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MARY HAMBLETON

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2007
Victoria Munroe Fine Art, Boston, MA, Works on Paper (March’07)
Lesley Heller, NYC, New Paintings (April’07)
2005
Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
Littlejohn Contemporary, NYC “Nothing By Mouth”,
2003
Gallery 817, University of The Arts, Philadelphia Pa.
Paintings and drawings
2002
Littlejohn Contemporary, NYC., Project Room
2001
Rosefsky Gallery, University of Binghamton, NY “New Work”
1999
Randolph Macon College, Ashland, Va. New Paintings and Installation of “Elements from a Periodic Table”
1995
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY, Paintings
1994
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY, Works on paper
1993
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY, Paintings and works on paper
1992
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY, Monoprints
1991
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY, Paintings
1990
Knoedler Gallery, London, England
1989
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY. Paintings
Galerie Sigma, Bregenz and Vienna, Austria
1988 Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY. Paintings

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
“Pillow Talk”, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica.
2006
Art Bar Project, Ithaca NY “selections 2006/07
“Convergence,” Tolbooth Art Centre, Kirkudbright, Scotland
Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
Pierogi “Flat File”, Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Traveling Files (since ’00)
2005
Center For International Contemporary Art (CIAC) ‘Obsession’, Pont-Aven France,
Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, Ca.
2004
The Islip Museum, NY “Multitasking”
Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NYC “Women”,
Kentler International, Redhook Brooklyn, “100 Drawings”
Hiedi Cho Gallery, New York ,“To Die For”
2003
“Thinking in Line”, University Galleries, University of Florida
Survey of Contemporary American Drawings
Axel-Raben Gallery, NYC. “Worlds Apart”
University Of Hartford, Jose Loff Gallery “Litchfield Hills Collects”
Workspace, NYC “Resonance”
Metaphor Gallery, DUMBO, New York, “Drawings”
2002
National Academy of Design, New York, ”The 177th Annual”
Metaphor Gallery, DUMBO, New York, “Touch”
Kentler International Drawing Space, Red Hook Brooklyn
“Made in Brooklyn”, Curated by Chris Martin &Nellie Appleby
“Just Drawing”, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.
2001
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, U. of North Carolina. “Finely Drawn”
Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY “21st Suffragettes”
The International Artist’s Museum, Tel Aviv “Milestones For Peace”
2000
Brenda Taylor Gallery, NYC. “Unusual Suspects”
1999
Crest Hardware Show, Williamsburg. Curated by Gene Pool
Boothe Gallery, Warwick Rhode Island “Mind’s Eye”
The Painting Center, NYC. “Peripheral Vision”
RISD Museum, Providence, RI. “Reflections”
1998
Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg NY,”Pay Per It” CATALOGUE
1997
The Reading Museum, Reading Pa., “William Zimmer Collection”
The RISD Museum, “Faculty Biennial”
James Howe Fine Arts Gallery, Kean University, ”IntimateUniverse”
A.I.R.. Gallery, “Generations ”Twenty-fifth Anniversary Show, NYC
The Exchange Show, Robert Gilson Fine Arts, NYC.
Robert Steele Gallery, N.Y.C., Intimate Universe (Revisited), Curated by
Michael Walls
Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa.
“Place” with Suzanne Boccanagro, Sharon Horvath, Robin Hill
Manderville Gallery Union College, Schenectady, N.Y. “Place”
1996
D.C. Moore Gallery, New York, NY, "Beyond Nature"
Art Initiatives , New York, NY, "(Ap)praising Abstraction"
University of West England Bristol, "Small Prints"
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, "Small Prints"
E.S. Vandam, New York, NY, "Place"
1995
O'Hara Gallery, New York, NY, The Small Painting
"The Workspace, New York, NY, "Accumulation,"
1994
E.S. Vandam Gallery, New York, NY, "East/West" curated by Saul Ostrow
Akus Gallery, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, "Interior Essence,"
Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL, "Embraceable You,"
1993
Machida City Museum, Tokyo, Japan, "American and European Prints - Silkscreen and Monotype"
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY, "Intimate Universe"
1992
Max Protech Gallery, New York, NY, "A New American Flag”
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, NYC, "Contemporary Surfaces,"
Curator: Rick Ward
Michael Walls Gallery, New York, NY, "Intimate Universe"
1991
Sert Gallery, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, MA,
“Collaboratios: Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop
1990
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA, "Inner Natures"
1989
Thomas Fine Arts, Pasadena, CA, "The Feminine Touch"
Schmidt Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, "Monotypes"
Galerie Sigma, Gregenz, Austria, "Inaugural Exhibition"
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY, "Gallery Artists"
Persons/Lindell Gallery, Helsinki, Finland, "Monoprints"
The United States Department of State, Washington, D.C., "Collaborations in Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop Exhibition," four year international traveling exhibition
1988
Frank Bernaducci Gallery, New York, NY, Benefit Art Auction for the Children's Museum
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Invitational Group Exhibition Show"
1987
Oscarsson/Siegeltuch, New York, NY, "Nature into Form"
A.I.R Gallery, New York, NY, "Invitational"
Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NJ, "Benefit"
1986
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, "Invitational"
Ruth Siegal Gallery, New York, NY, "24 x 24"
John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH, "6th Annual"
EXIT Art, New York, NY, "Consensus"
Visual Arts Gallery, State University of New York at Purchase, "Studio Camnitzer, Selected Works"
1986
Cava Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Two person show (with Phyllis Ideal)
1985
John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH, "5th Annual"
Condeso/Lawler Gallery, New York, NY, "Invitational," Curator: Tiffany Bell
Art Awareness, Lexington, NY, "Sentient Visions," Curator: Ronnie Cohen
Kamekazi, New York, NY, "The Non-Objective World," Curator: Stephen Westfall
EXIT Art, New York, NY, "Surplus Show"*
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH, "Have a Heart" (Benefit for Ethiopia)
1984
Charles Merrill Hall, New York University, New York, "Abstract Paintings"
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, "Invitational"
1984
John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH, "4th Annual"
Susan Montezinos Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, "Group Show (Five Painters)"
New York Studio School, New York, NY, "Drawing with Respect to Painting," Curator:
David Reed
Muelenberg College. Allentown, Pa., “Small Works, New Abstract Paintings”**
Lafeyette College, Easton. Pa, “Small Works, New Abstract Paintings”
Directions on Broadway, New York, NY, "Installations"
Art Galaxy, New York, NY, "Artist's Call"
1983
White Columns, New York, NY, "Science and Prophecy"*
John Davis Gallery, Akron, OH, "3rd Annual"
1981
Webb and Parsons Gallery, New Canaan, CT, "Dealer's Choice"
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NY, "Heresies Show" CATALOGUE

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books Cynthia Maris Dantzic, 100 New York Painters, Schiffer Publishing, 2006
Sister Wendy Beckett, Sister Wendy’s Book Of Meditations
“Realm Of Bliss”, D.K. Publishing 1998

Exhibition Catalogues
National Acadamy Of Design 177th Annual, New York City, 2002
Inner Natures, essay by Nancy Doll, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, November 23,1990 -
February 10, 1991
Small Works: New Abstract Painting, essay by Barbara Zabel, essay by William Zimmer,
"Can Small Works Carry It Off?" 1984
Mary Hambleton, essay by Bill Zimmer, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, 1991
Mary Hambleton, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, 1988
Embraceable You, essay by Francis Colpitt, Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and
Design, 1993
“American & European Prints Silkscreen and Monotypes” Machida City Museum, Tokyo Japan

Periodicals
Art in America, review “Nothing By Mouth”, Raphael Meyer Rubenstein,2004
Brooklyn Rail, review, 2004
Review, Art Papers, Sept.2000
Bell, J. Boyer, REVIEW, Jan 2000, “Unusual Suspects”
Bell, Tiffany. Review, Art in America, 1988, Vol. 76, no. 5
Brenson, Michael. Review, "Drawing with Respect to Painting," The New York Times,
March 19, 1984
Carrier, David. "Abstract Working Space," Art International, Spring 1990, p. 70
Cohen, Ronny. Review, Artforum, September 1991, p. 136, illus.
Cohen, Ronny. Review, Artforum, April 1988, p. 149, illus.
Cohen, Ronny. "New Abstraction," Print Collectors Newsletter, March - April 1987,
vol. XVIII, pp. 9-14
Crowder, Joan. "Nature as a Metaphor for Growth," Santa Barbara News Press,
December 28, 1990, p. 19
Donohue, Victoria. Review, "Mary Hambleton and Phyllis Ideal," The Philadelphia
Enquirer, February 22, 1986, p. 3-C
Handy, Ellen. Review, Arts, April 1988, vol. 62, No. 8, p.107
McCracken, David. "New York Artists Have the Abstract Edge," Chicago Tribune,
July 8, 1988, Sec. 7, p. 55
McDonald, Robert. Review, Artweek, July 30, 1977, vol. 8, no. 26, p. 8
Martin, Fred. Artweek, June 30, 1977
Melrod, George. Arts and Antiques, April 1995
Nelson, Liam. Review. "Art Awareness," Woodstock Times, June 13, 1985, p.32
Ostrow, Saul. “Empty Space In The Void” Essay for EAST/WEST, E.S.
Vandam Gallery, New York, NY, 1994
Raynor, Vivian. Review, "Mystery Show," The New York Times, June 2, 1985
Rubey, Dan. Review, Artnews, March 1990, p. 79, illus.
Schwendenwein, Jude. Review, ARTnews, April 1988, vol. 87, no. 4 p.145, illus.
Sorenson, Dina. Review, Arts, February 1990, p. 79, illus.
Watkins, Eileen. Review, "Mystery Show," The Sunday Star Ledger,
New Jersey, June 26, 1985
Watkins, Eileen. The Jersey Journal, New Jersey, May 24, 1985
Woodward, Josef. "The Shape of Spirit," Artweek, January 24, 1991, pp. 15-16

SELECTED PROJECTS
2004 “A Conversation with Mary Hambleton And Ron Janowich”
Published on Line by The Brooklyn Rail
2000- Jungle Press, NYC. Lithographs (in progress)
1995,98 John Micoff, Williamsburg, NY, Monotypes
1991 Garner Tullis Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA, Monotypes
1989 Garner Tullis Workshop, New York, NY, Monotypes
1986 Garner Tullis Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA, Monotypes
1985 Studio Camnitzer, Valdottavo, Italy, Intaglio

BIOGRAPHY
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Teaches in the Fine Arts Department , Parsons School of DesIgn(since 1991)

2007 Ballinglen Fellowship Residency, Ballycastle, Ireland
2006 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Grant
Parsons School Of Fine Arts, Awarded Faculty Development Leave
2003 Pollock - Krasner Foundation Grant
2002 Edwin Palmer Memorial Prize, National Academy of Design, NYC
2000 Teaches Painting, Rhode Island School of Design (’96-2000)
1999 Curated “Peripheral Visions”, Painting Center, NYC
1998 Rhode Island School Of Design, Faculty Grant
1989 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship - NYFA
1985 Studio Camnitzer, Valdottavo, Italy
1976 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco California, B.F.A.

COLLECTIONS
The New York Public Library
The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, NC
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington Kentucky
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
The Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables Florida
The Reading Museum, Reading, PA
The United States Department Of State
The McCrory Collection, NYC
Amerada Hess Corp.
Prudential
I.B.M.
Reader’s Digest
Santa Barbara City College
Werner H. Kramarsky, NYC
Lila Twigg-Smith estate
John Kasmin, London
Villa Val Lemme, Italy
The Kunts Collection, The Brearley School, NYC.
JMB Realty Corp, Chicago
Esther Grether, Switzerland
Agnes Gund, NYC

Numerous other private and corporate collections

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