Awards
1994 Individual Artist's Fellowship In Visual Arts, Painting, Oregon Arts Commission
Monomania Printmaking Fellowship, Pacific N.W. College of Art, Portland, OR
1996 Capital Press Award, Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University
1999 Artist in Residence, Roswell Museum of Art, Roswell, NM
2000 Air Touch Cellular Commission Print, “Faces” Exhibition, Seattle, WA
2002 Juror’s Award, “Art About Agriculture”, Oregon State University, Corvallis
2003 The Edwin Austin Abbey Fellowship for Mural Painting, National Academy of Design NYC, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2007 "Paradise Grows", William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
2007 "Connecting", Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 “Transplanted”, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
2005 “Getting There”, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
“Nightingales and Mockingbirds”,William Traver Gallery,Tacoma,WA
2004 “Talking Pictures”, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 “A Common Sense”, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR
2002 “Looking Homeward (With Eyes Toward the World)”, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
2001 “What Remains the Same”, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
“Flora”, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 “Invisible Women: Age of Beauty”, Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Under Fair Skies”, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 "Invisible Women: Age of Beauty", Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell,NM
1998 "Translations of Light", Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
"Tall Tree (Many Branches) Deep Roots", Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
New Paintings, Galeria Dos Damas Dos, Palm Springs, CA
1997 An Introduction, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR
Retrospective, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
"Counterparts", Galeria Dos Damas, San Diego, CA
"Without Compunction", Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
Recent Work, Galeria Dos Damas Dos, Palm Springs, CA
"The Circle Unbroken", Catlin Gable School, Portland, OR
1996 "Sanctuary",Grover/Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
New Paintings, Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
"The Harvest", Dos Damas Gallery, San Diego, CA
1995 "Avenues of the Heart", Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
"Gardening", Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
1994 "MonoMania", Wentz Gallery, Portland Art Museum
"Headdress", Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Human Stories", QuarterSaw Gallery, Portland, OR
1993 "Playing for Keeps", Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
1992 "Within Reach", Quartersaw Gallery, Portland,OR
"Choices", Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
1991 "Known by Heart", Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
Recent Work, Marianne Partlow Gallery, Portland, OR
1990 "Affinity", Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
"New Paintings", Marianne Partlow Gallery, Olympia, WA
1989 "Free Will",Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
1988 Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
1986 Molly Bloom’s Restaurant, Portland, OR
1985 Boyd Gallery, Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, OR
Group Exhibitions
2006 "Structure: Works Inspired by the Built Environment", Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery Space, Seattle, WA
2005 RACC/Portland Fire and Rescue Intersections Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Fire Station 1, Portland, OR Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center “Simply Red”, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR 2004 Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition, Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR “figuratively speaking”, exploding head gallery, Sacramento, CA “The Clown Show”, Charles Froelick Gallery, Portland, OR 2003 Edwin Austin Abbey Fellowship Exhibition, National Academy of Design, NYC,NY “ArtSlate”, Condon, OR 2002 “Northwest Notables”, Mirror Pond Gallery, Bend, OR Summer Group Show, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR "Art About Agriculture”, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR “Dog and Pony Show”, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 2001 “Northwest Views, Selections from the SAFECO Collection” Frye Art Museum, Seattle,WA COCA NW Annual, Seattle, WA, juror Michael Sweeney nbsp; PONCHO Invitational, Seattle, WA 2001 “Perspective and Perception”, L & B Viewing Room, Portland, OR “Art Slate 2001 Invitational-Invitational”, Condon, OR, juror Henry Sayre “Narration, Emblem and Sequence in Contemporary Art”, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT juror Robert Taplin “Husbands and Wives”, Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA “Art About Agriculture”, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 2000 ANA29, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT, juror Lucy Lippard “Wonder Women”, Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, ORst, OR “Whole/Hole”, L & B Viewing Room, Portland, OR “Sex, Lies, Gender Gap”, Planned Parenthood Gala, San Francisco, CA “Faces”, AirTouch Cellular, Seattle, WA “PDXs to Quartersaw, 16th Anniversary Exhibition”, Portland, OR “Open Walls”, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR 1999 Christmas Group Show, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR Ceramic Group Exhibition, Bassett Auditorium, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM 1998 Prints and Drawings, Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR "In Human Form", Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR "Figurative", L & B Viewing Room, Portland, OR 1997 "Summer Group Show", Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR PONCHO Invitational, Seattle, WA "People", AirTouch Cellular, Seattle, WA "the garden show", PICA, Portland, OR1996 "The Mane Event", Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
"The Tool Show", PICA, Portland, OR
"Concerning Clothing", Dos Damas Gallery, San Diego, CA
"Fences Project, One Year Later", Froelick Adelhart Gallery, Portland, OR
"Texas National",University of Austin, Austin, TX, Faith Ringgold juror
"Husbands and Wives", Raleigh Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
"Art About Agriculture", Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, Henry Sayre juror
"Let Them Eat Cake", Acanthus Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Washington Park "Fences Project", Tri-Met's Westside MAX and
The Regional Arts and Cultural Council (Collaboration with Gregory Grenon)
"Dresses", Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
Women's Art Triennial,Maude Kerns Center, Eugene, OR
1994 "Northwest Annual", Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA
"ArtQuake"Invitational Exhibition, Portland, OR
"Human Form",Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR
"Faces",Umpqua Valley Arts Assc., Roseburg, OR
1993 "Everyday Objects Investigated", Grover Thurston Gallery, Seattle, WA
"Artists of the Willamette Valley", Corvallis, OR
1992 "Human Forms", Newport Visual Arts Center, Newport, OR
1992 "Women's Struggle, Women's Vision" Triennial, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR
1991 "Art Futures", PNCA Benifit, The Galleria, Portland, OR
Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
"Table, Lamp and Chair", Portland, OR
1990 Marianne Partlow Gallery, Olympia, WA
Quartersaw Gallery, Portland, OR
1989 First Annual PNCA Alumni Exhibition, Portland,OR,juried by Gerald Bolas
Artquake, Portland, OR, juried by Mary Beebe
Oregon State Fair, Salem, OR
1988 Public Hanging, Marylhurst Art Gym, Marylhurst, OR
1987 Public Hanging, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR
1986 Thesis Exhibition, Oregon Art Institute, Portland, OR
1984 Public Hanging, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR
1983 Arrasmith Gallery, Portland,OR
Public Commissions
1995 “Alphabet City”,“Fences Project”, Washington Park Zoo, Portland, OR
(Collaboration with artist Gregory Grenon)
1999 “My Community is my Family”, Multnomah County Juvenile Justice Center, Portland, OR
1999 “Our New Mexico Desert Community”, Military Heights Elementary, Roswell, NM
2001 “Bountiful Harvest”, Oregon Food Bank, Portland, OR
2004 “Search for Knowledge”Mural, Catlin Gabel Upper School Library, Portland, OR
Intersections/Artist-In-Residence RACC/Portland Fire and Rescue, Portland, OR
Tigard Public Library children’s reading room, Tigard, OR
2006 Stephenson Union, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
Public Collections
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Swedish Hospital, Seattle, WA
Microsoft, Seattle, WA
Schnitzer Museum, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Seattle Portable Works, Seattle, WA
Portland Portable Works, Portland, OR
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Verisign, Seattle, WA
Salem Hospital, Salem, OR
Oregon Food Bank, Portland, OR
Multnomah County Juvenile Justice Center, Portland, OR
Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
Legacy Emmanual Children's Hospital, Portland, OR
Winkler Companies, Portland, OR
Fountain Associates, Portland, OR
Northwest Triangle Properties, Portland, OR
Dain Bosworth, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gamblin Artist Colors, Portland, OR
O.M.C. Portland, OR, Tokyo, Japan
City Center Parking, Portland, OR
Stauffer Supply Inc, Portland, OR
Tri-Met "Fences Project”, Washington Park Zoo, Portland, OR
University Hospital, Seattle, WA
Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
SAFECO, Seattle, WA
Portland Community College, Sylvania, Rock Creek
Work Related Experience
1995-2006 Volunteer, Oregon Health Sciences University Marquam Hill Art Committee
Curator BICC Gallery, OHSU
1994 Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Instructor
1994 Centrum, Port Townsend, WA, Instructor
1994-1995 Creative Arts Community, Menucha, Instructor
1986-2006 Taught visual arts in different capacities, as both volunteer and paid professional, talented and gifted students and children at risk in Portland Public Schools, grades K-12
1987-1994 Worked as assistant to the Director, William Jamison, and then as Director, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
1986-1988 Gamblin Artist Colors
Education
1982-1986 Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, OR, BFA, Paintin
1984-1985 Parsons School of Design, Paris, France
1985 Ecole National Superior Des Beaux Artes, Paris, France, Certificate Lithography
Mary Josephson Bibliography
Downtowner, 12/1986
The Oregonian, 11/21/1986 p.23
Fichtner, Ann, "Painter Mary Josephson puts her 'life on the line', The Downtowner, 1/30/1989
pg.14
The Oregonian, 2/2/1989, pg. B6
West Linn Tidings, 2/2/1989, pg. IN5
Artweek, 2/18,1989, pg.3
Barden, Renardo, " Healthy Disorder", Willamette Week, 2/23-3/1/1989
Carlsson, Jae, review, ArtCoast, May/June, 1989 pg. 88,89
Tinnitus Today, cover 12/1989
Barden, Renardo, Willamette Week, 4/26-5/2/1990, pg.36
Gragg, Randy, "this work could use abit more definition", The Oregonian,A&E Guide,4/13/1990
Carlsson, Jae, "Emotion and American Painting”, Reflex, May-June 1990, pg. 18,19
Pachuta, Andrew, "Meeting The Flintstones", Mississippi Mud, May 1990, pg
Impact News Magazine, May 1990, Vol 2, No. 8, pg. 2B
Tinnitus Today, cover, August,1990
NW Gallery Art Magazine, March-April, 1990, p44
The Oregonian, Lively Arts, Sunday, March 31, 1991
Allen, Lois, ProWomen, March 1991, p.44,45
Allen, Lois,Reflex, May/June, 1991,p.26,27
Stirling, Cassandra, The Downtowner, February 17,1992,p.14
Gragg, Randy, "Ageless Stories”, The Oregonian,A&E Guide,5/22/92
Duckler,Garrick,Willamette Week,Fresh Weekly,5/14/92
Morris, Greg, Round Up, Reflex, Seattle, WA
Gregg, Randy, Critics Choice, Oregonian A&E, May, 1994
Ferranto,Matt, artsoregon, July 1994
Gragg, Randy, “Lesser Known Artists Have at Least One Claim to Fame”, The Oregonian, 8/1994
Johnson, Holly,"Human Stories", A & E Cover story, The Oregonian, Oct. 7, 1994 p.38.
Hackett, Regina, “A solid show of lesser-known NW artists”,Seattle Post-Itelligencer, 7/29/1994
Seattle Guide, July 29-August 6/1994 p.25
UpDike, Robin,Seattle Times, Thursday, April 20, 1995 p.C-1.
Ferranto, Matt, Reflex, December, 1995
The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA, May 11, 1997
Gragg, Randy, The Oregonian,A & E Guide, May 23, 1997, p.60.
Row, D. K., "Easy on the Eyes", Willamette Week, May 28, 1997, p.51
Hackett, Regina, "The good, the bad and the ugly in Seattle galleries", Seattle Post Intelligencer
5/15/98
"Hot Ticket", Visual Arts, The Seattle Times, May14, 1998
McNeal, Glennis, "Bold Brushstrokes Portray a Powerful Bond", Sisters Magazine, Spring 1998
Art In America November 1998, p.55
Row, D.K., First Thursday Preview The Oregonian, November 3, 1998
Gragg, Randy, The Oregonian A&E Guide, November 21, 1998
Chaney, Deanna, FYI Magazine, October 16, 1999
“Invisible Women: Age of Beauty”, Roswell Daily Record, October 31, 1999
The Oregonian A&E, May 12, 2000,p36
Art In America, May 2000, p.59
Seasons of Mangoes and Brainfire, by Carolyne Wright, Cover Illustration, Lynx House Press, 2000
Row, D.K., “Tip Sheet”,The Oregonian, January 2001
Hackett, Regina, “Warehouse is Going Out with Artistic Flair”, Seattle Post Intelligencer, May 2001
Cover Illustration, 2001 Oregon Gallery Guide, Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR
Cover illustration, Rainstorm Over the Alphabet, by Bill Tremblay, Lynx House Press, 2001
Birke, Judy, “Narration Teem With Stories Well Told”, New Haven Register, June, 2001
Art In America, December, 2002, p.62
Row,D.K., “ First Rate First Thursday”, The Oregonian, December 5, 2002, pE-1, E-8
Cantor, Allyn, “Mary Josephson, “Looking Homeward, (with eyes toward the world)”, Preview Magazine, November, December, January, 2002-2003, p20
“IFCC to Feature Two Painters”, Portland Scanner, Portland, OR, Arts and Entertainment, 1/8/2003, p13
Oregon Home magazine, September-October 2003, cover, p.48,50
Calyx Magazine, October 2003 Cover images
The Oregonian, Shows of Note, August 6, 27, 2004
The Oregonian, When Opposites Meet, August 20, 2004
ArtAccess, April 2005
The Oregonian, Evening Stroll Holds Promise of Visual Gems, May 5, 2005
Artweek, Previews, March 2006
The
Oregonian, A&E Guide, ”Shows of Note”, April 17, 2006
