Artist Statement

 As a painter, printmaker and collage artist, I am most interested in the process of making art. It is the time spent doing art that I love. I use abstract shapes to suggest an organic subject. My work is image based. As a contemporary artist, I want my art to reflect the world around me today. As a graphic designer, I was trained to solve a problem. I find that in painting and printmaking, it is the spontaneity, unpredictability and element of surprise that I love. My best works are those that seem to simply happen.

Artist Resume / Curriculum Vitae
 

MARY CONDON MANNING
Born Hartford, CT
Lives and works in Fairfield County, CT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Art Director: WNET/13 Public Television NY 1975-1980, NYC, NY
Freelance Graphic Design and Art Direction 1980-1995, NYC, NY
Principal of APS: Artist's Portfolio Services 1990-1997, Darien, CT

EDUCATION AND ART STUDIES
Graduate Critiques, Michael Torlen: Professor of Art & Design, SUNY, Purchase, NY
Monotypes/Anthony Kirk, Encaustic and Monotype/Laura Moriarty, Water-based Monotypes/Lisa Mackie, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Advanced Monotype/Marina Ancona, Brooklyn, NY
Concepts of Art and Painting/Constance Kiermaier, Darien, CT; Tenants Harbor, ME
Jewelry Design and Textile Weaving/Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Doll and Puppet Making, Museum voor het Poppenspel, The Hague, The Netherlands
Graphic Design/School of Visual Arts, NYC, NY
B.F.A., Painting and English, Marymount College of Manhattan, NYC, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Fall upcoming Solo show, The Lodge at Woodloch, Hawley, PA
2005 The Jungle Book Series, Rockwell Gallery, Westport, CT

RECENT EXHBITIONS
2010 Group Show 2010, Westport Rockwell Gallery
2010 Heart for Haiti, Fairfield Gallery, Fairfield, CT
2009 Print Biennial, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Juror, Pace Prints, NYC, NY
2009 Summer Show: Small Works Invitational, Prince Street Gallery, NYC, NY
2009 Darien Art Show, Darien Library, Juror, Helen During Kissler, Darien, CT
2008 Sight and Sound, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Silvermine, CT,
Curated by Faith Ringold
2007 Collaboration with Claudia Mengel, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Norwalk, CT Curated by Mary Frank
2007 Signed, Sealed and Delivered, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Norwalk, CT
2007 Works on Paper: Green, Connecticut Women's Caucus for Art, Bruce S. Kershner Gallery; Fairfield, CT
2007 Show for a Show, Artwell, Torrington, CT
2006 Blueprint, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk CT
2006 New Member Show, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Norwalk, CT
2006 Signed, Sealed & Delivered, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Silvermine, CT
2006 Web to Wall: Still Life, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, Silvermine, CT
2006 Black & White and Shades of Grey, Flinn Gallery/Greenwich Library (CT), Curated by Constance Kiermaier
2006 In Full Bloom Center for Contemporary Printmaking, 10th Anniversary Member Show, Norwalk, CT
2005 25th Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association (CT), Award for Excellence. Curated by Henriette Huldisch, Asst. Curator Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC
2005 Homage to Great Artists, Flinn Gallery/Greenwich Library (CT), Greenwich Art Society: Curated by Constance Kiermaier
2005 LAA Artists 2005: Spring Fling, Palace Theatre, Stamford, CT, Curated by Richard Klein, Director of the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
2005 5 ARTISTS for My Child's Hand, Garden Education Center of Greenwich, (CT)
2004 LAA Artists 2004: Spring Fling, Rich Forum, Stamford, CT, Curated by Robin Zella, Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT
2005 25th Annual Open Studios, Loft Artists Association, Canal Street, Stamford, CT
2005 Annual Members Juried Show, Rowayton Arts Center, Rowayton, CT
2004 Poetry into Print, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2004 The Big Show, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
2004 Art Today: LAA Artists, Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
2004 Beyond Realism, Rowayton Arts Center, Curated by Jessica Hough, Assistant Curator, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
2004 LAA Artists 2003, Rich Forum, Stamford, CT, Curated by Sophia Grave Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
2004 Art in the Yard, Home of Mayor and Mrs. Daniel Malloy, Stamford, CT
2004 Contemporary Printmakers, Darien Town Hall, CT
2004 Annual Members Show, Greenwich Art Center Curated by Robin Zella Housatonic Museum, and Bridgeport, CT
2004 Greenwich Member Show, Greenwich Art Center, Greenwich, CT, and Curated by Cynthia Roznoy, Whitney Museum of Art, NYC
2003 5 ARTISTS/Print Interpretations for the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Workbench, Westport and Danbury, CT

MEMBERSHIPS AND AFFILIATIONS
Silvermine Guild of Artists, Juried Artist Member, Norwalk, CT
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Women's Caucus for Art, CT Chapter
WALA: Wilson Avenue Loft Artist's, Norwalk, CT
Westport Arts Center (CT)
Rowayton Arts Center (CT)
Darien Arts Center (CT)
Greenwich Art Society (CT)


COLLECTIONS
Unilever, NJ
Cohen and Wolfe, Westport, CT
Piping Rock Country Club, Locust Valley, NY
Private: U.S. Sweden, Italy, Great Britain
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Connecticut Homes and Gardens Magazine
Stamford Advocate
Norwalk Hour
Darien News Review