Mary Bero: Resume

 

BIRTHDATE March 2,1949. Two Rivers, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

EDUCATION 1967-71. B.S., Stout State University, Menomonie, Wisconsin Art: Self-taught

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005 . 'Eclectic Musings,' Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, Sept. 10-Oct. 15
'Portraits and Dreams,' Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY, Sept. 8-Oct. 8
2001 . 'Reflectivetrime:lnterface,' The Natalie & James Thompson Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, Nov. 20-Dec. 14
1999. 'Small & Mighty,' Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL, Sept. 17-Oct. 13
1996 . 'The Common Thread,' Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL, Sept. 6-Oct. 2 'Dialogue with Life,' Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, May 4-31
1995 . 'Rhythms of Experience,' Helen Louise Allen, Textile Collection in association with the Gallery of Design, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Oct. 17 -Nov. 22
New Works,' Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, June 2-30
'Mixed Media & Textiles,' Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Jan. 5-31
1993. 'Our Lady of Sorrow,' The Farrell Collection, Washington, D.C., Oct. 17-Nov. 30
1992 . 'Beyond Tradition,' Objects Gallery, Chicago, IL, Oct. 30-Dec. 5 1991 .
'Drawings and Paintings,' Objects Gallery, Chicago, IL, Feb. 15-Mar. 16
1989 . 'Impulsive Tendencies,' Hand Workshop, Richmond, VA. Mar. 9-Apr. 19
1985 . Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI. Nov.24-Feb. 16, 1986
1982 . Mobilia, Cambridge, MA. Oct. 2-30
1981 . Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. Nov. 2-22
Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA. May 31-July 12
Octagon Gallery, Evanston, IL. Jan. 14-Feb. 13

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

2006 . 'Folks in Fiber,' The Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, Mar. 21-May 14
'Fifth International Fiber Biennial,' Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 3-April 29
2005. 'Inner Dimension' Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery, Minneapolis, MN, Dec. 11-Jan. 29
'Blue,' Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Dec. 2-Jan. 29
'The Perfect Collection: A Shared Vision for Contemporary Craft,' Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA, Apr. 3-July 3
2004 . 'Fiber Art: 2004,' Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, April 1-30
'Fourth Biennial Fiber Survey Exhibition,' Snyderman-Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA, March 5-April 30
2003. 'A Twist On Thread,' Suburban Fine Art Center, Highland Park, IL. June 6-July 8 SOFA, New York, NY. May 28-June 2
'Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery Presents Artists Dennis Nechvatal, Mary Bero,' Minneapolis, MN.
March 15-April 26
2002 . 'Small Expressions in Thread,' Thirteen Moons Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. Oct. 4-28
'To Kiss the Spirits,' Columbia College, Chicago, IL. Oct. 3-26
'Fiber Arts Today,' Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA. Sept. 25-Oct. 18
'Threads on the Edge,' Daphne Farago Fiber Arts Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Sept. 18-Mar. 30, 2003
'Threads of Memory: Contemporary Narrative Textiles,' The Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO. Mar. 8-Apr. 20
2001 . 'New Forms in Fiber,' Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Oct. 23-Nov. 24
'Crafts at the Turn of the Millennium,' The Monmouth Museum, Brookdale Community College Campus, Lincroft, NJ, Sept. 16-Nov. 4
'Drawing the Thread,' Russell Hill Rogers Gallery II, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX, Sept. 13-Nov. 3
'My Work and I,' Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI July 13- Aug. 4
2000 . 'Wendy's Wonderland: Object, Paintings, Photos, Textiles,' Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI, Nov. 18-Dec. 23
'Self Portraits: 2000,' Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Nov. 17-Feb. 17,2001
'Miniatures: 2000,' Helen Drutt Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Apr. 1-29; The Museum of Art & Design, Helsinki, Finland, June 15-Sept. 10
'Surface-Strength-Structure:Pertaining to Line,’ Snyderman/Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA, Apr. 7-29
1999. 'The Figure Studied: An Examination of Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
of the Human Form,' Crossman Gallery, The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Oct., 19-Nov. 20
'Storyteller's Art: Contemporary Embroidery'; Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT, May 16-July 4
'The Splendid World of Needle Arts,' Art Hall of Takashimaya, Tokyo Japan, Mar. 18-30, and subsequent tour, Art Hall of Asaka Art Business Time Inc.
1998. 'Small Celebrations,' Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, Nov. 27-Dec. 23.
'The Progressive 1999 Calendar Art Show,' Ground Zero, Madison, WI Nov. 15-Dec. 31
'Collaborations 1998,' Printworks, Chicago, IL, Nov. 20-Jan. 2,1999
'Modus Operandi,' Snyderman & The Works Galleries, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 1-31
'Figurative Fiber,' Connell Gallery, Atlanta, GA, July 11-Aug. 15
'Mysterious Presences,' Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, Mar. 15-Apr. 17
'1998 Florida Craftsmen Conference,' Art & Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL, Feb. 1-May 15
'Image & Object,' The Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI, Jan. 17-Feb. 28
1997. 'Flexible Materials,' Ann Nathan Gallery, SOFA, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, Oct. 16-19
'Wisconsin Art Since 1990: Selections from the Permanent Collection,' Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI. Mar. 21-June 15
'Stitchers and Beaders: America's Best,' Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH, Mar. 9-Apr. 27
'Recycle/Reinvent,' Joanne Rapp Gallery, The Hand & SpiritJ Scottsdale, AZ, Mar. 1-31
'Threads: Fiber Art in the '90's, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit NJ, Jan. 12-Mar.
2 1995. 'A Textured Language' Blue Spiral, Asheville, NC, Nov. 17-Dec. 30
'Intimate Threads,' Pro---.Art, St. Louis, MO, Mar. 10-Apr. 29 1994 . Wall Works in Fiber, Banaker
Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 3-26
Mary Bero & George Klauba, Ann Nathan Gallery,Chicago, IL, Sept. 9-Oct.8
The Many Faces of Fiber, Barrington Area Arts Council Gallery, Apr. 8-Apr. 30
Fiber Invitational, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Apr. 2-Apr. 30
International Exhibition of Art Embroidery, Japanese Tour, Organized by DMC, Paris,France Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 1-Mar. 15
1993 . 'Familial Relations: The Work of Mary Bero and Dennis Nechvatal,' University ofWisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, Sept. 17-Oct. 17
'Innovative Materials,' The St.Paul Companies, St.Paul, MN, Apr. 12-June 4
'New Textiles,' Mobilia, Cambridge, MA, Apr. 10-May 15
'Small Works, Interweave Press,' Loveland, CO, Mar. 5-Apr. 2
'Needle Play! Contemporary Approaches to Embroidery,' Fine Arts Center, University ofMassachusetts at Amherst, Mar. 4-Apr. 2
'New Traditions 1993,' The Worcester Center for Arts, Jan. 22-Feb. 2
'Material Vision: Image & Object,' Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois Univ., Charlston,IL, Jan. 16-Feb. 28
'Tom Lundberg: Stitched Works,' Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Jan. l-Apr. 23
1992. 'Faces' Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, June 23-July 31
'Visualization/Realization,' Gallery of Design, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, Jan. 17-Feb. 14'
Artist Couples,' Contemporary Society for Crafts, Strip District Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov. 14-Jan.19
1991-94. 'Celebrating the Stitch,' United States and Japan tour, Opening Newton Center for the Arts, Newtonville, MA
1991. 'The ZSK Project,' One Mellon Bank Center Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Aug. 10-Nov. 16
'Collectors Eye' American Craft Museum, New York, NY, Oct. 17-19
'New Art Forms,' Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, Sept. 20-22
'New Ends,' Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York, NY, Apr. 14-Sept. 4
'Artist Couples,' The Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA 1990 . 'From Tapestry to Vessel: Contemporary Fiber Art,' Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA, July 22-Sept. 30
'From Impulse to Obsession: A Living Wisconsin Tradition,' Madison Art Center, Madison, WI,
Dec. 2-Jan. 28
1989 . 'Fiber: Fabrication/Revelation,' University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Nov. 13-Dec. 16;
Gray Art Gallery, Greenville, NC, Jan. 16-Feb. 15,
1990 Paintings, Gallery Great Lakes, Chicago, IL, Oct. 28-Nov. 26
'New Folk Traditions,' America House, Tenafly, NJ, Oct. 7-Nov. 11
Artspace, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, Oct. 5-Nov. 12
'Craft Today USA,' Musee des Arts Daecoratifs, Paris, France (European tour). May 23
'Five Artists: New Work,' Society for Art in Crafts, Galleria, South Points, Pittsburgh, PA
'Artful Objects:Recent American Craft,' Fort Wayne, IN, May 12-July 16
'Contemporary Embroidery,' Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY, Dec. 6-Feb. 4
1988. 'Fiber: Small Expressions,' The Hand and Spirit Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, Nov.l-Nov.30
'12th Biennial Invitational Exhibition,' Illinois State University, Normal/Bloomington, IL, Aug. 17-Sept. 12
'15th Anniversary,' America House, Tenafly, NJ, Apr. 15-May 28
'Wisconsin Craft Masters,' Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI, Mar. 20-May I
'Contemporary American Hand 1988,' Katie Gingrass Gallery (plus tour), Milwaukee, WI, Feb. 12-Mar. 30
'Pictorial and Narrative Fibers,' Longview Arts Council, Long view, TX, Jan. 15-Feb. 26
(Plus subsequent tour)
1987 . 'Wisconsin Triennial,' Madison Art Center, Madison, WI, Sept. 25-Nov. 14
'Patterns in Fiber,' D.C.C.A., Wilmington, DE, Sept. 11-Oct. 9 1986 .
'Fiber Directions 1986,' Rosary College, River Forest, IL, Oct. 10-Nov. 7
'Traditiontrransition: 10 Midwest Craft Artists,' Arts Midwest/NEA Regional Visual Arts
Fellowship Exhibit, June 19, 1986-Jan.7, 1988 (Plus subsequent tour)
'Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical,' American Craft Museum, New York, NY, Oct. 26, 1986-Mar. 22, 1987 (Plus subsequent tour)
'Fiber R/Evolution,' Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, Feb. 7-Mar.30
1985. 'Textile Properties 1985,' Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN, Oct. 24-Nov. 24
'Stitchery 1985 International' (Award recipient), Pittsburgh, PA, Apr. 27-May 19
1984 . 'Patterns, Multiples, Narratives,' Centennial Hall Gallery, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, Nov. 27-Jan. 7
1985 'Needle Expressions 1984,' Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC, Sept. 15-Oct. 28
'Paper Fiber VII,' The Arts Center, Iowa City, lA, Mar. 31-May 14
1983. 'Fiber 1983: Off the Loom,' Augustana College, Rock Island, IL, Dec. 2-Jan. 11,
1984 (Juror's award and Popular Choice award) 'The Figure: New Form, New Function,'
Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, Nov. 5-Jan. 7,
1984 (2nd place award) 'Fiber National 1983,' Adams Memorial Gallery, Dunkirk, NY, Nov. 2-29
'New Wisconsin Fibers,' Galerie Filambule, Lausanne, Switzerland, May 20-June 25
'Stitchery 1983 International,' Pittsburgh, PA, Apr. 30-May 22
'Quilt National 1983,' Athens, OH, June 4-July 5
1982. 'Fibertrrends Exhibit,' Convergence 2, Seattle, WA, July 1-30

PUBLICATIONS

Shuttle Spindle a Dyepot, Handweavers Guild of America, Inc., Summer 2004 (pg. 33), Suwanee, GA
Fiberarts Design Book Seven, 2004 (pg. 60), Lark Books, New York, NY
Fiberarts, Summer 2002 (pg. 58), Asheville, NC
Threads of Memory: Contemporary Narrative Textiles, 2002 (pgs. 16-17),
Metropolian State College of Denver, Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, CO
Isthmus, July 20,2001, Madison, WI
Miniatures, 2000 (pgs. 28-29), Helen Drutt; Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Fiberarts Design Book Six, 1999 (pgs. 11-12), Lark Books, Asheville, NC
Surface Design Journal, Summer, 1999, Oakland, CA
American Craft, Feb./Mar. 1999 (pgs. 66-69), New York, NY
New Art Examiner, April, 1996 (pgs. 50-51), Chicago, IL
Fiberarts, March/April1995 (pg.12), Asheville, NC
Who's Who of American Women, 19th Edition, 1995, Marquis Who's Who, New Providence, NJ
Fiberarts Design Book Five, 1995 (pg.79), Lark Books, Asheville, NC
New Observations, Nov. 1993, No.98, New York
American Craft, Oct./Nov. 1993 (pgs. 52-55,68), New York
Fiberarts, Summer, 1993 (cover, pgs. 38-42), Asheville, NC
Surface Design Journal, 1992, Summer, Vol.16, No.4 (pgs.7-9, 39), Oakland, CA
Utne Reader, No.50, March/April, 1992 (cover, pgs. 60-68), Lens Publishing Co., Minneapolis, MN
Threads, Dec., 1992/Jan., 1993 (pg. 26), Newton, CT
The New Textiles: Trends and Traditions, 1991(pgs. 109-110,178), Thames and Hudson Ltd., London, Rizzoli International Publications, NY
Fiberarts Design Book IV, 1991 (pgs. 105, 107), Lark Books, Asheville, NC
Celebrating the Stitch: Contemporary Embroidery of North America, 1991 (pgs. 64-67), Taunton Press, Newton, CT
Surface Design Journal, 1990, Fall (Vol. 15, No.1), Oakland, CA
Home, Sept., 1989 (pg.20), Los Angeles, CA 90036
The New York Times, Sunday, Aug. 27,1989 (pg.33), New York, NY
Textilforum, June 2, 1989 (pg.1), Hanover, Germany
Artful Objects, Recent American Crafts, Ft. Wayne Museum of Art, May 13-July 16,1989 (pg.5), Ft. Wayne, TX
The Madison Review, Spring, 1989, Vol.2, No.1 (cover and pg.6), Madison, WI
Craft Today U.S.A. , American Craft Museum (pg. 29), New York, NY
Fiberarts, 1989, Vol. 16, No.1 (pgs. 52,54), Asheville, NC
Wisconsin Craft Masters, Charles A.Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, 1988, Racine, WI
Art Quest, 1987 and 1988, catalogue, Los Angeles, CA (Finalist and Merit Award Winner)
Pictorial and Narrative Fibers, Longview Arts Council, 1987, Long view, TX
Wisconsin Triennial, Madison Art Center, 1987 (pg. 20), Madison, WI
Six Artists: Two and Three Dimensions, The Society for Art in Crafts, 1987 (pgs.2, 5), Pittsburgh, PA
Fiber RlEvolution, Milwaukee Art Museum, 1986 (pgs. 66,67), Milwaukee, WI
Craft Today: Poetry of the Physical, American Craft Museum, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986 (pg.87), New York, NY
Threads, 1986, Oct./Nov. (pg. 10)
Textilforum, 1987, Mar. (pg. 39), Hannover, West Germany
Tradition/Transition, Arts Midwest, Minnesota Museum of Art, 1986, St. Paul, MN
American Craft, 1986, June/July (pg. 60, back cover)
Fiberarts, 1981, Sept./Oct. (pgs.36, 37, cover)
The Quilt: New Directionsfor an American Tradition, Quilt National 1983, Schiffer Publishing Ltd. (pg. 12)
Fiberarts, 1983, Nov./Dec. (pgs. 43-46)
Fiberarts, 1981, Sept./Oct. (pgs. 40-41)
The New Art Examiner, 1981, Mar., Chicago, IL
The FiberartsDesign Book, 1980 (pgs.110, 128); The FiberartsDesign Book II, 1983 (pgs. 165, 167); The Fiberarts Design Book III, 1987 (pgs. 155, 164); Lark Books, Asheville, NC
Milwaukee Sentinel Newspaper, 1979, Dec. 7, Milwaukee, WI
Fiberarts, 1979, Sept./Oct. (pg. 84)

LECTURES

Lecture, Exhibition and Workshop, Florida Craftsmen Conference, Art & Culture Center, Hollywood, FL, Feb. 20-22, 1998
'Flexible Materials,' SOFA, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL, Oct. 17, 1997
Art Institute Students, Ann Nathan Gallery, Oct. 3,1994
Lecture and Workshop, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.,Oct. 30-31, 1993

AWARDS

Creative Arts Fellowship, Dane County Cultural Mfairs Commission, 1996
Wisconsin Arts Board, Individual Artist Grant, 1994
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, 1986,1992
Wisconsin Arts Board Development Grant, 1991, 1992
Wisconsin Arts Board F'ellowship, 1986,1992
Arts Midwest NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship, 1985

HONORS

ZSK, Textilforum, and Six Artists Collaborate, Krefeld, Germany, Aug. 4-Aug. 12,1989
Served as Grant Board Panelist for the Individual Craft Fellowships of Ohio, 1988, and the Individual Craft Fellowships of Illinois, 1987

COLLECTIONS

High smith, Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin
Leeway Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Quad Graphics, Sussex, Wisconsin
Amoco
AT&T, New York, New York
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
Marshall Erdman and Associates, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin
Fiberarts, Asheville, North Carolina
Rayovac Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin
Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Piper, Jaffray, and Hapwood, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneaoplis, Minnesota
Continental Illinois Bank and Trust, Chicago, Illinois
Helen Allen Textile Collection, University of WI, Madison, Wisconsin
ZSK, Krefeld, Germany
Madeira Threads, United Kingdom
Textilforum, Hannover, Germany