MARY COBLE

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Education
Master of Fine Arts, The George Washington University, Washington, DC—Spring 2004

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Concentration in Design), University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC—Spring 2001

Solo Exhibitions/Performances
May 2010, "Source"-Performance
CONNER CONTEMPORARY ART, Washington, DC
March 2008, “Blood Script”
PULSE CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR, New York City, NY
February 2008, “Marker (Madrid)”
ARCO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR, Madrid, Spain
January 2008, “Aversion”
GALERIE NINA MENOCAL, Mexico City, Mexico
August 2007, “Marker (DC)”
SITE PROJECTS, WPA/C, Washington, DC
May 2007, “Aversion”-Performance,
CONNER CONTEMPORARY ART, Washington, DC
April 2007, “GenderMask (becoming)”-Performance
ELIZABETH A. SACKLER CENTER FOR FEMINIST ART, THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, Brooklyn, NY
October 2006, “Marker (NYC)”-Performance
D.U.M.B.O. UNDER THE BRIDGE FESTIVAL, Brooklyn, NY
November 2005, “Binding Ritual, Daily Routine”-Performance
ARTISTS SPACE—PERFORMA 05, New York, NY, curated by Christian Rattemeyer
September 2005, “Note to Self”-Performance
CONNER CONTEMPORARY ART, Washington, DC
March 2004, “Asphyxiation of Genderfication: Blurring Boundaries”
THE DIMOCK GALLERY; THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC

Group Exhibitions
December 2010, "The Narcissism of Difference"
DECKER AND MEYERHOFF GALLERY, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, Baltimore, MD
July 2010, "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
SAINT CECILIA"S CONVENT, Brooklyn, NY
March 2010, "Synthetic Zero"
Collaboration with Blithe Riley
THE BRONX ARTSPACE, Bronx, NY
February 2010, "Market Estate Project"
Collaboration with Blithe Riley
MARKET ESTATE, London, United Kingdom
February 2010, “Lost and Found: Queerying the Archive”
BILDMUSEET UMEA, UNIVERSITY OF SWEDEN, Umea, Sweden
January 2010, "Cream"-Washington Project for the Arts Auction
Curated by Kristen Hileman, Curator of Contemporary Art, Baltimore Museum of Art
KATZEN CENTER OF ART,AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC
September 2009, “Hall of Mirrors”
NORTHLIGHT GALLERY, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tempe, Arizona
June 2009, "Experimental Video: Presented by the Rubell Family Collection and Conner Contemporary Art"
CAPITOL SKYLINE, Washington, DC
May 2009, “Lost and Found: Queerying the Archive”
NILOLAJ COPENHAGEN CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART,
Copenhagen, Denmark
February 2009, “Talk Dirty to Me”
LARISSA GOLDSTON GALLERY, New York, NY
February 2009, “Note to Self”
SCHROEDER ROMERO, New York, NY
November 2008, “Perspective”
ANAID ART GALLERY, Bucharest, Romania
November 2008, “Gallery Artists: Recent Works”
CONNER CONTEMPORARY ART, Washington, DC
October 2008, “Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection”
ELIZABETH A. SACKLER CENTER FOR FEMINIST ART, THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, Brooklyn, NY
October 2008, “Uncommon Beauty”
THE ELLIPSE ARTS CENTER, Arlington, VA
August 2008, “Picturing Politics 2008: Artists Speak to Power”
ARLINGTON ARTS CENTER, Arlington, VA
October 2007-October2008, “Currents: Recent Acquisitions”
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
September 2007, “The Trawick Prize Group Show”
CREATIVE PARTNERS GALLERY, Bethesda, MD
July 2007, “Sondheim Prize Semi-Finalist Group Show”
DECKER AND MEYERHOFF GALLERY, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, Baltimore, MD
March 2007, “Radius 250”,
ARTSPACE GALLERY, PLANT ZERO, Richmond Virginia
March 2007, “Global Feminisms,” curated by Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin,
ELIZABETH A. SACKLER CENTER FOR FEMINIST ART, THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, Brooklyn, NY
November 2006, “Transformer: 3rd Annual Silent Benefit Auction”
EDISON PLACE GALLERY, Washington, DC
May 2006, “Passion/Provocation: Photography and Video in the Collection of Teofilo Cohen,” PLAZA DE LA CIUDADELA 2, Mexico City, Mexico
March 2006, “Me, Myself and I”
CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER OF VIRGINIA, Virginia Beach, VA
February 2006, “Body Languages”
KATZEN ARTS CENTER, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC
October 2005, “Transformer: 2nd Annual Silent Benefit Auction”
FUSEBOX, Washington, DC
August 2005, “Academy 2005”
CONNER CONTEMPORARY ART, Washington, DC
December 2004, “The Staged Body-Contemporary Photography”
CURATOR’S OFFICE, Washington, DC
August 2004, “Academy 2004”
CONNER CONTEMPORARY ART, Washington, DC
March 2004, “The Annual Awards Show”
THE LUTHER W. BRADY GALLERY; THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC

Professional Experience
REPRESENTED BY CONNER CONTEMPORARY ART, Washington, DC
www.connercontemporary.com

Fall 2011-Department Head, Picture-based Practices
FUNEN ACADEMY OF ART, Odense, Denmark

Spring 2010-Artist-in-Residence
RED DIRT STUDIO, Mt.Ranier, MD

Summer 2009-Artist Residency Program
SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE,
Skowhegan, Maine

Fall 2008 to Spring 2009—Artist-in-Residence: Artist at Work with Youth Program
THE HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Washington, DC

Spring 2009 to Fall 2010—Adjunct Photography Faculty
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF DESIGN, Baltimore, MD
Classes: Basic Photography

Fall 2004 to Spring 2010—Lecturer in Photography
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC
Classes: Introduction to Black and White Photography, Introduction to Color Photography,
Advanced Digital Printing, Professional Practices, Performance Art

Bibliography

ART(202) JOURNAL, June, 2010
Mezick, Shyree. "32 Under 32."
WASHINGTON POST EXPRESS, June 24, 2010
Danielle O'Steen. "Nor Any a Drop to Drink: Mary Coble and Janet Biggs at Conner Contemporary."
WORNMAGAZINE.COM, 2010
Joshua Yospyn. "Drink the Water at Conner Contemporary Art."
WORNMAGAZINE.COM, 2010
Nicole Aquirre. "How Much do you Think About Water?"
THE PINKLINEPROJECT.COM, 2010
Hughes, Philippa. "Is DC Water Safe to Drink?"
THEBRIGHTESTYOUNGTHINGS.COM, May 18, 2010
Greenspan, Debra. "Performance Art: Mary Coble @ Conner Contemporary."
THEBRIGHTESTYOUNGTHINGS.COM, May 12, 2010
Greenspan, Debra. "Inside the Artist Studio: Mary Coble."
ART XX: RADICAL ARTS MAGAZINE, 2009
Paulina Nowicka Mcfarland. "Interview with Mary Coble." Issue 2, 62-65
N.PARADOXA, International Feminist Art Journal, 2009
Nitis, Olivia. "Material Histories: Feminism and Feminist Art in Post-Revolutionary Romainia."
Vol. 24, 59-67
POLITIKEN, March 29, 2009
Molgaard, Milla. "Luder.Lebbe,Fisse.Neger."
LOST AND FOUND: QUEERYING THE ARCHIVE (Exhibition Catalogue), 2009,
Edited by Mathias Danbolt, Jane Rowley and Louise Wolthers.
ART ON PAPER, 2008
Langdale, Shelly. “The 5th Annual New Prints Review.”
WASHINGTON POST, February 28, 2008
Lavanya Ramanathan. “When the Arts Mix With Politics.”
ATHENS NEWS, October 9, 2008
Barajas, Michael. "Artist to Speak on Gender, Sexuality, and the Trauma of Rejection."
PICTURING POLITICS 2008: ARTISTS SPEAK TO POWER
(Exhibition Catalogue), August 2008
PERFORMA: NEW VISUAL ART PERFORMANCE, 2007
Goldberg, RoseLee (Introduction), et al.
ARTNET.COM, May 2007
Cone, Michelle. "Female Troubles: Global Feminisms at the Brooklyn Museum."
WASHINGTON CITYPAPER, May 18-24, 2007
Capps, Kriston. “Mind The Zap.”
EXPRESS, May 17, 2007
Berger, Arion. “An Electrifying Assimilation”
GLOBAL FEMINISMS: NEW DIRECTIONS IN CONTEMPORARY ART, March 2007
Edited by Maura Reilly and Linda Nochlin
DAILY SERVINGS.COM, 2007
International forum for the exposure of contemporary art
http://www.dailyserving.com/2007/01/mary_coble.php
N.PARADOXA, International Feminist Art Journal, Vol. 18, August 2006. 34-42
Reckitt, Helena. “Unusual Suspects: Global Feminisms and WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution.”
ME, MYSELF AND I (Exhibition catalogue), March 2006.
WASHINGTON BLADE, February 3, 2006
Volin, Katherine. “Purple Prose.”
NY ARTS MAGAZINE, Jan/Feb. 2006
Ross, Susan. “Jorge, Jose Jr., Joseph, Joseph, Joseph”, pgs16-17
NEW YORK BLADE, November 11, 2005
Portwood, Jerry. “Duct Work”
THE GAY AND LESBIAN REVIEW, November 14, 2005
Orr, Joey. “Art Memo-Fly on the Web.”
GRAMMER POLICE.NET, September 14, 2005
Capps, Kriston. “Mary Coble at Conner Contemporary Art.”
WASHINGTON CITYPAPER, September 8, 2005
Banerjee, Bidisha. “The Needle and the Damage Done”
THE WASHINGTON POST WEEKEND, September 2, 2005
O’Sullivan, Michael. “ ‘Note to Self’: Painful Reminders of Crimes, p47
THE WASHINGTON POST EXPRESS, September 1, 2005
Dixon, Glenn. “On The Spot”, pE2
ARTINFO, September 1, 2005
“Artist Highlights Hate Crimes with Marathon Tattoo Session.”
THE WASHINGTON POST, September 1, 2005
Dawson, Jessica. “An Artist Pricks Her Skin and Our Conscience Over Hate Crimes”, C5
THE WASHINGTON POST, December 16, 2004
Dawson, Jessica. “At Curator’s Office, a Small But Impressive Work of Bodies”, pC5
THE WASHINGTON POST WEEKEND, August 27, 2004
O’Sullivan, Michael. “Connecting Past, Present and Futures”, p45
WASHINGTON CITYPAPER, March 22, 2004
Banerjee, Bidisha. “Duct and Uncover”, p52

Awards
Young Artist Program Grant Recipient,
Individual & Community Grants, 2010
D.C. COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, Washington, DC
Matisse Foundation Fellowship,
MATISSE FOUNDATION, 2009
Small Projects Grant Recipient, 2009
D.C. COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, Washington, DC
Semi-Finalist, Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize, 2009
Baltimore, MD
Artist Fellowship Recipient, 2009
D.C. COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, Washington, DC
Young Artist Program Grant Recipient, 2008
D.C. COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, Washington, DC
Finalist, The Trawick Prize: Bethesda Contemporary Art Awards, 2007
Bethesda, MD
Semi-Finalist, Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize, 2007
Baltimore, MD
Small Projects Grant Recipient, 2007
D.C. COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, Washington, DC
Young Artist Program Grant Recipient, 2007
D.C. COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, Washington, DC
Young Artist Program Grant Recipient, 2006
D.C. COMMISSION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES, Washington, DC
Patricia M. Toel Memorial Prize in Photography, March 2003
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC
Department of Fine Arts Award in Photography, March 2003
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC
Department of Fine Arts Award in Photography, April 2002
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERISTY, Washington, DC

Lectures/Panels/Workshops
Body as Metaphor and Medium in Performance Art: Movement Research Spring Festival 2010: HARDCORPS, June 2010
SILVER SHED, New York, NY
Transgressive Art and Performance, January 2010
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, Fairfax, VA
Personal Identity and the Disjunction of Public Perception: A Discussion with Kay Chernush and Mary Coble, October 2008
ELLIPSE ARTS CENTER, Arlington, VA
Beyond Identity Politics: Queering the Body through Performance Art, October 2008
Keynote Speaker in collaboration with Savneet Talwar: OutWeek, OHIO UNIVERSITY, Athens, OH
Picturing Politics: Artists Speak to Power; From the Gallery to the Street, September 2008
ARLINGTON ARTS CENTER, Arlington, VA
History of Performance Art, September 2008
CORCORAN COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Washington, DC
Note to Self, February 2008
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Photography and the Body, February 2008
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, Baltimore, MD
Global Feminisms, March 2007
ELIZABETH A. SACKLER CENTER FOR FEMINIST ART, THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, New York, NY
Photography and Performance Art, October 2006
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART, Baltimore, MD
Campari Talk at Artist Space, a Dialogue with Carolee Schneemann, February 2006
ARTISTS SPACE, New York City, NY
Body Languages, February 2006
KATZEN ARTS CENTER, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC
Art as Vehicle for Social Change, February 2006
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ORGANIZED RESISTANCE, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC
Who Do You Love?, February 2006
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ART CENTER, Washington, DC
Photography and Performance Art, 2005
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, Fairfax County, VA

Selected Collections
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, New York, NY
Cohen Collection, Mexico City, Mexico
Tony & Heather Podesta Collection, Washington, DC