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Mary Mortimer

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20170824232848-20994319_10213755545146058_626242876330412193_n — *A Wife's Work*, 2017 Fiber Letterpress On Found Objects © mmortimer

20170824234219-20840660_10213718230133206_5761075278910524520_n — *Quaker Tenets*, 2017 Letterpress 8.5x11" Prints © mmortimer

20170824234354-20915572_10213754898089882_6987029049191367227_n — *Knitted Samplers*, 2017 Knitted Linen Cotton With Letterpress 8.5 X 11" 3 Panels © mmortimer

20170824234821-20728325_10213694516180372_7511706620816880501_n — *Washboard (seen with cups)*, 2017 Mixed Media © mmortimer

20170824235213-20914558_10213762658443886_796920017367409525_n — *We Are the Love of Those Who Have Gone Before Us*, 2017 Letterpress 11x17" © mmortimer

*Memory Vessel*, 2008 Painted Hog Gut Over Reed, Memory Ball Enclosed Approx 18"X14"X5" © Mary Mortimer

Basket_forflorence_ — *Basket*, 2008 Hog Gut Over Found Wire, Linen, Twine Approx 10"X5"X7" © Mary Mortimer

Birdsandbeeshouse — *Birds and Bees House*, 2008 Mixed Beeswax Over Found Objects 9"X9"X8" © Mary Mortimer

Traveljournal2007 — *Travel Journal 2007*, 2008 Mixed Media Recycled © Mary Mortimer

3311_1145474560247_1329006204_357043_7253043_n — *I have a flower*, 2009 Beeswax Over Found And Rebound Book 18"X6"X6" © Mary Mortimer

20111025122418-img_3117 — *Home Maker - Nesting Show Installation*, October 2011 Installation © 2011 Mary Mortimer

20111025122743-img_3097 — *Home Maker - Nesting Show Installation*, October 2011 Fiber © 2011 Mary Mortimer

20111025122547-img_3108 — *Travel Nests*, October 2011 Mixed Media © 2011 Mary Mortimer

20110727130234-bark — *Bark*, 2008 Paper 9"X9" © mmortimer

20110727130352-deerisleassemblage — *Deer Isle*, 2008 Mixed 9"X28.5" © mmortimer

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Quick Facts

Birthplace

New York

Lives in

Berkeley, CA

Works in

Oakland, CA

Schools

School of Visual Arts New York (SVA), BFA

Representing galleries

The Compound Gallery & Studios

Tags

sculpture, mixed-media, installation

Statement

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

www.instagram.com/marymortimerstudi...

http://thecompoundgallery.com

www.marymortimer.com - coming soon

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

Exhibited with these artists

Mary Mortimer has Exhibited with these artists:

Jarin & Catherine Bossert (District Dogs Designs)

Elizabeth Boyne

Kevin Bradley (Church of Type)

Giselle Brewton

Johnny Brewton (X-Ray Book Co.)

Amy Burek