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Mary Joan Waid
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American
)
Artworks
Biography
Dealers
Events
Timeline
1961
BFA, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
1979
Yaddo Fellowship, Saratoga Springs, NY; also 1981, 1988
1981
Purchase Award, Henry Ward Ranger Fund, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1985
MacDowell Fellowship, Peterborough, NH
2003
Certificate of Merit, Connecticut Society of Portrait Painters, Greenwich, CT
Exhibitions
2015
Mary Joan Waid Exhibitions in 2015:
Women in the Atrium,
Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Wintry Mix,
Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2013
Stillness, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
2013
Dealer’s Choice, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2012
AAF – Los Angeles, Atrium Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Non-Verbal Interaction, Present Global Art Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
2012
Open Studio, Yaddo Studio Crawl, New York, NY (solo)
2012
AAF-Los Angeles, Atrium Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011
SILVER, 25th Anniversary Show, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2009
Art Chicago 2010, Chicago, IL
2008
The Art of Emprise, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
2008
Nature: Attitude, Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Beilefeld, Germany
2007
Meditations, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
2007
Body / Spirit, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2007
Art L.A, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Experimenting, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Art20, The Armory, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Selections, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2006
The Flower, Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2006
Galerie Samuelis Baumgarte, Beilefeld, Germany
2006
Time Traveler & Persephone's Return, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2005
Holiday Group Show, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2005
Stillness, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2005
Body Human, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Palm Beach Contemporary, Nohra Haime Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2005
In the Back Room, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
2005
Salon 2005, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Past, Present, Future, Okaloosa-Walton Art Center, Niceville, FL
2004
In the Back Room, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Art of the Twentieth Century, The Armory, New York, NY
2003
Perennials, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2003
Atrium at the Plaza, St. Louis, MO
2003
Portraits of Winter, Connecticut Society of Portrait Painters, Greenwich, CT
2003
New Acquisitions, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Peter Burega, Judy Pfaff and Mary Joan Waid, Ameringer Yohe, Boca Raton, FL
2003
Art Palm Beach, Atrium Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2002
Small Works, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
2002
Art is Art, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Art Palm Beach, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2002
The Emprise Bank Colection, Multiple Personalities: 1954-1970, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
2001
All Wichita: Part One, Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS
2001
Selections, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
2001
A Summer Garden, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2000
Pastels, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
2000
Recycled Paper III, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000
Realism Today, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2000
Celebrating Yadda Artists, Williamburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
1999
Millenium Madness, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
1999
Into the New Century, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Hushed Moments, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1998
Then and Now, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1997
Realite, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO (solo)
1997
Portraits, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1996
G. W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, NY (solo)
1996
Realism, Indigo Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1995
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
1995
Director’s Choice, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
1994
Flowers !!!, Babcock Galleries, New York, NY
1994
The Gallery, State Theater Center for the Arts, Easton, PA (solo)
1993
Galerie Samuelis Bumgarte, Beilefeld, Germany (solo)
1993
Still Life, 1963-1993, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1992
Beyond Realism: Image and Enigma, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
1992
Nature Morte: Contemporary Still Life, HBO Corporate Headquarters, New York, NY
1992
Small Work: Personal Choices, G.W. Einstein Company, New York, NY
1991
Picturing Families, Wilson Art Center. Rochester, NY
1991
Aqua Pura: Images of Water in Contemporary Art, HBO, Inc. New, NY New York, NY
1990
In Bloom, Pfizer Inc., New York, NY organized by the Art Advisory Service, The Museum of Modern Art, NY
1990
Collector’s Show (Director’s Choice), Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
1990
165th Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1990
Of Woman, Katzen-Brown Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Portraits, Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
1989
Positive I.D, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
1989
Evening Skies: Artist’s Interpretations of the Cosmos, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
1988
88 for 89, G.W. Einstein Company, New York, NY
1987
Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1987
Contemporary Still Life, DFS Dorland Worldwide, Inc., New York, NY, organized by the Contemporary Arts Council, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1987
Pastel Anthology II, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York, NY
1987
Studied From Life, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
1987
Close Focus: Prints, Drawings and Photographs, The National Museum of American Art, Washington DC
1987
Artists in Their Own Image, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
1986
Self Portraits, Gallery Artists and Friends, G.W. Einstein Company, New York, NY
1986
From The Collection of Centurion Andre emmerich, The centurion Association, New York, NY
1983
Made In America: 200 years of Drawing, Minneapolis Institute of the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
1982
46th Annual Midyear Show, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1982
Large Format Drawings, G.W. Einstein Company, New York, NY
1982
100 Years of Still Life Painting: 1882-1982, Meredith Long and Company, Houston, TX
1982
Arts On Paper...Since 1960, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1982
Realist Painting: People and Objects in Women’s Lives, Marymount Manhattan College as part of Views of Women Artists, New York
1982
Views of Women Artists, Marymount Manhatten College, NY
1981
Image-Self Image, Pace University, New York
1981
Self-Portrait, Gallery Schlesinger-Boisante, New York
1981
Henry Ward Ranger Purchase Fund Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, NY
1980
An American Flower Show, Heritage Plantation, Sandwich, MA
Public Collections
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Blanden Memorial Art Gallery, Fort Dodge, IA
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN
National Academy of Design, New York, NY
Utah Museum of Art, Salt Lake City, Utah
Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
York College, CUNY, New York, NY
Literature
2010
McHugh, Christine, ed. "Still Life Strategies: Mary Joan Waid," The Artist's Magazine, January/February 2010, pp. 42-3, illustrated
2007
Bloomfield, Maureen. “Simple Gifts,” The Artist’s Magazine, June 2007, p. 28, illustrated
2005
Bloomfield, Maureen. “Mary Joan Waid: An Artist’s Commitment to Working from Life Inaugurates a Journey Toward Radiance and Revelation,” The Pastel Journal, October 2005, p. 49, illustrated
2001
Moss, E. Lynne. “The Sense of Still Life,” American Artist, New York, June 2001, p. 18
2000
Gamwell, Lynn. Dreams 1900-2000: Science, Art, and the Unconscious Mind, Cornell University Press, State University of New York, Binghampton, 2000, p. 286; “Mary Joan Waid y Michael Funk,” Casas y Gente, Mesico, December 1999-January 2000, p. 14, illustrated; Schroeder, Ivy. The Riverfront Times, “Realism Today”, August 8-15, 2000
1999
Landis, Ellen J., Bernard Barryte, Selma Reuben Holo and Peter Frank. Silent Things, Secret Things: Still Life from Rembrandt to the Millenium. The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1999, exhibition catalogue, illustrated; Rosenzweig, Mark R., Leiman, Arnold L. And Breedlove, S. Marc. Biological Psychology, Sinauer Publishers, Sunderland, MA, 1999, p. 324, color illustration
1998
Balka, Sigmund R. Self-Revelation: Artistic Confrontation, Krasdale Gallery, White Plains, NY, January 15- April 15, 1998, exhibition brochure; “New York Reviews: Mary Joan Waid,” Artnews, September, 1998, p.168; Moorman, Margaret, “Mary Joan Waid: Then and Now,” Nohra Haime Gallery, NYC, 1998; Neuvillate, Alfonso de. “Espejos florales: Realidad congelada,” Casas y Gente, Mexico, June 1998, p.14, illustrated; Zimmer, William. “Recognizing Self-Portraits by Americans,” The New York Times, New York, Westchester Edition, February 8, 1998, p. 20, illustrated
1997
Daniel, Jeff, “Contrast Within Contrast Creates Startling Exhibit,” St. Louis Post Dispatch, August 28, 1997, p.23, illustrated; Wright, John, “The Shape of the World,” River Front Times, August 6-12, 1997
1996
Enstice, Wayne and Peters, Melody. Drawing: Space, Form, And Expression, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 1996, pp. 185-186. Illustrated b/w, p. 186
1995
“Painting Atobigraphical Still-Lifes”, Oil Highlights, Still Life, 1995, illustrated
1994
Menninger Perspective, Volume 25, no. 2, 1994, Topeka, KS, p. 18, color illustration. Smith, P.C. “Mary Joan Waid at G.W. Einstein,” Art in America, New York, July 1994
1993
Alloway, Lawrence. Paintings and Pastels, G.W. Einstein Company, Inc., New York, NY, September 27-October 22, 1993, exhibition catalogue, illustrated; Arthur, John. Still Life 1963-1993., Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, August 6 - September 12, 1993, exhibition catalogue, illustrated; Good, Joan. Self-Portrait: The Changing Self. New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ, April 2 - May 30, 1993, exhibition catalogue, illustrated; Strecker, Von Manfred. “Gesichter in Nahsicht,” Neue Westfalenblatt, Bielfeld, Germany, April 19, 1993, illustrated; “Existenzanganste und visionare Landschaften,” Westfalenblatt, Biefeld, Germany, April 20, 1993, illustrated; Zimmer, William. “Artists Turn the Brush on Themselves,” The New York Times, New York, May 1993, p.10
1991
Cyphers, Peggy. “Reviews: Mary Joan Waid,” Arts Magazine, New York, January 1991, pp.100-101, illustrated; Doherty, M. Stephen. “Painting Autobiographical Still-Lifes: Mary Joan Waid”, American Artist, New York, May 1991, pp.52-55, illustrated; Gray, Peter. Psychology, Worth Publishers, Inc., New York, 1991 Part 1: opener, opposite p.1, color illustrated; Menninger Perspective, Volume 22, no. 2, 1991, Topeka, KS, p. 24-25, color illustration; Menninger Perspective, Volume 25, no. 4, 1991, Topeka, KS, p. 16-17, color illustration
1989
Allison, Michael. Positive I.D., The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA, March 31- June 4, 1989, exhibition catalogue, illustrated
1988
Spencer, Howard DaLee. Mary Joan Waid: Recent Works. Wichita Art Museum, Kansas, October 23 - November 27, 1988, exhibition catalogue, illustrated; Stewart, Doug. “The Portraitist’s Dilemma,” Smithsonian Magazine, Washington, July 1988, pp.43-50, illustrated
1987
“Reviews: Mary Joan Waid,” Artforum, New York, May 1987, illustrated; Wolff, Theodore F. “Pastels that show why the medium deserves respect,” The Christian Science Monitor, September 30, 1987, pp.21-22
1985
Cohen, Ronny. “Large-Scale Close-Up Drawings,” Drawing¨, New York, Vol. VII, No. 4, November-December 1985, pp. 78-83, illustrated; Millis, Christopher. “Defying Expectations: Six Exhibits,” Artspeak, New York, February 1985, p.15; “Mary Joan Waid,” Arts Magazine, New York, February 1985, p.15, illustrated
1983
Anderson, Phil, “Made in America,” A.R.T.S., Minneapolis, June 1983. Henry, Gerrit, “New York Reviews: Mary Joan Waid,” Artnews, December, 1983; King, Mary. “Waid’s Details of Women in Paintings, Pastels,” Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, June 15, 1983; Rubin, Michael G. “Mary Joan Waid expolres potential of portraiture,” St. Louis Globe Democrat, St. Louis, June 11-12, 1983, p.12C
1982
“Large Format Drawings, Artnews, New York, October 1982, p.166, illustrated; Gassert, Sigmar. “Im Dialog mit sich selbest,” Basler Zeitung. Basel, September 27, 1982, p.43, illustrated; Hn.,R. “Not Vital, Mary Joan Waid”, Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Zurich, September 11, 1982, p.42; Killer, Peter. “Not Vital, Mary Joan Waid,” Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich, September 11, 1982; O’Beil, Hedy. “Mary Joan Waid,” Arts Magazine, New York, February 1982, illustrated
1981
Horne, David. “Views off-center, but Waid right on target,” The Arizona Daily Star, Tuscon, March 1, 1981
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