Statement
MaryKate Maher works in both sculpture and collage. She utilizes abstraction, symbols and repetitive forms to reference the body, geology and mythologies found in landscapes. Her sculptures focus on objects that are weighted and grounded, referencing lines, shapes and textures found in nature, such as rocks, site markers, and geological phenomena.
Maher’s collage works complement her sculptures by focusing on the compression of space and light. Her use of gradients and repetition of circular orbs create planes of depth, questioning their sense of volume and dimension.
In all of Maher’s works, forms and themes repeat like fragments of a visual grammar. Her application of different materials and components become foundational to her process where many small movements combine to create a larger voluminous form.
CV
SOLO and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
Jennifer Terzian Gallery, Night Bloom, Litchfield, CT (solo)
2023
FORMah Gallery, Beyond the Mauve Zone, New York, NY (solo)
2021
Gold Scopophilia, Echo Echo, Montclair, NJ (solo)
PrattMWP Gallery, Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Douglas Degges and MaryKate Maher, Utica, NY
2019
Time Equities Inc. Art in Buildings, West 10th Window, Portable Landscape, New York, NY (solo)
2017
Little Metal Print, View Finder, organized by Amanda McDonald Crowley, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
A.I.R. Gallery, Invisible Float, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
Catskill Art Society, Three Dimensions, Livingston Manor, NY (solo)
2015
Artspace, Geometric Geologic: Laura Moriarty & MaryKate Maher, Raleigh, NC
2014
Nurture Art, Braced Position, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
Daylight Savings, Parallel Grounds: Work by MaryKate Maher and Willie Wayne Smith, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Real Art Ways, Auspicious Positions, Hartford, CT (solo)
2007
Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, White Noise, curated by Devrim Kadirbeyoglu, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Kelly Writer’s House, University of Pennsylvania, Dissolution of the (w)hole, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annenberg Gallery, No Synthetic Colors, curated by Hallie Ringle, Philadelphia, PA
FORMah Gallery, Lateral Expansion, curated by Audra Lambert, New York, NY
2022
Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Concept, Gimpo, South Korea
I Like Your Work, At the Party, curated by Jane Kang Lawrence, online and in print
JEFF, More Than Words Can Say, Marfa, TX
2021
Petty Cash, Dog Park, curated by Field Projects and Janice Sloan, Brooklyn, NY
Yi Gallery, Embraces, Brooklyn, NY
The Yard: Lincoln Square, Portals, curated by Jacqueline Ferrante, New York, NY
MoCA Wesport, Élan Vital, curated by Emily White and Max Teicher, Westport, CT
Hesse Flatow, Glyphadelphia, curated by Carl D’Alvia, New York, NY
2020
Peep Space, Flat File 2020, Tarrytown, NY
Triangle Arts Association, Art Mutters, curated by Annesofie Sandal, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Brooklyn Army Terminal, When Artists Enter the Factories, curated by Jia-Jen Lin and Srinivas Aditya, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, The Disappearing Ground, curated by C.J. Stahl, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Central Connecticut State University, Blazing on the Pinnacles and Minarets and Balanced Rocks, curated by Layet Johnson, New Britain, CT
Community Room, Conference Object, curated by R. Subtler, Cairo, NY
A.I.R. Gallery, Taken on Trust, Governor’s Island, NY
Skowhegan, Personals, New York, NY
SPRING/BREAK Art Show, To See The Moon Fall From The Sky, curated by Will Hutnick and Mark Joshua Epstein, New York, NY
2016
SRO Gallery, There Is Absolutely No Inevitability As Long As There Is A Willingness To Contemplate What Is Happening, curated by John Ros, Brooklyn, NY
Sardine, Space Oddity, curated by Matthew Mahler, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Projekt722, In Our Cave We See Shadows, curated by Fanny Allié & Ketta Ioannidou, Brooklyn, NY
99 cent plus, Magic Object, curated by Rico Gatson, Brooklyn, NY
Ground Floor Gallery, Hello Again, Bushwick! Brooklyn, NY
TSA Gallery, Night Flight, curated by Jackie Hoving and Norm Paris, Brooklyn, NY
The Buggy Factory, Passing, Left, curated by Enrico Gomez and The Dorado Project, Brooklyn, NY
SPRING/BREAK Art Show, In Between Meanings, curated by Rachel Phillips, New York, NY
2014
Culturehall.com, The Communal Table, curated by Bjoern Meyer-Ebrecht, feature issue 115
The Parlour Bushwick, Show #9, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Interstate Projects, In Free Fall, curated by Rachel Steinberg, Brooklyn, NY
The Wassaic Project, Homeward Found, Wassaic, NY
2012
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill Project V, Peekskill, NY
BRIC Rotunda Gallery, 8 Artists Making Sculpture, curated by Jamie Sterns, BRIC Arts| Media | Bklyn, Brooklyn, NY
AIRPLANE, Grounded, curated by Rico Gatson, Brooklyn, NY
The Onderdonk House, Sculpture Garden, curated by Lesley Heller and Deborah Brown, Queens, NY
BRIC Rotunda Gallery, The Bricoleurs, curated by Christian Fuller and Risa Shoup, Brooklyn, NY
Hinge Gallery, Group Exhibition of Gallery Artists, Chicago, IL
2011
Like the Spice, Layer Current, Brooklyn, NY
Studio 10, Copia Cartacea, curated by Paul D’Agostino, Brooklyn, NY
Kunstwerk Carlshutte, NordArt 2011, Budelsdorf, Germany
Das Gift, A4, curated by Una Tittel, Berlin, Germany
Centotto, Landscapes Metamorphic, Topologies Chrometoplastic, Brooklyn, NY
STOREFRONT, New Year New Work New Faces, Brooklyn, NY
2010
Abrons Art Center, The West at Sunset, New York, NY
Socrates Sculpture Park, EAF 10 : Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Queens NY
Nurture Art, Duck and Decorated Shed, Brooklyn, NY
Centotto, Spazi Segreti, or Mendacity, Mood, Brooklyn, NY
Factory Fresh, Among Darkened Woods, Brooklyn, NY
Grace Exhibition Space, Artsync, Brooklyn NY
2009
Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, Exquisite Corpse, Newark NJ
Union Gallery, Inaugural Exhibition, New York, NY
Silvershed, ABCyz, New York, NY
C.R.E.A.M. projects, Whitney’s Bi-ennial, Brooklyn NY
Abrons Art Center, Twin Infinities, New York, NY
2008
Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery, Au Courant, Brooklyn, NY
Takt kunstprojektraum, Die Ansammlung, Berlin, Germany
2007
Vox Populi, Voxxoxo, Philadelphia, PA
D.u.m.b.o. Arts Center, Coercive Atmospherics, Brooklyn NY
2006
Kouros Gallery, Wrote for Luck, New York, NY
2004
Slought Foundation, Back to the Front, Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Suitable for Hanging, Philadelphia PA
District of Columbia Arts Center, Girls Against Boys, Washington D.C.
2003
Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, The Future is Now: An MFA Biennial, Wilmington, DE
GRANTS and AWARDS
2023 / Millay Arts, Residency, Austerlitz, NY
2020 / Wassaic Project, Residency, Wassaic, NY
2017 / Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant, New York, NY
Vermont Studio Center, Residency, Johnson, VT
2016 / A.I.R. Gallery, Fellowship, Brooklyn, NY
The Studios at MASS MoCA, Residency, North Adams, MA
The Wassaic Project, Residency, Wassaic, NY
2015 / Rema Hort Mann Foundation (Nominee) Emerging Artist Grant, New York, NY
2012 / The Wassaic Project, Residency, Wassaic, NY
Franconia Sculpture Park, Open Studio Fellowship, Franconia, MN
Yaddo, Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY
2011 / New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Sculpture Fellowship, New York, NY
Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant, New York, NY
2010 / Socrates Sculpture Park, Emerging Artist Fellowship, Queens, NY
Vermont Studio Center, Residency, Johnson, VT
2008 / Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center, Artist in Residence, New York NY
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Takt kunstprojektraum, Residency, Berlin, Germany
Vermont Studio Center, Residency, Johnson, VT
2006 / MacDowell Colony, Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
2004 / MFA Faculty Award, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Joan Mitchell Foundation (Nominee) MFA Grant Program, New York, NY
2003 / Justine Cretella Memorial Scholarship, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2001 / Arcadia University Gallery Award, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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_ANTEmag, “21 Artists to Watch in 2021: Part 2 of 2021’s Movers and Shakers” January 25, 2021 https://antemag.com/2021/01/25/21-artists-to-watch-in-2021-part-2-of-2021s-movers-and-shakers/
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EDUCATION
2008 / Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Madison, ME
2004 / Master of Fine Arts / The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2001 / Bachelor of Fine Arts / Arcadia University, Glenside, PA
1999 / The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, UK