Painting

Archived Work

Contact Information

409 Byers Road
Chester Springs, PA 19425
tel: 484-252-1546
tel: 610-321-0595
e-mail: marypowersholt@verizon.net
www.marypowersholt.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement

My work is involved with the landscape and inspired by abstract patterns against atmospheric color. My paintings are about a solitary discovery of place and the unconscious forms generated from the experience. An emotional undercurrent is important to my imagery and my use of paint is mostly expressionistic within this framework. The landscape becomes a launching point for my imagination and interpreting the experience through painting a form of meditation.

Education

1989
The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
BFA

1979 – 1983
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Certificate

1978 – 1979
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Awards and Honors

2005 – 2006
Honorable Mention, 56th Philadelphia Tri-State Artists Equity Exhibition, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA

2001
Catherine Gibbons Granger Award for Painting, 104th Fellowship Show, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1983
J. Henry Schiedt Traveling Scholarship, Student Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA

Bibliography

2005
Donohue, Victoria, “The Wayne Art Center’s Spring Competition Doesn’t Disappoint” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 24, 2005

Selected Exhibitions

2012
American Landscapes, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
National Juried Exhibition

Professional Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

International Painting NYC, The Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Juried International Exhibition

2011
Strokes of Genius: All Painting National Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD

Artists’ Equity 62nd Anniversary Exhibition, Wayne Art Center,
Wayne, PA

For Art’s Sake Weekend: Blank Canvas Benefit for the Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit NJ

2010
Open Space: Paintings by Mary Powers Holt, Burrison Gallery, The University Club at Penn, Philadelphia, PA

Small Art Big Auction, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

Dear Fleisher, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2009
Art Discovery in Seoul, A&C Art Fair, Seoul Korea and The Concept of Contemporary Art. Sponsored by the Hun Gallery, NY

Crossing Lines, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Juried Exhibition

Philadelphia Tri-State Artists Equity Select Exhibition, Barnstone Gallery, Phoenixville, PA

2008
International 2008, Hun Gallery, New York, NY,
Juried Exhibition

Blank Canvas Benefit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ

2007
Visions and Vistas, The Fine Arts People Gallery
Four-person Exhibition

Academy Women, Salon des Amis Gallery, Malvern, PA
Invitational

21st International Juried Show, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
Juried Exhibition

Blank Canvas Benefit, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey,
Summit, NJ

2006
National Spring Open, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Juried Exhibition

2005
56th Philadelphia Tri-State Artists Equity Exhibition, West Chester University, West Chester, PA

National Spring Open, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Juried Exhibition

2002
Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity 52nd Anniversary Exhibition, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ

2001
104th Members’ Exhibition Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

All Media Show, Chester County Art Association,
West Chester, PA
Juried Exhibition

2000
2000 Fall Members’, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
Juried Exhibition

103rd Members’ Exhibition Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

Water Media 2000, Chester County Art Association, West Chester, PA

Philadelphia/Tri State Artists Equity Millennial Juried Exhibition, The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA

1999
102nd Members’ Exhibition Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Exhibition

PAFA Summer Fellowship Show, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA

1990
PA Third Annual Juried Painting Exhibition, The Baum School Of Art, Allentown, PA

1987 – 1989
Zone One Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Multiple group exhibitions

1984
Folding Compositions, Gallery D’Este, New York, NY

Multiples, The Rodger Lapelle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA