Mary Early Portfolios

Artists

Quaran Ahmad • cassandra mayela allen • Chukwudumebi Gabriel Amadi-Emina • Sondra N. Arkin • German Ayala Vazquez • Rick Bach • Abol Bahadori • Sophia Belkin • Joan Belmar • Ama BE • Julia Bloom • Sabrina Cabada • Colby Caldwell • Jermaine jET Carter • Aishwariya Chandrasekar • Chang Sujung • Julia Chon • Michèle Colburn • Chris Combs • Will Connally • Cynthia Connolly • Sheila Crider • Delna Dastur • Kyrae Dawaun • Catherine Day • Frank Hallam Day • Danielle De Jesus • Rachel Dickerson • Sara Dittrich • Brandon Donahue-Shipp • Mary Early • Alex Ebstein • Bria Edwards • Yacine Tilala Fall • Lola Flash • Michiko Fujii Fowler • Christopher French • Emily Fussner • Janis Goodman • Xenia Gray • Ashley Ja’nae • Holly Harris • Mira Hecht • Jessica Maria Hopkins • Phaan Howng • Katty Huertas • Tae Hwang • Misha Ilin • Martha Jackson Jarvis • Roberto Jamora • traci johnson • Debbi Kenote • Joanne Kent • Adele 이슬 Kenworthy • Nancy Daly & Kim Llerena • AnaMarie V. King • Micheline Klagsbrun • Steven Kleinrock • Ara Koh • Andrew Kung • Xyl Lasersohn • Magnolia Laurie • Kyujin Lee • Mehves Lelic • Nathan Loda • Jon Malis • Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann • Alpha Massaquoi • Rogelio Maxwell • Bryan McGinnis • Jonna Elinor McKone • Maggie Michael • Jimmy Miracle • Neha Misra नेहा मिश्रा • Jonathan Monaghan • Michele Montalbano • Jamie Nares • Curtis Newkirk Jr. • William A. Newman • Nazanin Noroozi • Joy Nutt • Betsy Packard • Lauren Portada • John N Ralston V • Austin Remetta • D’Metrius Rice • Sean Riley • Kiara-Maribel Rivera • jordan hamlett sanders • Amanda Sauer • Alexandra Silverthorne • Anne C. Smith • Jeff Spaulding • Leigh Suggs • Emon Surakitkoson • Mehmet Uskul • Jenny Walton • Wickerham & Lomax • Omari Jesse • Redeat Wondemu • Sue Wrbican • Carter Wynne • Bahar Yürükoğlu • Hu Zeqian

FY 2025 Grantee, Arts & Humanities Fellowship Award
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington, DC

The Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program (AHFP) offers fellowships to individuals whose excellence contributes to the District of Columbia as a world-class cultural capital. AHFP recognizes the impact of individuals within the District of Columbia. And the program supports the vitality that those practitioners bring to the local community.

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (CAH) is an independent agency in the District of Columbia government. First established in 1968, it evaluates and initiates action on matters relating to the arts and humanities. Additionally, CAH encourages programs and the development of programs that promote progress in the arts and humanities. CAH is the designated state arts agency for the District of Columbia. It is supported primarily through District government funds. Additionally, it receives partial support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

PUBLICATION

MARY EARLY | SCULPTURE is a large-format publication of sculptures and installations from 2005 to 2015.
56 Pages
Hardcover with imagewrap
12" x 12"
Published by Mary Early Studio in 2015
$135
Order at Blurb.com.

GROUP EXHIBITION

Transcendence, 20th Anniversary Auction and Benefit Gala
Presented by Transformer at the Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington DC
November 9 - 22, 2024

Transcendence, Transformer’s 20th Annual Auction Exhibition & Benefit Gala is a celebration of innovative contemporary art and artists that rise above the fray, with 160+ artworks in a variety of mediums by a dynamic mix of emerging & more established artists, as well as unique experiences, all up for bidding & buying! All proceeds from Transcendence support Transformer and the participating artists.

Transformer is honored to present a fully realized exhibition of all artworks in Transcendence at American University’s Katzen Arts Center via partnership with the College of Arts & Sciences' Department of Art. The Transcendence exhibition will be open to the public November 9-22, 2024, with Transformer’s Benefit Gala at American University’s Katzen Arts Center on Saturday, November 23.

GROUP EXHIBITION

The Collaborative | The DMV Collects the DMV
October 26, 2024 - February 1, 2025.

The Kreeger Museum and The Washington Print Club are pleased to present The DMV Collects the DMV. "The DMV Collects the DMV celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Washington Print Club by presenting an encapsulated history of regional artists and institutions selected from members' collections. Forty-nine artists who lived or built their careers in the District-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) region are represented by works on paper, ranging from drawing, painting, and photography to print-making. This multigenerational assemblage of artists established and were supported by key educational institutions and print workshops. The Corcoran School of Art, Howard University, and Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) provided valuable training, employment, and art community cohesion for decades. No fewer than five important print workshops were established by artists included in the exhibition: The Workshop Inc. (Lou and Di Stovall), Pyramid Atlantic (Helen Frederick), Handprint Workshop International (HPWI was established by Dennis O'Neil, who taught at the Corcoran and printed the work of several artists in the exhibit), Lily Press (Susan Goldman), and Sol Print Studio (Soledad Salamé)." - Laura Roulet, Guest Curator, The Washington Print Club

This exhibition is presented under The Collaborative, a program developed by The Kreeger Museum in 2021 to support Washington-area artists.

The Kreeger Museum
2401 Foxhall Road, NW
Washington DC 20007
www.kreegermuseum.org
Open Tuesday - Saturday: 10:00am–4:00pm

Panel Discussion
Saturday, December 7, 2025 1pm

SOLO EXHIBITION

Mary Early: Līnea XIII
A temporary, site-specific installation.
September 22 - October 27, 2024

Formerly WAS Gallery is pleased to present LĪNEA XIII, a solo exhibition featuring a new site-specific, vertical sculpture in beeswax by Washington, DC artist, Mary Early.

Līnea XIII is the thirteenth in an ongoing series of vertical linear works begun in 2017. Each work in the series results from the architectural demands or constraints of the space in which it is constructed. The current installation at Formerly WAS is guided by the scale and intimacy of an unusual space - a residential garage outfitted with white gallery walls.

On view by appointment through October 27, 2024.

To schedule a viewing or for additional information, contact Joumana Moukarim at formerlywas@gmail.com.

WAS Gallery
Washington DC
www.formerlywas.com

GRANTS & AWARDS

FY 2024 Arts and Humanities Fellowship Award & Art Bank Acquisition
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, Washington, DC

In 2024 I was granted awards through the Arts & Humanities Fellowship Award and the Art Bank Program.

The Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program offers fellowships to individuals whose excellence contributes to the District of Columbia as a world-class cultural capital. AHFP recognizes the impact of individuals within the District of Columbia. And the program supports the vitality that those practitioners bring to the local community.

The Art Bank Program (ABP) supports local visual artists, District art galleries, and District art nonprofit organizations. CAH acquires fine art from metropolitan artists to grow the Art Bank Collection. Artwork in the collection is managed by CAH and loaned to District government agencies for display in public areas and offices of government buildings. The Art Bank Collection, which started in 1986, has nearly 3,000 artworks.

The Invincible Visible
Transformer DC Annual Exhibition & Benefit Auction,
at the American University Katzen Arts Center
November 18, 2023

Tephra ICA Alloy Project

These dually authored artworks showcase the interaction between two distinct voices in contemporary art and are available as signed limited edition prints.

The Alloy Project, Tephra ICA's Annual Benefit offers new collaborative artworks for purchase and free arts experiences for audiences of all ages culminating in a ticketed evening Cocktail Event. This year, The Alloy Project invited five pairings of contemporary artists to engage in a process of creative response, generating five original collaborative works of art and a series of limited-edition prints. Like an alloy, these art works result from bringing together two distinct elements, creating new synergies and possibilities.

Joseph Shetler & Mary Early, Untitled, 2022
Fine art print on Moab paper, diptych, 13 x 19 inches, Signed edition of 25

2022 Participating Artists
Charles Philippe Jean-Pierre & Laurenee Gauvin
Joseph Shetler & Mary Early
Anne C. Smith & Sarah Irvin
Olivia Tripp Morrow & Emily Fussner
Omolará Williams McCallister & Jessica Valoris

Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art
12001 Market Street #103
Reston, VA 20190

More Information about the Alloy Project: www.tephraica.org

Anaba Project 10th Anniversary Group Exhibition

Anaba Project Space, Bethesda MD, October - November 2022, by Appointment

Works by Akemi Maegawa, Ben Tolman, Amelia Olsen, Jessica Frelinghuysen, Hae Won Son, Jenn DePalma, Joel Vincii, Kim Faler, LuLu Meng, Maki Maruyama, Mary Early, Naomi Okubo, Takayuki Matsuo, Tang, Zach Storm

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SOLO EXHIBITION

Mary Early: Līnea Studies, April 30 - June 11, 2022

View Exhibition Guide here.

Gallery 2112
2112 R Street NW Washington, DC 20008
www.gallery2112.com

Open Friday-Saturday 12-5 and by appointment

REVIEW
In the Galleries: Mary Early, Mark Jenkins, The Washington Post, Sunday Arts, January 16, 2022

SOLO EXHIBITION
Mary Early: Līnea XI at ArtEnables, 2204 Rhode Island Ave NE, Washington, DC 20018
November 6, 2021 - January 29, 2022 art-enables.org

MARY EARLY: Works on Paper
by Appointment at Gallery 2112, A Washington, DC gallery specializing in modern art and design.
Spring 2021

Gallery 2112
2112 R Street NW
Washington DC 20009
www.gallery2112.com

SOLO EXHIBITION
Mary Early: Līnea X, 2020

An Installation In The Freight Elevator
Opening Reception Sunday, January 12, 2020 from 3-5 pm

About Freight Gallery: Freight is an artist-run micro-gallery in a 1925 Hollister Whitney freight elevator in Washington, DC. The space is 75 inches wide, 95 inches high, and 85 inches deep–a perfect container for displaying sculpture and small installations. Its mission is to create more opportunities for artists.

FREIGHT GALLERY
2414 Douglas Street NE
Washington DC 20018
www.freightgallery.com

Trawick Prize Exhibition
September 5 - 29, 2018

The public opening reception will be held Friday, September 14 from 6-8pm. Gallery hours for the duration of the exhibit are Wednesday through Saturday, 12 – 6pm.

2018 Trawick Prize Finalists:
Lori Anne Boocks, Germantown, MD
Clay Dunklin, Laurel, MD
Mary Early, Washington, D.C.
Jay Gould, Baltimore, MD
Caroline Hatfield, Baltimore, MD
Phaan Howng, Baltimore, MD
Timothy Makepeace, Washington, D.C.
Nicole Salimbene, Takoma Park, MD

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The Trawick Prize award winners will be announced on Wednesday, September 5, 2018. The Best in Show, first place winner will be awarded $10,000; second place will be honored with $2,000 and third place will be awarded $1,000. This year's jurors are Christopher Bedford, Director of The Baltimore Museum of Art; Sukjin Choi, Head of Ceramics and Associate Professor of Art at James Madison University; and Valerie Fletcher, Independent Art Historian and Senior Curator Emerita at the Hirshhorn Museum.

Gallery B
7700 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite E
Bethesda, MD, 20814
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12 - 6pm
Gallery Info
Presented by the Bethesda Urban Partnership

BEES
A BIG IDEA Project of the Sun Valley Museum of Art
April 13 - June 22, 2018

This BIG IDEA project explores the central role pollinators play in our food supply and our environment. It offers a community-wide conversation about the challenges bees and pollinators face today, from colony collapse disorder to shrinking habitat. One factor behind The Center’s decision to pursue a project on bees is the appeal the topic holds for contemporary artists working across the disciplines. The project presents work by visual artists, filmmakers and playwrights who have all chosen to illuminate the mysterious world of bees and other pollinators through their artistic practices, celebrating pollinators’ diversity and their contributions to our ecosystems.
The Center commissioned artist Mary Early to create a site-specific installation in its Project Room gallery. Working with beeswax, Early has used simple, repeating forms and shapes to create a geometric installation that hangs from the ceiling. Visitors are invited to move through the space, taking in the fragrance of beeswax as they experience the installation.

Participating Artists: Cameron Cartiere, Mary Early, Emmet Gowin, Kirsten Furlong and jasna guy

Sun Valley Museum of Art
191 Fifth Street East
Ketchum, ID 83340
www.sunvalleycenter.org

MARY EARLY: Lines/Rain
AmeSen (雨線)
Anaba Project Space, Bethesda MD
October 22 - November 25, 2017
about Anaba

TWIST - LAYER - POUR
Sondra N. Arkin + Joan Belmar + Mary Early
September 5 - October 22, 2017

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 9, 2017, 6-9 PM

Gallery Talk with the Artists & Sarah Tanguy, Curator: Thursday, September 28, 6-7:30pm

Exhibition Catalogue Available.

The American University Museum
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington DC 20016
www.american.edu/museum
(202) 885-1300

LENDING LIBRARY
Presented by Beltway Public Works at Washington Project for the Arts, Washington DC
September 9 - December 9, 2017
www.wpadc.org

Washington Project for the Arts is pleased to present the launch of the BPW Lending Library, a circulating collection of artworks reflecting the eclectic recent history of contemporary art 'inside the Beltway'. Founded by Beltway Public Works, The Lending Library is envisioned to become a dispersed, people's museum of the national capital region, championing the role of contemporary art in the lives of Beltway residents by making challenging, inventive artworks available for short-term loan.

Eames Armstrong | Ken Ashton | Rushern Baker IV | Margaret Boozer | Judy Byron | Wesley Clark | Cool "Disco" Dan | Mary Early | Benjamin Edwards | Tom Green | Jason Gubbiotti | Avi Gupta | Willem de Looper | Jonathan Monaghan | Darrow Montgomery | Joseph Orzal | Plakookee | Amber Robles-Gordon | Jeff Spaulding | Anna Tsouhlarakis | Maida Withers | Naoko Wowsugi

Mary Early | LĪNEA at Galerie Künstlerbund
May 20 - June 24, 2017

Künstlerbund Tübingen e.V.
Metzgergasse 3
72070 Tübingen
www.kuenstlerbund-tuebingen.de

Salem2Salem 2016 Residency & Fellows Exhibition

August 26 - October 3, 2016

Schloss Salem
Historische Bibliothek
88682 Salem, Germany
www.salem2salem.de

Ausstellung der Arbeiten salem2salem 2016
bis 3. Oktober 2016, Schloss Salem, Prälatur

Der Eintritt zur Ausstellung ist frei, allerdings nur in Verbindung mit dem Eintritt ins Schloss Salem möglich. Es gelten die üblichen Öffnungszeiten für das Schloss Salem:

Mo – Sa   9.30 – 18.00 Uhr
letzter Einlass   17.30 Uhr
So und Feiertage   10.30 – 18.00 Uhr
letzter Einlass   17.30 Uhr

FY17 Visual Arts Applicant Exhibit

Artist Fellowship Program of the District of Columbia Commission on the Arts & Humanities

July 29 - August 31, 2016
Opening Reception: Friday, July 29, 2016, 6pm

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) provides grants, professional opportunities, education enrichment, other programs and services to individuals and nonprofit organizations in all communities within the District of Columbia.

The Arts Commission is supported primarily by District government funds and in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

200 I (Eye) Street Gallery
DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities
200 I (Eye) Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
www.dcarts.dc.gov

We Gave Our Best, Now the Rest is Up to the Hope Chest
A traveling exhibition: Vienna Edition

June 16 - 24, 2016
Opening Reception:Thursday, June 16, 2016, 7pm

Hope Chest: Traditionally in the form of a wooden trunk or box, contained the dowry of a young woman. The box and its content played an important part not only in the business transaction between two families, but served as a survival kit for the new life a girl was about to enter. The Hope Chest didn’t just contain the objects that would secure a young women’s future but comprised her heritage, her sense of belonging. With this in mind we produced a Hope Chest that traveled from the Old World to the New World and then back again. At each station a group of artist participated in shaping the content of the box and therefore the exhibition. With this gesture of sharing and hands-on participation we want to highlight the international intellectual exchange within the European – North American Art community, and therefore this exhibition series allows maximum visibility of this inspirational exchange. Includes works by Washington DC artists Zoë Charlton, Mary Early, Maggie Michael, José Ruiz and Dan Steinhilber.

Im Ersten Galerie
Sonnenfelsgasse 3/0
1010 Vienna, Austria
www.imersten.com

A Consideration of Bees

Recent Exhibition at Chroma Projects, Charlottesville, VA
May 6 - 28, 2016

Robin Braun, Elsabe J. Dixon, Mary Early, Blake Hurt, Matt Lively, Jason McLeod, Suzanne Stryk, and Richard Knox Robinson. Curated by Deborah McLeod

A Consideration of Bees surveys a group of diverse artists who explore bees as both a source of delight, art materials, and inspiration, as well as serving as a platform for understanding more about the bees themselves; how they perform in their colonies, what is presently occurring to jeopardize their existence, and what is being studied on behalf of attempts to save them.

www.chromaprojects.com
Read the Review in C-VILLE Weekly.

SCULPTURE NOW 2014

c.l. bigelow, Julia Bloom, Greg Braun, Carol Brown Goldberg, Elizabeth, Burger, Joel D'Orazio, Mary Early, Mila Kagan, Jin Lee, Dalya Luttwak, Elizabeth Miller McCue, Mike Shaffer, Foon Sham, Lynda Smith-Bugge, Garrett Strang, Janet Wheeler, Julie Zirlin; Dr. Jack Rasmussen, Curator

November 4, 2014 - December 14, 2014

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 8, 2014, 6-9pm

Presented by Washington Sculptors Group at the

American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC

www.american.edu

Give and Take

Mary Early, Spencer Herr, James Huckenpahler, Kate MacDonnell, Akira Satake, and Kirsten Stolle; Curated by Colby Caldwell

October 3 - November 8, 2014

Opening Reception: Friday, October 3, 2014, 5 - 8pm

Asheville Area Arts Council Gallery

1 Page Avenue, Suite 143A

Asheville, NC 28801