mary hambleton
 Biography - Exhibitions - Bibliography
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1991~2009
Professor - Fine Arts Department, Parsons School of Design,

2007
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowship
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, NYC2000
Visiting Professor, Rhode Island School of Design (1996~2000)1999
Curator, "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
B.F.A, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California

selected solo exhibitions *denotes catalog

2007
Victoria Munroe Fine Art, Boston, MA
Leslie Heller, New York, NY
2005
Don Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004
"Nothing By Mouth" Littlejohn Contemporary, NYC
2003
Gallery 817, University of The Arts, Philadelphia PA
2002
Project Room Littlejohn Contemporary, NYC
2001
"New Work" Rosefsky Gallery, University of Binghamton, NY
1999
New Paintings and Installation of "Elements from a Periodic Table" - Randolph Macon College, Ashland, VA
1995
Paintings - Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Works on paper - Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY
1993
Paintings and works on paper - Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY
1992
Monoprints - Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY
1991
Paintings* - Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY
1990
Knoedler Gallery, London, England
1989
Paintings - Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Sigma, Bregenz and Vienna, Austria
1988
Paintings* - Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY

selected group exhibitions

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

bibliography

books
"One Hundred New York Painters" - Dantzic, Cynthia, Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2006
"Sister Wendy's Book Of Meditations, Realm Of Bliss" - Sister Wendy Beckett, D.K. Publishing, 1998

exhibition catalogs
"National Acadamy Of Design 177th Annual" - New York City, NY, 2002
"Inner Natures" - essay by Nancy Doll, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Nov. 23, '90-Feb. 10, '91
"Small Works: New Abstract Painting" - essay by Barbara Zabel
"Can Small Works Carry It Off?" - essay by William Zimmer, 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
Raphael Meyer Rubenstein, "Nothing By Mouth, " review, "Art in America," 2004
"Brooklyn Rail," review, 2004
"Art Papers," review, Sept. 2000
J. Boyer Bell, review, "Unusual Suspects," Jan. 2000
Tiffany Bell, review, "Art in America," 1988, vol. 76, no. 5
Michael Brenson, review, "Drawing with Respect to Painting,"
"The New York Times," Mar. 19, 1984
David Carrier, "Abstract Working Space,"
"Art International," Spring 1990, p. 70
Ronny Cohen, review, "Artforum," Sept. 1991, p. 136, illus.
Ronny Cohen, review, "Artforum," Apr. 1988, p. 149, illus.
Ronny Cohen, "New Abstraction,"
"Print Collectors Newsletter," March - Apr. 1987, vol. XVIII, pp. 9-14
Joan Crowder, "Nature as a Metaphor for Growth,"
"Santa Barbara News Press," Dec. 28, 1990, p. 19
Victoria Donohue, review, "Mary Hambleton and Phyllis Ideal,"
"The Philadelphia Enquirer," Feb. 22, 1986, p. 3-C
Ellen Handy, review, "Arts," Apr. 1988, vol. 62, No. 8, p.107
David McCracken, "New York Artists Have the Abstract Edge," "Chicago Tribune," July 8, 1988, Sec. 7, p. 55
Robert McDonald, review, "Artweek," July 30, 1977, vol. 8, no. 26, p. 8
Fred Martin, "Artweek," June 30, 1977
George Melrod, "Arts and Antiques," Apr. 1995
Liam Nelson, review, "Art Awareness," "Woodstock Times," June 13, 1985, p.32
Saul Ostrow, essay, "Empty Space In The Void," "EAST/WEST"
Vandam Gallery, New York, NY, 1994
Vivian Raynor, review, "Mystery Show," "The New York Times," June 2, 1985
Dan Rubey, review, "Artnews," Mar. 1990, p. 79, illus.
Jude Schwendenwein, review, "ARTnews," Apr. 1988, vol. 87, no. 4 p.145, illus.
Dina Sorenson, review, "Arts," February 1990, p. 79, illus.
Eileen Watkins, review, "Mystery Show," "The Sunday Star Ledger," NJ, June 26, 1985
Eileen Watkins, review, "The Jersey Journal," NJ, May 24, 1985
Josef Woodward, "The Shape of Spirit," "Artweek," Jan. 24, 1991, pp. 15-16

selected projects

2004
"A Conversation with Mary Hambleton And Ron Janowich" - Published on-line by "The Brooklyn Rail"
2000
Lithographs (in progress) - Jungle Press, NYC, NY
1995
Monotypes (1995~1998) - John Micoff, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
1991
Monotypes - Garner Tullis Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA
1989
Monotypes - Garner Tullis Workshop, New York, NY
1986
Monotypes - Garner Tullis Workshop, Santa Barbara, CA
1985
Intaglio - Studio Camnitzer, Valdottavo, Italy

collections

The New York Public Library
The Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, NC
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
The Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL
The Reading Museum, Reading, PA
The United States Department Of State
The McCrory Collection, NYC, NY
Amerada Hess Corporation
Prudential
I.B.M.
Reader's Digest
Santa Barbara City College, Santa Barbara, CA
Numerous other private and corporate collections