993 Second Place Award; 1992; 1991 Award

·Mississippi National Watercolor Exhibit, Mississippi Museum of Art, 1993 Award, 1992, 1989, 1987 Walter Anderson Award

·Watercolor Society of Georgia, National Exhibit, Columbus Museum of Art, 1997, 1996 Award 1992 Trust Bank Award, 1991, 1988

·Watercolor Society of Alabama, National Exhibit, Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, 1996,

·Society of Layerists in Multi-Media, Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Ohio, May 1990

MUSEUM ACQUISITIONS

●Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Art 2011    Tryptich "The Music of Time"

SOLO EXHIBITS

 ·Goldesberry Gallery Houston 2009 duo,2004 duo, 2003, 2002

·Jung Center, Houston 2009, 2001

·Envision Gallery, El Prado (Taos), New Mexico, 2005

·Art Art Bo Bart Gallery, Taos, New Work 2000

·Preusser Gallery, Taos, New Mexico 1999

·Cynthia Woody Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1998

·Weekend Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1996

·Studio Gallery, New Jersey; "A Memory of Stone" 1995

·Art League of Houston, "EDGE", 1994

·Sol Del Rio Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, 1992

Small Group Exhibitions

Archway Gallery, Invitational Exhibition, 10+ Artists

· Envision Gallery Duo Exhibition, El Prado (Taos), New Mexico, 2010

CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

 ·Acetex Energy Corporation, Houston and Chicago

·Compaq Computer Corporation; Mortgage Government Servicing Inc. Boettcher & Co. 

·Houston Neurological Institute, Phoenix Global Mortgage Corporation

 AWARDS IN NATIONAL EXHIBITS AND GROUP SHOWS (SELECTED)

 ·Envision Gallery Women Artists, Taos, New Mexico  2008

·Watermedia 2000, Houston

·Birth of Wisdom, St Johns College Santa Fe, NM 2000

·San Diego Watercolor Society International Exhibition;1999 Purchase Award; 1996 Award; 1994 Purchase Award; 1993 Members Award; 1992 1st Place Jurors Award;

·State of the Art ’99, Invitational Parkland College Art Gallery

·Koelsch Gallery 1999

·Preusser Gallery 1999

·Rocky Mountain National Watermedia, Golden, Colorado, 1997 First Place Award; 1996; 1991

·National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, New York, 1996

·American Watercolor Society, International Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, 1991. Travel Exhibit

·National Watercolor Society 73rd annual exhibit, 1994 Award and travel exhibit; 1993 Award and travel exhibit; 1992 traveling exhibit 

·The Layered Perspective Walton Arts Center and University of Arkansas Fine Arts Gallery SLMM 1994

·Hill Country Arts Foundation, "Women View Art and Healing" 1994

·Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Annual Exhibit 1996, 1995 Travel Exhibit; 1993 Travel Exhibit 1992 Juror's Award; 1991 Award of  Excellence; 1984

·Northern National Art Exhibit, Nicolet College Gallery, Wisconsin, 1994 Award, 1992, Award.

·Watercolor Art Society, Houston National Exhibit, 1995, 1992; 1991; 1990; 1988

·Southwestern Watercolor Society Signature Member Exhibit 1993; Annual Exhibit 1990 Award, 1988, 1987, 1986, 1984

·Cameron Gallery, June and September 1990. March and May 1991. October 1991

·Bradford College, MA. A Gathering of Voices 1991

·Marin County, CA. Fine Arts Center, Layering an Art of Time and Space. November 1991 

·Durfee Gallery 1987, 1986

·Art League of Houston Honors and Awards Exhibit 1978

·Assistance League of Houston 1978-Juror, Wolfe Kahn

TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE 

Member of Artists Council Board of the Jung Center, Houston, 2002 to present.  This board chooses exhibits for the coming year. Juror of national and local shows

. Board member of Watercolor Art Society Houston 1989, Board member Pikes Peak Arts Council 1986-87  INSTRUCTOR: Phoenix Art Museum 1980-1984, Instructor Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Bemis Art School 1984-1987, Wilbanks Studio Workshops 1992 to present, Watercolor Art Society Houston 2002 to Present, Art League of Houston 1995-2003, 

Workshops; Peru, Costa Rica, Mexico, Greece and Canada, Texas,New Mexico,Arizona. Art League of Houston Collage Workshops 1995-2003; Juvenile Detention Program 1990-1994, (one of 22 teachers to receive  national award for most unique juvenile art program). Workshop and Demo, San Angelo Museum of  Fine Art,  1991, Glassell School of Art, advanced student's outreach program 1979-1980. 

EDUCATION

University of Southern Mississippi 1969, Art Major. Alfred Glassell School of Art.1975-1980, Houston, Tx.  Springmaid:  Open Studio, Glenn Bradshaw NA., AWS, 1987 to 2007 ; Open Studio- Kathryn Liu 2009;  Critique Group, Arthur Turner 1995, Dorothy Hood Critique Group 1991-1993.

MEMBERSHIPS 

Signature Memberships:  National Watercolor Society, Watercolor Honor Society;Watercolor Art Society Houston Signature Elite; Texas Watercolor  Society,  Sagebrush Honor Society;  Society of Layerists in Multi-media; Western Federation Watercolor Society.

PUBLICATIONS 

Art and Healing by Barbara Ganim, (collage on cover) Random House, 1999; Best of Watercolor III, Rockport Art Press, 1999; Best  of Watercolor  Textures,  Best  of Watercolor II, 1997 and Watercolor Abstracts, Rockport  Art  Press,  1996, Collage Techniques, Gerald Brommer 1994; Watercolor Magic Magazine winter 1997; Dallas Morning News,  June 1993;  Artists Magazine September 1993;  American Artists  An Illustrated Survey of Leading  Contemporaries,1990.  Layering, An Art of Time and Space, 1991. Palette Magazine 2009.

GALLERIES 

Goldesberry Gallery, Houston, Texas; Envision Gallery, Taos, New Mexico