Mary Mortimer
Common threads in my work are food, home and environment.
My most recent work concerns family history – in particular, that of my paternal grandmother.
Upon receiving a photograph of her father and his daughters, I began exploring my lost Quaker heritage.
This work stems from the journey into that past and its relevance to my present.
Mary is a printmaker and fiber artist at The Compound Gallery and Studios in Oakland, CA.
She holds a BFA from The School of Visual Arts in NYC
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EXHIBITIONS
2014
Compoundaganza! - The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
Homeostasis - The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
2013
The Art of Letterpress - The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA
Pink Week - Center For Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
2012
Wonder - Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Pink Week - Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2011
Nesting - Cricket Engine Gallery and Project Space, Oakland, CA
Wood - Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Flora/Fauna - Tangent Gallery, Sacramento
2010
Green - Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2009
Kitsch - Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Working in Wax - Bedford Gallery/Lesher Center, Walnut Creek, CA
Meet the Ironkids - Studio Quercus, Oakland, CA
Juried Annual 2009 - Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
2008
The Bird Show - Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Box Art - Pro Arts, Oakland, CA
Pink Week - Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Tiny Iron - Davarts Gallery, Denver, CO
Haystack Open Studios, Deer Isle, ME
2007
Pink Week - Tangent Gallery, Sacramento, CA
PERFORMANCES
Live Art Wednesdays - Levende East, Oakland, CA
Iron Bowling - 2008 - Cast Iron Performance with Ironkids, Denver, CO
Hopi’s Wheel - 2005 - Cast Iron Performance with Ironkids, Birmingham, AL
PROFESSIONAL
California College of the Arts - Visiting Speaker, Fashion Dept - San Francisco, CA
The Crucible - Instructor in Foundry, Moldmaking, Welding - Oakland, CA
Textile Designer and Director for international fabrication of Rugs, Printed and Woven Textiles,
with travel in USA, India, China, Portugal
EDUCATION
San Francisco Center for the Book - Letterpress, Bookbinding - 2009
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts - Writing, Book Arts, Fiber, Glass - 2013, 2009, 2008, 2003
Archie Bray - Soda-Fired Ceramics - 2007
Anderson Ranch - Ceramic Sculpture - 2005
Urban Glass - Intermediate Glassblowing - 1996-1998
Guggenheim Museum - Conservation Lab Internship - 1982
School of Visual Arts - BFA - 1982
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