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MARY BAILEY
Redding, Connecticut
Instagram: @mkbailey4u
EDUCATION
1999 MFA in Writing. Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT.
1982 B.A. Brown University, Providence, RI. Honors in Independent Concentration "Art & Society.”
SOLO AND FEATURED SHOWS
2024 “Points of View” George Billis Gallery, Fairfield, CT
2016 “Flora & Fauna” at Nest Arts Factory, Bridgeport, CT
2015 “Winter Garden” at Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2014 “Flowers” at VACI Galleries, Chautauqua, NY
2006 Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
Ironwood Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
2005 Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, Greenwich, CT
1993 Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT.
Chappaqua Library Gallery, Chappaqua, N.Y.
Lukacs Gallery, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT.
1992 Cast Iron Gallery, 159 Mercer St. NYC.
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT.
The Grosvenor Gallery, SUNY Cobleskill, Cobleskill, NY.
1991 Sound Shore Gallery, Stamford, CT.
1989 Anne Jaffe Gallery, Miami, FL.
1988 Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT.
1987 Art/Place Gallery, Southport, CT.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Syncopation” G’Town Arts, Georgetown, CT
2023 The NO Show” Trailer Box Project, Bethel CT
2013 “Fine Art & Design” Pop Up Art Bethel, CT
2012 Sculpture of the 21st Century, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
2008 “IN-SITE” Governors Island, NY, NY
2004 Art From Connecticut Forests (traveling exhibit throughout CT)
Stephen Rockwell Deslodge Gallery, Wilton, CT
2001 “Chromophobia,” Silvermine Guild Art Center, curated by Jessica Hough, Curator at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art.
1999 “Rebuilding Torn Societies,” Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, United Nations, New York, NY.
1997 Fordham University, New York, NY.
1996 Stamford Museum & Nature Center, Stamford, CT
1995 “Splendid Spirit” Artspace Gallery, New Haven, CT.
1994 "About Face" Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
PPG Wintergarden, Pittsburgh, PA
"Childhood Dreams: FFS at 53 Mercer, NYC
1993 ”Reflections of the Inner Light" Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT
The Sculptors Guild Show. The Kyoto Gallery, Kyoto Japan
1992 The Sculptors Guild Annual Exhibition, Lever House, NYC.
"Aspects of Form: Six Sculptors" Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT.
Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center. (+1991, 1986)
1991 "Seven Sculptors" Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT.
Cast Iron Gallery, 159 Mercer St. NYC.
Connecticut Artists Showcase, Bradley Airport, Hartford CT.
1989 The Connecticut Gallery, Marlborough, CT.
1988 ”Character Builders" Fisher Gallery, Avon, CT.
1987 ”Woodwork Part I" Martina Hamilton Gallery, 19 E. 71st St. NYC.
PUBLICATIONS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022 Slippery Elm Literary Journal 2022 (short story)
2008 Confrontation, 40th Anniversary Issue (short story)
Gargoyle #53 (short story)
2007 The Connecticut Review, Vol.29, No.2 (short story)
2005 Hunger Mountain, Vol. 7 (short story)
Small Spiral Notebook (short story)
2004 The New Renaissance, Vol 34 (short story)
The Bellingham Review, (short story)
2001 Literal Latte (short story)
1998 The Crescent Review, Vol. 16, No. 1. (short story)
1997 The Writer’s Voice New Voice in Fiction Award, New York, NY.
1996 Artist Fellowship Grant, Connecticut Commission of the Arts
1995 Winner Connecticut Film and Video Competition, 1 of 3.
1993 Artists' Projects: New Forms Grant, New England Foundation for the Arts.
1991 Artist-in-Residence, West Hartford Public Schools. Funded by Artist-in-Education Grant Program, Connecticut Commission of the Arts.
VIDEO SCREENINGS
1995 Connecticut Film and Video Competition 1995, 1 of 3 winners.
Sponsored by CT Commission of the Arts, broadcast on CPTV.
The Knitting Factory, New York City.
Lucky Charms Awards Festival, Seattle, WA
Unquote Television, DUTV, Philadelphia, PA
NYU-TV, New York City.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Silvermine Guild Art Center. New Canaan, CT.
Sculptors Guild. New York, NY.
Adjunct Professor of Sculpture, Fairfield Univ. Fairfield, CT: 1993-95
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
The New School for Social Research, NYC.
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
Zurich Reinsurance Center Inc., NYC.
Private Collections Including:
Bob & Julie Marty, George Dalsheimer, Robert Feldman, Vera List, Vivian White.
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
1994 Jude Schwendenwien "Connecticut Reviews" Sculpture, March-April.
1992 Betty Tyler "Against the Grain" The Fairfield Advocate, May 21.
1991 Vivian Raynor "Seven Sculptors Construct a Show at Norwalk Community College, The New York Times, Dec. 29.
1989 Kate Jennings "Regional Reviews, Connecticut Silvermine Guild, Black and White" Art New England, May.
1987 Philip Eliasoph "Artists' Co-op Stays on Track" Stamford Advocate, Dec. 17.
Michael Blum "Suspended Animations: Bailey's Playful Sculpture in Southport" Fairpress, Feb. 12.