Phone: 206/ 624. 2817
Email: maryann(at)maryann-peters.com
EDUCATION
1978 M.F.A University of Washington, Seattle, Wa; painting/drawing
1971 B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara, Ca; printmaking
312 2nd Ave. S.
Seattle, WA, 98104
Phone: 206-903-6220
2000-04
Keeping the Faith: A Prison Project an outreach arts and performance program of the Pat Graney Dance Co.for women prisoners visual artist team member/ invented themes for art projects and created visual elements/sets for performances Seattle, Cincinnati, Phoenix, Dublin
1999
myself inside your story Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver Wa On site drawing project focused on my mother and the women in her family. Accompanied by impromptu discussions with students regarding heritage, homage and the Middle East. Exhibition of paintings and drawings accompanied the 2 week residency.
1993
A Canvas of Episodes Port of Seattle, Seattle, Wa Site specific project commissioned by the Port of Seattle for its headquarters. The piece is integrated directly into the architecture on two levels of the atrium at the west end of the building. Paintings, text, steel and photo-etched tiles are placed at intervals throughout the space, using pillars, stairs, and main wall (front and back). The imagery refers to three themes: old to new, (the site was a ruin on the waterfront capped with a new structure); sea to sky, (the principal transportation venues of the Port); and culture to culture, (the Port is a global business).
1992
Quiet Room University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Wa First in a pilot project for artist designed spaces. Adjacent to the Surgery Department, the room is intended for use by staff and patient families for consultations and meditation. Components: frescoed walls, gouache paintings, embedded photograph, customized floor of laminate and slate, furniture of wood, steel, sapling and metallic naugahyde. Commissioned by the Hospital Public Art Program.
Boushay Solarium (Memorial to Frank Boushay) Bailey/Boushay House, Seattle, Wa Conceived, designed, and executed memorial solarium in Bailey/Boushay House, the first new long term and critical care facility built for people with AIDS. Included endgrain flooring , sapling railings (old and new), madrona veneer, frescoed walls, gouache paintings, copper memorial pillar, relief plaster text, memorial tributes to Frank under the flooring. Key components related to the cycle of life, as researched from cross cultural references and through direct conversations with people living with AIDS. Collaboration with Beliz Brother. Commissioned by AIDS Housing of Washington.
In Place University of Washington School of Art Gallery, Seattle, Wa On site drawing using the gallery as a studio and the walls as a canvas; executed over a two week residency that included slide lectures to graduate sculpture and painting students as well as undergraduate drawing classes.
Find the Syrian Boys. Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Wa Commissioned installation exploring artist's Lebanese heritage and family's immigration experience based on correspondence between father and grandfather. Included: frescoed walls, names in relief, uprooted tree, honeycomb aluminum table, family photographs, and water.
1990
Akbar's Muse 911 Contemporary Arts Center, Seattle, Wa Installation for "Origins: Experiences in Multiculturalism", a project for the 1990 Goodwill Games Arts Festival. Window and interior sited piece that included world map, painted symbols, doors, projection, wall drawing, family letter, and spices. Based on the Diwani Kaas (Hall of Special Audience) built by the Emperor Akbar at Fatepuhr Sikri, a site seen by the artist in northern India.
2007 in an instant, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, Wa
2006 this world and mine, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, Wa
2000 palimpsest Richard Hugo House, Seattle, Wa
1999 myself inside your story, onsite drawing, Archer Gallery, Clark College, Vancouver, Wa
1998 if thinking is form Meyerson & Nowinski Art Assoc., Seattle, Wa
1996 myself inside your story Meyerson & Nowinski Art Assoc., Seattle, Wa
1995 Four Corners open studio, Seattle, Wa
1994 Notes Pulliam Deffenbaugh Nugent Gallery, Portland, Or
1989 Espana Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Wa And Now This "Eyes of Love; Windows on AIDS" project Seattle, Wa
1988 The Pool 911 Contemporary Arts Center windows project, Seattle, Wa
1987 eide (working drawings) Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Wa
1985 The Picture Wall Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Wa Notes Towards the Picture Wall Whatcom County Museum, Bellingham, Wa
1984 Silent Partners Marylhurst College, Portland, Or
1983 Silent Partners Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Wa
1981 New Work Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Wa
1980 site unseen Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Wa
2008 Surrealist Impulses: New Acquisitions from the TAM Collection, Tacoma, WA
2007 Northwest Masters, Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Seattle, Wa
Northwest Biennial, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Wa
2006 Junctions, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, Wa
2005 A Decade of Excellence: Celebrating the Neddy Artist Fellowship, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Wa.
Lucky 7, WinstonWachter Fine Art, Seattle, Wa.
2004 Paperworks, Platform Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
Perspectives; Selections for City of Seattle 1% Program Trade & Convention Center, Seattle, Wa
2003 Variations of Abstraction City Space Convention Center, Seattle, Wa2002Northwest Masters City Space Convention Center, Seattle, Wa
2002 Artist in Residence Hoffman Gallery, OCAC, Portland, Or
2000 Neddy Fellowship Behnke Foundation invitational, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, Wa
1998 Neddy Fellowship Behnke Foundation invitational, Seafirst Gallery, Seattle, Wa
Drawing, national invitational Meyerson & Nowinski Art Assoc., Seattle, Wa
Northwesterners Fresh Paint Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
1997 Meeting in Art I International Art Workshop, invitational, Istanbul, Turkey
Drawing national invitational Meyerson & Nowinski Art Assoc., Seattle, Wa
1996 Surface Stories Clark College, Vancouver, Wa
1995 Visionaries Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle , Wa
Metaphor Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, Or Seattle Noir invitational Vox Populi Gallery, Seattle, Wa
1994 Spatial Flux: A Means of Expression Seattle Center Pavilion,
Seattle, Wa Telling Stories: Looking for Narrative in Visual Art Newmark Center, Seattle, Wa
1993 invitational 1004 Gallery Port Townsend, Wa Art Works for AIDS invitational, Seattle, Wa
Proposals: New Projects at the Port Italia Gallery, Seattle, Wa
1992 Lingua Franca Falkirk Cultural Center, Richmond, Ca
Women Painters in the Northwest Viking Gallery, Bellingham, Wa
Bill of Rights David Shearer Gallery, Seattle, Wa
Poncho Invitational Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, Wa
1991 The Big and The Small of It Northview Gallery, Portland Comm. Col., Portland, Or
Artists Respond to the War Traver Gallery, Seattle, Wa
Visual AIDS Project New York City, NY
Poncho Invitational Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, Wa
Notes towards Akbar’s Muse Western Washington University, Bellingham, Wa
Notes towards Akbar’s Muse Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Wa
1990 Organic Abstraction Bumbershoot Arts Festival invitational, Seattle. Wa
1989 Northwest Annual Center On Contemporary Art, Seattle, Wa
1988 University of Washington School of Art 1950-1980 Safeco Corp., Seattle, Wa
1987 Aspects of Drawing; Abstraction City of Seattle Public Art Space, Seattle, Wa.
Focus: Seattle San Jose Art Museum, San Jose, Ca
Structures Northwest Building Corporation, Seattle, Wa
Decade of Abstraction Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle, Wa
1986 Abstract Dimensional Painting Richmond Art Center, Richmond, Ca
Northwest Impressions: Works on Paper Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Wa
Centrum Prints Davidson Galleries, Seattle, Wa
1985 New Seattle Work Safeco Corp., Seattle, Wa
1984 Sylph Elegy Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
New Acquisitions Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Wa
1983 Newcomers '83 Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, Ca
Pacific Northwest Today Brentwood Gallery, St. Louis, Mo
Seattle Artists San Francisco Museum of Art, Rental Gallery San Francisco, Ca
Salon de Refuses Seattle, Wa
1982 Selected Gallery Artists Tom Lutrell Gallery, San Francisco, Ca
1981 Large Scale Painting Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Wa
1980 Eight Seattle Artists Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Ca
Cranberry Drawing Invitational Cranberry Institute, Boston, Ma
1979 Collections from the City Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Wa
Seattle Drawing and/or Gallery, Seattle, Wa
19 Artists Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Wa Seattle Selects Arctic Building, Seattle, Wa
2003 Northwest Institute of Architecture & Urban Studies in Italy (NIAUSI) residency
2002 Oregon College of Arts and Crafts masters residency and workshop director
2000 Neddy Fellowship, Behnke Foundation, Seattle, Wa painting award recipient
Honors Program, King County Arts Commission Purchase Award winner
1998 Neddy Fellowship, Behnke Foundation, Seattle, Wa finalist, painting award
Artist Trust Ten-Year Presidents' Award for Artistic Achievement and Leadership, Washington State recipient
International Art Workshop, Association of Museums of Painting and Sculpture, Istanbul, Turkey residency fellow
1995 Art Matters Foundation, New York City, NY individual artist fellow
Pilchuck School artist residency
1987 Private patronage, Barcelona, Spain residency
1986 Centrum Foundation, Northwest Print Project, Port Townsend, Wa residency
1980 Seattle Arts Commission, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Wa exhibition grant
1978 Ford Foundation, University of Washington, Seattle, Wa study grant
Centrum Foundation, Port Townsend, Wa master painting class scholarship
2003 Moonan, Wendy. “Serene in Seattle.” Architectural Digest,
2002 Quad Productions. “what if I were to remain here?” video document of recuerdo project, University of Texas, San Antonio, Tx.
1998 Updike, Robin. “New paintings spark imagination.” Seattle Times.
Frank, Peter. “Northwesterners.” LA Weekly, Los Angeles, Ca.
Hackett, Regina. “Compositional rigor, painterly elegance.” Seattle Post Intelligencer, Seattle, Wa.
Alderman, Carol. “Material Witness: Mary Ann Peters.” ArtAccess, Seattle, Wa.
Hahn, Cheryl. “If Thinking is Form-Mary Chicago, IL.
1996 Glowen, Ron. "Mary Ann Peters at Meyerson & Nowinski." Artweek, San Francisco, Ca.
1995 Hackett, Regina "Mary Ann Peters." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA.
Staff. "WW Pick." Willamette Weekly, Willamette, Wa.
1994 Lave, Rebecca. "WW Pick." Willamette Weekly, Willamette, Wa.
Staff. "The Ethereal Realm." The Oregonian, Portland, Or.
1993 Tarzan-Ament, Dolores. "Art at the Port." Seattle Times, Seattle, Wa.
Hackett, Regina. "Pier Pleasures." Seattle Post Intelligencer, Seattle, Wa.
Berger, David. "Public Shish Kabob." Reflex Magazine, Seattle, Wa.
1992 “Of Magic and Memory.” Catalogue. Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Wa.
Brunsman, Laura. "Making Art that Heals." Reflex Magazine, Seattle, Wa.
Laughter, J.S. "Hospital Quiet Room: A Refuge in Art." Common Ground Magazine
Canty, Don. "On Architecture: Bailey/Boushay House." Seattle Post Intelligencer, Seattle, Wa.
Laughter, J.S. "Artists, Designers Pitch In to Make AIDS Care House Unique Home." Crafts Report Magazine
Peters, M.A. "On Representing AIDS: An Artist's View." Reflex Magazine, Seattle, Wa.
Staff. "New Directions in Hospice Design." Architecture Magazine
1991 Bruch,Chris. "Exploring Other Venues." Interview, Reflex Magazine, Seattle, Wa.
1990 Chiu,
Denny. "Akbar's
Muse." Seattle
Weekly, Seattle,
Wa.
Bryant, Elizabeth. "Drawing Power." Reflex Magazine, Seattle, Wa.
1987 Schnoor, Chris. "Art as Idea." Artweek
Smallwood, Lyn. "Peters Mystical Markings." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Wa.
1986 Berkson, Bill. "Report from Seattle: In The Studios." Art in America, New York City, Ny
Brunson, Jamie. "In a Hybrid Idiom." Artweek
Shere, Charles. "Richmond's Abstracts Explores New Dimensions." Oakland Tribune, Berkeley, Ca.
Weinstein, David. "Abstract Dimensional Painting." West County Times, Berkeley Ca.
Hackett, Regina. "Northwest Impressions: Works on Paper." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Wa.
1984 Pincus, Robert L. "3 at Stella Polaris." Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Ca.
1983
Donahue,
Marlene. "Newcomers
'83." Artweek.
Hackett,
Regina. "Silent
Partners." Seattle
Post-Intelligencer,
Seattle,
Wa.
Kendall, Sue Ann. "Silent Partners." The Seattle Times, Seattle, Wa.
Smallwood, Lyn. "Forward into the Past." Seattle Weekly, Seattle, Wa.
1982“50 Northwest Artists.” Chronicle Books, San Francisco, Ca
1981 Hackett, Regina. "Formalist Painter Exceeds Reputation." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Wa.
1980 Muchnic, Suzanne. "An Assault from Seattle." Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Ca.
Kangas, Matthew. "Recent Installation Art." and/or Notes.
Hackett, Regina. "Site Unseen." Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, Wa.
1979 Kangas, Matthew. "Peters at Linda Farris Gallery." Art in America, New York City, Ny.
“Nineteen Artists.” Catalogue. Linda Farris Gallery, Seattle, Wa.
2005 Seattle City Club, panelist "art as social action", Seattle, Wa.
Creativity for Peace, Santa fe, NM guest artist
2004 NBBJ Architects, guest speaker, Seattle, Wa.
Olson/Sundberg/Kundig/Allen Architects guest speaker
2003 University of Washington Public Art Program guest lecturer
Seattle University guest lecturer
2002 Portland College of Arts and Crafts guest lecturer
University of Texas, San Antonio guest lecturer
University of Washington guest lecturer
2000 Richard Hugo House, “disappearances” inquiry sessions, Seattle, Wa panelist
Evergreen State College guest lecturer
University of Texas, San Antonio guest lecturer
1999 Clark College, Vancouver, Wa guest lecturer
Oregon College of Arts and Crafts guest lecturer and drawing workshop instructor
1998 National Association of Artists Organizations, Art and Social Action, Chicago, IL panelist
Evergreen State Colleg, Olympia, Wa guest lecturer
Artist Trust, annual board retreat keynote speaker
1997 International Art Workshop, Istanbul Turkey U.S. representative/guest lecturer
University of Washington School of Art, Seattle, Wa guest lecturer
1996 Oregon College of Arts and Crafts guest lecturer and drawing workshop instructor
1994 University of California, Santa Barbara guest lecturer and faculty
Eastern Washington University, Pullman, Wa guest lecturer
University of Washington, School of Art, Seattle, Wa guest lecturer
1993 American Institute of Architects, Seattle Chapter, Seattle, Wa guest lecturer
1992 University of Washington, School of Art, Seattle, Wa guest lecturer and artist-in-residence
Cornish Art Institute, Seattle, Wa guest lecturer
Olympic College, Bremerton, Wa guest lecturer
1991 Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Wa guest lecturer
University of Washington, School of Art, Seattle, Wa guest lecturer
1990 Western Washington University, Bellingham, Wa lecturer and artist in residence
Cornish Art Institute, Seattle, Wa guest lecturer
University of Washington, Seattle, Wa guest lecturer
1989 Evergreen State College, School of Art, Olympia, Wa guest lecturer
University of Washington, School of Art, Seattle, Wa guest lecturer
1987 San Jose State University, School of Art, San Jose, Ca guest lecturer
1986 Cornish Art Institute, Seattle, Wa guest lecturer
University of Washington, Seattle. Wa guest lecturer
Evergreen State College, School of Art, Olympia, Wa guest lecturer
Artists Unlimited, Edmonds Community College, Edmonds,Wa artist-in-residence
1985 Centrum Foundation, Visual Arts Program, Port Townsend, Wa workshop instructor
1984 Centrum Foundation, Visual Arts Program, Port Townsend, Wa workshop instructor
1983 Centrum Foundation, Visual Arts Program, Port Townsend, Wa workshop instructor
1981 Evergreen State College, Extension Program, Port Angeles, Wa studio instructor
Cornish Art Institute, Seattle, Wa, Advanced Seminar Lecture Series speaker
University of Washington, School of Art, Seattle, Wa guest lecturer
Centrum Foundation, Visual Arts Program, Port Townsend, Wa workshop instructor
1980 Evergreen State College, Extension Program, Port Angeles, Wa studio instructor
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Wa guest lecturer
1979 Olympic College, Bremerton, Wa studio instructor
Factory of Visual Art, Seattle, Wa studio instructor
1978 Factory of Visual Art, Seattle, Wa studio instructor
Bailey/Boushay
House and AIDS Housing of Washington, Seattle,
Wa
City
of Seattle, Wa
Davis,
Wright, Jones, Seattle, Wa
Hughes
Corporate Headquarters, Los Angeles, Ca
Kargianis
and Austin, Seattle, Wa
King
County Regional Justice Center, Seattle, Wa
Microsoft
Corporation, Redmond, Wa
Minnesota
Museum of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Olympic
College, Bremerton, Wa
Pacific
Lutheran Universtiy, Tacoma, Wa
Perkins
Coie, Seattle, Wa
Port
of Seattle Headquarters, Seattle, Wa
Port
of Seattle, Seattle, Wa
Rainier
National Bank, Seattle, Wa
Safeco
Corporation, Seattle, Wa
Seattle
Art Museum, Seattle, Wa
Seattle
City Light, Seattle, Wa
Seattle
First National Bank, Seattle, Wa
Seattle
Sheraton Hotel, Seattle, Wa
University
of Texas, San Antonio, Tx
University
of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Wa
Present-2001 Advisory Committee, Tashiro Kaplan Building, ArtSpace Projects, Seattle, Wa
2005 4Culture Public Art Committee member, seattle, Wa.
1999-1997 Centrum Creative Residencies core design team, Port Townsend, Wa
1996-1994 Public Art Program Committee, University of Washington, artist representative
1991 University of Washington Medical Center,Public Art Program, artist advisor
1992-1991 Bellevue Art Museum Programming Committee, Bellevue, Wa
National Visual AIDS Project, Seattle representative
Bailey/Boushay House, AIDS long term care facility, founding art committee
1991-1990 Artist Trust, artist advisor
2000-1993 National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, Wa artist rep & Board President
1997 Artist Trust, Wa honorary board member
1988-1980 Center on Contemporary Art, Wa founding member
1986-1983 Artists Unlimited, Wa artist advisor
2007 Arab American National Museum, Dearborn Michigan, Invited Artist Panelist
2002 King County Arts Commission, Juvenile Detention Center juror
2001 King County Arts commission, Seattle/Tacoma Airport juror
1997 King County Arts Commission, Special Projects juror
1996 Kent Arts Commission, Art in Public Places juror
1994 Public Art Committee, University of Washington juror
1993 Leadership Tomorrow Conference, panelist
1992 King County Arts Commission, Art in Public Places, Harborview Hospital Project juror
Art Fair Seattle, "Directions in Public Art" panelist Leadership Tomorrow Conference panelist
1991 Washington State Arts Commission, Art in Public Places, Community Colleges Project juror
Pratt Fine Art Center, residency program juror
1990 City of Seattle Selection Committee, Director, Seattle Arts Commission panelist
Pacific Northwest Regional Art Exhibition, Bellevue Art Museum juror
Sculpture Symposium, University of Washington panelist and advisor
1985 Seattle Arts Commission, 1% for Art Program, New Acquisitions juror
King County Arts Commission, New Acquisitions, Hearing, Speech, Deafness Center juror
1984 Metro Transit, Transit Stations Design Team Project, Seattle, Wa juror
1982 Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, "Artists and the 21st Century” panelist
2000-1999 Visual & Bodygraphics Advisor, Pat Graney Dance Company, “tattoo”, Seattle/Santiago, Chile
1990-1992 Director/Moderator, Second Thursday Lecture Series, created monthly panels focusing on contemporary issues and the visual arts
1991 Curator, Catalogue essayist, Center on Contemporary Art, "In/site" three installations by West Coast women artists
1987 Site Visitor, National Endowment for the Arts, artist spaces (Detroit and Anchorage)
1981 Coordinator, Center on Contemporary Art, inaugural exhibition: James Turrell exhibition
Asian sub-continent: Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nepal Spain Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Mali