MARY REARDON
5522 Hennessey Place, Halifax, NS, B3K 2A8
(902)455-9451
[email protected]
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, Sweden
1995 Juror’s Choice, Women’s Art Association, ON
1995 Honourable Mention, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, ON
1993 Joseph Beuys Scholarship (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design)
1993 Loomis & Toles Bursary (Printmaking - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design)
1991 Centennial Scholarship (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design)
Group Shows
2024 A Sense of Time, with Janice Leonard, Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
2022 Exhaling, with Naomi Hill (Photographer), Harvest Gallery, Wolfville, NS
2019 October Collective Exhibit, Teichert Gallery, Halifax, NS
2018 Annual Group Show, Teichert Gallery, Halifax, NS
2017 Annual Group Show, Teichert Gallery, Halifax, NS
2016 Gotta Love Red, Teichert Gallery, Halifax, NS
2015 Christmas Show, Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014 Christmas Show, Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014 Group Show, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS
2014 What Is Old Is New Again, Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014 Capture 2014: Nova Scotia Realism, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (touring)
2013 Group Show, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS
2012 Group Show, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS
2012 Nocturne, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS
2011 Annual Group Show, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS
2011 Nocturne, 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, NB
2004 Memory Twice Removed, with Margot Metcalfe, Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
2004 Stimul’eye Gallery, Toronto, ON
2003 Painting on the Edge, Canadian Federation of Artists, Vancouver, BC
2001 Women Artists of the Art Bank, Government House, Halifax, NS
2001 Pilar Shephard Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
2000 Women’s Art Association Group Exhibition, Toronto, ON
1997 The 4th International Female Artists’ Art Annual, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 Repetitious Images: Lines, Forms, and Colours, St. Francis Xavier University Gallery, Antigonish, NS
1996 Ninth Annual Invitational Group Show, Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, NS
1996 Far and Wide Exhibition, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
1995 10th Annual Exhibition of Miniature Art, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, ON
1995 Exhibition, Alberta Printmakers’ Society, Calgary, AB
1995 Rotary Art Festival, Halifax, NS
1995 Women’s Art Association Group Exhibition, Toronto, ON
1994 Art Expo ’94, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS
1994 Kaslo Exhibition, Alberta Printmakers’ Society (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
2016 Dartmouth Visual Arts Society workshop on painting glass objects, Halifax, NS
2001 Assiniboia Gallery, Painting for Farm Credit Corporation Calendar, Regina, SK
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
Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
Teichert Gallery, Art Sales and Rental, Halifax, NS
Harvest Gallery, Wolfville, NS
Reviews
2024 Alisa Bernard, NS reviews (nsreviews.blog), "Tranquil, contemplative beauty in 'A Sense of Time' at Secord Gallery', November 16, 2024
2014 The Halifax Chronicle-Herald, January 18, 2014
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
1994 VANS Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 2, Summer, 1994, Review of Judith Leidl’s “Works on Paper”,
Published Work
2014 CBC Radio Halifax Information Morning “Sharing the View” Calendar
2010 Nova Scotia's Contemporary Artists - Vol II, pp. 96,97
2007 Pierre Belvedere - Greeting Card (Canadian Artist Collection)
1999-2011 Thisledance Publishing Inc. - Greeting Cards
5522 Hennessey Place, Halifax, NS, B3K 2A8
(902)455-9451
[email protected]
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, Sweden
1995 Juror’s Choice, Women’s Art Association, ON
1995 Honourable Mention, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, ON
1993 Joseph Beuys Scholarship (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design)
1993 Loomis & Toles Bursary (Printmaking - Nova Scotia College of Art and Design)
1991 Centennial Scholarship (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design)
Group Shows
2024 A Sense of Time, with Janice Leonard, Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
2022 Exhaling, with Naomi Hill (Photographer), Harvest Gallery, Wolfville, NS
2019 October Collective Exhibit, Teichert Gallery, Halifax, NS
2018 Annual Group Show, Teichert Gallery, Halifax, NS
2017 Annual Group Show, Teichert Gallery, Halifax, NS
2016 Gotta Love Red, Teichert Gallery, Halifax, NS
2015 Christmas Show, Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014 Christmas Show, Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014 Group Show, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS
2014 What Is Old Is New Again, Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
2014 Capture 2014: Nova Scotia Realism, Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (touring)
2013 Group Show, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS
2012 Group Show, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS
2012 Nocturne, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS
2011 Annual Group Show, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS
2011 Nocturne, 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, NB
2004 Memory Twice Removed, with Margot Metcalfe, Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
2004 Stimul’eye Gallery, Toronto, ON
2003 Painting on the Edge, Canadian Federation of Artists, Vancouver, BC
2001 Women Artists of the Art Bank, Government House, Halifax, NS
2001 Pilar Shephard Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PEI
2000 Women’s Art Association Group Exhibition, Toronto, ON
1997 The 4th International Female Artists’ Art Annual, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 Repetitious Images: Lines, Forms, and Colours, St. Francis Xavier University Gallery, Antigonish, NS
1996 Ninth Annual Invitational Group Show, Lyghtesome Gallery, Antigonish, NS
1996 Far and Wide Exhibition, Visual Arts Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS
1995 10th Annual Exhibition of Miniature Art, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, ON
1995 Exhibition, Alberta Printmakers’ Society, Calgary, AB
1995 Rotary Art Festival, Halifax, NS
1995 Women’s Art Association Group Exhibition, Toronto, ON
1994 Art Expo ’94, Art Sales and Rental Society, Halifax, NS
1994 Kaslo Exhibition, Alberta Printmakers’ Society (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
2016 Dartmouth Visual Arts Society workshop on painting glass objects, Halifax, NS
2001 Assiniboia Gallery, Painting for Farm Credit Corporation Calendar, Regina, SK
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
Secord Gallery, Halifax, NS
Teichert Gallery, Art Sales and Rental, Halifax, NS
Harvest Gallery, Wolfville, NS
Reviews
2024 Alisa Bernard, NS reviews (nsreviews.blog), "Tranquil, contemplative beauty in 'A Sense of Time' at Secord Gallery', November 16, 2024
2014 The Halifax Chronicle-Herald, January 18, 2014
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
1994 VANS Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 2, Summer, 1994, Review of Judith Leidl’s “Works on Paper”,
Published Work
2014 CBC Radio Halifax Information Morning “Sharing the View” Calendar
2010 Nova Scotia's Contemporary Artists - Vol II, pp. 96,97
2007 Pierre Belvedere - Greeting Card (Canadian Artist Collection)
1999-2011 Thisledance Publishing Inc. - Greeting Cards
