Education
University of Wisconsin – Madison, Madison, WI B.S. Fine Arts
Tufts University – Boston Museum School, Boston, MA. MFA
Solo and Selected Exhibitions 1989 – 2 0 24
2024
Pillar Gallery and Project Space, Concord, NH
Nano – a selection of small scale work
AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Between Water and Sun
3S Art Space, Portsmouth, NH
In the Moment: Print Exhibition
Katzman Contemporary Projects, Dover, NH
Northeastery III
2023
- 808 Gallery at Boston University, Boston, MA
The Boston Printmakers 2023 North American Print Biennial
Juried by Elizabeth Rudy, Carl A. Weyerhauser Curator of Prints, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
A Solo Exhibition of Sculpture, Drawing, Prints and Photographs
2022
- University of Hawai’I at Hilo, Hilo, Hawai’i
2022 Pacific States Biennial North American Print Exhibition
- Kimball Jenkins, Concord, NH
NH Furniture Masters Annual Exhibition – A Collaboration with Kimball Jenkins School of Art
- Davenport’s, Woodstock, VT
Sculpturefest 2022
- Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH
New England Printmakers Curated by Parker Potter
- Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Jct., VT
Faculty Exhibition
- AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH
As We Tilt Toward the Sun, Curated by Janie Cohen, Director, The Fleming Museum of Art | The University of Vermont
- Katzman Contemporary Projects, Dover, NH
The Big Print Show
- AVA Gallery and Arts Center, Lebanon, NH
Stick with Love
2021
- Katzman Contemporary Projects, Dover, NH
Nor Easterly
- Kimball Jenkins School of Art, Concord, NH
Faculty Exhibition
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Two Rivers Printmaking Studio at 20 Years.
2019
- Chester Art Gallery at New England College, Henniker, NH
MGNE Exhibition of Prints
- Aidron Duckworth Museum, Meriden, NH
Closing Exhibition
- Chases Garage, York, ME
Mary Mead and Mike Howat
- Kelley-Stelling Contemporary, Manchester, NH
Tangible Assets
2018
- Matt Brown Fine Art, Lyme, NH
Mary Mead: Forces of Land and Sea – Prints and Drawings
- Hall Farm Art Lab, Woodstock, VT
Sculpture Fest 2018, Woodstock, VT
- Kimball-Jenkins School of Art, Concord, NH
Figuratively Speaking
2017
- Hall Farm Art Lab, Woodstock, VT
Sculpture Exhibition
- 2017 AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Summer Juried Exhibition – Juried by Hood Museum Director John Stomberg
- Colby-Sawyer College, Marian Graves Mugar Gallery, New London, NH
Photography in the Age of Social Media
2016
- Colby-Sawyer College, Marion Mugar Art Center, New London, NH
The Faculty Curates
- Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter, Exeter, NH
State of Mind – Boston Printmakers
- International Print center New York, NY, NY
New Prints/Winter 2016
2015
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Summer Juried Exhibition – Juried by Susan Strickler—Director of the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH
- Colby-Sawyer College, Martin Graves Mugar Gallery, New London, NH
Faculty Exhibition
2014
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper Prayers
- University of Richmond Museum, Richmond, VA
The Harnett Biennial of American Prints
- Colby-Sawyer College, Marion Graves Mugar Gallery, New London, NH
Faculty Exhibition
- Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
Boston Printmakers Society: Palette to Plate
- Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
13th National Prize Show
- Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
Mary Mead: Heads SOLO
2013
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper Prayers
- Gallery 808, Boston University. Boston MA
Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial
- Silver Center for the Arts, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH
Take Two: Reimagining a Print from the Past:
- Marian Graves Mugar Gallery, Colby- Sawyer College, New London, NH
Faculty Exhibition
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Drawing Invitational - The Amherst Gallery, New Hampshire Institute of the Arts, Manchester, NH
- Prominent Printmakers II
- The Barrington Center for the Arts, Gordon College, Wenham, MA
3rd Biennial MGNE National Juried Exhibition
2012
- Arts Council of Southeast Missouri Galleries, Cape Girardeau, MO
Mid America Print Council Exhibition – Juried by Liz Zanis, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints Department
- Marian Mugar Graves Gallery, Colby – Sawyer College, New London, NH
Faculty Exhibition
- Bob Adams Gallery, Munroe Center for the Arts, Lexington, MA
Small Works – Juror: Catharine Kernan
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
19th Annual Juried Exhibition – Juried by Janie Cohen, Director, Fleming Museum of Art, University of Vermont, Burlington
- Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Jct., VT
Mary Mead and Bert Yarborough: Colby-Sawyer Printmakers
- NK Gallery, Boston, MA
National Juried Exhibition 2012
2011
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper Prayers
- Marian Mugar Graves Gallery, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH
Faculty Exhibition
- Paul Mellon Arts Center, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT
Art of the Unique Print 2011- Juried by Tony Kirk, master printer
- Belmont Media Center, Belmont, MA
MGNE Exhibition
- Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA
ImPRESSions
2010
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper Prayers
- Marian Mugar Graves Gallery, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH
Faculty Exhibition
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Summer Juried Exhibition – Juried by Monroe Denton, Independent Curator, NYC
- Marian Mugar Graves Gallery, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH
20 Days in May: Contemporary Art
2009
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper Prayers
- Marian Mugar Graves Gallery, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH
Faculty Exhibition
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Multiple Selves: New Sculpture, Prints and Drawings SOLO
- McCoy Gallery, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA
Mary Mead : Milk Mountain – Sculpture and Work on Paper SOLO
- Aidron Duckworth Museum, Meriden, NH
Mary Mead and Mark Ragonese: Sculpture on the Grounds
- Cambridge Art Association National Show, Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA RED: It’s more than a color: metaphor, feeling, idea or hue – Juried by Carl Belz
2008
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper Prayers
- Carving School and Sculpture Center, Woodstock, VT
Sculptfest ‘08: Human Interventions and the Industrial Landscape – Curated by Carlos Dorrien
- Sculpture Fest ‘08, Woodstock, VT
Outside In – Inside Out – What Makes You Sing – What Makes You Shout?
- Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
MGNE National Exhibition – Juried by April e Gallant, Curator of Prints and Drawings, Smith College Museum of Art, North Hampton, MA
- Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA
Contemporary Sculpture at Chester wood 2008 – Juried by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Director of Curatorial Affairs, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
- Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Jct., VT
Portfolio 2008
- Cairn Croft Sculpture Garden. Dover, MA
[Curated by Meredyth Hyatt Moses\
- AVA Gallery and Arts Center, Lebanon, NH
Annual Juried Summer Exhibition
- The Jill Coldren Wilson Gallery, Kimball Jenkins School of Art, Concord, NH
Art on Paper: Bernardi, Fletcher, Vascak, Haas, Mead
- Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Jct., VT
Faculty Exhibition
2007
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper Prayers
- Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
25th National Print Exhibition
- Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA
Size Matters – Juried by Barbara Lee, Art Collector, William Stover, Asst. Curator of Contemporary Art, MFA, Boston, MA
- Sculpture Fest, Woodstock, VT
Lightness of Being [www.sculpturefest.org]
- Jill Coldren Wilson Gallery, Kimball Jenkins School of Art, Concord, NH
Mary Mead: New Prints SOLO
2006
- The Shelburne Arts Center, Shelburne, VT
Five Printmakers: Javier Cintron, Rachel Gross, Sheri Hancock-Tomek, Elizabeth Mayor, Mary Mead
- Galletly Gallery, New Hampton School, New Hampton, NH
Mary Mead: Sculpture, Prints and Drawings SOLO
- New Hampshire Art Institute, Manchester, NH
New England Biennial
- Sculpture Fest ‘06, Woodstock, VT
Here and Now, Friend and Foe, Up and Down, Stop and Go
- Sculpture on Mainstreet 2007, Sculpture Now, Stockbridge, MA
Shelter [www.sculpture.org]
- Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Jct., VT
Portfolio 2006
- Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Jct., VT
Mary Mead: New Prints SOLO
2005
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper Prayers
- Vermont Institute of Natural Sciences, Woodstock, VT
Form Takes Flight: Herb Ferris, Mary Mead, Li Shen, Hector Santos, Phill Thorne
- The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, Rutland, VT
Approaching the Infinite – Curated by Mark Waskow
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Arches: Drawings SOLO
- Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Jct., VT
Mary Mead: New Work SOLO
- Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Jct., VT
Fine Art Lithography Prints: A group exhibition featuring the work of Claire Van Vliet and others
- Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Jct., VT
MOMENTA [Juror: Andrew Witkin, Director, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA]
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Annual Juried Summer Exhibition – Juried by Gerry Bergstein, Painter, Boston, MA
- The Fells, John Hay Estate, Newbury, NH
Gateway to Sculpture – Curated by Eric Johnson
- Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH
Prints of the Year: What’s New in New Hampshire Printmaking 2005 – Curated by Parker Potter
- Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Jct., VT
Print Portfolio 2004
2004
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper Prayers
- Sculpturefest ‘04, Woodstock, VT
Mary Mead and Herb Ferris: Beyond Boundaries [www.sculpturefest.org]
- Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
Hot Off the Presses: New Hampshire Printmaking 2004
- Spotlight Gallery, Vermont Council on the Arts, Montpelier, VT
New Work from Two Rivers Printmaking Studio
2003
- Sculpturefest, Woodstock, VT
Die , [a shape of chance]
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Summer Juried Exhibition – Juried by Maureen Ahearn, Director, Thorne-Sagendorph Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH
2002
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA,
Anything But Paper Prayers
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
New Work from the Two Rivers Printmaking Studio
2001
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper Prayers
- Kimball Union Academy, Taylor Gallery, Meriden, NH
Artists from the Two Rivers Printmaking Studio
- Tufts University, Aideckman Arts Center, Medford, MA
Alumni/ae Juried Exhibition – Juried by Edmund B. Gaither, Director, Museum of the National Center of Afro- American Artists, Elizabeth Stevens, Manager of Collections, Salander O’Reilly Gallery,NYC, Miles Unger, NYTimes Art Critic
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
9th Annual Juried Summer Exhibition – Juried by Richard Bruce, Painter, Director, Robert Miller Gallery, NYC]
2000
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper Prayers
- Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
National Prize Show – Juried by Carl Belz, Director Emeritus, Rose Art Museum
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Shades of Black and White
- Milton Academy, Nesto Gallery, Milton, MA
Mary Mead: Sculpture and Elizabeth Mayor: Woodcuts
- 1998-2003 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
Advancing Slowly [installation]
1999
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Anything But Paper Prayers
- Clark Gallery, Concord, MA
Sculpture for the Outdoors III
- Sculpture Fest, Woodstock, VT
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
8th Annual Juried Summer Exhibition
- Dartmouth College, Barrows Exhibition Rotunda, Hanover, NH
An Indulgent Faith SOLO Installation
1998
- ARTcetera, Boston, MA
AIDS Action Committee Auction
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
The Ceramic Project
- Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Sculpture for the Outdoors II
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Mary Mead: New Work SOLO
- Bromfield Gallery, Boston MA
New Sculpture (solo)
1997
- Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
Around: Michael Beatty, Lorey Bonante, Louis Bourgeois, Sol Lewitt, Mary Mead, Tony Oursler, Meg Webster
- New Hampshire Art Institute, Manchester, NH
Biennial 1997
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Splash
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
The Human Figure
- Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Autumn Show
1996
- ARTcetera, Boston, MA
AIDS Action Committee Auction
- Tufts University, Aideckman Art Center, Medford, MA
Tufts Alumni/ae Exhibition – Juried by Milena Kalinovska, Director, ICA Boston, Louise Eliasof, Associate Director,Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY, Enrico Pinardi, Artist, Boston
- Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
New Sculpture SOLO
1995
- Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Among Friends
- Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
Attleboro Forum
- Framingham State College, Arthur B. Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham, MA
Contemporary New England Sculpture – Juried by Nick Capasso, Associate Curator,DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
4th Annual Summer Juried Exhibition
- Sculpture Fest, Woodstock, VT
- New Hampshire Art Institute, Manchester, NH
Biennial 1995
1994
- ARTcetera, Boston, MA
AIDS Action Committee Auction
- Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
NESA Triennial
- Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
Beyond Dreams: 20 Years of the Bromfield Gallery in Boston
- Sculpture Fest ‘94, Woodstock, VT
Landworks
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Mary Mead: Sculpture and Mia Sheffey: Paintings
1993
- Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
New Sculpture SOLO
- Sculpture fest ’92, Woodstock, VT
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
2nd Annual Juried Summer Exhibition
- Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
New Sculpture SOLO
1991
- AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH
Mahler, Mayor, Mead
- New Hampshire Art Institute, Manchester, NH
Biennial 1991
- Thorne Sagendorph Gallery, Keene State College, Keene, NH
Salute to the Thorne
1988
- AVA Gallery, Hanover, NH
Clifford B. West, Paintings and Mary Mead, Sculpture
1987
- Tufts University, Gallery Eleven, Medford, MA
MFA Thesis Exhibition
Awards
- Juror’s Award, AVA Gallery Summer Exhibition, AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon, NH 2023
- Second Prize Winner, Paul Mellon Arts Center, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT Art of the Unique Print (Juror Tony Kirk, Masterprinter, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT) 2011
- Second Prize Award, Cambridge Art Association National Show 2009, Cambridge, MA RED: It’s more than a color: metaphor, feeling, idea or hue – Curated by Carl Belz
- Artist Fellowship, Welding Workshop, Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, Rutland, VT 2009
- Advisory Board Award, Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2008, Chesterwood Museum, Stockbridge, MA 2008
- Opportunity Grant, NH State Council on the Arts, (with AVA Gallery and Art Center) to design and implement a non-toxic printmaking shop, Lebanon, NH 2007
- Artist Residency, Caldera Arts, Portland, OR, 2007
- Artist Opportunity Grant, NH State Council on the Arts, 2006
- Artist Fellowship, Casting Methods, Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, Rutland, VT 2005
- Jurors’ Recognition Award, AVA Gallery and Arts Center, Lebanon, NH 2003, 1997, 1995, 1993
- Finalist Grant, NH State Council on the Arts, 1996
- Jurors’ Recognition Award, Regional Selections, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 1995, 1993
- Boit Competition Award, Boston Museum School, Boston, MA 1986
- Cary Jones Cady Scholarship Award in Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin/Madison, Madison, WI 1983
Publications
- The Boston Printmaker’s North American Print Biennial, Boston University Galleries, Boston, MA 2023 (Catalog)
- University of Hawai’I at Hilo, Hilo, Hawai’i
2022 Pacific States Biennial North American Print Exhibition (Catalog)
- 2016 State of Mind, Lamont Gallery, Exeter, NH 2016 (Catalog)
- The Boston Printmaker’s North American Print Biennial, Boston University Galleries, Boston, MA 2013 (Catalog)
- PALATE TO PLATE
The Boston Printmakers 2012 – 14 Members Exhibition
Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI (Catalog) - Portfolio 2008, Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Jct., VT 2008
- The Monotype Guild of New England, National Monotype/Monoprint Exhibition, Introduction by Aprile Gallant, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
- Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2008, Chesterwood Museum, Introduction by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, , Stockbridge , MA 2008
- Human Interventions and the Industrial Landscape, The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center,Introduction by Carlos Dorrian, Sculptfest ‘08, Rutland, VT, 2008
- Portfolio 2004, Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Jct., VT 2004
- Guide to On-Site Works, Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA 1998
- Approaching the Infinite, The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center, introduction by Mark Waskow, Sculptfest ‘05, Rutland, VT 2005
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