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Born in Providence, RI, United States. Stuart studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. and then at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris. Since 1972, after studying and painting in Paris, she continues producing her work in Tunisia. In 1976 she received the Lincoln-Juarez scholarship from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico to study mural painting at the National School of Painting, Engraving and Sculpture "La Esmeralda" for three years. When she finished, in 1979, she studied engraving at the Molino de Santo Domingo in Mexico City. In the year 2000 she became part of the National System of Art Creators (FONCA) with a monthly grant which she held until 2006. In 2012 she received it again for another three years.
Throughout her artistic career Stuart has developed her work in a figurative and abstract way, based on questions that start from the spirituality, the nature, the aesthetic beauty and the daily life, using different artistic techniques. She has elaborated works with oil painting, gouache painting, engraving, bronze sculpturing, collage with paper and plaster, clay masonry, and carpet design (woven in Oaxaca) amongst others; In addition, she has produced a wide series of art objects inspired by fans, elaborated from organic objects, natural materials and amulets.
Her work has been exhibited nationally in several states of the Mexican Republic including Mexico City, Aguascalientes, Querétaro, Oaxaca, Guanajuato and Baja California. She has also developed her career internationally in countries such as the United States, Korea, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Brussels, Switzerland, and Australia. Amongst the spaces where her work has been exhibited, the following stand out: Modern Art Museum (Mexico City), Oaxaca Museum of Contemporary Art (Oaxaca, Mexico), Mexican Art Gallery (Mexico City), OMR Gallery (Mexico City) , Banamex Gallery (Mexico City), Bancomer Cultural Foundation (Mexico City), José Luís Cuevas Museum (Mexico City), ZONA MACO (Mexico City), Susan Blanchard Gallery (New York), Casa de España (Miami), Espace Medicis (Brussels) and Rahn Gallery (Switzerland).
Mary Stuart currently lives and develops her artistic projects from her studio in Mexico City, producing large oil paintings on linen, art object and bronze sculpture mainly.
| CURRÍCULUM VITAE |
| Solo exhibitions |
2015 Chi Paintings, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
2010 Galería Quetzalli, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
2008 Tresart, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
2007 Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
2003 Galería Mexicana de Diseño, Mexico City
2002 Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
1999 Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
1995 Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
1992 Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
1987 Brent Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
1985 Susan Blanchard Gallery, New York, USA
1980 Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
1979 Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City
| Collective Exhibitions |
2015 Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y Escultura Mexicana, Mexico City
2014 Cajas Mágicas, Mexfam, Club de Industriales, Mexico City
Charity Coallition, Au Pied de Cochon, Mexico City
Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y Escultura Mexicana, Mexico City
2013 El silencio del hombre, Club de Industriales, Mexico City
Cajas Mágicas, Mexfam, Club de Industriales, Mexico City
Cajas Arte Objeto. El Objeto Contenido y Reivindicado, SHCP Museum Mexico City
ZONA MACO, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
2012 Naturaleza Fragmentada, Cancillería Museum, Mexico City
2011 Entre el arte y el diseño, Galería Mexicana del Diseño, Mexico City
Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y escultura mexicana, Mexico City
Cajas Mágicas, Mexfam, Club de Industriales, Mexico City
2010 Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y escultura mexicana, Mexico City
Cajas Mágicas, Mexfam, Club de Industriales, Mexico City
2009 FEMACO, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
Cajas Mágicas, Mexfam, Mexico City
Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y escultura mexicana, Mexico City
2008 FEMACO, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y escultura mexicana, Mexico City
2007 MACO, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
2006 MACO, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
2005 Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y escultura mexicana, Mexico City
MACO, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
2004 Galería Quetzalli-Tienda Q, Tapestries, Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y escultura mexicana, Mexico City
Colección Raquel Tibol, Drawing and graphic, Museo del pueblo de Guanajuato, Mexico.
2003 Cicatrizada de arte La hoja, "Creadores en los Estados" Program, Mexico
Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y escultura mexicana, Mexico City
2002 Diversidad en la material, Galería La Bodega, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Exposición colectiva, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
2001 Pequeño formato, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
Cielo y tierra, "Centro Histórico" Festival, Mexico City
Propios y extraños, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Mexico City
Abstracción, transformación y no figuración, CONACULTA, Mexico City
Tramas y Ensamblajes, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca, Mexico
2000 10 Años de Ausencia, Fernando Gamboa, Fondo Cultural Carmen, Mexico City
Las hijas de Artemis, Museum of the City of Querétaro, QRO, MEX
1999 Homenaje al lápiz, Museo José Luís Cuevas, Mexico City
Deliriums and illusions, Standford University, USA
Fundación de apoyo infantil, S.C. (FAI), Mexico City
Diversas disciplinas, Galería de Arte Mexicano, Sculpture, Mexico City
Exposición de Textiles (tapetes), Museum of the City of Querétaro, QRO, MEX
Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y escultura mexicana, Mexico City
1998 Fundación de apoyo infantil, S.C. (FAI), Mexico City
Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y escultura mexicana, Mexico City
Tercer Salón de Arte Bancomer, Fundación Cultural Bancomer, Mexico City
Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y escultura mexicana, Mexico City
Neo-mexicanos, Visiones y revisiones de dos décadas, Mexico City
Fundación de apoyo infantil, S.C. (FAI), Mexico City
1996 Segundo Salón de Arte Bancomer, Fundación Cultural Bancomer, Mexico City
50 mujeres en la Plástica de México, Mexico City
El desnudo: Tradición y modernidad, José Luis Cuevas Museum, Mexico City
Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y escultura mexicana, Mexico City
Innata Natura - Contemporary Mexican Painting, Rahn Gallery, Switzerland
Fundación de apoyo infantil, S.C. (FAI), Galería de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City
Artistas estadounidenses en México, Down-Town, Mexico City
1995 Festival del Centro Histórico. Museo José Luís Cuevas, Mexico City
1994 Amorcito corazón, Galería Pecannins, Mexico City
Miradas femeninas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo. Aguascalientes, Mexico City
1993 Grupo de los Dieciséis A.C. Pintura y escultura mexicana, Mexico City
Jeunes Artistes Mexicains. Espace medicis. Europalia, Brussels, Belgium
Pasado y presente del Centro Histórico. Palacio de Iturbide, Banamex, Mexico City
1992 Presencia de Mujer, una muestra de Arte Contemporáneo: Mexico City, Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia.
1991 The Earth Itself, Parallel Project, Santa Mónica, California, USA
Casa de la Cultura, Delegación Tlalpan, Mexico City
1990 Homenaje a Fernando Gamboa, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
1989 Museo de Arte Moderno, 25 años 1964-1989, Mexico City
1988 Casa de España, New York, USA
1987 Brent Gallery, the Fish Show, Houston, Texas, USA
1985 UN Gallery, Alexandria, Virginia, E.U.A. USA
1984 Susan Blanchard Gallery, New York, USA
1983 Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
1982 Galería OMR, Mexico City
Galería Banamex, Gráfica contemporánea de México (1972-1982), Mexico City
1981 Bienal de Arte Latinoamericano, Cartón y papel, S.S, Mexico City
Galería Banamex, Muestra Banamex de Pintura 1981, Mexico City
Lo femenino y lo eterno, Industrias Resistol, S.A., Mexico City
1979 Foro de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
1976 Casa de la Cultura Coyoacán, Mexico City
| Murals |
2005 Pueblo Bonito Pacifica Holistic Retreat & Spa, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico