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MARYANN STEINERT-FOLEY
www.maryann-sf.com
msteinertfoley@ucdavis.edu

ARTIST'S STATEMENT:  to paraphrase Aristotle, "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

 

EDUCATION:

  - Bachelor of Arts with Honors, Art Studio, University California, Davis – 2011
  - Departmental Citation for Outstanding Performance, Art Department Faculty, 
    University California, Davis – 2012 

 


CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

  - Introduction to Clay Figurative Sculpture with Cristina Còrdova, 2022

  - Winter Residency (remote), Artist Alliance, Jen Tough Gallery Santa Fe 2022

  - Autumn Residency (remote), Artist Alliance, Jen Tough Gallery Santa Fe 2021

  - Master Glazes  with Cristina Còrdova, 2020

  - Head in Clay Workshop 1 with Cristina Còrdova, 2020

  - Torso and Hands Workshop 2 with Cristina Còrdova, 2020

  - Torso and Hands Workshop 3 with Cristina Còrdova, 2020
  - Soto-Córdova Studios, Penland, NC, Sculpture with Cristina Còrdova, June 2017

  - The Head in Clay with Cristina Còrdova, December 2016
  - Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, Sculpture with Cristina Còrdova, August 2016

  - Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Painting with Suzanne Lacke, 2014, 2015

  - Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA, Sculpture with Juan Miguel Santiago, 2014

  - Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, MT, Sculpture with Wanxin Zhang, 2013

  - Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO, Sculpture with John Lloyd, 2013

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

  2024     I'm All Clay, You're All Clay

              b sakata garo

              Sacramento CA

  2023     The Object in Art

              Seager Gray Gallery

              Mill Valley CA

  2023     Fresh Art

              Marin Society of Artists

              San Rafael CA

  2023     Black & White

              ARC Gallery

              San Francisco CA

  2023     Women Artists Making Their Mark

              O'Hanlon Center for the Arts

              Mill Valley CA

  2023     Bold Expressions

              Northern California Art, Inc. 

              Sacramento Fine Arts Center

              Sacramento CA

  2023     Beyond

              Artworks Downtown

              San Rafael CA

  2023     Fable: Art With a Narrative

              Jen Tough Gallery

              Santa Fe NM

  2023     Art in the Atrium

              Two Person show with Leslie Toms

              Sacramento CA

  2023     Art Auction -  Crocker Art Museum

              Sacramento CA

  2023     Blurring the Lines Between Realism, Abstraction and Myth

              Solo Exhibition

              b. sakata garo, Sacramento, California

  2022     True North

              Di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art

              Napa CA

  2022     The Realm of Possibility

              (with Diane Williams)

              Gearbox Gallery

              Oakland CA

  2022     Beauty in the Beasts

              Healdsburg Center for the Arts

              Healdsburg CA

  2022     I Figure

              Arts Benicia

              Benicia CA

  2022     Celebrate Red Yellow Blue

              Museum of Northern California Art

              Chico CA

  2022     Off Center - An International Ceramic Competition

              Blue Line Arts

              Roseville CA

  2022     RED

              O'Hanlon Center for the Arts

              Mill Valley CA (Virtual)

  2022     Art Auction -  Crocker Art Museum

               Sacramento CA

  2022     California Clay Competition

              The Artery

              Davis CA

  2022     Left Coast Annual Juried Exhibition

              Sanchez Art Center

              Pacifica CA

  2022     Groundswell / The Next Wave

              Epperson Gallery

              Crockett CA

  2022     REAP

              Epperson Gallery

              Crockett CA

  2022     Monochromatic

              O'Hanlon Center for the Arts

              Mill Valley CA 

  2022     Human Faces and Figures

              Las Laguna Gallery (Virtual)

              Laguna Beach CA

  2022     Artist's Vision

              Marin Society of Artists

              MSA Virtual Gallery, San Rafael CA    

  2021     Art Auction -  Crocker Art Museum

              Sacramento, California

  2021    80th Biennial Crocker Kingsley Competition

              Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California

  2021    Common Ground: Artists of Northern California

             In Conjunction with 2021/2022 NCECA Conference 

             Gallery 212, Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma CA

  2021    Equine Therapy II

             Solo Exhibition

             b. sakata garo, Sacramento, California

  2020    Slice: A Juried Cross-Section of Regional Art

             Pence Gallery, Davis California

  2020    Free to Be
             SF Women's Gallery
             San Francisco

  2020    Art Auction -  Crocker Art Museum

             Sacramento, California

  2020    California Clay Competition

             The Artery, Davis California

  2020    What Lies Beneath

             Epperson Gallery, Crockett California

  2019    Nocturne

             ARC Gallery, San Francisco, California

  2019    Fresh Art

             Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, California

  2019    art + movement

             GearBox Gallery, Oakland, California

  2019    Women in the Abstract 2

             Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, California

  2019    Axis 14th National Juried Competition

             Axis Gallery, Sacramento, California

  2019     Equine Therapy

             Solo Exhibition

             b. sakata garo, Sacramento, California

  2019     Flora + Fauna

              Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, California

  2019     What You Don’t See

              Solo Exhibition

              Pence Gallery, Davis, California

  2019     79th Biennial Crocker Kingsley Competition

              Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California

  2018     All Things Wicked

              Pence Gallery, Davis, California

  2018    Art in the Age of Anxiety

             Arts Guild of Sonoma, Sonoma, California

  2018    Drink Me

             H Gallery, Ventura, California

  2018    Choice Words (with Matthew Priest)

             GearBox Gallery, Oakland, California

  2018    Persistence

             Museum of Northern California Art (MONCA), Chico, California

  2018    Ceramic Wall Works

             Blueline Arts, Roseville, California

  2018    Art of the Horse

             Western States Horse Expo, Sacramento, California

  2018    Big Names Small Art

             Crocker Art Museum Auction, Sacramento, California

  2017    Included in Portraits of Women Artists by Kurt Fishback

             Pence Gallery, Davis, California

  2017    Tiny Show

             Pence Gallery, Davis, California

  2017    Bluets: to fall under a spell
             Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, California

  2017    Group Show
             Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California

  2017    Crocker Kingsley Competition
             Blue Line Arts, Roseville, California

  2017    Black and White
             Pence Gallery, Davis, California

  2016    Tiny Show
             Pence Gallery, Davis, California

  2016    Another Take
             Epperson Gallery, Crockett California

  2015    Tiny Show
             Pence Gallery, Davis, California

  2015    3rd Annual Figuratively Speaking – Invitational Group Exhibition
            SMAart Gallery, San Francisco, California

  2015    Unrepentant -Solo Exhibition
             Pence Gallery, Davis, California

  2014    Slice:  A Juried Cross Section of Regional Art
             Pence Gallery, Davis, California

  2014    Left Coast Annual Exhibition 2014, Juried Art Exhibit
             Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California

  2013    7th Annual Contemporary Women, Juried Art Exhibit
             Chico Art Center, Chico, California

  2012    Tiny, Invitational Show
             Pence Gallery, Davis, California

  2012    Slice:  A Juried Cross Section of Regional Art
             Pence Gallery, Davis, California

  2012    6th Annual Contemporary Women, Juried Art Exhibit
             Chico Art Center, Chico, California

  2012    23rd Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art (CCACA)
             Davis, California

  2012    It Figures, Invitational Show
             Pence Gallery, Davis, California

  2011    Ellen Hansen Competition,

             Pence Gallery, Davis, California

  2011    No Fear: Part One
             University of California, Davis Group Show
             22nd Annual California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Art (CCACA)
             Davis, California

  2011    Testing the Waters
             Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center, University of California, Davis

  2011    Three and A Half Tons - Lock Down
             University of California, Davis

  2011    The Art of Painting in the 21st Century
             University of California, Davis Group Show
             John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CA – Annual Conference on Contemporary Painting

  2011    Spaces of Connectivity
             Women’s Gallery, University of California, Davis

  2010    Small Works 2010, City of Davis Juried Art Exhibit
             Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

  2010    Art from the Trenches
             University of California, Davis

  2010    Forms in Metal
             Arboretum, University of California, Davis

  2010    The Art of Painting in the 21st Century
             University of California, Davis Group Show
             John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CA – Annual Conference on Contemporary Painting    

  2010    A Seed Planted:  Robert Arneson Tribute, Juried Art Exhibit
             Davis Art Center, Davis, CA

 

PRINT:

  Artists of the Bay Area, Vol. 2, winter, 2022

 

  Wild Lands, summer, 2021

 

  Artists of the Bay Area, summer, 2021

 

  80th Biennial Crocker Kingsley Competition Catalogue, 2021

 

  Identity: Contemporary Artists Explore Individuality and Culture, 2021

 

  79th Biennial Crocker Kingsley Competition Catalogue, 2019

  78th Biennial Crocker Kingsley Competition Catalogue, 2017

  Women in Art by Kurt Edward Fishback, 2017

LECTURES / PRESENTATIONS:

  After Dark, Benicia Arts, 2018

  78th Biennial Crocker Kingsley Competition, 2017

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