AWARDS
2021 Civitella Ranieri Fellowship
2015 Tiffany Foundation Grant
2007 New York Foundation Award
1993 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
1988 National Endowment for the Arts
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Eden, Kerry Schuss Gallery, NYC
2016 Demons, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NYC
2014 Paradise, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NYC
2012 Beautiful Beast, Studio 10, Bushwick, Brooklyn
2010 Faded Flag, Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus, NY
Flags, Plates & Demons, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NYC
Faded Flag, Art Omi, Ghent, NY
2001 The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Bill Maynes Gallery, NY
1999 From Nature, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
1997 Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
1996 Bill Maynes Contemporary Art, New York
1994 Holly Solomon, New York
1992 Max Protetch Gallery, New York
1987 Michael Klein, inc., New York
1986 Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2019 Mary Carlson and Jim Torok, Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY (catalog)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
Group Show, Kerry Schuss, NYC
2018
Pageant of Inconceivable, Rachel Uffner Gallery, NYC
Summertime, Tibor de Nagy, NYC
Heaven and Earth, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
Pageant of Inconceivable, Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY curated by Portia Munson and Katharine Umsted
2016
Fish Tank, LUI Humanities Gallery, curated by Matt Freedman and Finnan Boyle, Brooklyn, NY
Conference of Birds, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, Borough of Manhattan Community College, NYC
Chasing the Rose, The Dutch Barn, Clinton Corners, NY
2014
20th Anniversary Show, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Pressed Flowers, curated by Catherine Howe, Lesley Heller Gallery, NYC
2012
Rockslide Sky, curated by Carleen Sheehan, Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NYC
Text, Studio 10, Brooklyn, NY
Textility, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey
Spring in Boston, Drive-By Gallery, Watertown, MA
Sculpture, Big, Small and Casual Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2011
Flag Day, Islip Museum, Islip Long Island, curated by Janet Goleas
Spiral Bound, University of California, San Diego, curated by Howard Foster
2010
Cognitive Unconscious, Lesley Heller Gallery, curated by Robert Walden, NYC
Bruised Childhood, Fredericke Tayler Gallery, curated by Monroe Denton, NYC
2009 Big, Small and Casual, Mary Carlson & Laura Newman; Big, Small/Casual Gallery, Long Island City
Twin, Twin, curated by Matt Freedman; Big, Small/Casual Gallery, Long Island City
By a Thread, curated by Miles Manning, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NYC
Re-Accession, curated by Philae Knight and Amanda Steck, FLAG Foundation, New York City
2007
Group Show, Rose Burlingham & Lindsey Brown, Clinton Corners,NY
2006
B-Side, Sarah Bowen Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Color Correction, Roger Smith Hotel, NYC
2005
Monochrome, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NYC
Somewhere Outside It, Schroeder/Romaro, Brooklyn
Synthesis and Distribution: Experiments in Collaboration, Pace University's Fingestin Gallery, NYC
2004
Power T's, Pierogi Gallery and Four Walls, Brooklyn
2003
Pins and Needles, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Water, Water, curated by Lilly Wei, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn
Williamsburg Salon, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
Vessels, curated by Joe Fyfe, Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House Pottery, NYC
2001
Brooklyn, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, FL
Sculpture, Flipside Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Wonderland, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston (catalog)
Collecting Ideas:Works for the Polly and Mark Addison Collection, Denver Art Museum
2000
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore
Galerie Brigitte Weiss, Zurich, Switzerland
Ethereal and Material, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington
Muscle – Power of the View, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Quirky, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City
Gallery Artists, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York City
1999
Skin, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Avoiding Objects, Apex Art, New York City
Lab Works, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York
1998
Conversation – Gregory Botts and Mary Carlson, Art Resources Transfer, New York City
Surreal Pop – Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
A.R.T., Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1997
Engel, Engel, Kunsthalle am Wien, Vienna, Austria and Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
Projects.doc, Shiffler Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio
1996
Shirts & Skins, Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
SculptureCenter at Roosevelt Island, SculptureCenter, New York
Body Language - New York, Florida State University, Tallahassee,FL
Thin Air: Examining the Ethereal, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York City
1995
Identia e Alterita, Venice Biennale, Museo Correr, Venice, Italy
. . . It’s How You Play the Game, Exit Art/The First World, New York
More Than Real, Gallery 404, University of Illinois, Chicago
Susan Inglett Gallery, Gramercy Park Hotel, New York
1994
Created/Mutated, Dru Arstark Gallery, New York
Material Concerns, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn
Whateva, Dru Arstark Gallery, New York
1993
Exquisite Corpse, Drawing Center, New York
Artists’ Early Work, Max Protetch Gallery, New York
Group Show, Cheryl Haines Gallery, San Francisco
Clothing as Metaphor, The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami
Mapping: An Index of Experience, Germans van Eck, New York
Patently Missing, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston
Bodily, Penine Hart Gallery, New York
1992
Getting to kNOw you, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin and Stadtisches Kaufhaus, Leipzig, Germany
A New American Flag, Max Protetch Gallery, New York
1991
The Interrupted Life, The New Museum, New York
1990
Something Strange, White Columns, New York
Blood Remembering, Newhouse Gallery, Snug Harbor, Staten Island
Death and Desire, Tom Cugliani Gallery, New York
1989
Psychological Abstraction, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
1988
Ironic Abstraction, University Art Galleries, University of South Florida, Tampa
Window Installation, Grey Art Gallery, New York University, NYC
Desired Paths, Outdoor Sculpture at Schulman Park, White Plains,NY
Shape as Form, Penine Hart Gallery, New York
1987
The Level of Volume, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
1986
Group Show, Lang & O’Hara Gallery, New York
Emerging Artists 1986, Cleveland Center of Contemporary Art, Cleveland
New Sculpture, Michael Klein, inc., New York
1985
Summer Selection, Castelli Uptown Gallery, New York
New Art, Modernism Gallery, San Francisco
Appropriations: Black & White, Vanguard Gallery, Philadelphia
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Born: 1951, Stevens Point, WI EDUCATION: School of Visual Arts, BFA, 1973