Mary Jo Vath
mjvath@gmail.com
EDUCATION
1982 MFA,School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1978 BFA, Stephen F Austin State University
AWARDS
2013 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for Fine Arts
1989 Yaddo Fellowship
1987 Fellowship, the Macdowell Colony
TEACHING
1989 - Present: School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
1992 Cornell University, Visiting Artist for the Olive Press
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2008 Elizabeth Heskin Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York NY
1997 Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York NY
1991 Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
1988 PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 All/Together/Different: A Survey of Working Artists on the Lower East Side, Manny Cantor
Center, New York, NY
2014 Summer Show, Elizabeth Heskin Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Garage Sale, Leslie Heller Gallery, New York, NY
Do Not Disturb, Elgin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Benches and Binoculars, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN Sweetness and Light, Hampden Gallery, Amherst college, Amherst, NY New Narrative, Elizabeth Heskin Gallery, New York, NY
Carl Plansky and Friends: SAG Gallery at Golden Paints Headquarters, New Berlin, Ny
2009 Appetizing Pictures: Unusual Still Lifes of Kitchen and Food Items, Hudson Guild
Fulton Center, New York, NY
2008 Sweetness and Light: The Sugar Show, E32, New York, NY
2007 NeoIntegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
Flights of Fancy, E32, New York, NY
2006 En Masse, Elizabeth Heskin Gallery, New York, NY
Seaworthy, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Multiflorous, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Sustenance: A Gourmands Delight, Edward Thorp Gallery, NewYork, NY
2003 Flora and Fauna Manifestations, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Arts, New York, NY Look Up: Contemplating the Skies, New York Academy of Sciences Hothouse: Contemporary Floras, New York Academy of Sciences
1999 Vanitas: Reflection of Conceit and Desire, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
1998 Flowers, Beth Urdang Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 The Great Outdoors, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland OR
The Classics Revisited, Winston Wachter Fine Art, New York, NY
1996 Ladies Lounge, Livestock Gallery, New York, NY
Artful Humor, Champion International Headquarters, Stamford NY
1995 Summer Group, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY Flower Paintings, Lizan-Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY Six From New York, Jon Oulman Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
1994 Winter Gallery Group, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY Summer Gallery Group, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY Arabesque, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Gallery Group, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
1992 The Printed Images, The Gallery at Hastings on Hudson, NY
Views, Betsy Senior Contemporary Prints, New York, NY
Recent Prints from the Olive Press, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY
Contemporary Icon: From the Sublime to the Fetishistic, Hunter College Gallery of Art, New York, NY
1991 Gallery Group Exhibition, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Presswork: The Art of Women Printmakers, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
1990 Summer, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Objects on the Edge: Contemporary Still Life, Rosa Esman Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Summer, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Epiphanies, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Viewpoints: Landscape Reviewed, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
1987 Summer Show, Saxon Lee Gallery Los Angeles
Heresies, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Artist in the Marketplace Program: Annual Exhibition, The Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
Public Collections
The Walker Art Center
The Brooklyn Museum
The Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
The Johnson Art Museum, Cornell University
