Mary Sweet - Full Resume

Education:

2007

“Sumi-e Black Ink Painting”, Shozo Sato, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass CO

2003

“Woodblock Printing, the Artists Proof”, Hiroki Morinoue, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass CO

2000

"Japanese Woodblock Techniques: East and West", Hiroki Morinoue, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass CO

1999

"Seeing, Thinking, Making On Your Feet", Meridel Rubenstein and Rebecca Solnit, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass CO

1996

Japanese Woodblock Techniques Workshop, Hiroki Morinoue, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass CO

1995

Watercolor Workshop, Susan Shatter, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass CO

1994

Monotype Workshop, Hiroki Morinoue, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO

1993-1997

Kathy Chilton’s ongoing Calligraphy Class, Albuquerque, NM

1993

Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop, Hiroki Morinoue, Anderson Ranch Arts Center

1992

Abstraction in Drawing and Watercolor Workshop, Janis Provisor, Anderson Ranch Arts Center

1991

Artist Book Workshop, Susan kae Grant, Anderson Ranch Arts Center.

1960

M.A. in Art, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

1959

A.B. in Art with Honors in Humanities, Stanford University

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2008

Works on Paper, Santa Fe NM

2008

Solo Painting Wall, , The Johnsons of Madrid NM, Sept, Oct. 2008

2007, 2006, 2003

Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque NM

2005

Mary Sweet – Paintings, Woodblock Prints, Artist Books, The Johnsons of Madrid NM

2005

Gilman: A Modern Ghost, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM

2005

First Unitarian Church, Albuquerque, MM

2003

Woodblock Prints, East Mountain Library, Tijeras, NM

2003

Mary Sweet-Woodblock Prints & Acrylic Paintings, The Johnsons of Madrid

2002

Watershed - Artist's books in watercolor and other media by Mary Sweet, Center for the Book, Albuquerque NM and East Mt. Library, Tijeras NM

2001

Mary Sweet - Paintings and Woodblock Prints, The Johnsons of Madrid NM

1999

Mary Sweet & Charlie Frelund - Two Person Show, Fine Arts Gallery, NM State Fairgrounds, Albuquerque NM

1998

Inn at Paradise, Albuquerque NM

1997

Fisher Gallery, Albuquerque NM

1995

American Home Furnishings Gallery, Albuquerque NM

1991

Damsite, Elephant Butte State Park NM

1987

Hummingbird Originals Gallery, Ft. Worth TX

1983-1984

Gekas-Nicholas Gallery, Tucson AZ

1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985

Meridian Gallery, Albuquerque NM

1978, 1987

First Unitarian Church, Albuquerque NM

1967

Vacaville Art League Gallery, Vacaville CA

1967, 1969

Vallejo Art League Gallery, Vallejo CA

1965

Tuomala’s Gallery, Fort Bragg CA

1961

University Club, Cincinnati OH

 

Group Exhibitions:

2008

Biennial, Albuquerque Museum & Demonstration

2008

Libros Exhibit, Albuquerque Public Library

2008, 2007

Open Space, A View with Room, Invitational, Open Space Visitor Center, Albuquerque NM

2008, 2007

Tijeras Arts Market

2008, 2007, 2006

Works on Paper (New Mexico Printmakers Gallery), Santa Fe NM

2007

Kyoto Woodprint Society, 5th Exhibition, Kyoto Japan

2007

Fall Exhibition, New Mexico Watercolor Society, Albuquerque NM

2007

Summer of Watercolor-Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Arvada CO, Merchandise Award

2007

Art of the Word, Arts Alliance, Albuquerque NM

2006

NM Watercolor Society Fall Show, Albuquerque NM

2006

Small is More, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM

2006

Bernalillo County Open Space Art Work, Exhibit & Purchase Award, Albuquerque NM

2006

Landscapes of New Mexico – Manitou Galleries, Santa Fe NM,

2006

A Touch of Color, SBCC, Albuquerque NM

2006

Rivers/Rio, Libros, Main Library Albuquerque NM

2006

Wildlands Art!, NM Wilderness Alliance Exhibit, Albuquerque NM

2005, 2006

NM Printmakers Society Exhibit, Los Alamos NM

2005

NM Watercolor Society Fall Show 2005. (Best of Show)

2005

Imprints, NM Printmakers and Arts Alliance, Albuquerque NM

2005

NM Watercolor Society Signature Members Exhibition, Albuquerque Museum

2005

Stonemetal Press, San Antonio TX

2005, 2006

NM Printmakers Society Exhibit, Los Alamos NM

2005

WFWS 30, Surprise AZ

2005

Visual Journals: The Art of Expression, SBCC, Albuquerque NM

2005

Libros, Main Library, Albuquerque NM

1999-2005

NM Arts and Crafts Fair, Albuquerque NM

2002-2006

Masterworks, Albuquerque NM

2003-2006

A Touch of Color, South Broadway Cultural Center and Kimo Theater, Albuquerque NM

2003-2004

La Petite XI, Alder Gallery, Coburg OR

2004

NM Printmakers Society Exhibit, Santa Fe NM

2004

Small Paintings, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM

2004

Stanford Alumni Exhibit, Stanford Alumni Center, Stanford CA

2004

The Big Picture, Johnson’s of Madrid, Madrid NM

2004

Seasons of a Ghost Town: Gilman CO.-A wall of acrylic paintings, The Johnson’s of Madrid, Madrid NM

2004

Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, 29th Exhibition, Irving TX

2004

Ranting and Raving: Artists Taking a Stand, Off Center Gallery, Albuquerque NM

2004

Art: Spirit Taking Form, Art Exhibition for the American Holistic Medical Association Conference, Albuquerque NM

2004

Libros 3rd Annual Member Exhibit, Main & South Valley Libraries, Albuquerque, NM

2003

Small is More, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM

2003

Field of Color, Invitational, Framing Concepts Gallery, Albuquerque NM

2003

The Book As Container, Albuquerque Main Public Library

2003

NM One World Celebration, NM State Fairgrounds, Albuquerque NM.

2001- 2006

Group Shows, The Johnsons of Madrid NM

2003

Handpulled Prints X1, Stone Metal Press, San Antonio TX

2003

Landscapes Exhibit, Overland Park Art Center, KS

2003-2006

Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque NM

2003

Visual Journals, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque NM

2003

Mountain Arts Council Exhibit, Woobys, Cedar Crest NM

2002

Kyoto International Woodprint Assoc., 4th Exhibit, Kyoto Japan

2002

RGAA Members Exhibit, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM

2002

NW New Mexico Regional Juried Art Show, Farmington Museum, NM

2002

Janet Turner 4th National Print Competition, California State Univ., Chico CA.

2002, 2000

Masterworks, Albuquerque NM

2002

10 Artists 10 Walls, The Johnsons of Madrid NM

2002

Visual Journals: The Art of Expression - Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM

2002

Lost & Found: Found Objects, Found Words - Off Center, Albuquerque NM

2002

Collect - Plan B, Santa Fe NM.

2002

Escribiente Mini Book Show - Center for the Book Special Collections Library, Albuquerque NM

1987-2004

Group shows, Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque

2001, 2002

Group Shows, Studios Gallery, Traditions!, Budaghers NM

2001

Rio Grande Art Association Fall Exhibit, Albuquerque NM

2001

Libros: The Art and Craft of the Book, Center for the Book, Albuquerque NM

2001

How We Got Here - Libros Collaborative Exhibit, Center for the Book, Albuquerque NM

2001

Migration, Emigration, Immigration, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM

2001

Rainbow Artists Small Work, Café Au Lait, Albuquerque NM

2001

Monothon 15, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM

2001

Painted maquette for Trail of the Painted Ponies, Santa Fe NM

2001

Mariposa Gallery, Old Town-Albuquerque NM

2000

Language, Art, Thought and Culture, Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque NM

2000

Joy, The Johnsons of Madrid, Madrid NM

2000

Harmony & Disharmony, The Johnsons of Madrid, Madrid NM

2000

National Juried Landscape Invitational Exhibition, Canyon Road Contemporary Art, Santa Fe NM

2000

In the Flow,  Inpost Artspace at Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque NM

2000

Visual Journals III, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM

2000

Oh-Foto, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM

2000

Northern Colorado Artist Association 9th Annual National Art Exhibit, Ft Collins CO

2000

National Exhibit 2000, City of Farmington NM

2000

Big, The Johnsons, Madrid NM

2000

The Fine Art of Handmade Prints, The Johnsons, Madrid NM

2000

WFS 25th Anniversary Signature Exhibition, Houston TX

2000

Color, The Johnsons, Madrid NM

1999

Visual Journals, the Art of Expression, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM

1999

Our Favorites of ’99, The Johnsons of Madrid, NM

1999

NM State Fair (2nd Prize Printmaking)

1999

Corrales Bosque 5th Anniversary Exhibit, Corrales, NM

1999

Kyoto International Woodprint Assoc. 3rd Exhibit, Kyoto, Japan

1999

Art in the Woods, 16th Annual, Overland Park KS

1999

NM Watercolor Society, Spring '99, Albuquerque NM

1999

A Celebration of the Builders, The Johnsons of Madrid, NM

1999

A Celebration of the Earth, The Johnsons of Madrid, NM

1999

WFS 24th Annual, San Diego CA

1999

Yosemite Renaissance, Yosemite National Park CA & Traveling Exhibit

1998

Kyoto International Woodprint Association 2nd Annual Exhibition, Kyoto, Japan

1998

NM Watercolor Society, Fall 1998, Ashcraft Award

1998

Recent Works by AUA Artists, Kimo Theater, Albuquerque NM

1998

Northwest New Mexico Arts Council Fall Juried Exhibition, Farmington NM

1998

New Mexico State Fair (3rd Prize Printmaking)

1998

A Greater Canvas: Journals As Art, Harwood Center, Albuquerque NM

1998

Texas and Neighbors  Art Competition, Irving TX

1998

Light, Line , Color, Space, AUA, Raw Space Gallery, Albuquerque NM

1995-1998

Fisher Gallery, Albuquerque NM

1995-1997

Blankley Gallery, Albuquerque NM

1997

Southwest Arts Festival, Albuquerque NM

1997

Contemporary ’97, AUA, Fine Arts Gallery, NM State Fairgrounds, Albuquerque NM

1997

New Mexico State Fair, Albuquerque NM (1st prize, prints)

1987-1997

Hummingbird Originals Gallery, Fort Worth TX

1997

WFS 22nd Annual, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson AZ

1997

MokuHanga Traveling Exhibition, Contemporary Japanese Woodcuts, North America including Walla Walla College, Washington; Northwest Print Council Galleries, Portland Oregon,; Columbia Arts Center, Vancouver, Wash.; Dan Cook Asian Cultural Center, Ashland, Oregon, Japanese Cultural Society, San Francisco CA

1997

Biennial Fine Arts 1997, Fuller Lodge

1997

Exhibition 1997, Robt. A. Peck Arts Center, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, Wyoming

1997

Hand Pulled Prints V, Stonemetal Press, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio Texas

1997,1996

For the Birds, Mirage Gallery, Albuquerque NM

1991-1997

Magnifico, The Art of Albuquerque

1996,1997

Que Pasa, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos NM

1996

Escribiente Artist Books Exhibit, Papers, Albuquerque NM

1996

Watermark, Gallery Concord, Concord CA

1996

New Mexico Watercolor Society Signature Members, Framing Concepts, Albuquerque NM

1996

St. John’s Cathedral, Summer Exhibit; Autumn Exhibit, Albuquerque NM

1996

WFS (Western Fed. Of Watercolor Societies), 21st Annual, San Antonio TX, Best of Show & Traveling Exhibit

1996

Primavera Painting, NMWS, Brandywine Gallery, Albuquerque NM

1996

Northern Colorado Artist Association 5th National Exhibition, Ft. Collins CO

1995-1996

Stables Art Center, Members Show and Taos Ski Valley Show, Taos NM

1984-1995

Group Shows, Tarbox Gallery, San Diego CA

1995

West Texas Watercolor Society Signature IV Exhibition, Lubbock TX

1995

Western Colorado Watercolor Society 5th Annual National Exhibition, Grand Junction CO

1995

Autumn Watercolors, NMWS, Albuquerque NM

1995

Vintage, Vantage, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL

1995

Women in the Parlor, China Phoenix Gallery, Albuquerque NM

1995

Books Out of Hand, China Phoenix Gallery, Albuquerque NM

1995

Like Totally, Landscape, Fisher Gallery, Albuquerque

1995

find/refined, Albuquerque United Artists, Peter Eller Gallery, Albuquerque

1995

Exhibition 1995, Central Wyoming College, Riverton WY

1995

Book As Art II, Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe NM

1995

WFS 20th Annual, Houston TX

1995

Anatomy of Solitude, Vol. III, Janet Maher; China Phoenix Gallery, Albuquerque

1994

Paper Trail West, Snowgrass Institute, Cashmere WA

1994

Romantic NM Landscapes, Gold Hills Gallery, Madrid NM

1994

Spring Magnifico, Watercolor ‘94, Framing Concepts Gallery, Albuquerque

1994

Works On Paper: Printmakers Show, Gallery 451, Rockford IL

1993, 1995, 1996

Monothon, College of Santa Fe, NM

1993

Main Street, Fort Worth TX

1993

Biennial, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM

1992-1995

Group 19, Blankley Gallery, Albuquerque

1992

Rod Blankley, Mary Caird, Mary Sweet, Blankley Gallery

1992

Sequence: The New Art of Making Books, AUA, Albuquerque

1992

Artists Books, Artists Words, Gallery 10, Rockford, IL

1992

WFS 17, Albuquerque Museum of Art

1992

Signature Members, New Mexico Watercolor Society, Centennial Gallery, UNM, Albuquerque

1991

WFS 16, Corpus Christi, TX

1991

Autumn Watercolors ‘91, Albuquerque

1991-1994

Group Shows, Laughing Bear Gallery, Placitas NM

1991

Arizona Aqueous VI/’91 and Traveling Exhibit, Tubac Center of the Arts, AZ

1990

Arizona Aqueous V/’90 and Traveling Exhibit

1990

Modern Monos III, AUA, Kimo Gallery, Albuquerque

1990-1993

KNME Holiday Gallery, Albuquerque

1990, 1991

New Mexico Watercolor Society Signature Members Exhibit, St. John’s Gallery, Albuquerque

1990

Glassworks Gallery, Nantucket MA

1990

Inspirations From the Landscape, AUA, Kimo Gallery, Albuquerque

1990

This Land Is Your Land... An Environmental Installation, Turquoise Flamingo Gallery, Albuquerque

1990

Connections: Tucker, Sweet, O’Connor/Cosentine, Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque

1990

AUA All Members Show, Raw Space, Albuquerque

1989

Landscapes of the Southwest, Turquoise Flamingo, Albuquerque

1989

Celebrations of Watercolor ‘89, Albuquerque

1988-1991

Group Shows, Turquoise Flamingo, Albuquerque

1988

West by Southwest, Gallery 1114, Midland, TX

1988

Que Pasa, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM

1988

American Watercolor Society 121st Annual, New York, NY

1988

WFS 13, Tucson Museum of Art, AZ

1988

AUA in Los Alamos, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos

1988

Breaking Ground - Breaking Rules, Deming NM

1987

American Artist Magazine Golden Anniversary National Art Competition and Exhibition, San Francisco CA, St. Louis MO, New York NY

1987

Carlsbad Selects Seven, Carlsbad Art Museum, Carlsbad NM

1987,1991

Visions of Excellence, Albuquerque United Artists

1987

Contemporary Women Artists, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque

1986-1989

Hanging Together, State Fair Fine Art Gallery, Albuquerque

1986

Catharine Lorillard Wolfe 90th Annual, New York NY

1986

American Watercolor Society 119th Annual, New York NY

1986

Southwest Abstracts, Marrand Gallery, Corrales NM

1986

Gallery 14, Sandia Park NM

1986

Broken Wing Gallery, Taos NM

1986

Gallery 3, Phoenix AZ

1986

AUA Art To the Public, American Furniture Gallery, Albuquerque

1985-1987

Conway Art Consultants, Albuquerque

1985

Views in Water Media, New Mexico Tech, Socorro NM and Thompson Gallery, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque

1985

Celebration of Watercolor, New Mexico Watercolor Society

1984

New Mexico Watercolors, Stables Art Center, Taos NM

1983

Meridian at Dinnerware, Dinnerware Gallery, Tucson AZ

1983

Unity in Diversity, University Art Gallery, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM

1983

New Mexico Watercolor Society Exhibit, State Fair Gallery

1982

Lo Primavera, New Mexico Watercolor Society

1981

Art Contemporary, St. John’s Cathedral, Albuquerque

1981

Watercolor New Mexico ‘81, Museum of Albuquerque

1980

Reflections 1980, New Mexico Watercolor Society

1979

Contemporary Art Exhibition, Albuquerque United Artists

1979

Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Sweeney Center, Santa Fe NM

1979

Carlsbad Open 1979, Carlsbad Art Museum NM

1979

Aspects, New Mexico Watercolor Society

1978

Watercolor Southwest III, Houston TX

1978

Woman As Artist, Albuquerque

1978

National League of American Pen Women National Biennial, Sacramento CA

1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1990

Southwest Arts & Crafts Festival, Albuquerque NM

1977-1981, 1985-1988, 1991

New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Albuquerque NM

1977-1985

Group shows, Meridian Gallery, Albuquerque

1977

Southwest Watercolor Show, Prairie House Gallery, Springfield, IL

1977

Amarillo Arts Jubilee, Amarillo Art Center TX

1977

National League American Pen Women New Mexico State Biennial

1976, 1977

Black Canyon Painters Parade, Hotchkiss CO

1976

Lake Powell Art Association, Page AZ

1976

Uncompahgre Artist Guild Annual Art Festival, Montrose CO

1976, 1977

Carlsbad 13th & 14th Annual Exhibits, Carlsbad NM

1976

Glenwood Springs 14th Annual Art Festival, CO

1976

Introductions ‘76, Albuquerque Art Museum

1976

16th Annual Art Show, Pueblo CO

1976, 1977, 1978

Fine Arts League at La Junta CO 8th, 9th, and 10th Annual National Art Shows

1975

New Mexico Watercolor Society 7th Annual, Skylight Galleries, Albuquerque

1974, 1986

El Paso Sun Carnival, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso TX

1974

Watercolor New Mexico, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe

1974

Watercolor Perspectives 1974, Albuquerque Art Museum

1974-1978

Alpine Artists, Ouray CO

1973

Stagecoach Gallery Aquaorama, Albuquerque

1973

New Mexico Watercolor Society Exhibit, KN

1973

West Texas Watercolor Society Annual, Museum of Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock TX

1972

Stagecoach Gallery Black and White Show

1972

New Mexico Watercolor Society Exhibit, Western Art Gallery, Albuquerque

1972

Southwest Watercolor Society Show, Brandywine Galleries, Albuquerque

1972

Albuquerque Arts Festival

1971

New Mexico Watercolor Society Exhibit, Coronado Gallery, Albuquerque

1971, 1972, 1974, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996

New Mexico State Fair

1971, 1972

Small Painting Exhibition, Albuquerque

1969

Richmond Art Center Painting Annual, Richmond CA

1969

Oakland Art Association Zellerbach Show, San Francisco CA

1969

San Francisco Art Festival, San Francisco Women Artists

1965, 1967

San Francisco Art Festival

1968

Oakland Art Association Annual, Oakland Art Museum, CA

1968

Preview ‘68, Benicia, Vallejo, Napa, Yountville CA

1966

Concord Art Association Show, Concord CA

1966

Fairfield Art Association Show, Fairfield CA

1966, 1970

Jack London Square Art Festival, Oakland CA

1966

Kingsley Art Annual, Crocker Museum, Sacramento CA

1966

Northern California Annual, Chico CA

1965

Pacific Coast International, Fort Bragg CA

1965

Madison Mall Art Exhibit, Fair Oaks CA

1965, 1966, 1968

Delta Art Annual, Antioch CA

1965, 1966

Solano County Fair, CA

1962

Eastern Idaho State Fair

1960

Palo Alto Art Association Show, Palo Alto CA

1958-1961

Carthage Fair (Greater Cincinnati) and Highland County Fair, OH

 

Awards/Commisions:

2007

Summer of Watercolor, WFWS Merchandise Award

2006

Bernalillo County Open Space Art Work – Purchase Award

2006

Masterworks – 2nd Prize, miniature prints

2005

NM Watercolor Society, Best of Show

2005

WFWS 30 – Merchandise Award

2004

Western Federation of Watercolor Socieities 29th Exhibition, Irving TX, Honorable Mention

2004

Masterworks – 2nd Prize

2003

Masterworks – 3rd Prize

2003

Calligraphy, Books Category, 2nd Prize, NM State Fair

2003

Bookbinding, Travel Journal, 2nd Prize, NM State Fair

2002

Janet Turner 4th National Print Competition - Exhibition Award

2002

Masterworks - 3rd Place

2001

Rio Grande Art Association, 3rd Prize

1999

New Mexico State Fair, 2nd Prize, Printmaking

1999

Yosemite Renaissance XIV, Cash Award

1998

New Mexico Watercolor Society Fall Exhibit, Ashcraft Award

1998

New Mexico State Fair, 3rd Prize, Printmaking

1991-1995, 1997, 1998

Bus Panel for Albuquerque Convention and Visitors Bureau “Traveling Art Gallery”

1997

New Mexico State Fair, 1st prize, printmaking

1997

Que Pasa, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos NM, Third Prize

1996

WFS 21st Annual, San Antonio TX, Best of Show & Traveling Exhibit

1995

Autumn Watercolors ’96, HM

1994

Painting for Ann Upson

1993-1994

Painting used by Phantom Ranch, Grand Canyon National Park, for annual T-shirt design

1991

Painting and Poster for Damsite, Elephant Butte State Park NM

1991

Painting for Leigh Ann De Benedittas

1991

Autumn Watercolors ‘91 H.M.

1990

Arizona Aqueous V/’90, Tubac Center of the Arts, AZ, Merit Award

1990

Southwest Arts & Crafts Festival, Booth Award

1989

Southwest Arts & Crafts Festival, Director’s Award

1989

Celebration of Watercolors, Second and H.M.

1988

American Watercolor Society 121st Annual, New York; Lena Newcastle Award

1987

American Artist Golden Anniversary National Art Competition

1985

Views in Watermedia, Third

1980, 1986

New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Merit Awards

1979

Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Jurors Award of Excellence

1978

NLAPW National Biennial, Sacramento CA H.M.

1977

Images, New Mexico Watercolor Society, H.M.

1977

NLAPW New Mexico State Biennial, 1 First, 1 Second

1977

Carlsbad 14th Annual Exhibit, Best of Show, First and Purchase Award

1977

Black Canyon Painters Parade, Hotchkiss CO, Second

1977

La Junta CO, 9th Annual National Show, Best of Show and Purchase Award

1976

Glenwood Springs CO 14th Annual Art Festival H.M.

1976

Alpine Artists 16th Annual, Ouray CO, 1 First, 1 Third

1976

Carlsbad 13th Annual, H.M.

1976

Uncompahgre Artist Guild Annual Art Festival, Montrose CO, First

1976

Lake Powell Art Association, Page AZ, 2 Seconds

1976

Black Canyon Painters Parade, Third

1976

La Junta 8th Annual National Show, H.M.

1972

Albuquerque Arts Festival, H.M.

1972

New Mexico Watercolor Society, Western Art Gallery, Third

1968

Vallejo Art League Spring Show, CA, Third

1966

Fairfield Art Association Show, CA, First

1965

Vallejo Art League Spring Show, First

1965

Delta Art Annual, Antioch CA, H.M.

1965, 1966

Solano County Fair, CA, 2 Seconds, 1 H.M.

1963

Commissioned to do a painting for the Wardroom of the U.S.S. Barb SSN-596

1962

Eastern Idaho State Fair, Second

1960

Purchase Award, Wilbur Hall Competition, Stanford University

1960

Palo Alto Art Association Show, CA, H.M.

1958-1961

Ohio Fairs: 1 Best of Show, 15 First, 5 Seconds, 9 Thirds

  

Teaching/Honors/Art Related Employment:

2008, 2007

Ventures, Museum of Northern Arizona, 5 paintings on Website & Postcards, www.mnaventures.org

2007

Woodblock Workshop, Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2007

New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair, Keynote Exhibit

2006

Painting chosen in 1% for Art Program for NM Dept. of Transportation building, Espanola NM

2004

Making Limited Editions, Libros Program, Jan., Albuquerque NM

2003

Professional Guest Artist Series – Palo Duro Senior Center, Nov., Albuquerque NM

2003, 2006

Woodblock Demonstration, Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque NM

2002

Woodblock Demonstration, Libros Bookarts Group, Albuquerque NM

2002

WFS Watercolor Demonstration, Albuquerque Museum

1999-2003

Woodblock Demonstration, NM Arts & Crafts Fair

2002

Leader, May Paintout for the NM Watercolor Society

2001

Nov. 2001 Program for the New Mexico Watercolor Society

2001

Watercolor Mini-workshop for Escribiente

2001

Leader, April Paintout for NM Watercolor Society

2000-2002

Juror, 1% For Art Project, New Metro. Courthouse, Albuquerque NM

1999

Art in the Embassies Program, Art work selected to go to Lusaka, Zambia

1999

Judge for Youth Art Exhibit, NM State Fair

1999

Woodblock Demonstration, American Home Furnishing

1999

Workshop in Traditional, Japanese, and Experimental Woodblock Printing, with Charlie Frelund, NM State Fair Fine Arts Gallery, Albuquerque NM

1998

Juror, 1% For Art Project, Sandia Mountain Natural History Center

1998

Guest Artist, Woodblock Demonstration for Belen Art League, Belen NM

1998

Hand Painting Demonstrations on wooden furniture, American Home Furnishings, Santa Fe NM

1997

Woodblock Demonstration, Southwest Arts Festival, Albuquerque NM

1996

Judge for Priceless Paintings, Exhibit by students of D. Lawrey Vorhees, Albuquerque NM

1993-1995

Hand Painting Demonstrations on upholstered furniture and fabric, American Home Furnishings, Albuquerque and Santa Fe

1984

Juror for the Southwest Arts & Crafts Festival

1982, 1989

Juror for the New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair

1979, 1980

Elected Artist Representative to the New Mexico Arts & Crafts Fair Board

1978

Taught Watercolor and Acrylics for the YWCA, Albuquerque

1967

Taught Watercolor and Acrylics for the Greater Vallejo Recreation Dept.

1967

Juror for the California Medical Facility’s Annual Spring Show, Vacaville CA

 

Bibliography:

2008

“Gallery Finds”, Janet Long Ford, Albuquerque Arts, May 2008

2008

“SFRPick”, Santa Fe Reporter, Jan. 23-29, 2008

2008

“In the Galleries”, Pasatiempo Magazine, Santa Fe New Mexican, Jan. 11-17, 2008

2008

Pamela Michaelis, Gallery News, KHFM Radio, Albuquerque NM, Jan. 10, 2008

2008

“Knock on Wood”, Charlotte Jusinski, Santa Fe Reporter, Jan. 2-8, 2008

2007

“Cool Pix”, Janet Long Ford, Albuquerque Arts, Sept. 2007

2007

“Evocative Woodblocks”, Kate McGraw, Albuquerque Journal North, Santa Fe, Dec. 28, 2007

2007

East Mountain Independent, Tricounty Guide, p. 14.

2006

100 Artists of the Southwest, Douglas Bullis, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, pp. 184-185, 220.

2006

Landscapes of New Mexico, Suzan Campbell & Suzanne Deats, Fresco Fine Art Publication, UNM Press, pp. 254-257.

 

 

2005

The Ultimate Guide to Painting from Photographs, North Light Books, Demonstration, pp. 36-39, 204

2003

Santa Fean, Oct. 2003, pp. 70-71, Nov. 2003, p. 66

2003

Independent, Oct. 2003, “Canyon Vision”, pp. 1,3, East Mountain Newspaper

2003

Wesley Pulka, “Artists Observe Human Condition”, Albuquerque Journal, Sunday July 13, 2003

2003

Pamela Michaelis, Gallery News, KHFM Radio Station, Albuquerque NM, Friday Sept. 12, 2003

2003

Alibi, Art News by Steven Robert Allen, Albuquerque NM, May 29-June 4, 2003

2003

Donna Thompson, Curriculum Under Construction, How Can Art Become the Vehicle for Interdisciplinary Culturally Conscious Curriculum Building, Graduate Student Project, Univ. of New Mexico

2002

Mary Sweet, "Juried Shows", article for Escribiente December Newsletter

2001

Artists Photo Reference Landscapes by Gary Greene, Northlight Books, 2001, Painting Demonstration, pp. 92-95, 143.

2000

Continuing Education Spring Catalog, Maroon Bells, p.55

1999

Wesley Pulkka, "Nontraditional works hang on fairgrounds walls", Albuquerque Journal, Sunday Jan. 10, 1999.

1999

Wesley Pulkka, "Art Bits", Albuquerque Journal, Jan. 3, 1999

1999

Ollie Reed, "Art Exhibit opens doors to fair venue", Albuquerque Tribune, Friday Jan. 8, 1999.

1999

Pamela Michaelis Gallery News, KHFM, Albuquerque NM, Jan 8, 1999

1997

The Acrylic Painter’s Book of Styles & Techniques by Rachel Wolf, North Light Books, 1997, Chapter 2, “Brilliant Design With Flat Opaque Colors. Mary Sweet Paints Colorful Outdoor Scenes”, pp. 30-44, 124.

1997

Southwest Art, Best of the West by Dawn Dorsey, p. 42

2003-Pres

Who’s Who in America, 58th Edition (to present)

2003-Pres

Who’s Who in the World, 21st Edition (to present)

1997-Pres

Who’s Who, American Women, 20th Edition (to present)

1996-Pres

Who’s Who in the West  25th Edition- Silver Anniversary, 26th Edition (to present)

1987-Pres

Who’s Who in American Art , 17th Edition (to present)

1996

Watercolor Magic Magazine, “Regional Winners” by Glory Mclaughlin, Winter Issue, p. 18

1996

Watercolor, An American Artist Publication, San Antonio, Watercolor Month by Ginny Baier, Fall 1996, pp. 58-68, 127

1996

Wesley Pulkka, “Art Bits”, Albuquerque Journal, April 21, 1996

1996

Wesley Pulkka, “Art Bits”, Albuquerque Journal, March 31, 1996

1996

“Art in New Mexico”, Albuquerque Journal North, March 12, 1996

1995

Pamela Michaelis, Gallery News, KHFM, Albuquerque, Dec. 22, 1995

1995

Pamela Michaelis, Gallery News, KHFM, Albuquerque, Jan 31, 1995

1994

George Baldwin,  Albuquerque Tribune,  August 31, 1994

1994

Around Town, Art,  Albuquerque Tribune ,  April 28, 1994

1994

David Staton, “Art Lines”, Rio, Albuquerque Journal, April 28, 1994

1993

Phil Metzger,  Enliven Your Paintings With Light,  “Mary Sweet - Painting Light Patterns in the West”, North Light Books

1992

Mary Carroll Nelson, “Ancient and Avant Garde: Watercolor Artists Go With the Flow”, Albuquerque Journal, April 3, 1992

1991

“THE SAN JUAN: The Four Corners River”, PLATEAU Magazine of the Museum of Northern Arizona, p.26

1991

Greg Albert and Rachel Wolf,  Splash, America’s Best Contemporary Watercolors ,  North Light Books

1991

El Hispano, San Jose CA, January 30, 1991 (Article in Spanish on the Traveling Art Gallery Bus Panels.

1990

Biography International , India

1990

International Who’s Who of Professional and Business Women , Cambridge, England, 1st and 2nd Editions

1990

“Ti Piper, Profile - East Mountain Artist, Mary French Sweet”, East Mountain Telegraph, October 4, 1990

1990

Around Town, Albuquerque Tribune, September 20, 1990

1990

KNME TAKE FIVE cover, March, 1990

1989

Pamela Michaelis, Gallery News, KHFM, October 6, 1989

1989

Les Krantz, California Art Review

1988

Arts in Brief, Albuquerque Journal, April 3, 1988

1988

Arts in Brief, Albuquerque Journal, March 6, 1988

1988

Les Krantz, New York Art Review

1988

INSTRUCTOR’S 1988 Art Calendar, May

1987

Interview, Ray Herne for KOAT TV NEWS, Albuquerque, Thanksgiving Day, 1987

1987

Carol Sewell and Lisa Kestler, “Gallery Night, TCU Art Show Launch Season”,  Ft. Worth Star Telegram, Sept. 12, 1987

1987

American Artist, Winners of the Golden Anniversary National Art Competition, June, 1987

1987

Karen Peters, “Focus on Mary Sweet, East Mountain Artist”, East Mountain News, May 15, 1987

1987

“Seven Contemporary Artists Exhibit Work”, Carlsbad NM newspaper

1987

“Painting Selected for National Show”, Albuquerque Journal, February 1, 1987

1985

“MASTERCLASS: Mary Sweet”, DRAW IT! PAINT IT!, Part 22, Vol. 2, Eaglemoss Publications Ltd., London

1985

INSTRUCTOR Magazine for teachers, Cover and p. 12, May 1988

1985

“Local Artists Open Shows: Meridian Gallery, Albuquerque”, East Mountain News, September 4, 1985

1984

Elizabeth Leonard, “MARY SWEET: Flattening Out Three Dimensional Subjects” PAINTING THE LANDSCAPE, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1984

1984

THE AMERICAN ARTIST DIARY, 1984

1983

Joseph Traugott,  “Abstract Form, Vivid Colors Typify Works”, Albuquerque Journal, October 30, 1983

1983

R. M. Ruetschilling, “Albuquerque United Artists exhibit is refreshing oasis”, Albuquerque Tribune, August 5, 1983

1982

Mary Carroll Nelson, “Wilderness Landscapes by Mary Sweet,  AMERICAN ARTIST, September, 1982

1982

“Women Artists and Writers of the Southwest”, NEW AMERICA, A journal of Southwestern and American Culture, Vol. 4 No. 3, University of New Mexico

1982

Vivian Milford, “Meridian Events Reflect Versatility of Gallery Artists”, Albuquerque Journal, January 10, 1982

1981

Kathleen Shields, “Three Varied Exhibits Mark Arts Month”, Albuquerque Journal, October 4, 1981

1981

Kathleen Shields, “Artists Limit Information to Viewers at Four Gallery Shows, Albuquerque Journal, October 25, 1981

1981

“Meridian Members Put On Group Show”, Albuquerque Journal, March 8, 1981

1980

Jennie Lusk, “Varied Works Offered in 3 New Art Shows”, Albuquerque Journal, May 18, 1980

1980

Jennie Lusk, “Written Word Inspires Art At Meridian Theme Show”, Albuquerque Journal, February 10, 1980

1978

Jennie Lusk, “Artists’ Stars Rising Locally”, Albuquerque Journal, April 9, 1978

1978

Keith Raether, “Galleries swath city with new vitality”, Albuquerque Tribune, March 8, 1978

1978

Jennie Lusk, “Women, Holograph Shows Fail to Reach Potential”, Albuquerque Journal, March 5, 1978

1977

Kate Grenier, “Getting Past the Galleries”, Seers Weekly, Albuquerque, October 14-21, 1977

1969

E. M. Polley, “Art Show Bright Experience”, Vallejo Times-Herald, January 19, 1969

1969

“Group to Show Work of Well-Known Artist, Vallejo Times-Herald, January, 1969

1967

E. M. Polley, “Fun Sculpture and Serious Paintings Spark Refreshing Art League Show”, Vallejo Times-Herald, January 15, 1967

1967

“Vaca Art Gallery to Feature New Show”, Vallejo Times-Herald

 Collections:

Governor of Arizona and Mrs. Bruce Babbitt

La Posada Hotel, Albuquerque

Carlsbad Art Museum, NM

First National Bank of Albuquerque

New Mexico Educators Credit Union

Southwestern Art, Bob Stern

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Saunders

Ms. Anne Bergsman

Ms. Margrit Markstaller

Dr. and Mrs. Michael Weinrib

 

Represented by:

Weyrich Gallery, Albuquerque NM

The Johnsons of Madrid, Madrid NM

Dartmouth Street Gallery, Albuquerque NM

Albuquerque Museum Store, Albuquerque NM

Websites:

http://www.mfsweet.com

http://www.collectorsguide.com/msweet

http://www.dsg-art.com

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