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Solo Exhibitions
Mary Hughes, New Work, Space 120, Boston, MA
Mary Hughes, In Line, Gallery 360, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Sense + Essence, Copley Society Art, Boston, MA
Mary Hughes, Topographies, Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery, Jackson Arts Center at Bristol Community College, New Bedford, MA
Mary Hughes, Spiral Series, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Traces, Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA
Elements of Place
President’s Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Landscapes of Metaphor: A Visual Journey
Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA
Imagining Ireland: Notes from Journey Abroad
Newton Free Library, Newton, MA
The Romantic Landscape, Bentley College, Waltham, MA
Scenes From Southern France, French Library, Boston, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
Copley Society of Art
Small Works Show: On the Horizon
May 25 - September 30, 2023
Copley Society of Art
Small Works Show: Symphony
January 12 - May 13, 2023
Copley Society of Art
Small Works Show: Encounter New England
April 7-October 10, 2022
Art of the Line
Galatea Fine Arts
July 1-July 31, 2022
Opening Reception July 1 from 6-8 pm
Fenway Five
Scollay Square Gallery
Boston City Hall
July 18-August 30
CoSo at the Langham: Boston Artists Lane
August 9, 2022-January 31, 2023
Copley Society of Art
Holiday Small Works Show
November 10-Decemebr 23, 2023
Holiday Show
Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Yeah, I'm Doing Great: 2021 Juried Alumni Exhibitions
MassArtXSowa, Boston, MA
Jurors: Linda Bliss, Nathan Heilman, Jennifer Mawson, Rebecca Morrison
Small Works: Rhythm + Hues
Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Congruence
I Like Your Work Juried Exhibit
Juror: Bridgette Mayer
New Optics
The Painting Center
New York, NY
Fenway Connections
Massachusetts Historical Society
Boston, MA
Renewal: Winter Members Show
Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Juror: Meg White, Director, Gallery Naga
Fay Chandler Emerging Art Awards Exhibit
Scollay Square Gallery
Boston City Hall
Flow
Nave Gallery, Somerville, MA
Jurors: Michelle Fiorenza and Kelvyn Bird
Found in Fenway
Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA
Boston Biennial 3
Milton, Ma
CoSo Small Works: Windows on Winter
Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Milton Art Museum Juried Exhibition
Milton, Ma
Cool
South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
Juror, Joseph Carroll
Winter Members Show: Impressions, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Jurors: David Brown, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs of Graduate Programs at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and Miriam Stewart, Curator of the Collection of the European and America Art Division at the Harvard Art Museums.
Flourish: Alumni Works on Paper
Sandra & David Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Jurors: Tammy Dayton, Creative Director, Moth Design; Michelle Lamunière, John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Assistant Curator of Photography, Harvard Art Museum; Edward Saywell, Chair of Contemporary Art and MFA Programs, Museum of Fine Arts
Far & Wide: 2nd Annual Woodstock Regional
Woodstock Artist Association and Museum
Juror: Patterson Sims
Winter Members Show: White Lights
Copley Society, Boston
Juror: Victoria Munroe
CoSo Artists A-Z: Arabesque
Copley Society, Boston
Collective, Galatea Fine Art, Boston MA
Juror: Dina Deitsch, Assistant Curator, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
Winter Members’ Show: Reflections, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Jurors: Karen Quinn, curator of Paintings, Art of the Americas, MFA Boston; Susan Lanoue, Lanoue Fine Arts
Fenway Artists at Boston Convention Center, Boston, MA
CoSo Artists A-Z:Nocturne, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Fenway Artists Then & Now, Vose Gallery, Boston, MA
Copley Artists A-Z: Spice, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Massachusetts Artists 2009, Brush Art Gallery and Studios, Lowell, MA
Juror: Nick Capasso, Curator, Decordova Museum + Sculpture Park
Copley Artists A-Z: Release, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Andrea Raynor + Mary Hughes, Recent Work
Piano Factory Gallery, Boston, MA
Winter Members’ Show: Passages, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Jurors: Susan Merritt, Art Consultant, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Margaret Hart, Chair, Art Department at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Rob Roy, Chair of Painting and Drawing, Montserrat College of Art
(Recipient, 2nd Jurors Choice Award)
National Drawing Show, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
Juror: Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, Director, Curatorial Affairs, Decordova Museum and Sculpture Park
Boston Does Boston, Proof Gallery, Boston, MA
Copley Artists A-Z: Quench, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
New Members Show, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Award Winners Show, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Copley Artists A-Z: Shiver, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Holiday Exhibition, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Equinox, Fall Members Show, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
(Recipient, Joseph J. Gazzola Prize)
Copley Artists A-Z: Crisp, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
(Recipient, Board of Governors Award)
Copley Artists A-Z: Heat, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Inauguration Exhibition, Arts in the Park
Curry Student Center, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Works on Paper
Juror: Stephanie Walker, Director, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
Faculty + Staff Art Exhibition
Curry Center Art Gallery, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
From the Landscape Works by John Fazzino, Daniel Gottsegen, Brooke
Hammerle, Mary Hughes
Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery
Jackson Arts Center at Bristol Community College, New Bedford, MA
Fenway Studios Centennial Exhibition, St. Botolph Club, Boston, MA
Faculty + Staff Art Exhibition
Curry Center Art Gallery , Northeastern University, Boston, MA
The Tile Project: Destination, the World
Transcultural Exchange/Sponsored by UNESCO
Group exhibition of tiles created by international artists.
Installation sites in 20 different sites around the world including museums, parks, and cultural centers.
Boundaries and Beyond: New England Landscapes
Mary Hughes & Kathleen Robbins
Gallery at the Clown, Portland, ME
Between Solace and Awe: Beyond the Landscape
Starr Gallery, Newton, MA
Small Works Exhibition
Juror: Jeff Keough, Director of Exhibitions, Massachusetts College of Art
Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
Painted from Memory : New Works by Beverly Barber and Mary Hughes
Dean’s Gallery, MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA
Bromfield at Biolabs
New England Biolabs, Beverly, MA
Annual Members Exhibition, Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA
Constructions
Curator: Mary Sherman, Arts Reviewer, Boston Herald
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, MA
Seasons: Landscape Paintings by Beverly Barber, Mary Hughes
and Kathleen Robbins
Department of Environmental Protection, Boston, MA
Hand Work: Annual Members Exhibition, Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA
Small Works Juried Exhibition
Juror: Sharon Hunter, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Lyme Fine Arts Academy, Attleboro Museum and Center for the Arts, Attleboro, MA
Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show
Jurors: Peter Rathbone, Senior Vice President/Director, American Paintings, Sotheby’s, New York; Eliza Rathbone, Chief Curator, the Philips Collection, Washington, D.C.; Belinda Rathbone, Photography Historian, Curator & Biographer, Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston, MA
Faber Birren Color Award
Juror: Cora Rosevear, Associate Curator, Division of Painting & Sculpture,
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Juried Exhibition, Stamford Art Museum, Stamford, CT
A Gathering of Leaves
Curators: Peter Madden and Anne Pelican
Artist Book Exhibit, Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Untold Mastery (September, 1995)
Jurors; Abe Morell, Chair, Photography Department, Massachusetts College of Art; Elizabeth Wiley, Director, Aidekman Gallery, Tufts University, Medford MA; Howard Yezerski, Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
Gallery 659, Jamaica Plain, MA
Education
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Master of Fine Arts in Painting
Lacoste School of Art, Lacoste, France
Studio Art & Language Courses
Boston University School for the Arts, Boston, MA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Related Experience
Lecturer, Northeastern University
Department of Art + Design,
College of Professional Studies
Adjunct Faculty, Massachusetts College of Art
2- D Department
Continuing Education
Residencies
Anderson Art Ranch, Aspen, CO
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Awards/Honors
Award of Merit, Small Works: On the Horizon, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Jurors Award, Winter Members’ Show, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Visual Resources Association Travel Award
Copley Society Anderson Art Ranch Scholarship
Jurors Award, Winter Members’ Show, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Artist’s Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Joseph J. Gazzola Prize, Equinox Exhibition, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Board of Governors Award, Crisp Exhibition, Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Visual Resources Association Travel Award
Artist’s Grant Vermont Studio, Center, Johnson, VT
Fulbright Scholarship to Ireland, Institute of International Education, NY, NY
Bernard Pfreim Scholarship, Lacoste School of Art, Lacoste, France
Merit Award, Boston University School for the Arts, Boston, MA
Press
Blogs/TV
Open Studios with Jared Bowen/WGBH Boston, November 2014
Chronicle/WCBV5 Boston, Inside Fenway Studios, September 2013
Boston Day Book: Featured Artist, November 2013
Flux Boston: Artist Showcase, April 2011
Lynette Haggard Artist Interview, Featured Artist, October 2010
Publications
South End News, March 18, 2009, Bessie King,” Circles abound at Piano Factory Gallery”
New Bedford Standard Times, June 1, 2006: Brian Fraga, “The Lay of the Land’
Fenway News, August 2005 “Centennial Exhibition, Saint Botolph Club”
Boston Herald, July 19, 2002: Joanne Silver, “Take a Trip Beyond Landscape”
Art New England, October/November, 2002: Meredith Fife Day, Regional Reviews, “Between Solace and Awe: Beyond the Landscape at the Starr Gallery”
Boston Globe, Calendar Magazine, July 18, 2002 Milva DiSomizio: “Beyond the Boundaries of Landscape”
Boston Globe, October 20, 2001: Cate McQuaid, “Mary Hughes, ‘Traces’ at Bromfield Gallery”
Art New England, August/September, 1999: Rich McKeon, “Federal Reserve Bank Gallery, Boston: The Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show”
Auctions
Mindscapes, Mass General Hospital, Boston 2007
Museum Council Summer Fundraiser, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2007
Massachusetts College of Art Annual Auction, Boston, MA, 2000; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006, 2016
Artcetera Auction Aids Action Committee, Boston, MA 2001
Affiliations
Copley Society of Art, Boston, MA
Fenway Studios Cooperative, Boston, MA
Public Collections
Citibank, NY
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Langham Hotel, Boston
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston
Children's Hospital, Boston
Private Collections
Represented in private collections in Boston, New York, Chicago, Tucson, Bordeaux, France and Florence, Italy