Mary Reardon
5522 Hennessey Place, Halifax, NS, B3K 2A8                   
(902)455-9451  
mreardon@ns.sympatico.ca  
www.maryreardonart.com

Education
1993   BFA, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design - Major in Studio, Minor in Art History

Awards
2005  First Place, Oil Painting, MAX 1 Exhibition, NB
1999  Prize for Visual Arts, Harpweaver, Queen’s University, ON
1997  Diploma of Excellence, The 4th International Female Artists’ Art Annual
1995  Juror’s Choice, Women’s Art Association
1995  Honourable Mention, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, ON
1993  Joseph Beuys Scholarship (NSCAD)
1993  Loomis & Toles Bursary (Printmaking)
1991  Centennial Scholarship (NSCAD)

Group Shows
2011  Annual Group Show, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS
2010  Glass Menagerie, The Moorings Gallery, Mahone Bay, NS
2010  Searching for Colour, The Moorings Gallery, Mahone Bay, NS
2009  Gallery Artists, The Moorings Gallery, Mahone, Bay, NS
2006  Inside/Out, with Paul Hannon, The Moorings Gallery, Mahone Bay, NS
2005  Max I, Heron Bay Gallery, Shediac, New Brunswick (juried)
2004  Memory Twice Removed,  with Margot Metcalfe, Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
2004  Stimul’eye Gallery, Toronto, ON (juried)
2003  Painting on the Edge, Canadian Federation of Artists, Vancouver, BC (juried)
2001  Women Artists of the Art Bank, Government House, Halifax, NS (juried)
2001  Pilar Shephard Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI (juried)
2000  Women’s Art Association Group Exhibition, Toronto, ON (juried)
1997  The 4th International Female Artists’ Art Annual, Stockholm, Sweden (juried)
1997  Repetitious Images:  Lines, Forms, and Colours, St. Francis Xavier University Gallery, Antigonish, NS (juried)
1996  Ninth Annual Invitational Group Show, Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, NS (juried)
1996  Far and Wide Exhibition, Visual Arts Nova Scotia (juried/touring)
1995  10th Annual Exhibition of Miniature Art, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, ON (juried)
1995  Exhibition, Alberta Printmakers’ Society, Calgary, AB (juried)
1995  Rotary Art Festival, Halifax, NS (juried)
1995  Women’s Art Association Group Exhibition, Toronto, ON (juried)
1994  Art Expo ’94, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS (juried)
1994  Kaslo Exhibition, Alberta Printmakers’ Society (juried, touring)

Solo Shows
2010  Reflections, Art Sales and Rental Gallery, Halifax, NS
2003  Summers Past, Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, NS
1998  Artist in Focus, Recent Paintings, Studio 21, Halifax, NS
1997  Artist in Focus, Recent Paintings, Studio 21, Halifax, NS
1996  Memory/Forgetfulness, Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, NS
1993  Messengers, Anna Leonowens Gallery, Halifax, NS

Career-Related Work
1993  Assistant to artist on public art project, The Bird Garden, Ottawa, ON
1993  Drawings for permanent exhibit at the National Aviation Museum, Ottawa, ON

Collections
Private and corporate Collections in Canada, England, and USA
Nova Scotia Art Bank Purchase 1997
Nova Scotia Art Bank Purchase 1998
Nova Scotia Art Bank Purchase 1999
Nova Scotia Art Bank Purchase 2000

Organizations and Affiliations
Canadian Artists’ Representation (CARFAC), Member
Canadian Artists’ Representation Copyright Collective (CARCC), Member
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Alumni Association, Member
Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS), Member

Representation
Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, NS
The Moorings Gallery, Mahone Bay, NS
Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
Art Sales and Rental Gallery, Halifax, NS

Reviews
2004 The Halifax Chronicle-Herald, October, 2004
2004  The Daily News, September 30, 2004
2003  The Casket, November 19, 2003
1997  Artsatlantic, Fall/Winter, 1997, p. 17
1997  Visual Arts News, Vol. 19, No. 3, Fall 1997, p. 12
1997  The Halifax Chronicle-Herald, July 25, 1997
1996  The Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Nov. 15, 1996
1995  Update, Women’s Art Resource Centre, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Fall 1995, Member Profile

Presentations
2003  St. Francis Xavier University Art Gallery, Antigonish, NS, Public presentation of work, entitled “Manet’s Rule”

Articles Published by the Artist
1994  VANS Newsletter, Review of Judith Leidl’s “Works on Paper”, Vol. 16, No. 2,  Summer, 1994

Published Work
2010 Nova Scotia's Contemporary Artists - Vol II, pp. 96, 97
1999 to present  Thistle Dance Publishing - Greeting Cards
2007 to present  Pierre Belvedere - Greeting Card (Canadian Artist Collection)

Related Web Sites
Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art  www.ccca.ca
Lyghtesome Gallery  www.lyghtesome.ns.ca/
The Moorings Gallery  www.mooringsgallery.com
Secord Gallery  www.secordgallery.com/index.php
Thistle Dance Publishing  www.thistledance.com
Visual Arts Nova Scotia  http://vans.ednet.ns.ca/

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