Mary Snowden
Biography

Born
1940 Pennsylvania

Education

1964 University of California, Berkeley, M.A.
1962 Brown University, Rhode Island, B.A.

Braunstein/Quay Exhibitions

2008    Holiday Special: Gallery Group Show, Braunstein/Quay Gallery,
                San Francisco, CA
2007    Coming Attractions: Gallery Group Show, Braunstein/Quay Gallery,
                 San Francisco, CA
2007    Mary Snowden | It's a Matter of Time: Mixed Media on Paper
2004    Mary Snowden
2002    Mary Snowden | As Time Goes By

Solo Exhibitions

2007    It's a Matter of Time, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2004    Paintings & Drawings, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002    As Time Goes By, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001    What’s a Girl To Do? Schneider Museum of Art,
                             Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR
              Shorenstein Co., San Francisco, CA
1999    New Paintings, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995, 97    Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992    Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1991    Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
              Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
              San Marco Gallery, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA
1982, 85, 88    Braunstein Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1980    Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission, Kansas
1979    California State University, Hayward, CA
1978    Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1976    Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1975    SECA Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
1972    Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1971    Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
1969    Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1968    Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
1966    Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008    Contemporary Drawings and Works on Paper,
                             Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, CA
2007    Coming Attractions: Gallery Group Show, Braunstein/Quay
                             Gallery, San Francisco, CA
              Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA, Oakland Museum of
                             California , Oakland , CA
2006    Suburban Escape, The Art of California Sprawl,
                             San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
2001    Winter Works, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1999    New Space, New Work, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997    Viva! A Celebration of Three Decades at the Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
              Home, China Basin Landing, San Francisco, CA
1996    Faces of Home, Oliver Art Center, CCAC, Oakland, CA
              In the Round, Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995    Home is Where..., Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1994    Braunstein/Quay Gallery Artists, Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA
              Still Life Exhibition, China Basin Landing, San Francisco, CA
1992    In Support of Bay Area Artists, One Market Plaza, San Francisco, CA
1991    A Palette of Vision, Alza Corp., Vacaville, CA
              Still Life, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
              2X2X2, Interaction & Independence, Valley Art Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1990    Still life Watercolors, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
1989    PaintForum, Euphrat Gallery, Cupertino, CA
              Braunstein/Quay Group Show, Mendocino Arts Center, CA
              Group Show, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
1988    Inaugural Exhibition,Boise Art Museum, ID
              Contemporary Realism, Palo Alto Cultural Center, CA
              Twelve Artists, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
1987    Works On Paper II, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
              Six Watercolorists, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
              Works on Paper, Moss/Chumley Gallery, Dallas, TX
              Watercolors, Shasta College Gallery, Redding, CA (+ lecture)
              Watercolors Plus, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
              Images in Water Media, Mendocino Arts Center, CA (+ symposium)
              Gallery Group, ACA Gallery, New York, NY
1986    History of California Women Artists, Fresno Art Center, CA
              Works on Paper, Gallery Henoch , New York, NY
              In the Advent of Change, Fresno Art Center, CA 1985
              American Realism: 20th Century Drawing & Watercolors, (Glen C. Janss Collection),
              San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA (traveling)
1984    Gallery Group, Fishbach Gallery, New York, NY
1983    West Coast Realism, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, CA (traveling)
1982    C.C.A.C. 75th Annual Faculty Exhibit, Oakland, CA
              Liquid Light, Palo Alto Cultural Center, CA
1980    Realist Paintings, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Center, CA
1978    Painting Invitation, Richmond Art Center, CA
1976    20 Bay Area Painters, Richmond Art Center, CA
1975    Interstices, Cranbrook Academy, Bloomington Hills, MI
1974    Four from C.C.A.C., Berkeley Art Center, CA
1973    Sense of Place, Joselyn Museum, Omaha, NB
1971    Painting Through Photography, San Francisco Museum of Art, CA
1970    Still Life Today, American Federation of Arts Traveling Show
1969    University of Nevada, Reno, NV
              Contemporary American Painting & Sculpture, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois
1968    25 Women of Art, Lytton Banks, California Offices
1967    4th International Young Artists Exhibit, Tokyo, Japan
1965    New Talent Exhibit, San Francisco Institute of Art, San Francisco, CA
1964    84th Annual, San Francisco Institute of Art, San Francisco, CA

Awards

Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art (SECA) Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Commissions

Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, CA

Collections

American Federation of the Arts, New York
American Telephone & Telegraph, New York
Peter Bedford Collection
Certified Collateral Corporation, Chicago
City of San Francisco, Hall of Justice
Veronica and Rene DiRosa Preserve
Glenn C. Janss Collection
Herb McLaughlin, Architect

Monterey Museum of Art, CA
The Oakland Museum, CA
Pacific Bell Telephone, San Francisco
Northern Bell Telephone Co. of Illinois
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Seavest Partners, New York
University of Nevada, Reno

Selected Bibliography

Bing, Allison, “Retro Active,” SF Chronicle Online, February 28, 2002
Baker, Kenneth, "Mary Snowden Looks Back,” SF Chronicle, February 23, 2002
Coleman, Sarah, “Critic’s Choice,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 27, 1999
Jenkins, Steven, “Previews,” Artweek, October, 1999.
Coleman, Sarah, “Critics Choice,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 27, 1999.
Porges, Maria, “San Francisco Fax,” Art Issues, Summer 1997.
Cohn, Terri, “Mary Snowden at Braunstein/Quay Gallery,” Artweek, July, 1995.
Clark, Lucy, “Symbolic Realities,” American Arts Quarterly, Spring, 1992.
Albers, Patricia, “Deeper by the Dozen,” San Jose Metro, October 6-12, 1988.
Ayres, Jane, “Peninsula Galleries Host new Exhibits,” Times Tribune, 1988.
Brookman, Donna, “A Bay Area Diversity,” Artweek, October 15, 1988.
Burkhart, Dorothy, “Feminine Statements,” San Jose Mercury News, October 14, 1988.
Hinton, Susan, “A Relationship with Photography,” Artweek, 1988.
Leonard, Michael, “Pleasure of the Ordinary,” Artweek, March 26, 1988.
McQuaid, Sally, “Reality Check,” San Jose MetroGuide, 1988.
Richards, Sally, “Fiery Innovation at Triton Exhibit,” Santa Clara American Weekly, October 13, 1988.
Roder, Sylvie, “A Blurry Look at Realism," Palo Alto Weekly, January 6, 1988.
Brunson, Jamie, “Still Lifes in a Private World,” Artweek, September 28, 1985.
Winter, David, “Fantasy, Humor and Expressionism Come Together in Watercolor Exhibit,” Peninsula Times Tribune, June 30, 1982.
Cebulski, Frank, “Rendering the Real,” Artweek, March 1980.
Rohrer, Judith, review, Artweek, December 29, 1979.
Albright, Thomas, “The Artist and the Chicken,” San Francisco Chronicle, 1977.
-----, review, Examiner Lively Arts, 1966, page 28.